The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—CHARGE OF UTTERING A
FORGED ACCEPTANCE. Hansard Bridges was brought
before Alderman Rose in the custody of Daniel Forres-
ter, the officer, charged with having uttered a forged
ceptance for the sum of 2551.
Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the Association of
for
Bankerso
for Protection from Forgeries and Frauds, attended •
the prosecution ; Mr. Gudgeon, of Ipswich, for the de-
fence. The case was remarkable;
Mr. John Biddulph, clerk to Messrs. Barclay, Bevan,
Tritton, and of Lombard-street, bankers, said— Mr.
John Gill, of the New Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, keeps
an account at our house. On the 24th of March, the bill
of exchange now produced, purporting to be accepted
by Mr. John Gill, was presented to us, through the
clearing-house by the London Joint-stock Bank, and
paid.
Cross-examined by Mr. Gudgeon—l know as a fact
that the bill was paid to the representative of the London
Joint-stock Bank who attended the c!earmg,house. I
cannot tell who brought us this bill, but it was accepted
"A. Brown," in these words :—" Received for the
London Joint-stock Bank—A. Brown."
Mr. John Gill said—l reside in Surrey-lane, Bat' ersea,
and do business in the New Corn Exchange, Mark lane.
I keep an account at Barclay and Co.'s, and I know the
prisoner, He formerly carried on business at Stowmar-
ket, Suffolk ; and I have had transactions in business
with him. The date of my last transaction with him aas
December, 1853. Most of our trwisactions have been,
I think, by my acceptances, payable at Barclay and
Co.'s. The acceptance to the bill produc d for 2551. is
not in my handwriting, nor have I authorised the pr'-
soner or any one else to put my name on the bill.
knlaw the prisoner's handwriting, and have seen it se-
veral times, I believe the signature to as drawer
of the bill. hi' his,

Cross-examined by Mr. Gudgeon—Have you been
debited with the amount of the bill by Messrs. Barclay
and Co. ?
Witness.. Yes. it appears in coy pass book.
Air. Gudgeon-Have you not been credited for a si-
milar amount ?

Witneee—l have not.

Mr. Glidgeon—Have you rif)t heard from Me-,r3.
13:Arclay, or from other authority, that they have received
the amount of the bill

Witness— I have not.
Mr. Gudgeon—How long have you been acquainted
wi►h birn

Witness--About seven yeriv.
Mr. Gudgeon—And have not all your tranPaotions
with hire been condueteri, upon hip' part, with probity ?
Witness—l believe tliey have been all perfectly correct.
• Mr. Gudgeon—You have said tbat you believed the
Signature to tie the prisoner's as drawer of the bill ? •Do
you believe that the name "John Gill " is in his hand-
writing ? _

Witness—l cannot say. I have bad no transactiors
with him since Deceuther, 1853. Si has made offers of
matt to me once or twice within the la•t tAelve months.

Mr. Henry Miller—l re-iile at Ipswich, OA Butter-
market, and am manager of the National ovinciat
Bank of England there. The prisoner keeps an acc,in t
with us. In January he brought this bill, for 2551.,
dated 221 Jan., 1855, payable two months after date.
I am acquainted with his handwriting, and believe the
signature of the drawer and Vie endorsement to be his.
I discoun'ed the bill for him, at his roqin-st, an.l credited
him with the proceed,,. The bill wouid tall due on the
25th March, which being Sunday, it b.-came ply.a'ne on
toe 24th. I saw hini on the 231 of igarch, rn Vie sub-
je,it of the bill. He wi4ied us to return it, and g:ive me
instrictioni to take it up on his aye cot, and gave me a
ch,:que for the amount. 1 instructed u agent, the
Joint—tock Bank, to take uh t bill on our
aec.,unt I was not acvaint,il with the fa.it, that the
bill had been paid by Messr4. BlAchy and Co., unt,l tie
sth inst., and then it was that I was informed by For-
rester that it was so paid.

