The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-04 00:00:00

BOW STREET--(THIS

THE CASE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO. I
This morning William, Straltan,, Sir John, 1)64,11
Bart., and W. M. Bates, were again placed A"
in accordance with the remand of Mr. Jardine.
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The excitement, though not so great as at thel)t
examination, was still very great ; the lobbies ,r
to the court, notwithstanding, were densely 001:V,
At a quarter past twelve the doors of the VI
opened, and, after a terrific rush for a few male°
court was filled to suffocation.
The prisoners seemed to have suffered very 111
ing their imprisonment.
Mr. Bodkin said it would be remembered Or
case was last before the magistrate Dr. Grlil
charged the prisoners with making away wilt
ties of a large amount, The evidence of p 4
was quite sufficient with respect to Strahan. -
noped to be able to have adduced evidence to
lase home technically to the prisoners. But ill '
state that difficulties had arisen in a quarto:l'
was least expected. He should, therefore, bl
the necessity of again asking for a further rolls:,
in order to obtain the evidence required, and 7 `
apparent opposition might be explained. The k
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counsel then said, all the evidence he should effsit'
was to the effect that, in April last, the bank Ili
difficulties, and that securities to the amount old
thousand pounds which had been lodged with `7"
had been disposed of. The case, so far as ri'
Strahan, he thought was complete, after the al
he himsalf had made. With respect to Mr. '
though it was asserted that he was in Franc!:
time of the transaction, he should produce el"
a nature to prove that he was cognisant of all the
ings of the bank. The learned counsel then cal'
Ramand Pelly, clerk in Messrs. 0 verend and G 7
65, Lombard street, money dealers, produced bt
signed by J. D. Paul, and addressed to Yo'
The letter was to the effect that, the Messrs. °`‘.
would lend as much money as the securities seal
recover. He was not acquainted with the hen
of Sir J. D. Paul.
John Young said he resided at 6, Size-lane, l 3
bury. He was a solicitor. In April last he Pt•
a loan for Messrs. Strahan with Overend and 7
He communicated with Sir J. D. Pil
wished him to raise 30,000/. Sir John brougbi,
the best of his recollection, securities consis'
Dutch and Danish Bonds. Mr. Pally was tbs..
he raw at Overend's. Sir John Paul re '
his office while he went to Overend's. On llij'
he communicated to him what had taken PI
tween himself and Mr. Pelly. Mr. Pelly i
objected to lend 30,0001., bat they were /
to advance 27,0001. Sir John agreed to that
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iition. The first application for the money toes
on Saturday, the 27th. He went over to Messrs'
end's, but, Mr. Chapman being absent, nothing A`.
done. On the Monday following Sir John 74.
with the securities. He did not know whether;
them with him on the Saturday. On the one
saw, at Messrs. Overend and Gurney's, Mr. re":
Mr. Chapman, and on that day the 27,0001.'
vanced to Sir John. He (witness) signed the dl
which has the amount of the securities 6
upon it, now produced. The securitiea,s
;n the possession of Messrs. Overend, viligil
formed Sir Jahn that only 27,0001. et:Ar
ilvanced. Sir John expressed his wish to 11).
mailer sum. Mr. Chapman wanted to know °lid%
.f the borrower, but he (the witness) told Mr. 07
=hat he could not give hinn the name of the 10'dt
lie said Mr. Chapman's request was reasonable, r.,
returned to Sir John, who wrote the note ll't,
(witness) took to Messrs. Overend, and showed 'lto
Pully ; and thus the 27,0001. was advanced. ,

Vance was by an open note, or cheque, not ore?
Messrs. Barclay. The note was cashed, and he (cv
handed Sir John 27 one thousand pound notes.
Mr. Bois, a clerk to Messrs. Overend, reesellioli'
the advance of 27,000/. to Sir John Paul. 06 ,‘
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ties were brought in a box. On the back of - t
of
rowed note " he wrote the description of tboeeeof
which at present was there. He produced one -
bond—they consisted of Dutch, Danish, I:lPer cor
5 per Cents., and Brazilian. He produced OUO
and one Danish.
John Hills, 3, Bartholomew-lane, stockbroker'
the handwriting of the " bought note" le°o,
of Mr. Fitzgerald. He effected a purchase of 1
Dutch florins for Dr. Griffith on order of MessrS.S ii
on the 27th June, 1849. Mr. Fitzgerald is noted
but he assisted him in his business. He had 00;
for orders in his book, only the name of the Pt
appeared there. It was not the custom to erit,
name of the parties commissioning them 0 jr--1
stock. On the 15th of April, 1851, he pucka"-
Danish Five per Cents, for Messrs. Strahan. Th° at
note was signed by Mr. Cresewaller. The digli
chases made for Messrs. Strahanamounted to2yot
The name of the purchaser given us by Messrs. 'OO
was Dr. Griffith. Another purchase was made
4th of June of 5,000 Dutch bonds, This also yr°
Griffith. ,if,

