The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-27 00:00:00

CRIME IN FRANCE.

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The Tribunal of Correctional Police onWednesday
tried M. Charles Humbert on a charge of having
suppressed a will under the following circum-
stances :—Some 20 years since, a M. Humbert, who
hid made a tolerable fortune as an ironfounder,
died, leaving a widow about 40 years of age, and
an only eon, the defendant. After attaining her
50th year Madame Humbert found a second hus-
band in the person of M. Aus,uste Liver des, with
whom she lived till her death, on the 21st January,
1860, after making a will, by which She left all
1 her property to her son, M. Charles Humbert, the
I defendant, on condition of .1.1 8 paying her second
husband a yearly pension of 2,400 f. The will men-
tioned no other legacy; much to the disappointment
of a niece of the testratrix, le.dlle. Cruzel, who said
her aunt had promised to g ive her 20,000 f., but
M. Laverdet assured her this. he had esrefaily exa-
mined all his decsased a ifs'i. papsrs, without find-
ing any will or codicil to ens inset, The widower,
too, was dissatisfied with tlsa will, and complained
f bitterly to the universal htgatee, notwithstanding
the latter had spontaneous ty consented to pay him
3,000 fr. a year instead of the 2,400 fr, left in the
will. Three years later, however, M. Laverdet
stated to several of his fri.nnds that he had found a
paper in his wife's desk, ts so days after her decease,
in which she left her niece I,ooofr. a year for life,
and ho had given this document to the defendant,
in the full confidence that he would execute his
mother's wishes. Madi le. Cruzel in consequence
applied :o the defendant, who denied that Laverdet
had ever given him such a document. The present
proceedings were then taken. M. Laverdet
repeated in court the above statement respecting
his finding the paper in question and giving it to
the defendant, and attempted to explain his long
silence, but apparently not to the satisfaction of the
Tribunal, for the President remarked that it was
very strange the witness had never once alluded to
the existence of this paper in his three years' cor-
respondence with the defendant, which was not
always of the most friendly kind. Several witnesses
were examined, but their evidence was most cons
tradictory, and consisted chiefly of reports of their
conversations with Laverdet. The defendant denied
that any such paper had ever been given to him by
Laverdet and, declared that the charge was fabri-
cated for malicious purposes. After a short
deliberation the Tribunal decided that the existence
of the will was not proved, and accordingly
acquitted the defendant.

The Correctional Tribunal of Vendome (Cher•et-
Loir) has just tried four farmers residing at Epui-
say, on a charge of obstructing the cure of the
parish in the performance of his clerical duties. It
appeared from the evidence that, for the last fifteen
years a grand mass has been celebrated at Epuisay
on the 25th of May, in honour of what is called the
"Farmer's Fete," but this year the cure positively
refused to continue the usage, alleging as his reason
that. only five persons attended on the last occasion,
and that he wished to avoid affording any opportu•
nity for riotous festivities. This refusal caused
great irritation in the parish, and on the morning
of the 26th ult.. when the me went to the chu:eh
to celebrate the usual morning mass, he found
the defendants and others waiting close by to pre-
vent his entering, and a number of broken nails had
been put into the lock so that he could not open the
door. On the following Sunday, the defendants,
with about 70 other persons, again refused to let
him enter the church, and he then withdrew to
avoid any dispute. For these offences the defendants
were summoned before the tribunal, and the Public
Prosecutor pressed for a conviction under Art. 261
of the Penal Code. The tribunal, however, decided
that the article in question only applied to disorderly
conduct inside the church, and accordingly acquitted
the defendants, after severely reptimanding them
for their conduct.

The Court of Assizes of the Pure has just tried a
man named Tainard, manager of the Discount Bank
of Pont-Audemer and Louviers, on numerous
charges of embezzlement and falsifying the etc•
counts for the purpose of defrauding the share-
holders. It appears from the indictment that
the prisoner, who was well-known for his skill
in the banking business, having been employed
for many years in first-rate houses, formed a
joint-stock company in 1852 for the purpose of
founding a discount bank at Pont-Audemes under
the name of Tainard and Co., of which he under-
took the management. On the 22d December,
1862, the company was declared bankrupt by the

