Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON A

RA ILWAY COMPANY.

On Wednesday, Mr. William Verily Eyre, solicitor, 13,
George-street, Mansion house, Lo idon, appeared before
Mr. Burcham, at Smiliwark police-curt, on a summons
charging him with having uetawfully attempted to obtain,
means of false pretences, from the London, B:ighton,
and South coast Railway Company, a certain sum t,f
money, with in:ett to defraud the said Company, on the
231 of September hest. Mr. Creasy, instruc'ed by Mr.
Faithful,, appeared for.., the prosecution, and Jr. C. B.
Robinaotefir the defendant. -Mr. Creasy, in opening the
case, said that the C_mpany had through services to
Paris, via Newhaven a-id Dieppe and the sttam vessels
ware c ttatrac!ed for by Mr..Mopl,s. It so happened that
one day in August there was some bones' delay at Dieppe,
and among the passer gels were a Mr. Meyers and Mr.
Av ill. Oa the 9th of September the defendant put in a
claim for compensation for the first-named gentleman,.
arel received Li 6s le. After that the Company re?ived
snot ,ur letter tr:m Mr. Eyre, chim'ne etmpensation for
Mr. Avrill, for injury he had sustained for lets of time, b f
being detained at Dieppe. In consequence of that letter,
the Company cash d some investigation to la? entered ieee
respecting that claim, 'wed a. commuiticatien was made
with Me Avid], a gentlemen artying on business in
Holhora. Mr. Avrill denies all knowledge o' Me. Eyre,
and repudiate I all idea of seeking compensation from the
Railway elenapany... Toe later, con id!e•ine that it was a
gross attempt at act,
_thought it was their
bounden duty to take proceedings against the de-
fendant, preparatory ti the case being sent before a jury.
Eviden.e was then eiv:n by the railway
.c,fficials, in
corroboration of the ab ive stateresat, after which Mr.
Avrill; lamp manufactnrer, of Castle-streee llel'oern, was
called, and stated that he. gave,.eulhori'y to Nir. Eyre to
apply to the lleilivay Comp my for compensation. For the
E fence, Me .M eysrs, the teilue traveller; of Mr, Avrill, was
cx ttuiaei, and stated that on thvir being jointly detained,
the later, on Mr. Meyers expressieg.)lieinteatioe to de-
mand conapenseliore gave hi: his card,,ivith. authority to
apply, through a solicitor, to the Company;, anti it was in
cousevence of being so instructed that Mr.,E.yre demanded
sa!i>fuetion. , - Mr. BuTbanl, after a lengthened investiga-
:tins, said he Cloneat the evidence of Mr. Meyers explained
.the ,whole cieemostalte. ,and Mr Eyre doeibtleis thoneht
hir self justifi is sei•• g the Company, both f•r Me
Av and himself. He dil not think, therefore, that any
imputationeeste i,upOu the charecter of Mr. Eyre for the
.teietseihe had pursued. Mr. Robinson explained that his
client hdd been •very unfairly d:alt wi-le in not hiving
received notice from the Company before the semmons Was,
issued. Mr. B irchem, said, had he. known that lie sitoeld
net hate grantelethe .summonse , There was .n t the
slieh test ;;round- for taking these proceedings, and, Mr.
Eyre lef.- the court without the slighicst, stain upon hiu
character us a respecliele solictor.

VIE EXTRAORDINARY CLIARGE OF DOUBLE

BIG 4IY.

Wednesday •ht.r:nz been appointed for the further
examination. at thte-Larnheth P-olice-court, of Mr. James
Fenton'Wilis, -on a charge,-of making and signing false
declarations to -a notice of marriage,. the registrar of the
district -and other •tviteisees neuss try to cimplete the
chat-tic were is atteudai-ce to give their evidence. The
syrup :thy created in the pub in •mind,..on behalf of Mrs.
Willa, the youu, lady.t;kh,, it was alleged, had been made
the victim of a double marriage with the brothers Wills,
mid- bad been, as it was sated, des- red. by both of theta
d rirg her mental t'ffl etien azd when requiring their
greatest ere, caused a number of persons to assemble in
expetation of bring able to bear the lu ther exarninttion,
bitt their curiosity war doomed -to dieappintni-.-nt, by the
the non-attendance of the accused.. .
. At the conclurioa of the investigati in, on Saturday l ist
M. Fryer, the solicitor to at.e fam-ly, who attended on,
behalf of Times appied to Mr. Elliott to
adtnit Lie client to .ting at the time he (Mr.
Frye ).h.ad b .en taken by surpise in th. 4. matter ; that
he h td attended merely in compl'ariee with tdia summons.
which was one to- show cto e why his client, Mr. J. F.
Wills should. roe have an order made on him for the sup-
port:Of, his allew d wife, the chaigeable to the parish of
Lambeth, and to show his cli-pi'snoti7abllly, the lady at
the titr.e cf her marriage with him beia in f..et the wife of
h:s brother, J .hn. Bair Willa: The learnvd gentleman
strongly urged the justice of admitting lie client to bait,
and the case -being one of. mi (e:thanonC only, and the
eridenoe a !duceti not e)oclur-ive of his gull', Mr. Eliett
consented to aecep; bail fpr the accused, himself in £BO
and ta-asureties in L'lo .each.