Mr. Bodkin, to the magistrate—To this laett
it tached the note in the handwriting of Mr. Bad
Examination continued—The clerk of Messrs.
brought the order for the purchase. As a rule iii
called daily at Messrs. Strahan's. Sometimes
tructions were in writing. sometimes verbally
could only find the two written notes he produced'
believed the notes to be in the handwriting of gr'
The notes were here read ; they were for the
of stock. One of them directed 30,000 Dutch Or
Dr. Griffith.

By Mr. Parry—He knew Mr. Bates was e' P;;
in the bank. They purchased stock to the arli°-
.11ndreds of thousands daily. i,l
John Fitzgerald bad been in the habit of *sa-,
'sir. Hills in his business. The handwriting,
)ought notes, viz., Ist, dated 10th April, 61;
lth of June, 1549 ; and the 3d, the 4th of June'
was his. He did not remember any converiatio(,
Messrs. Strahan. He called at the bank in then°
for instructions, which were filed.
At the conclusion of this witness's evidelic:,'
earned counsel said he did not intend carrying tild
further to-day. He therefore had to apply for l`r
remand.

Mr. Ballantine, for Sir John Dean Paul, Bart',,
Mr. Strahan, said be did not intend to offer any c'T'oi
Lion to the course proposed to be pursued by the co
for the prosecution. 14,
Mr. Parry said, with respect to the 614' IPr
produced to-day there was nothing at all to erro4
Mr. Bates. The only connection he had with ibh-oti
action was that on one occasion he inclosed a ' '"
note" to Dr. Griffith. Mr. Bates stood in a very d;f
position when compared with the other two gee4',o
and they wished the circumstance to be fully 14'
True it was that Mr. Bates participated in the r pt
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whip, and therefore was in a measure responsible
debts and liabilities, but the participation in the per f flkY'
was in this light, that he drew 1,0001. a year in Woo
of salary from the bank; but this was all he did' :,1'
not receive any further sum, neither did he resew;
of the profits of the bank. He should be able t°';l,
in evidence that Mr. Bates, in regard to this elie,
stood merely as a manager or head clerk 6'
do in may other banking house. He should
show that at the time the iransaotioa tech
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that Mr. Bates was in France, and, tberefer
could not in any way be acquainted with the P 0114
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ings going on in London. If it was required, he
put in the passport and some other documents to
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the truth of what he asserted, and under these el4'i
stances he hoped the worthy magistrate would il)
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his client to bail.
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Mr. Bodkin said ho did not like to contra
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of his learned friend. He had been inetrtl6
and no doubt he believed in the truth of those 141'1
tione. But he (Mr. Bodkin) must oppose the OP;,,
tion, as he had other cases to bring forward which 't„,‘
involve Mr. Bates; in prior transactions. He also tli°i
that the application of Mr. Parry was at varialleei
the usual mode of proceeding in cases such as the Prt 6'
Mr. Parry differed from his learned friend i ''
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seral principles he "111
beel‘nird.ojnaerdininehusaniddretdhsatofoncagse "111
think e
think he ought to make any distinction by ad° ,j
Mr. Bates to bail. Ho was sure Mr. Bodkin I°,
best grounds for what he stated, and therefore be
refuse the application.
Mr. Bodkin then made an application that °de,'
nesses who had given their evidence to-day, of
the rev, gentleman who was examined on a Pre/:: or
casion, should be read over to them and signed; : tic
that their attendance might be dispensed "'cite)
they were required to give evidence in another P'''oo.
Mr. Jardine said he had no objection to that
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being adopted. jai','
The whole of the evidence taken in this csee,
been read over, and several important omissions, 6V
been supplied, the further hearing of this case °,c1,1,
ordered to stand over until this day week at 0 °
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[We cannot close our report of this day's Pr °v(700.;
without publicly thanking Mr. Jardine for bis 1:044
towards the gentleman who attended from
report the proceedings in this case.]