Cross-examined by Mr. Gridgeon=l have known the
prisoner between four and five years, and have 111 A ays
looked upon him as a most reEp;,ctable person. I had
the bill several days in my hands befwe the discovery
was made, as I did•not know the acceptor. We advised
the London Joint-stook Bank to pay it, and our advice
would have reached London on the 24th. They have.
not informed us why they did not 'pay it. I have no
doubt that the prisoner intendel to pay it, because he
in,tructe..l us to do

Mr. Gudgeon said he had pursued the curse of cross-
exaniination, to which the alderman had alluded, for the
piirpose of showing that anything like fraud was never
for a moment contemplated by the grntleni'in at the bar.
Daniel Forrester—l saw th 3 prisoner at the Stox-
market Railway at half-past twelve o'ulock on Saturday.
I ascertained that his Caine via 3 Hats: and Bridges, and I
sa'ni I wanted to lum a few questions as to a bill for
225/., which had_ been pmenteil a Rimlay's and accepted
"John Gill," whic.h acceptatice, that gentleman ha,ri de-
nied to be his. The Vain was just then coining up to
L indon, and I got two tickets, and said to him that he
mast accompany me to explain to Messrs.. Barclay and
Co. as to the bill. He said that Mr. Gill did not pay it.
When we were in the railway carriage I gave hnn the
full 'particulars of the transaction. He then said he was
not ignorant of the bill, and I brought him to Lomli n.
Cross-examined by Mr. Gudgeon—l cautioned him
that he need not answer me if he did not please; that
he was not obliged to answer ; but I did not say that
his answers might be used against him. I had no war-
rant for his apprehension. When we arrived in London
I sent to Mr. Mullens, from whom I had received in-
structions on the subject. My impression is, that the
prisoner believed that he was going to' Messrs. Barclay
and Co.'s to explain about the bill.
Mr. Gudgeon then expressed a hope that,the alderman
would accept bail under such circumstances. The gen-
tleman was, he said, a person of the highest respecta-
bility and expectations of property, and had nit the
slightest notion of injuring any person in the transaction
de-cribed, and securities of the most unquestionable
character were ready.
Mr. Mullens said, in cases of such a nature, be was
always anxious to leave it to the option of the magis-
trate, without expressing an opinion to accept or reject

Mr. Gudgenn then pre'sed upon .the alder►nan the
palpable evidence, that his client had never intended
anything wrong or injurious to anybody.
Alderman Rose said he regretted to be compelled to
say that it was his duty to refuse hail. He referred to
R. v. Bear', 8 c. and p. 143, where Justice Coleridge
was reported as follows :—" As to the it:tent, I must
tell you that every man is* taken to intend the natural
consequerxes of his own act. If I present to you a bill
with the name of one of my friends npou it, knowing it
ti be forged, it wouid be idle to ray that I had no intent
injure him."
The prisoner was then remanded till Satorday, when
Mr. Mullena said it would be his di:ty to call upon
the alderman to commit upon the evidence already pro-
duced.

GUILDHALL. —CHARGIL OF UNLAWFUL POWs-
sum:— William. TVood, a adi-driver a❑d coffee-house
keeper, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman
Humphery, charged with being found in the possession
of 261b9. of tea, 18iw. of cAfee, ,and Gibs. of candied
fruit, the same baring been 6t.)lert from the Angel Inn,
Farringdoti.street.
➢Zr. "Wontner appeared for the prisoner.
It apvared'that -Messrs.Nybite an,l Fairchild, of High.
fereet, lioroogh, packed the gi)ods, and sent them to the
Angel Inn for delivery by the country carrier, On Tues-
day la-t; but as the whole of them hal been repacked
since they had been st )len, they. w(re unable t') idenify.
them.

The prisoner alleged that his wife bought Vie goods of
a person who brought them to the shop, an I gave
per lb, for the tea, and 91 pr 10. for the coffee.
The prisoner was realanded for fur.lorr inquiry, and
admitred to bail in one sunty•in 1001., and his can re•
cognisance in 1001.

William Caddick waq chargell t<ith having unlawfuliy
in his passet,sion a eiheßt contaiLing 21.000 envelopes,
the property of Messrs. Morgan an.l of Cant.on-
street We,t.

wa,; stated that the prisoner wss seen hrrngirg► alrxt
the entrthee of Mr. La,..-ii.gton's yard, to the Oiti B
where the goods were stolen from, a few minutes bef“re
they were missed, and he was stoppAl with them in his
possession.
Messrs. Morgan iientified the property, and the pri-
soner was then remanded for the attenda.ice of another
witness.

