The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Francis Fowler was brought
before Alderman Rose for final examination, upon the
charge of having feloniously forged and uttered an order
for the payment of 1,5001., with intent to defraud
Messrs. Martin and Stone, of Lombard-street, bankers.
The prisoner had been examined on the sth inst. The
cheque produced, for 1,5001., purported to be drawn. by
Messrs. Boddington and C 0.., payable to C. W. Walton,
Esq., loss per Mercury, dated 4th of February, 1855,
and endorsed F. Fowler, and it was presented at Martin
and Stone's bank on the sth of February by the London
Joint Stock Bank, and paid through the clearing clerk.
The following is the additional evidence given yester-
day :
Mr. John Saunders, cashier in the London Joint
Stock Bank, said—l know the prisoner. He has an
account at our house. I produce a cheque for 1,200/.,
numbered 43,095,.dated .7th February, 1855, signed " F.
Fowler." It was presented to me for payment by the
prisoner.on the 9th February, and is payable to 137 (the
Neptune and Mercury), and I declined to pay the
amount. Ho asked me what was the difficulty. He
said hd thought he cotild Faikeci- him !•what
the cheque for 1,2001. was drawn against. He said
cash paid in by him. I asked him what that cash con-
sisted off He then said cheque or cheques,. I-am not
sure' which. asked, a number of cheques I He said
no, a. single cheque. I asked him on whom the cheque
was drawn. 'He replied that he could not remember.
He then said it was for a loss by two vessels. I said,
" You can surely tell the who is the drawer of the
cheque 1" He made an indistinct answer, and I repeated
the question, and he replied in the same manner. I
again repeated the question and took a piece of paper
and a-pn, and requested -nim--to write the name, and
he wrote "Boddington and Co." He then left the house.
That piece of piper has been since lost. The prisoner
lett %it% me his pass-book, in which theie is a credit
for 1,5001. on the sth of February ; that refers to the
cheque upon Messrs. Mortin and Stone. Without that
credit of 1.5001., the prisoner would have had a balence
of about 851. to meet the cheque f 1,200/. The cheque-
book produced by the officer bears tho same nu:nber a,
the cheque for 1,2001. There is- one counterfoil fur
1,5001., but no cheque fur that sum has been preFe.ated
-to us.

Daniel Forrester, the t,flicer, said—l took the prisoner
into custody un the 3d of March, upon a warrant issued
from the ikdanion-house, for feloniously .foring the
cheque f•a- 1,5001. I searched him and found upon him
the cheque-book produced, which bears the number
43,095.
The iirlsoner, it: rep'.y to the question of the alderman,
said he had nothing whatever to say.
The prisoner, in reply to the question of the alderman,
said he had nothing whatever to say.
The prisoner was then charged with having on the
30th of December, 1854, received and taken into his
possession on account of Messrs. Boddington and Co.,
his masters, the sum of 471. 11s., and embezzling and
stealing the same.
•Mr. Edward Starey, clerk of Messrs. Burdgett and
Picard, of 149, Fenehureh-street, cornfactors, said—On.
the 13th December I filled up the cheque produced for
471. lls., payable to T. Boddington, Esq. It was signed
by Mr. Bardgett, and I gaze it to the person who called
for it. I don't recollect whether he signed the receipt
on the back or not in my presence. That cheque has
been returned to our house by our bankers as paid. I
also paid to the same person a cheque fur 461. 19s. 5d.,
which I produce.
Win. Lake Bosswell, clerk to Messrs. Boddington and
Co., said—l have been in the employment of Messrs.
Boddington and Co. upwards of 20 years. The prisoner
was in the same employment. I have frequently seen
hint write, and I am well acquainted with his handwrit-
ing. We were both engaged in the uuderwritidg depart-
ment. The writing' on the back produced, "T. B. Junr.,
per F. F., 30th December, 1854," is in the prisoner's
handwriting. The prisoner would have no authority to re-
cell/0 cheques on the underwriting accoount of his em-
ployers. We had an account opened at that time with
Mess.r?. Bardgett and Picard, and the prisoner's duty was
to keep the underwriting books, and to make out the
accounts, and get the parties upon whom we had claims
to agree to the amount, but not to receive the amount.
The amount Aloud have been received by our usual col-
lecting clerk. There is no entry of the receipt of the
cheque produced for 471. lls. in our book. I produce
a book kept by the prisoner, the object of which is to
show when balances are paid. There is no entry of the
amount whatever ; but by this book it would appear
that the amount is still outstanding. There was a sum
of 461. 193. Si. due to Mm. Davis, one of the partners,
on an underwriting account from Messrs. Bardgett and

Picard, but that sum has been accounted for.
Mr. Davis (partner in the firm of Boddingtan and
Co., of hit. Helen's-place) said the prisoner had no direct
authority to receive money on account of tho under-
writing account, but that under certain circumstances
his doing so would nut have been looked upon as an
offence, but it would have been irregular. The priso-
ner had not accounted for the amount, and had no au•
thority to pay the cheque into his own account.
The further evidence of Mr. Jelly, clerk to Messrs.
Bodlington and Co., and Mr. Scrivenor, clerk in the
London Joint Stock Company, completed the second
case against the prisoner, who was then committed for
trial upon both charges.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--A decently dressed
woman stated to Mr. Bingham that after living some
years with a man, by whom she had had two children,
she had recently got married to a working man, intending
to live for the future in a reputable manner. Since the
marriage the father of her illegitimate children, who had
been maintaining one of them, had sent it back, refusing
to contribute any more to its support. Applicant wished
to know whether the law justified him in thus acting ?
Mr. Bingham read the clause of the act, whichpro-
vided that a man marrying a woman with children, le-
gitimate or illegitimate, became liable for their mainte•
nance, and the applicant left the court, apparently much
dejected.

TUE LATE EARL STANIMPE.—At the last weekly meet-
ing of the West London Anti-Enclosure Society, held
on the 12th inst. at the Banner of Peace, South What f-
read, Paddington, Mr. George Stubbings in the elia'r,
an address of c:mdolence to the family of the noble
founder of their library, the late Earl Stanhope, illus-
trative of his many cmtests for rights and benevolent
deeds, was adopted, and, as a further testimonial of re-
spect, it was resolved that the library of the society
should be increased to an extent worthy of such
founder.

THE CULTIVATION OF Hops IN ENGLAND.—The usu.,'
annual ret.irris, which were published ye:terday, show
that the gross total,numbir of statute acres of laud under
cultivation for hops iu England in the year 1854 amounted
to 53,823—0 f which 11,490 i acres were in the district cf
Canterbury, 2,050 in Hants, 4,5481 in Hereford, 1,4031
in the Isle of Wight, 10,3371 in the district of Roches-
ter, ter, 1,377 i in the district of Stourbridge, 1,224
of Worcester, and 11,690 acres in Sussex.l.aTtihneinstotal
amount of daty charged on the hops in the
1854,
wag
col-
lections of England, the growth of the year
85,422/. against 47,
per lb., 34,981/, under
and 4,1137. for the d of 1 12-20 d.
8-20 d. per lb.,
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