Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-16 00:00:00

ied the defendants for the n
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George'Cottom and

.s s6lititor having ntc

stmined,

Ilestone-raide a powerhil beech for the defend-
-
*hat this was indeed a frightful charge;
Lt it was a true -mei: and that the plaintiff
of the confidence-which was bestowed upon.
_,,,etable men. a averred that the promissory note had
been dr.iwn up hs; t'le plaintiff without its having any
equivalcut, and that he had suggested the form of will to
cola 'man; who owed him only 40s. He called Ben-
jamin Hooper (an' aid man), who-swore that he had lived
an -Davis's house. Whilst at workw,t Mr. Cottom's he told
him that'Davis irtd a distress in phis house for rates, when
Cottom 'lesit Davis 14s. :After that Mr. Cottom
her Os., also to par rates. Subsequently, as
conking in Me. Cottom's garden, Mr. Cottom
and said, "Ben, if Davis leaves you that
11103710 y, yen pay me that 3Ps. ?" I replied, " Yes."
LEGA several times heard Mr. Cotton ask Davis where his
deeds were ? Davis did not like to tell him at first, but
_afterwards FAa_d that they were with Mrs. Giles, at the
Chequer Ball-public-house. 'Whilst at Mr. Cottom's house
-one day, .11r.. Cottom came to him and said, " I have pre-
pared a note for Davis to gethis deeds back; it's only for
him. to get them, and make you safe. You go and fetch
him up." .4Witness- did so; .and- saw,Davisputhis mark to
it. No one else was there besides Mr. Cottom, Davis, and
himself. -Davis was lame, and unable to walk out with-
out aid. _ _ . .

came to him

In his cross-examination. by Mr. Serjeant Pigott, witness'
skid that he did not know that Davis was to have married
his darlghter, nor that Mr. ,Gettom.rebuked him for enter-'

alrLlTooper deposed that on the afternoon after the note
was; signed, Mr. Cottom said, 'it is only to help him to get
the deeds and to save him telling a lie. By Davis's direction
she went to Cottom for the ; after some demurring
he consorted to bring it to their house. Her daughter read

the -will to Davis, who ordered her to strike out his name.
ller daughter did so with a penknife, and the will was taken
back to Mr. Cottom; who •earne again to their house, and"
"stamped and raged across the kitchen, saying, we had
spoilt it ; and that he had a great mind to make us pay for
it." Subsequent to that Davis gave her 30s. to take to
Cottom, who refused -it, 'and " slammed the door in
]ter "..face:"
On her cross-examination by Serjeant Pigott, she said
that a memorandum was made of that offer of 305., but she
did not know by whom, ho-w, or upon what. She could
write a little once, but her-husband had never had a day's
schooling. .

between Mr. Uottom and Davis, respecting
the making of a will, the procuring of the deeds, and
writing a note for him (Davis) to sign, in order that. the
Childs might be induced .to give them up. Davis had
often said that, he owed, Mr Cottom 405., and she paid the
plaintiff 10s. of that money for Toavis.
.4-The trial had lasted
for the defendants

seven hours. A verdict was given

THE LATEST NOVELTY IN SWINDLING.
amusing and sometimes useful to note the different
expedients resorted to by that large class of adventurers
who live on the public, and generally succeed in eluding
the- just 'retribution which their offences deserve. No
sooner -does- one system of imposture become- stale and
open ,to suspicion than another is devised. A few days
ago a ;person calling himself Captain Schlutow, and a
native ,of Prussia, visited, this town and took lodgings in

le locality. He entered the house one day in
atate.of apparent perturbation. He represented that he
had:been knocked down and robbed in one of the infamous
streets. He induced his landlord to advance him some
money, to the amount of several pounds, on the plea
that .he ,wanted to bribe a custom-house officer, so as
to take .04 shore a box .of silks and satins which
he wished to dispose of. After. having obtained the money
he returned to the house with a large box, which he said
contained .the precious goods. This he took up-stairs, and
shortly afterwards left the house, apparently highly elated
with his :good fortune. In a few minutes two stern-
looking men called at the house, and in an
authoritative way demanded whether the captain
was . within. On being informed in the negative
they said they must search the house for
smuggled gooes, as they were custom-house officers. They
went up,stairs to the room where the ill-fated box was
,tying, and at once seized upon it as a prize. They were
allowed to carry it away without opposition. Indeed,
the inmates were terrified least they had compromised
themselves. The officers left with the box, and
never returned—no more did the captain. They
waited .his arrival anxiously, and at last instituted
inquiries as ,to his fate, fearing that he might be
languishing in prison for having defrauded the
re'eiue. At Jength his boxes were opened for the purpose
of • ascertaining whether the unhappy man could be traced.
Alas ! the trunks' contained nothing. but bags of sand. All
the captain's luggaga and clothes had been transferred to
his lax e box of,satins, and had been carried away by his wily
associates—the pretended custom-house officers. We append

the follo,wing pe4icenntice Description of . a foreigner
who -calls himself . Ceptain Schlutow, and for whose
appreheasbn a warrant has been issued. lie is of German
appearance;, -and speaks with a German ,accent. He is
about -5 feet 8 inches tigh, and about •n lears of age.
Rather _Witt, red cornl4.7.aion, with a scar on the right
cheek, and projects his bead forward when -walking, and
appears rather_ weak at the knee joints. He was
dressed, -,whezi he left Cardiff, in a black loose coat,
black frock coat, black satin_ vest and cravat, and black

trowars. Tle.it: of gentlemanly appearance, and no doubt
belougs to a gang who infect seaport towns." Inspector
Gifford has receitiod information, in answer to inguiry made
by hut, that .the above-named captain was at -Torquay,
e"u, where he represented himself as a captaic in the
r rench*-avY, and decamped after obtaining goods of a Mr.

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