Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

FATAL RESULTS OF PUGILISM.

At the '‘lrs, yiebone Poll e Coors, on Thursday, Gscr,-4e G-oundwa-I,
a I do 'wet was elarg3,l with having caused the death of a than,
noosed Hodgkins. From the cvi'-euc.e it appeared that on the '
previous af,ernoon, about four o'c'ci.k, the prisoner with h:s f tiler
went to the Jelin -streot stat on, when •he pri&oner said " I wish to
give myself up." Policeman Cooper, 67 D, who was at the station at
the tim?, ask •d him for what be intends, to delver himself into
custocy and he replied that he had bean fightin; with a man, and
that I.e blioved he was dead. He added that be was very sa:ry for
w .at had occurred. (At tlis t.ortion to' the evidence the prisoner was
deeply affocte4, and covered his faco with his h's hands. Witness
wont *oohs glenly to St Mary's Hospital, and as ertained that the
mm with whom the prisoner had been fighting was
dead. Sergeant tqlvester, 4 D, said that on the previous
morning about Seven o'cloir. as he. was on duty in the Harrow.road,
he saw a great number o, persons collected in the road. He f !lowed
the crowd to Amos Green ; and the pri:ose7 and the c'ecense t com-
=mead fightng them. Having Cbtalned the assistance of some of
his toroOer constables, he returned to the ground, where he found
the decea.ed lying 'a a stat of insensibility. He had him conveyed
to the hospital, where he died a few hours afterwar s. The priqmer,
who was respectable in his appearance, and. who was evidently
sofforing mentally, Said he had not:fag to state in his defence.
1h- prison r was remand.!cl till eaturday twat, in order to await the
mill, of the coroner's !noires: on the. body. Though it did not
come be'ore the court in evidence, it appaand that the fight between
the prisoner and the deceased originated in no malignity, but was
merey a trial of strength, an I upon which there was a wager of 42.

Thy letters from Paris do not desci%e any great pres-
sure for accomm :dation, and it is said that d scount can
b 5 obtained at i to 4 per cent. below the rate of
the Bauk of France.

THE LATE' ME., SAMUEL GURcEY —A propisiti.oi has
I,,An made to er ct amoni.ter public lamp in 'be B.Talway,
S ratford, in mernory of the late Mr. 8 in.:el Gurne3,
whose name wi 1 always be rilnembared wits g?sti'ule as
that of a gr at benefactor of the town and district.
• DIAB ,LICAL PRIESTS. —Two priests and a fri..r were
arrested at Cagliari, on the B.h instant, behind the church
of St C a, hi the act of it.v Airy,. the devil, in order
to fi id a treasure, said so br: concealt crsomewhere near the
spot.' They have been susdended a divinis by the ecclesi-
astical authGri•y, and are now in prison for creating a
disturbance.

THE Lost. Rue lAN Max OF WAR —A letter from
Cos adt,o, the I I h tos'arr, grates that the total t umber
on board the Le o,t, I,ne of battle ehir, which lately
f.O idererl in the arroanted t 2,000, including I.r
crew of 800 and oot 1.000 mr.n, as was s'ated in the first
report. GAP m ,n 6, has been saved ; he was win'ied
ash.re on the iel4ud of ii,etiland. •

THE BANKRUPTCY AND APPREHENSION FOR
FORGERY AT HULL.

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eihsiaYiHrie(2lsle:erFraolladafx,Y r'aostnhr dgePer4CerP; was a meeting of the
bankrupt's creditors for the choice of assignees. Deb's to
the amount of L 101,137 were prove). M. ties. Ringrose and
M ggitt were chosen trade assignees. Mr. England, who
appeared for the assignee', intima'el that he wished to
examine the b.nlirupt, upon wh-ch Mr. Wells sta ed that
the bankrupt was present. The c inmissioner retired with
the parties to another room, where the bankrupt underwent
a private (amine ion, the result of which was that Mr.
M‘Manus, the chief constab'e, attend the rola), and took
the barkrupt into custody.
Mr. B ight was brought into the palice court at three
o'clock, and took his place in the prisone 's eock, the soli-
citors,assieg'snseeemsbicdnte case, and other gentlemen having
previously
Mr. England (.dlessing Mr. Travis) said : May it
please your honour, the piisoner before you is well known
as Henry Smith Bright. He has recently become a bank-
rupt, hod, on behalf of the assigrees of his estate, I artl
directed to prefer against him a charze of forgery, in the
endorsement f six bills of exchaege, ar.el also wi h utterirg
those tills with a guilty knowledge of the.r b ing forgeries.
I shell produce the first of th .se bills, and then call Mr.
Payne, the registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, to put is
evidence the examination that has been taken te-day, and
shall then ask you for a remand.
Mr. Payne was then sworn : Mr. England : Do you pro-
duce the writt r examination of the prieeter tkken in the
Court of Bankruptcy this day. Witness : Yes. This is it
(the examination was here produced). It was tt ken before
Mr. Colarcii,sioner West. and signett by Mr. Bight. Mr.
England Will you be kind enough to leek at those bills,
and say whether they are those that have ben proenced
bl re the e tmmissioner during the examin Ilion of the
bankrupt. ? Wi ness (having examiced the bil's): Yes,
they are respectively marked A, B, C, D, E, and F.
Teey are the bills referred t) in the (,xiciinfttion t: ken
this morning of Mr. Bright. bef)re Mr. C tmmitsioner
West, ire the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. England
stated that the forgery with which the prisoner
was now charged was that of entering a false
na toe upon the bill marked " A." Wetness : I now
proince all the proceedings, as well as the bills. Here is
the petition, the adju lication of the ba kruptev, 'rd also
the appointment of the trade assignees. Mr. England (to
wit css) : Was there a sitting of the court in hankrup'cy
t--lay ? Witness: Y- s; there was the choice of assignees.
Mr. E gland : And the prisoner was in attendance on
rppointmknt at a private examination ? Wi'ne.s : Y.s.
He duly signed the deelaratioo required by the Bankruptcy
Consolidation Act and after that he was examined.

