The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-09 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

THE ALLEGED FRAUD IN THE PICKLE TRADE.—
This morning Robert and Henry Feist were again placed
at the bar, before the Lord Mayor, charged with having
defrauded Mr It, Landall, of Austin Friars, of a large sum
of money.

Mr Humphries, jun., who attended for the prosecution,
said a new feature had arisen in the case. It appeased
that when the prisoners obtained the advance from Mr
Landall in reference to the shipment by the Matheldas, a
wharf note was produced. purporting to be from the Suf-
ferance Wharf, and signed •° J. Smith." Now there was
no such person at the wharf, and the note itself was purely
fictitious.

Mr Sidney, who appeared for the prisoners, asked what
charge was to be preferred against the poisoners.
Mr Humphries said he did not exactly know. This
branch of the case inv,lved a charge of forgery, but at all
events it was pretty clear that there was a charge of con-
spiracy. The present charge against the prisoners was that
they obtained an advance from Mr Landau upon a consign-
ment of pickles, representing that each of the cases contained
3 doz., but on the arrival of the ship at Australia the cases
were found to contain one dczm only.

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A witness from Sufferance-wharf said there was no such
person as J. Smith, in the employ of the wharf owners.
Witness did not recognise the signature to the wharf receipt
at all.

James Stevens said he was in the employ of the prisoners
until a few months ago as warehouseman, at Tottenham-
row. Kingsland. He had been in their service about eight
years. Mr Henry Fesit attended to that portion of the
business. the superintended the packing, sorting, and
casing the goods. The case produced was of the same de-
scription as those used in the firm. It would hold one
dozen pint bottles. There were larger sizes used for three
dozen packages. Robert Feist attended to the counting
house part of the business. He (witness) marked the cases.
In the early part of the year he (witness) received orders
from Mr Henry Feist to go to the East India Dock and
repair some cases on board the Mathilda. Mr Henry told
him he would meet Mr Robert on bard. Mr Robert asked
him, after he had examined the cases, in what condition
they were. The eases were one-dozen cases. He (witness)
was told to go to the mate of the Mathilda and get a receipt
for the cases, but the master refused to give him one, as
some of the cases were damaged. Witness went
on board with Mr Panne], and opener] .."") .f
the cases. All of them contained but one dozen of pickles.
Witness went to the ship the next day and took away the
wet cases. All the cases left in the ship were one dozen
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James Watson, also lately in the employ of the prisoners,
said he remembered packing a number of dozen cases of
pickles.
Charles Swinyard said he remembered taking 195 cases
of pickles to Mr Pannel's wharf. They were one dozen
cases. He took them by direction of Mr Henry Feist. A
paper similar to that now placed in his hand accompanied
the goods. He got a receipt note from the people at the
wharf for 193, because two of the cases wore out of con-
dition. Two o .ses were taken to the wharf to make up the
number. He took the wharfinger's receipt for the goods
back to Kingsland, and gave it to some one at the ware•
house, but ha did not recollect to whom. He recollected
afterwards going to the ship Mathilda, in the East India
Dock, and getting 40 cases, which he took to the warehouse
in Kingsland, but he afterwards returned them again to the
ship.
Charles Lazenby said he was in the employ of the defen-
dants as general superintendent of the warehouse work. Ho
recollected going with Stevens to the Mathilda bydlrection o!'
the prisoner, Henry Feist. He was told to get the damaged
cases away. He saw Robert Feist on the quay. The cases
on board the Mathilda were all holding but one dozen
bottles. They got about 40 damaged cases. They were
taken back to the warehouse, repacked, and sent to the ship.
The Lord Mayor said the consignment, by the invoice,
appeared to be oil, sauces, and pickles.
Mr Humphries said that was so, but, in fact, the whole
shipment was solely of pickles. Ho did not intend to pro-
ceed further with the case that day, but he hoped to be able
to proceed on Thursday next. The illness of Sergeant
Hayden prevented him going forward.

The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoners until to-morrow
week.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A TRADESMAN CHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT—SERIOUS
INJURY TO A FEMALE,—John Barnsley, of 11, Nelson-
place, City-road, yeast merchant, was charged before Mr
Knox with assaulting Mr Robert Stevens, ivory turner, of
No 16, Hemmings-row.

Mr Stevens said he was passing through Cranbourne-
street last night about 9 o'clock when he saw the defendant
and another man in a cart go along th© street and knock
down a female and chive over her. He (Mr Stevens) then
laid hold of the horse's head, upon which the defendant
jumped out of the cart and knocked his bat off and shook
him. Both the defendant end the other man had been
drinking, but the other man more than the defendant.

Iu answer to Mr Knox, Mr Stevens said that he did not
know what became of the female. She was lying on the
pavement when ho left to fetch a constable, and on his rev
turn she was gone. He gave the defendant into custody.
The defendant said he did not shake Mr Stevens.
Mr Stevens said the defendant got on his back and struck
him and knocked his hat off.

The defendant said he was going at a quiet pace and he
just knocked the woman down.
Mr Knot —Just knocked the woman down I
Mr Stevens said the defendant had been drinking.
A constable said the defendant knew what he was about
although he had been drinking.

Mr Knox said the defendant had been drinking and
ran over a woman, and then, when one of the bystanders
stopped him ho knocked his hat oil. He would ask the
defendant whether Mr Stevens had done anything to him
to justify his acting as he did.
The defendant said Mr Stevens laid hold of his horse's
head, and he then knocked his hat off.
Mr Knox said, as the defendant had not done Mr
Stevens much harm, he would fine him 10s, or seven days.
The husband of the woman who was ran over by the
defendant staggered into the witness box, and said that
his wife had only left home a few minutes when she was
knocked down and run over. She was too ill to attend,
her back having been injured, and she had only been
confined a few weeks.

The husband handed Mr Knox a medical certificate to
the effect that his wife was unable to leave her bed.

Mr Knox asked the husband whether he thought his
wife was in danger, and the husband said he thought not.
A summons was then ordered to issue against the de-
fendant, to be sorved at once for the injury to the female,
it being returnable this day week.