The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-28 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Continued from yesterday's Bsprem.)
(Before the Common Serjeant)
'earl Ziberski, a Polish Jew, shows' described as a Rnsu.
sign spy. was indicted fur wilful and norrupt perjury, alleged
to have been committed before Mr. Henson, one of the me-
tropolitan police magietratee, upon a charge against a per-
son named Oscar Hewman, and two other prisoners, of
having feloniously in their possession a quantity of forged
Human rouble notes.
Samuel Frunekel, one of the prionners who ploadal
guilty on a previous occasion, was then .ezamined, being
brought from the gaol to give his evident He mid
that the prisoner introduced himself to him at Liverpoal
in November last year, and at that time he was an entire
stranger to him. He brought some tatimoniabs to his
character. and also several letters from Jews residing
abroad. and the prisoner Ftiboe niently admitted that these
testimonials and letters were • forgeries. He (witness)
then went on to say that the prosecutor Bowman warn
an en' ia e stranger to him, and lie had never seen him
in the t ern) any of the primmer, and none of the conversa-
tions spoken to by the latter us reference to furgel
Russian notes ever took phi*.
In es osesexaminat on the sties, admitted that he was
my:Muted with Dave' and Behrens, who we a eunvicted
of laving forged Iluicsian notes in their possession, and
said that efts'. I/avis was in ciatudy his daughter came to
him for son.e money, and he gave her ow. • but he said
this was mousy he owed to Bahrain. Ile dee.auasl that,
althorgh he hod pleaded guilty, be knew nettling of the
fogs ty of 'Wigan nwes and was entirely innoaent.
Upon being re-examined. he mid that the reason he
pkads d guilty to the mrsslemeanciar was. ben me he was
afraid that, upon the false evidence of the prisoner, he
might have beer, convictesl of felony, and received a
mush heavier sentence. . . . .

Bernard Harris, the other prisoner who pleaded guilty,
was then called, and I.e also den'ed having Tien coioernod
in any tiansaetn n relating to forged Ravi in notes, or
that the prosecutor, Mr. liewmaet, hal anything to do with
such transactions. Ile al,o Mated that Mr. Hemmen was
indteed to write the address on the envelope which was
produced in evidence against him, and which was repre-
sented to have contained forged rouble notes, at the
request of the prisoner.
Leopold Goldberg. a commission agent, &poled that be
bad known the proAscutor for five and twenty years, and
he remembered accompanying him to Mr. Hams's shop in
Leman-street, and he was present when he was asked by
Hams to write tome address on an envelope, which was
afterwards given to a man whom be could not recognise,
who was sitting in the shop, and who had the appearance
of a Polish Jew.

Rarah tricker, the servant of Harris, gave similar
evidence with regard to what took place when the addree
was written on the envelope. In error-examinatton this
witness said that she knew the prisoner Ziberski, and he
was in the habit of coming to her master's house almost
every day, but she was mashie to say whether they were
in the habit of walking out together.
Ether Cohen said her father was a glees cutter in Royal
Mint-street, and she knew the prisoner, who was in the
habit of coming to their house. In March last the pri-
soner eame to rice her father and told him that be could
inti °duce Lim to a busine,s by which he could make his
foiture, and he produced two Russian rouble nob*, which
be mid were forged, hut they would pass ai genuine
roles. and I.e could get an many of them as Le viewed.
Her father told him that this business would not suit him,
and threatened to turn him out of the house.
_ _

