The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-21 00:00:00

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Day.
CRIMINAL COURT.--(
DJ°
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER) .ffipe,
EMIGRATION FRAUDS.—Th, trial of Cornelius ~bo
tsgeut, au d Henry Graham Montague, mineralogist;cier
itstandcharged with unlawfully obtaining mosey u°
thi'
false pretences, and of conspiracy, was restPw- er-
ming. The case occupied the Court' the grel/ter 11
tion of yesterday.
Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Parry, ePPesred °cif
the prosecution. Mr. Ballantine defended Trifle' ill)
Mr. Sleigh Montague.
A number of witnesses were examined, alo---r Far
ne the°
several intending emigrants, who had all paid thet
sage money in the manner described by one of thehcaa't V
Samuel Finch, of Caat b j deposed b.- ed
was desirous last June of remr .ury-roo.tv ,0
t Australia, eito
tt;inl the 13th of June he went itgor'ion"6, Austintrier°,:be
saw
ewview of making inquiries about a vessel. Illervibss
two clerks, and in consequence of owe
they told him he afterwards had arrestedloti',o g°
with Tripe,
to Mr. Valance, a solicitor, and receive psYr°,,e,u,,tsase ,f
at 63, Cornhill, whom he req 'of big
passageio money for a berth in the Camilla. ..-1" a en'
71. s. was afterwards paid to Tripe as a 434°81 'lttl°'
witness received in return a printed receipt of the se'
tralian Gold and Emigration Company. °° fb 5 d
quent day he saw
theyi agreed to allow him 11. a head for all the Pet dis'
covered,
evceould bring to them, but witness after we! bertb,
Tripe and Montague together,
that the
when he went to tekerpossession of bs•ta the
the prisoners had nothing whatever to do w'
vessel. tstea
• 13, 6 0
Ono of these witnesses, on cross•examinatt° s -r.bg
office 'o,jl
tthhaot,he was present on one occasion at the
' board" held a preliminary sitting, 13.° Wastl3 31,111
member that he could atterwards recoanise oe-
Lutwick
leather Lutwick, who was represented to him 170 be " oftb°pag'
seller who could buy up half the 13aele jecosa
land if he liked." There were several other geklitaisj°r
present, but whether they were Lord iiilwortul obe
Hawkes, and Captain Smith, he could not th,bese,
was not acquainted with those gentlemen. All e'
r;, sea
however, seemed to be well supplied with Papers, glee'
when they retired Tripe exclaimed, with 03,,
"The company's formed, the company's foruseo.,„l tb°
Sir Robert Carden stated that he investige'i` bear'
case at the Mansion-house. There were ses'ericuileseqvili
ings, and in the course of the inquiry Lord "-area ''''s
and several other gentlemen whose names "-are
di"
the prospectus, were summoned to appear, ecd,htera, 11°:
attend, but no charge was ever Lauda against "" favour o°-
were they ever in custody. No degree of
shown_ to them or the prisoners.
This was the case for the proseositioil. for tbo de
Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury .-- 0 WO
fend ant Tripe, and contended the City re.,gist,rnseue for
made a mistake in sending his client or 01°°of the
trial. The culpable parties were the directors dote'
.I. ova,
company; but the City aldermen were too Os
gard the rules of law, aed pursue a course of theiz! bt be
with the view of arriving at the truth, Which, 113 Pr itv
very serviceable, but certainly was very illega.,%* pr 0103„;
stance, Lord Kilworth and Mar Hawkes w—eat tP"
mooed for the purpose of being questioned b°„0:100
transaction, but in law they could only be 811030'°'usties
witnesses Cr defendants, and ho was fitraid,46. to
would be defeated by the refusal of the CitY 'l7'lool
treat the directors in the latter capacity. T 11,40,, e bt,
Counsel then proceeded to insist that the ev"---,(30/ tae
failed to make out any false pretence on thesear" oditig
emigrantsdefendants.
i
belief that the nThey
theeo
mr acceptedepgauniyar,
wofa
wtyhhoeifchh moneyutshienye ofsvis ,etrhaeotdb
joitteottrk;fooooll
tors, would he able to charter vessels for the land c"eb,
and promise which some of the witnesses wanted to teadot
. This was nothing more than what was done everialely'
,hy_cr.egular shipping brokers or brokers via thes_ aeor
c'x'''acge,:i and it would be too bard to visit the es;tao
defendants with a severe punishment, Silnill.Y beCa-" °VC'
g
V"
Set
131 I:4Vit .-
h°°l /
ginotor34,os
company, of which they were first the ori
then the servants, bad failed to accomplish the_ lies
and useful end of its enthusiastic promoter!. both
therefore, called upon the jury to acclu" cope
defendants, and not allow them to bo wade th,c ~0 Olt
goats of the directors, who were convenientc cored
either to eacepe the liabilities which they had ,10 defect'
to the intending emigrants, or irate to leave",,,igra-
dents to fall victims to the ill ess of their P""
if
beb°
Lion Company. on ....
Mr. SLEIGH afterwards addressed the PI t evi
dofollNloloonsotaffigouire,oatntdo
The Learned RECORDER then summed up
rdiot, --
jaullotifiynsti shoe d
conviction
t 07169 " a
case, and the jury retired to consider their
left.e
had not returned into court when our report
NE W COURT. . 1 i Ibis C°Lifl
The COYMON SERGEANT WO ()couple- .n
_ho were
during the whole morning in tryin
prosecuted by the Mint authorities for uttering ,dre ei
gio tcP"
felt coin. None of the caw Presented
public interes4 g prisonep we,-cootr: