The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-10 00:00:00

—BrasToL, AUG. 0.

WESI

Mr. H. T. Colo was cuur.B,-.l for th
Serjeant 11:_iuglako and Mr. Barstow,

alai: al:

,he defentlaat

't Lis wag al7actioli npi-in a Oilluf excbange fur 3SI. The
defendant pleadel that the t•iil had been given fur a bet
which had been won at horse racing.

The plain•iff having put in the bill,
The defendant was called, and said—l know the plain-
tiff. I became acquainted with him in 1849 or 1850,
through a Mr. Herbert. I had bets with him on the
Northamptonshire Stakes and the Chester Cup in 1850.
The bill was given for bets on those two races. My
affairs are in the Court of Chancery.
Cross•examined--I shall be 61 years of age next Sep-
tember. I have betted for 25 years. I took 351. to Si.
upon the Northamptonshire Stakes. I betted many
times with l4'lr•. Barwick, and I dare say I paid him, but
I did not pay him this 51. bet. I cannot find in my
book an entry for the bet on the Chester Cup. The fa .t
is, I was careless about my books. When I made the
bets I anticipated either paying or receiving. I don't
know whether the plaintiff is a wine merchant. I read
the bill before I signed it. (The bill was for value received
in wine.) I never had any wine from the plaintiff. The
plaintiff told me it was necessary I should pay a Mr.
King the bets I owed him. This is the only bill the
plaintiff ever had of me. (A letter was then put in from
the defendant's attorney to the plaintiff, in which he
stated that he enclosed him a 381. bill of the defendant's,
and begged him to return the former bill.) I do not re-
collect ever having given the plaintiff any other bill than
the present.
Re-examined.—The bill was given for bets, and no-
thing else.
Mr. Cole said that when his learned friend bad opened
his case, and talked about the Court of Chancery,' he
fully expected to see the defendant, when put In the box,
appear to be a ward in Chancery, who had been fleeced
by the plaintiff. a "verdant green," instead of which he
turned out to be an " old rook" of 61, who had indulged
in betting for 25 years, and this bill had been given as a
renewal of a former bill, which had been given months
before either the Northamptonshire Stakes 07 the Chester
Cup had been run for. The fact was, the bill had been-
given to cover an account for wine, Sec., fur which he
was indebted to the. plaintiff.
Barwick.—l am the plaintiff, and first became
acquainted with the defendant in 1850. I had bets with
him, but never to more than 101. at a time. Every bet
he lost to me he paid. I don't recollect the bet of 351.
to Si. The bets were seldom mere than ,?.1. I was a
wine merchant, and supplied King, a publican in Far-
eingdon-street. I think he ale° was a betting man. I
I introduced the defendant to him. The defendant used
to drink a deal of wine there, and gave dinners there. I
told the defendant that it was excessively unpleasant to
me, having introduced the defendant to King, that he
should owe him money, and King said he should like to
have an arrangement if I would draw a bill on the de-
fendant and give King credit for it, and accordingly, in
January, 1850, I drew a bill for 351. upon Hawker. The
bill was dishonoured, and I received letters from the de-
fendant promising to pay money on account, 'but an
arrangement was made for giving the present bill and
having the old one returned, and I sent back the old bill
to Hawker. The 381. did not include a siegle shilling
for a bet. I don't think I ever betted with him at all
before I drew the first bill.

Cross•examined.—l have bad very little to do with bet-
ting during the last 10 years. I became acquainted with
Hawker at Herbert's table, who is the solicitor of Haw-
ker. There was a betting list at King's house, kept by
one Baines. It was scarcely possible to go into a pub-
lic•house in London at that time without finding a Let-
ting list. Mr. King owed me 70/. or 80/, when this bill
was given, and Hawker owed King 331. I very likely
kept a betting book, but it was very email ; it was not
a regular betting book. The following letter was put in
written by the witness to the defendant :

" Dear Sir,—l called at Sing's this morning, where they
gave me a letter received from you yesterday, where you
expressed a wish to back some animals for the 'Chester
Cup. They are not able to lay against 'those you want;
but, as I have a 001. book on the event, yon can have the
following odds from me if you say ' done.'—Yours.

-
" W. BARWICK.
80 to 20 agst Ensedarius
70 —2O Al..lton ) 11, rbert, self, and one or
C two more have a bit of a
—2O John Cosser
100 Little Isett dinner at King's on Fri-
-123 —2O Mark Tapley J day. Come up.
" Mr. G. Hawker."
The figures in that letter have been altered. The noughts
to the figures are not mine. It should be 80 to 2, not
20. There was not a notice sent to me from. Chancery
to send in my claim. There was one sent to Mr. Powell,
who was my solicitor. _ _

Mr. Serjeant Kinglake then, for the defendant,
said that it was manifest that the plaintiff and defendant
could not both have spoken the trt.th ; but he urged
that the defendant bad given the true account of the
transaction, and was entitled to the verdict.

The Learned Judge having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 471.105.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-11017SE.—Eduard Foley, the proprietor
of the Griffin public-house, .Nu. 99, Shoreditch, formerly
called the Carlisle Arms, was brought before' the Lord
Mayor on the charge of . having feloniously received a
Bank of England note for 201., knowing that it had
been stolen.

Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution ; Mr.
Hobler for the prisoner.
Mr. Wontner said the case presented some curious
circumstances. The lady who was robbed upon this
occasion had been followed by three persons of her own
sex, one of whom was a little girl, through whose un-
suspected instrumentality the other two contrived to get
possession of. her pocket-book, containing 551., part of
which was the 201.-note in question. Tue prisoner kept
a house which had been notorious for the entertainment
of swell mobsmen, skittle sharps, card sharps, and thieves
of a great variety of degrees and descriptions, and he had
acted in such a manner in the transaction, which would
be represented by the evidence as having taken place at
his house, as to leave no doubt.of his knowledge of the
way in which those he assisted had obtained possession
of the property.
Evidence having been adduced,
The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner, but said be
would accept two good bail in the sum of 501. each, upon
24 hours' notice to Mr. Wontner.

GUILDHALL.—Sir Peter Laurie said he had re-
ceived another oircular enclosed in a letter, of which the
fallowing is a copy, from a Mr. Adshead, of the Strand :

53, Strand, Aug. 7.
" Sir,—The enclosed circular from 'Mr. Mark,'
whose attempts to extort money from the unwary you
have already so properly exposed, was received here ye,-
terday morning, ls. was paid for the postage, and my
reason for troubl;mt you with it is that you may make it
as public as possible, which is the only way to put a
cheek to the imposition.

. -
"Please to observe that the date varies a little, being
the 21st of July, and not the 13th, as in the forluer
eases,.

`•I am, sir, with great respect. your most obedient
servant, " EBENEZER ADSHEAD.

"Sir Peter Laurie, &c." •
Mr. Martin, the chief clerk, said he had also received
a similar circular from Mr. Henry Adains, of 18, Ches-
ter-street, Kennington-lane.
Sir P. Laurie said. be perceived that, as in all the
other cages in which the Yankee Joseph Ady sought to
swindle London tradesmen, the postage was unpaid until
the circulars were taken in by •those to whom they were
addreiled.

MARLBOROUGH-ST R E XT.—Emma Epplein, wife
of the porter of the Prussian Minister, was brought be-
fore Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a diamond
ear-ring of the alleged value of 6,000 dollars.
The complainant, a little foreign woman of shabby ap-
pearance, said, about three weeks ago she went to the
residbnce of the Plu,stan Minister to ask for some assist
ance.. She saw the porter, hu. band of the prisoner, and
told him her errand. In the course of conversation she
' mentioned that she had a diamond ear-ring, a sort of
heirloom, with her, which she had vainly attempted to
dispose of to the Baroness Rothschild. She showed the
jewel t'► the porter, and the porter said, as she had such
a valuable piece of property with her, she bad
better go with him and remain with his wife until
she could finish her business. Complainant consented
to that arrangement, and she slept with the prisoner for
several nights. The prisoner was informed of her pos-
session of the ear-ring, and knew where it was. The
jewel was in a pocket-book, which she always kept in
a pocket in her dress. On Saturday last the prisoner
pretended to doubt that she had shown the ear-ring to
the Baroness Rothschild, and the complainant said she
would satisfy her in the morning. Complainant did
produce to the prisoner a certificate to that effect, and
then she went upstairs to put on her gown. When she
felt in her pocket the ear-ring and pocket-book had dis-
appeared. She accused the prisoner of the theft. The
prisoner denied the charge.
The police-constable said the prisoner left the lodgings
she occupied two days after the robbery, and the com-
plainant had some difficulty in finding her out.
Mr. Bishop, the magistrate's clerk, asked what was
the value of the ring ?
The complainant said she wanted 6,000 dollars fQr it,.
having refused 5,000 dollars in Leipsic.
The prisoner admitted that the complainant slept
w,tl► her several nights, and that she had an ear-ring
with her, said to be a diamond, but which .had been
pronounced to be crystal by a jeweller.
Mr. Bingham—But how did this ear-ring disappear ?
Prisoner—l do not know. lam innocent.
Mr. Bingham—And why did you leave your lodgings
two days after the loss ?
Prisoner—The rooms did not suit me.
Mr. Bingham consented to take bail for the prisoner's
appearance on a future day.

BOW•STREET.—Mary A9in ankh, who has been
convicted Of felony at least 50. titnes,was charged with
robbing a foreign gentleman, named ,Roder, of half-a-
crown.
Mr. Hall—Were you sober, sir?
Prosecutor—Yes, certainly.
Mr. Hall—You must be a foreigner; then ?
Prosecutor —I am a German.
Mr. Hall—Ah, that accounts for it. If you had been
an Englishman You would have been drunk, fur a cer-
tainty. (A laugh.)
Prosecutor
times, I fray. (smiling)—The Germans get drank some- •

,
Mr. Hall—Yes, after they have resided any time in
this country. They acquire our English habits.
(Laughter.)
The prisoner was committed for trial.