Tribunal of Commerce, and the liabilities were

found to be 700,000 fr., while the assets were barely
50,000 fr. The prisoner was arrested the same day,
as it was evident that fraud must have been prac-
tised, since the bank had always appeared to be a
flourishing concern, and had regularly paid divi-
dends to the shareholders. A public accountant
was appointed to examine the books, which he
found to be in a most confused state. After 18

months' labour, the accountant presented his report,
from which it appeared that the books had been

ntentionally falsified from the very first, and that
he bank had alwlys been a losing concern. The

yearly loss was proved to be 65,000 fr. on an average,
but the balance•sheet presented to the shareholders
always appeared to justify the declaration of a divi-
dend. The counsel for the prisoner argued that

here had bee❑ no frandulent intention on the part

of his client, who had vigaronsly struggled against
ill fortune, and had only misrepresented the state
of the bank in the hope that he should at last be able
to retrieve all past losses. After hearing the P to-
cureur-Imperial, who pressed for a conviction, the
jury acquitted the prisoner on the charges of era_
bczzlement, but found him guilty of falsifying the
accounts and of using them for the purpose of de-
ception. The Court consequently condemned
Tainard to five years' imprisonment. 100 f. fine, and
ten years' interdictioa of the civil rights mentioned
in Art. 42 of the Penal Cade.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

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LONDON, June 27.--Wind this day at noon—North-
West ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
DARTMOUTH, June 26,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—British
Empire, from Quebec.
FALMOUTH, Tune 26.—Wind 'W.—Arrived—Atalanta,
screw steamer, from New York— Sondesfame, from Bahia
for Bremen.

PORTSUOUTH,June 26 —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Martha
and Jane, from Sunderland for Alexandria. Sailed—Her
Majesty's ship Racoon, from Scotland.
COWES, June 27.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Caesia,
from Callao.

BRISTOL, June 26.—Wind W.—Arrived—Frank Flint,
from Callao.

Nswrorr, June W.—Sailed—Tre Brodres,
for Buenos Ayres.
CLYDE, June 25.—Wind N.W.—Atrived—Argonaut,
from Quebec—Ratho, from Cardenas—Susan F. Campbell,
from Plymouth.

(EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Itlorning,
Arrived, June 25—Siby1, from Tobago—Ellen, from
Guernsey.
Arrived, June 26—Edel Cbtharina, from Ystad_Louisa
Cevvelie, from Skieve—Sarah, from Sulinn—Emily, from
Caen—Eugenie, from Cronatadt—Hardwick, from Memel—
Eliza, from Viques—lda, from Libau—Sat ah Olaf, from
Quebec—Solid, from Thisted—Emerald, from Bevel—
Mindec, from Dram.
Arrived,
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D7—exCedasintoar,, ftrroomTobago—Odessa, packet,
from m
Randers
—Falcon, from
Pomeron—Derwentwater, from Dan taic —Twelling Brode-
ren, and Herman, from Aalboi g—
rrst Junesd t 2
Brilliant, from Guern-
sey— Leopard, from Gothenberg—Hawrapmer, from Soder-
ham— Roso Hill, from Windato. _ .

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DEAL, Monday Morning.
pAssed—Sunbeam, from Ql:ebee, for London—Freedom,
of Dartmouth, from tho north for tb© west—Cid, screw
steamer, from London,
for Bilboa—William Pratty, bark,
from the north, for the west.
Passed, in tow—Pregunia, from South America, for
London.
Anchored—Malabar, from Calcutta—Olaf Korfe, from
f,..m„, th© uest, for the Lortn—Ayrohire,
Havannah—both for London—liarmahull, and Hero, both.
of Weymouth,
from London for Genoa.

The editor of the Phare de la Manche, who visited
the Federal corvette Kcarsage at Cherbourg on
Tuesday states that she received one cannon shot in
the
last,whiCh caused but little damage; another in the
h
which protected her machinery. The shot passed
chain
ow ,
through her chain and lodged in her ribs; another struck
the rudder and remained there; another shot passed right
through the captain's cabin, another in the sternpost, which
it perforated ; another struck the chimney, but did not piss
through, and her longboat was smashed by a discharge of
grape thot. It is said there ara now two Cort,der ate steamers
cruising outside Cherbourg, preparing to challenz,e the cap-
tain of the I> .2arsage.