Ire, ti'tlls,,tl~e avrther of the accus'd, wa put forward
as a suri-ty for .£BO,. the_latteness of evening being
urged as a reason:why., Mrs. W.t is should ba taken as
surety for £BO. and the magis:rate having givet his con-
sent,•the recognis.inus were•tat;En in the usual war, James
F.mton Wills. in £BO, sal his mother ia £BO, the e 0.7-
ditioa beinz that he was to forkii ball those amounts if
lie (1.14 not appear on th,e foilo7ing Wednesday, at this
c ort. „
At two- o'clock..Mr.•.giliott called the case on, when it
was stated that neither,the accused. James Fenton Wills,
attorn, y, his friende, nor, in fact, any person from him,
had been sen in the court or the viciniv all the dav, and
Mr. Elliott at once o:dered that the reennisauees in the
case be estre,ted, and a warrant inameOkatelv granted for
the apprehension of the said J.1.111e3 Ft:atop, Wills.
Mr. Logan, the supertuteuden-, of m trriags for the
Lamubeth di trict was in awndance, an l produced the
notice of marriage as, required by.sci, of Parliament, 19 and
20 Vic., cap. 119. given ,to him the Accused James
.Fentoa Wlll4, and of which the tolloqing is a copy :--c` To
thf,.Seperintendent Regivarof the distract of Lambeth,
in the canny of Surrey;—l, the unbisigaed, James
Feuton hereby give
.notice. that a mairiage is
intended to he had by license.within three calendar months
from the date hereof between me-and the other party hterein

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named and describe, that is to say, Jam's Fenton Willa,
widower, architect, aged 27, residing at 15, o;borne-
terrace, Clapham-road, and 111urian 141,xwell, spinster,
20,. residence same rocc ; the sail marriage to t ike
place at the Itegistrar's (flee for the district of I,Nmbetb,
in the county. of Sorrel, ; and I hereby solenn'y declare
that I believe there is no impediment, or hindrance of
kindred or.. &hone or other lawful hindrance to slid
marriage; and th .t I, the abovr-n rued • J rues Fenton
Wills have for IS days. imasidiat,ly precAing the givin
• of this m 3:ice resided at the place above describer', and that
is my usual place of abode, in tha above-mentioned
eistriet of Lambeth ; and I further de-clare that she, the
said Marion.. Maxwell, not being a widow, is a minor
under the age of 21 years, and that the consent of Sarah
Maxwell, whote consent to her
.marri ge, is req'rired by
law, has bean given and obtained thereto ; and I make
the tonguing declaration soleninl7 and deliberately,
eareientiously behavior!, ..the same 1,4 1.); true, pursuant to
the provisions. of the Act pastel in the, 19th and 20th
Sears cf her Majes'y ,Queen Victoria, twitled, An Act
to amend .the.provisions.of the Marriage an I Re,gistratiou
Act',' well knowing that any person wh ) :lull knowingly
or wilfully make ar:.d n any false notMe for the purpose
of procuring any marriage wider the
.provisions of. the
said Act above men:i,ned,. or any of the several acts
therein cued, shall stiff,r . the penalties of perjlry. Is
wi!ness whereof I have heretuvo s t and subscribed my
hand this 10th day of August, 1857. Signed and de-
livrcd by the above named James Fenton Wills, in
presence ut W. F. L •glr, Superintendent Registrar, in and
Cr. the cl.vrict of f. imbeth, at --York Ledge, K.nningtott
Park. (Si4nel) Jrmes Fenton
Mr. Logan said tire preceding notice and declaration was
.igned in his presence by Jansfs -Fenton Wills; and
Mrs. Catherine B...rah Maxwell d•clared that the declara.
lien, in solar as the was -concerne, was grossly false,
and that so far fro-n giving her consent to the second
marriage, she nothing of it until long after it had
taken place. ••
• Poor M s. was in attendance, and the humane
atteutto ► whicti she reee'v.2d. tt-)e Lamb !th Infirmary
sterns to have :h td a beneficial- effect up n her, as she is
much irri:lroved in health and appearance.

FRENCH MONKS AND THR ROM.N GOVARNMENT.-Oltl
letters born Rune, Genol, and Paris, speak of a fact
which, when-we first heard of it, app ared ti us very
;tnprobable, but which is perrcetly true—the closing of the
Freres de. It Doctrine Chretilurn at Rome. This
establishment was opened in virtue of a Pope's brief, and
iidv,,ntage has been taken of the between the
dep 'Nora of C aunt de Rtyneval and tle arrival of the
Duke de Gramott to close it. It dots not appear,
however. that the Freres are (lisp ssd to submit quietly to
the de i ius of the .Ponifical Government ; and it is even
alleged that they have demanded the intervention of the
French emhassy.—indcpoiden.ce Beige.
• DFATH BY LXIITCINO AT HUT GREZN. —0 1 Sunday,
the Bth inst., Joseph Qu'ck, labourer, and several others
were chinking at the Sherbourne Arms, in the township
of Aighlon Bally and Chaighley, when ;map! " force Play:*
as it is called in that neighbourhood, took place. Qaick
was knocked dawn in the lobby, and received a wound on
the right temple, from which -he remained some time
insensible. At eleven
.o'clock he was taken into the stable,
and lett there alone until six o'clock the following morning,
when he was fetched into the house, and then removed.
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home. Mr, Fetcher, surgeon,. of Ribchester, attended hint,
until his death, which took ohkispleahceesotn._Sa.ptruers:n
Saturday last.
uita rcuaLi Darin
the whole time, the deceased was scarcely ever sensible, a&
complained of a pain