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London, England, 1855-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23 1E455,

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THIS DAY'S NEWS

bound for Southampton, where they were taken in CUB- ;
tody. and after a great many examinations sent for trial.
Up to the hour of our going to press the Court was
occupied receiving the formal evidence of the proceed-

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YORK RACES.

(THIS DAY.

ingm in the bankruptcy.
We shall continue the report in our late edition.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(T.HIR DAY.)

EBOR HANDICAP.

Vandal

1

GIJILDHALL.

JUVENILE STAKES.

Frederick W. Kane, a cab-driver, No. 10,987, was
charged before Sir John Musgrave with being drunk
and incapable of taking care of himself, about 3 o'clock
this morning, in Smithfield.

Alfred
Van Galen

COUNTY PLATE.

Police-constable 282 deposed seeing the prisoner in
the above state in the middle of the road. His horse
and cab were on the stand. He took the prisoner into
custody, and the horse and cab were taken to the green-
yard.

Ephe5u5................................. .................. 1
Early Bird 2

Four ran.

LATEST BETTING.
EBOR HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agst Dame Judith
7 to 2 agst Vandal
9 to 2 agst Saucebox
10 to 1 agst au other

In answer to questions from the Alderman, Springate,
the gaoler, said the prisoner was here on the 17th July
last, and fined 51. or 21 days' imprisonment, for cruelty
to a horse, and before that for a similar offence to the
present. . _

Sir John Musgrove said this was a very aggravated
case, and he should remand the prisoner until to-morrow
for the appearance of the cab-owner.
The prisoner said he hoped he should not be locked up
for that time.

PIINCE Or WALES'S STAKES.-Fly-by-Night paid.
Courtier is here, and Brother to Orinoco.

Sir John Musgrove—lndeed you will, and I'm not
quite sure I shall not then look you up for a month.
STRANGE COURTSEIC.—Mary Green, an elderly Irish
woman, was charged with violently assaulting an
elderly man a widower, with four children, named Wm.

BANKRUPTCY COURT-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN BE JOHN YOWL

This was a meeting for last examination. The bank-
rupt was an oilman, carrying on business at Surrey-
place, Old Kent-road.

Henfrey.
The complainant, the left side of whose head was
strapped up the size of the palm of a man's hand,
stated that he occupied a roora adjoining the prisoner's
at No. 11, Robin Hood-court, Shoe-lane. He was a
little fresh last night, and as he was standing at his
door, about half-past nine o'clock, he suddenly found
himself in the defendant's room, when he was struck
seven times on the head with a poker by the defendant.
The defendant, in reply, said she was a lone
woman, and that last night as she was sitting
down to got her tea the complainant came into
her room, and said to her, "You are a lone
woman and I'm a lone ran, give me your hand, I'll
have you." (Laughter.) She told him to be off, but
he refused to go until he had had a kiss. She called for
assistance, but no one came ; and as he was about to
seize hold of her she endeavoured to protect herself, and
a scuffle ensued.

The balance-sheet commenced January, 1853, and was
made up to June, 1855. Debtor to creditors, 1,1971.
10s. 7.1. ; profits, 6271. 2s. ld. Credit—good debts, Si.
7s. ; doubtful, 161. lls. ; property, 2541.'; trade ex-
penses, 4681. 19s. 2d. ; house ditto, 3751. ; losses, 1001. ;
deficiency, 5841.

No opposition was ofered, and the bankrupt passed.
TN DE NEUDIIAM AND wrung.
This was an adjourned last examination, the balance-
sheet on the former hearing not being satisfactory. The
bankrupts were silk and velvet manufacturers and stuff
merchants, carrying on business at Friday-street, Cheap-
side.

The balance•sheet commenced July, 1852, and ended
June, 1855. It stated on the debtor side—capital, SC/. ;
debtors to creditors, 6,3341. 18,. 4d, ; do. secured, 8731. ;
liabilities on trade bills, 4,354/. gs. ; profits, 2,667/.
Credits—good debts, 1061. 18s. ; doubtful, 660/. ; bad,
635/. ; property, 222/. ; ditto in the hands of creditors,
823/. ; losses, 237/. ; trade expenses, 5,909/. ; drawn out
by Needham, 674/. ; ditto by White, 7561.
The examination was adjourned for three weeks to
give the assignees an opportunity of examining the
amended balance-sheet, which was filed only yesterday.

Sir John Musgrove said the complainant bad acted
very improperly in going into the defendant's room.
He thought it would be sufficient if he bound the de-
fendant over to keep the peace in 10/. for six months.

CENTBAL CRIMINAL, COUBT.-(TITIS
DAY).

