The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

A gentlaaaa apigrr—W Sit Robert W. Carden
in zafsrena to a tea which cease lath* the worthy
alderman's notice at this court about 16 In
the early pert of 1863 • Sr. moaned at a ware-
house in Sdbsa A hype body of polies WM In eared-
ease to eoatrol the crowd, and a pills rest of the
aria of Patterson wea vi s 7 energetic in mid=
flrearn. He even entered the burning
be accldeetally came in aided with • q=llls phos-
phoria, which wasaistay igniting caused his the mat
eantreating agony. Such, however, was the druid his
otariades,
Ssam ad Indeed the whole areaarea of the people
Wheal had of the Set me are
restored to aril him until Amiss H• on
au
fithee6 , =de
_We way to Panama's mid with
bathe deternawdlen inanity tore the burning strap
by idr ip from hie body. The unfortunate dogma died
three days after, and Hertlead, the soldier, memo mangy
burned that be was in the heiptal for • ceauppitre of asalbs,
and for six months arid art raise one sibilant& At the
end of that aciod be lead bade crippled for IS in
one hand, andtposeolt for further anise he was dis-
charged with • aper day. His Royal
Highness the of thailaidge, wire interested himself
wry kindly on that omegas in Sea* of Harikari, sub-
lingual = hat erepleywased ere • labourer: a the
Tower when he la remind until a week or
two ago, when, in sesseassnes of an order from the
leaseary of State for • geassal reduction in the number
of persons employed there, he was enperowasted. His
=mrow as • *Wier for 21 yea and hls us-
a labourer far 16 year, make together la. lid. per
day, which he fads isenthoient to bap Ida and his
Mated, dal* bedridden, wife ham the scion.
Sir Robt. W. Carden asked applaud in what way he
meld armlet Harikari Ylt certainly would bea pity that •
lean who bad done so well should have to go to the work-
house at lad. . .

iiipli-canttald that having served bu esuntry for 36
years, fraviland had tbe greatest dread of Vie worldsouse.
Ills health and @Mouth were still nnimgaired, and he
(applkaat) thought that scathing might Is done for the
man if his case were made known.

THE DIAMOND BRACELET CASE.-EXTRA,
ORDINARY EVIDENCE.

At the justice-room of the Mansion-house, yes-
terday, before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Sir Hobert
Carden, Mr. Henry Haggard, der cribed as an amaranths
broker, of 7, Clements-lane, and of Grays, Fans, was
brought up in custody of Detective Smart for further ex-
amination on the charge of obtaining various sums of
money, amounting in the whole to 2301., from Mr. John
Barker, wine merchant, Great Tower-street, by means of
Übe pretences.
Mr. Watson, solicitor, conducted the prosecution; and
Mr. Metcalfe, banister, appeared for the defence.
It will be remembered from the evidence given by the
prosecutor, that on the 23rd of August last year the de-
fendant called at his office, and requested an advance with
which to pay the charges upon a diamond bracelet which
wan undergoing some repairs at a jeweller's, and which, he
said, belonged to his wife, and was worth about
3001. Believing these statements, Mr. Barker ad-
vanced him 30/., and subsequently other sums,
amounting altogether to 2.301., the bracelet being
deposited with the prosecutor as security. On the
30th of April last a person named Mary Williams called
upon him and claimsd the bracelet, but he refused to give
it up. She then brought an action against him in the
Court of Queen's Bench, and the present defendant was
subpanaed on both sides to attend and give evidence. The
action was tried at Westminster on the 4th November,
and Miss Williams in her examination stated that the
bracelet was hers, and that she had entrusted it to Mr.
Haggard to get it repaired, but had never authorised him
to raise money upon it. Mr. Haggard was called on his
r• a. bat aid m.. 4 app
' Lar, amt." verdli•L t.. and for
Mies Williams for 2bol. to be reduced to a shilling
upon the return of the bracelet. After the trial
Mr. Barker RR the defendant, and reproached him
for deceiving him by stating that the bracelet
was his wife's. The defendant thereupon admitted that
the bracelet had never belonged to his wife, but said be
would make arrangements for the payment of the money.
Mr. Barker, however, declined to enter into any nego-
tiation, and obtained a warrant against him, which the
cfficer was unable to serve until Monday morning, 30th
November.