Same( I Cohen. the father of the last witness, confirmed
Ler es Pew e with regal to what took place.
Mr. H. Moses, who described himself as a flier: bent,
raid that in May last the prisoner was iIISIOdUCIA to him
by Norris, and he wanted an advance of mousy upon tsva
foreign bills of exchange which he produeod. -Witness
aid hr wechl make inquiries lei -acting the bills, awl the
ii-ult was that he refund to make any a lviciee to the
prisoner.
In cross-examination this witness said that be called
Lirn elt a tuttulittut, but his business con d,ted prinaip illy
in di, counting bills. lie did not remember having ad-
vented Harris Lief. to carry oat some speculation fir
engraving plates. Ho had lent him money, but never
for such a Fui vise as that. Ile had also advanced money
to Reesman, but lie could not ray whether he owed him
any money at the present time. He did not advance any
money fur assaying on this prosecution, but he lent Mr.
Itewtuan about Met. shortly before he was apprehended.
This dosed the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Bee-
leant Petry yroceeded to address the jury, and to
sum up the evidence that had been given by the various
witnesses who had been examined. In the course
of his observations he expressed his surprise that
Inspector Thompson should not have been called
as a witness for the prisoner, particularly after his extra-
ordinary statement that be bad forged two bills of ex-
change at his instigation.. He said that this was a moat
serious charge, and if there was any truth in it, it appeared
to him that the public authorities ought very seriously to
consider the question whether a person who could act in
such a manner was a fit one to remain any longer in the
police of this country. The learned serjeant concluded by
stating that the prisoner, according to his own aditsti
was a person of neat infamous character, audits ex
his opinion that if the Russian government hadrone7Z
what sort of a man he really was, they would never have
instituted a prosecution against any individual upon the
evidenee of such a witness.

At this stage of the care the trial was adjourned.
(Before Mr. Comnderinner Kerr.)
Oakfry liriwlley, 60, painter, pleaded guilty to five ins
Imints charging hint with stealing watches and other
articles Of jewellery.
Mr. Daley, who appeared for the proution, statcd
that this was a very ase. Ac
The prisoner went into
no fewer than five separate houses, under the jirAenes of
taking Weems and Moto watches, rings. pins, and all
kinds of jewellery. to the value of about 2W. from arch.
Ibete weie five different prosecutors.
Inspector Kerressey, of- how, said that in March, 1813,
the ',ripener was seideneed to six years' penal servitu le,
and rat that oceasien a previous conviction and sentence
of two years' inivisonnunt were proved at; and him.
After his apprehension in the present instance, limpet ty
to the *Mount of /OW., consisting of gold and silver
watcher, pins, rim. a, and breathes, which bad lain id .1 at
fir m fins ty-tercen different houses in the metropolis, w.ui
recovered.
'Die Cumuli, lamer suntestced the prisoner to fourteen
ram' penal servitude.
IYnUrsa Galitrem, a rougli•loGkiug man, was charged
with stealing a puree containing Itol. in notes and gold,
the property of Thomas Staines, a private in the Royal
/dames
Mr. Cooper poses:utak and Mr. Montagu Willie/et'
defended.

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The prosecutor bail just returned from service, and,:
basing fallen into the bands of the prisoner at London.
bridge station, be was taken into different public-houses,
and eventually robbed of his money.
'I be jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
kkiveral previous convictions were proved against, the
El:honer. and he was said to be a man who wag in the
habit of tacking up soldiers and sailors and robbing
Ursa
The learned Commistiontr sentenced him to seven
years' penal iservitnde.
CJierks Pape; a slimly-built young man of was
indicted for a highway robbery, with %kileueu, ols
elderly lady named Elimbeth Helsden.
The proeccutriz was procrdlng along Southampton,
ONO, *rand. When the prisoner struck her • violent
blow on the cheek, which knocked out two of her tooth,
and stole her reticule. Ile ran away, but was followed,
and taken into custody, and on being seamiest a life pro.
server was !mud in his tossicasion.
Ito was 1011114 Built v. and the Comiiiies;idiet, in pue,iiig
eidetic*, said he niu•t receive forty stilse with tlei
•• cat," and afterwards be kept in pt•ual servitude for
term of tire >iens
no prisoner, why /maintained flint Inc twow, iMIU•I44.IIIt of
the crime, was then removed.
itoiorl Johnson, a respectably dremod youdg man,