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Erle.)
At the sitting of the court this morning the prisoners
Davidson, Gordon, and Cole, were placed in the dock.
Before the clerk of the arraigns proceeded with the
indictments, Mr. Ballantine, with whom was Mr. Poland
for the prosecution, said that he had to make an appli-
cation that a brief postponement of the trial should take
place to enable the prosecution to serve the prisoners
with a notice to produce the final adjudication in bank-
ruptcy. The prosecution had not done so, and he (Mr.
Ballantine) feared that some legal difficulties might arise
to frustrate the ends of justice.
After some discussion the case was allowed to proceed,
and the case against Cosmo William Gordon was first
proceeded with. The prisoner is described in the calen.
dar as merchant, aged 34.

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Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Parry was
For the prisoner. _

Mr. Straight, the clerk of the arraigns, then read the
indictment, which charged the prisoner with having ab-
sconded from his creditors, and failing to surrender after
an adjudication of the Court of Bankruptcy, declaring
the prisoner a bankrupt.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Ballantine then went on to state the case to the
jury, and said that he should lay before them evidence
which would, as it seemed to him, fully support the in.
dictment which they had just beard. The case was one
of great importance from the position the prisoner for.
merly held, the amount of his dealings, and the high cha-
racter of the houses with whom he had those dealings. It
was under these circumstances that these proceedings had
attracted a great deal of public attention. The learned
counsel then explained the law under which the pri-
soner was charged, which wa- that of non-surrendering
to answer proceedings taken against him in bankruptcy
and the main question that would arise was what the in-
tention of the prisoner was in not surrendering ? It would
be easy to prove the mere fact of non-surrendering, but
in order to show the intention of the party charged
was the substance of the offence he (the learned counsel)
should be compelled to give them (the jury) a brief in-
sight into the affairs of the firm of which prisoner was
a partner. It was not necessary to go into the history
of the prisoner's affairs previously to 1847, when be was
a bankrupt, and in the year after that he was again in
business with a person named Davidson, but with whit
capital they did not know, but they soon began to at-
tract coi siderable attention in the City from the very
extensive character of their transactions. They carried
on business as Colonial brokers and metal agents. In
the year 1851 the firm added a new branch
to their business, namely, that of distillers,
for the prisoner then became acquainted with
a person named Webb, the proprietor of a distillery at
We'd.. Ham, Essex, and ostensibly purchased that dis-
tillery. After that a most important change took place,
and the transactions of the firm became more and more
extensive. The jury were probably aware that, in the
business of this great metropolis, a vast amount of pro-
perty was represented by warrants of delivery, upon
which it was often necessary for the holders to borrow
sums, which sums were very generally lent upon the
faith of the parties requiring the advances. The pri-
soner, then, became connected in his transactions with a
person named Cole, and between him and the firm, and
they carried on a very extensive business in delivery
warrants, borrowing largely upon them, which money
was principally advanced upon the faith of the
firm of which the prisoner was a member. In
1352 the prisoner became acquainted with the firm
of Overend, Gurney, and Co., the bankers, whose busi-
ness was principally managed by one member of the
firm named Chapman, and with this gentleman the
prisoner commenced dealings, and obtained from that
firm advances to a very large amount, up to October,
1853. The amount lent to the prisoner and Cole was
about 200,0061. upon this class of security. About this
time Mr. Chapman became suspicious, and sent for Gor-
don. Mr. Chapman told Gordon that up to that time
he had thought him an honest man, but that he bad
found out that the warrants deposited with them were
false ones, and Gordon then admitted that all the war-
rants were false and fraudulent.
Mr. Montague Chambers objected to these statements
being made merely when proving a case of absconding
from bankruptcy.
Mr. Justice Erle was not prepared to say that such
statements were irrelevant, and must leave it to the die.
cretion of Mr. Ballantine to confine himself to that which
-- was pertinent to the issue.
After acme discussion, Mr. Ballantine proceeded with
his statement. Gordon, after this admission, went to
Webb and told him what had occurred, and that it was
not to be known to the world ; and a bill was then pre-
pared, and that, with the deeds of the distillery, were
placed in the possession of Messrs. Gurney, who from
that time allowed prisoner and his firm to carry on busi
ness as before, and with all the appearance of credit.
The learned counsel then, with some warmth, expressed
his condemnation of the course pursued by Messrs.

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Gurney.
Mr. Justice Erle interposed, thinking Mr. Ballantine
should not enter into that matter.
Mr. Ballantine continued.—By these means the firm
were enabled to carry on business as before ; and, their
credit being maintained, they were enabled to carry on
their frauds with other parties, and deposit fraudulent
warrants to a large amount. Matters went on in this way
until the 17th of June, when, the:r embarrassments
tbe-
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them to the amount of 3,0001. 'Open that day prisoner
was seen at Dover embarking for Ostend. After
this they were declared bankrupts. The whole
of their assets available were 2,0001., and
and
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1 sion by the officers sent to take them, Gordon and
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