Mr. Barker was yesterday recalled, and, in cross-
examination by Mr. Metcalfe, mid he did not see Miss
Williams between the 30th of April and the day on which
the action was tried. Ile had not seen a letter written by
Mr. Haggard to Miss Williams on his depositing with her
four promissory notes. lie had heard from the defendant
that lie bad sent her four notes for W. each. Defendant
also told him that he had paid her other moneys besides
the 2004 Witness asked him for a copy of the letter he
said he had sent to Miss Williams. He did not usually
lend money in this way. Mr. Haggard owed him money
■t the time which he could not pay. He did not deduct it
from the amount advanced ; but he believed it would be
covered by the difference between Tffif. and the value of
the bracelet. The amount owing was Mt He had great
difficulty in seeing Mr. Haggard before the trial of the
action at Westminster.

He-examined—l war occupied four days in endeavour-
ing to serve him with the subpcena. My father met him
accidentally in the street, and merved hun. I afterwards
showed him my copy of the subperna, and told him the
claim made by Mug Wiliam, and the importance of
his attendance as a witness, and that if ho did not attend
I fear, d I should lose the case, which would be a very
unjust thing. I also told him that if be did not attend
I would give him into custody. From the time I received
the bracelet in August, 1867, until April, 18G8, I had
never heard of Miss Williams. The bracelet now pro-
duced in court is that on which the money was lent, and
for the recovery of which the action was brought by Miss
Williams. The verdict was given in favour of Miss
Williams, and I gave the bracelet to her.
Mr. Murray, the solicitor who acted on behalf of Mies
Williams at the trial, produced the bracelet and two
letters which had been given to him by Mies Williams.
The letters were identified by Mr. Barker as being in the
handwriting of the defendant, and were read by Mr. Gore.
The first cm' reed was as follows:

London. /War.
Dear Lady Mary,—l must really oak year pada& foe my omit
neglect. naive been obliged to be I. Ur waft toe • tew days,
and Lave only Piet erne beak. I will gas .Bia the bracelet et
once. I should mach like to dine with you to row, Saturday,
at six, ft yea wiS 'merle me, end goes tbs these. If I do not
bear tram you I Ira be with you at a qualm to el: to dream.
H. N.
The next letter bad been sent through the post to
' Brighten and had been folded up so as not to require
an enrelope. It was addressed to " Mrs. Williams,
Charles-street, Brighton," and was undated; but the
postmark was August 17, DST :
- - - -

Dear Lady Mszy.—l am very very sorry to any th
set any vansey at all before next welt—sot even formyself. I
am so very sorry on your amount ; but if you min make arrange-
ments, I will
you
anything in the ammo of tan &ye mid
?fah is it to you at Brampton. I am quits upset for want of
mono •
Mr. Frank Dewin, a par Mer of lfr.Barkees, corroborated
the evidence that hag been given as to the lending of
the matey, and the repressatatton made by the dent
that the bracelet wan his wife's.
The next witneas was Nary Williams, who mid she
resided at Brampton, but would rather not give the a. t-
rireme, as Os boa let her own house, and was staying on
• visit with a friend.

Mr. Metcalfe said it was necessary that she should give
some address, so that they might know where to find her.
The witness then stated that she- was living at No. 7,
pabsin.street, Brompton, and oontinued —I have known
the defendant for some years. I am single. I received
the two letters produced from Mr. Haggard. They are
in his hendwriting. I brought an nation ut Mr.
Barker to recover the bracelet produced. vWus to
doing so I celled at his office and told him it belonged
to me. He refused to give it up. From that time till the
trial I did not see him again. The bracelet is mine. I
=B.lmit with my own mese, from • jeweller in
itebridge. I never authorised Mr. Haggard to raise
matey on it. He was to bring it to me from a jeweller's
in Hatton-garden, where it was being repaired, and
he said the jeweller would not give up the broods! with-
out • wvi order. I gave him a written order,
and he wee to the beeped that evening.
That was in Augost,bll76 . dime that time I have seen
him repeatedly and asked him why he did not bring the
bracelet. About the time that I gave him the ortlir to
get it, rreoeived a telegram from him saying he wee
to go to Brighton, as his wee was cad
that be
obliged
are me in a day or two. A day or two afterwards
I saw him, and he said as be did aid ins to take the
bracelet with him to Brighton be had left It with • friend,
and I should have It in a few days. Bribed. trial I saw
him continually, and be that he
would bring ft. lesenovienur. katir4igelart nib.
panned Idni re • eie diej Moe the teal he
vent a boy to me peeljese Urban% and i eigened
him to my lawyer.
ahem-munined by Mr. Metcalfe—l have known Mr.
Haggard fee seven or eight year& and daring that time he