Mr. Engler(' then applied for a remand, and arid
perhaps Mr. Travis would Anew them to c,nsult dee
c trivenience of the registrar i❑ fixing the day —Wednes-
day having been named. Me. Wells asked what there was
to prevent the examinetion and other proceedings in the
Bankruptcy Curt from being then read. If the
applieatior: was granted by the court, his client might
be k-pt in prison for seven days. If the examination
wt re now read, it might not be nmessr y to commit
his clierr.—Fufther conversation took place, and Mr.
Eegland, in answer to Mr. Travie stated that they
had rvidence to collect from London end other parts
ftr the pros'cu ion, end it would rruire a remand
to'Wednesday. Mr. Wells asked if the court intended to
fie the adjournment to Wednesday. Ile should have liked
a shorter period than a week. Mr. Travis said he had
just received intimation that there was another charge to
be preferred against the prisoner. Mr. Wells then
applied for the prisoner to be admitted to bail. Mr.
Travis declined to grant it. Mr. Wells urged thet he
required a full opportunity for conferring with his client.
Mr. James Holden (who had just entered the court)
here rose and said now becomes my painful daty,
and a very serious duty it is, to prefer a charge against
Mr. Bright, and I may state thit never in any case
have I appeared with feelings of greater g ief to myself
than I do now, preferring against him the very grave
charge to which I shall have to draw your attention.
The charge against him is the very serious ons of
forgery, and that to a very large amount. However, at
present, I shall only ask fur a remand, and lay before you
such evidence as is r qulsite for that purpose. The late
Mr. J Taylor, of Hud, who was the partner of Mr Bright,
had a number of railway sharee, and his son, Mr. R. I.
Taylor, had also sotte shares in his own name, and un to
some few days age, he (Mr. R. I. Taylor) had every
reason to beliove that those shares were in his tether's
and his own name. H rwever, Mr. Taylor went to York
the other day to make inq dries at the office of
the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, and
to his surprise and grief a trans er of those shares
had been made. Both his own name and the name
of his father had been writ'en on them; but both those
names were forgeries. 'Peleose .eignat tares had actually
been witnessed by Mr. Bright Mr. Teyl( r (lir. Holden
went on to say) had not had time to make further
inquiries respecting those shares, but he would pot hill
into the witness box, and would then ask for a remand to
enable the parties to come from York with the documents,
and prove to the court how far the charge against
Mr. Bright could be substantiated. Mr. Ilolden then
called

Mr. Robert I. Taylor, who, after te'nq, sworn, said :
The late Mr. John T.iyior was my father ; he Is
now dead. He had some shares in the York, Newcastle,
and Berwick Railway ; I hrd also some shares. My
father had one hundred and forty-four, and I had fifty.
eight shares. I proceeded to York within t he last few days,
and went to the secretary's office to examine the transfer
deeds. The transfer deeds conveyed shares —Mr. Travis
objected to the evidence.—Mr. noklen From what you
have heard. you believe that your name has LI, en forged ?
—Witness : Yes. I am satisfied that the shares have
been transferred by a forged document The name of
the witness to .the document. was H. S. Bright.—Cross-
examined by Mr. Wells : These shares were my father's
property. Tney were not the partnership property of
Taylor and Bright, I cannot swear that the fhares which
• were mine were not the partnership I,roperty of Taylor and
Bright.—By Mr. Travis: As understood by me. the whole
of the shares were my father's own property.—Mr. Wells :
I am instructed to the contrary._Mr.Tr ,vis . That must
be matter for.evidt nee.;—Mr.Wells then again applied for
bail.—Mr. Heiden stated that. Mr. Taylor would not
object to bail ; but. Mr. Taylor declined to tsl:e upon
himself the responsibility of gransirg it.—Mr.Wells: Ain
I to understand that I shall have every facility afforded
for the inspection of the papers and other docurn,nts ?
Mr. England: Yes —Mr. S.ixelbye : We will undertake,
on behalf of the assignees, that he shall have free access
to his bo

rtf r. Travis then remanded the prisoner until WAnes-
dav next, and stated that it would be taken in the ordinary
course on that day, but as early as the arrangements of
the court would allow. The prisoner then left the dock,
and was removed to the gaol in a cab.

The warrant issued f;the apprehension of Mr. Bright
was for forging an endorsement of Charles Tiltson upon it
certain bill of exchange fir the payment of .£491 4s, with
i:ltent to defraud Robert Harrison and others.