CLERSENWELL.—STABBING BY A FEHA.LE.—
Mary alas Polly Gal!agile?, 23, was caged Mora Mr.
Currie with stabbing Jane Barnes.
Thomas Clines said, on Saturday evening, about six
o'clock, I was corning put of the Benhuw Tavcrn' in
Golden-lane. I saw the prisoner standing, with her
arms folded, outside the dooi. She had no bonnet or
shawl on. She at once commenced on me, and my
young woman interfered, and she Hai stabbed by the
prisoner in the faee.
Mr. Corrie—You live with the woman that was
stabbed ?

Witness—Yes, sir ; and when -I tried to take the
knife from her she nearly cut the top of my anger off.
Prisoner—l was telt,. in Little Cheap4ide, where I
live, th,t Clines had been beating ITV brother, and I
went to ask hiin.aheout it, when he struck ate.
Mr. Corrie—Did you strike her ?
Witness—l merk shoved her off, she was using Quell
bad language ; and the yoUng womal that wa4 wounde
interfered, and received the wound. The knife was con-
cealed in her sleeve.
The knife was here handed to the magi,trate— it was
an oil i tble knife, wry sharp, and the point of it was
bent by the effect of the b'ow.
George Marriott, 418 A, said I was near the spot,
and when I came up I tarok the knife from the prisoner.
At the station-house, after the wounded woman had
given her evidene; the prisoner sail, "I did not mean
to stab you ; I meant to stab him" (ineanin„f the witness
Clines). After she had given her evidence the woman
became insensible, arll renained so long in that state
that the divi,ional surgeons had to be called in, and they
advised she should be removed to the hospital. She was
removed, and this is the certificate I received this morn-
sing :
"St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Apri1_9,.1855.

"I do hereby certify that Jane B rues was admitfed on
the 7th instant, having a punctured wound below the left
lower eyelid, and a contusion around the right eye.
" EDWARD MORRIS, House Surgeon."

Mr. Corrie (to prisoner)—You have had a narrow
chance astalidii.g before me fir committing a niurder.
As it is, you' must. be remanded until Monday next, to
wait the condition of the injur,d woman.
The prisoner was being removed when,
The witness Clines said—Your worship,-I dread emi•
ing here again.
Mr. Corrie—Why ? .
Clines—l have a brother in the militia, and yesterday
(Sunday) I went to see them going to chapel. As I
was standing outside, a young man named John Ryan,
and other friends of the prisoner, said to me, "If you
go up, you will have to put up with the consequence."
Mr. Corrie—You must have a summons against Ryan,
and any of the other parties who made any threat against
you. • •
The prisoner was then removed.

Art INTELLIGENT JITET.—In an action, Kingsmill v.
Millard, tried at Tannton on Monday, to recover pos-
session of some land, Mr. Justice Crowder in dir.scting
the jury that the plaintiff's case had been clearly proved
by the defendant's evidence,- as well as by the plaintiff's,
happened to denominate Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, one of
the plaintiff's counsel, as his " Brother Kinglake." The
jury, which was not one of the brightest, had, however,
predetermined to have their own way, and to give a
verdict against the learned serjeant, agaipst the evidence,
and againstthe summing-up of the judge, and as a reason
for diing so, while considering their ver:lici, one of them
was heard to address another juryman thus :—‘‘ Didns't
thee bear that 'ere judge cad that ere' counsel (meaning
the learned serjeant) brother ? Dos't thee think it is
likely lie waa g,,ing to ray anything against his own
brother ?” and with this conclusion, and an air of ob-
vious defiance, they reurned a verdict contrary to his
lordship's directions.— Bristol M irror.

A PERFUMED DANDT.—SitVng on II pinzza of the
Cataract-house, at Niagara Falls, was. a :,-oung, foppish-
looking gentleman, lris garments very highly scented
with a mingled odour of 0:)logrw and musk. A solemn-
faced, odd-looking man, aftter pasArg the dandy several
times, with a look of aver-ion which drew general notice,
suddenly stopped, and in a confidential:tone, said,
"Stranger, I know what'll take that seert out of your
clothes ; yon —" " What do pal mean, sir ?" said the
exquisite, fired with indignation, starting from his chair.
" Oh, get mad, now ; sweat, pitch rou,d, fight, just be-
cause a man watt to do you a kinthiess ciiuily re.
plied the stranger. "But Ido know what'll take oat
that smell--rphew ! you jut bury Sour clothes—bury
'en) a (ay or two. Uncle Josh got foul of a chunk ;Ind
he—" At this moment flora went up from the crowd a
simultaneous roar of merriment ;. and the dandy very
aeneibly " cleared the coop" and yaniehed upstairs.