lkhe dolled me, smdirsaLl= Se deep limed
very Mals* ass me Mosey, be hes
purchased Me nes aid pill • guarter's rent me,
sad pay Ise 'behead/see ef the beam
to -My OMB tenedare sent in, bet he
added ' VIM dad Caere than TOI. seem eat se Mu
rtin eoinee wale the Menu Be did ad give me
ogo to Margate a skeet time ego. I went with
another genthase. Delendant hes pad so money fag
me sines I
worth SW. I de ad klam loess safe the
of the other goedensis. Isst yearnow rillwhethe=r
it we. ahe
o for. lam else mower. whether he paid
the of p repairing the beaselst, 'hid was Sr be 71.
The time of the jeweller in lidlesegarillen who remind
the bracelet S. Winless It wee from him that the nag
was mowed. I think it was in September or October,
ISK that I took the bracelet to hiss I bought a pair
of ear-rings from him, and told Ms, as I bed no money to
Ay for than, to Mopes bramist. About the month of
ugust lest I spoke to the iielealeat in refinance to the
permat of sees. hreagleim bills. He said be had not
nideient money_ to pay thess. I said if he meld get the
breaded I would jpledge it and pay the bills in the neigh-
boushood. He sell Itsweekt repay the phoneys° borrowed.
I did not sa_y, "I do set like to pledge it with a pawn-
broker." fte acid I pledge it 1'
Mr. Metsaille—Hislege with a wine merchant. You
see you have somedisile Mara yet.
Witnew—l bash lensed e great feel within the last
two years. The ddiemilisel, after that, did not bring me
say money for the mond of the bills. About last
Christina' he gave 11111 a fell for 26L for dues mouths. It
was to pa some traiessin. Besides that, he gave me
bar soles ft 601. each, all dated the 18th
, 1 and pad& at me, two, three, and four
mondri . lie did not at any time used me a
Weer saying the bressid was at Barker's. If he had told
me I would have waited. He always told use he had left
it with a wine merchant, a triad of his but be would
not say who the Mend was, and I only found it out by •
stratagem. He did not tall MO he had borrowed money
upon it, but he said that he bed previously got 701. to pay
his life insurance. He said he had told the wine mer-
chant it was his wife's bracelet. I was aware he was
married. I was very intimate with him. When I re-
ceived the promissory Ms I did not know they were for
mosey raised on the bracelet. I banded them to an at-
torney It weafter I premed him far the bracelet that
he got the furniture for the house in Mentpstier
He went with me and selected the furniture. When I
ant knew him he told me he we. a bullion broker, and
that his income was 6,00 W. a year. (Laughter.)
Mr. Metcalfe—Very likely.; that was sues years ago.
Witness—He has never pad the brougham yet, nor
the funitere. (Laughter.)
Mr. Metcalfe—How do you know that?
Witsese—Because they came to me for the
Cr----.om-emietie esediened—lf he had birosekerback
the bracelet I would lase pledged it with &pawn to
pay my bills, but not fur 260 t. I did not press him for
the name of the wine merchant, because he was a married
man and might have been I. trouble. I 'eked him to tell
me so that I might know whether the person was trust-
worthy. He has paid my rent for me since the bracelet
was deposited. The receipts for the rent are made oat in
his name, because be took the lease of the house.
In re-examination by Mr. Watson, the witness stated
that she found out Mr. Barker by seeing his name on
same wine bottles. She called upon him. and he mired
her if de was Mn. Haggard. She said, "No; my name
is Mrs. Williams" The notes were sent to
me by a mereenger. The da be ors I raid to him
if he did not tell me where the was I would give
him into custody or go to his family. Instead of doing ao
be sent me the four bills. There was no letter with them.
I never made me of them, but gave them to my lawyer.
There was a lien cm the bracelet for thet William's.
Mr. Metcalfe—lt I. quite clear the deft paid more
than 7L tothe jeweller, became the ring had to be paid for.
Re-examination continued—Defendant was liable for
the brougham bills; be gave the orders. They had been
owing about three years. Application was made to me
for payment of the rniture four or five mouths ago.
This concluded the cam for the prosecution.
Mr. Barker was again put into the witness-box, and, in
reply to Mr. Metcalfe, stated that be had received from the
defendant a mortgage, dated pith May, 1868, to corer
12.. V. 65., but it we for another debt incurred in the
meantime—he thought for insnrancs—and had nothing to
do with the money advanced on the bracelet.
Mr. Gore then told the defendant the charge on which
he would be oommitted for trial, and the cane was there-
after formally adjourned till thu morning ("Monday) for
the reading of the demolitions.
Mr. Metcalfe, on the part of the defendant, said it was
by accident that he was not present at the trial at West-
minster, and that he had a complete answer to the case.