The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-04 00:00:00

seed; that is the case at all such wharfs, and "sweepings
is a perfectly well understood and recognised term. I have
had no transactions with the Messrs. Barry since the fire in
November. I received a check from them in December last
but that was in respect of transactions before the fire. Jute ld
always sampled on-the wharf and kept for a certain time, an
in case of any damage the wharfinger has had to bear the
loss, and then the damaged commodities remain in shi POS
session. Sometimes articles are not ready at hand, and they
require to be reinstated. That frequently happened when
I was there. In those cases the wharfinger would have to
pay the value, and if the goods were afterwards found they
would become his property. To the best of my belief that
is a usual practice at similar wharves. These are the
largest seed warehouses in the metropolis. They were verl
large when I was employed there, and they have since be end
greatly extended. The articles I bought always required
sifting and cleaning. I have never bought a bale of soul
jute of them that I remember.
Mr. Alex. Rosa (Rose, Wilson, and Graham),
Thread-
needle-street, was recalled. He had heard the evidence of tl-!0
last witness as to missing and damaged goods. Witness
own firm frequently received checks from Messrs. BarrY
claims which they had made on them on account of mislin
or damaged goods. In a large warehouse like theirs therse.
would be necessarily always a great quantity of sweePillgid
Witness's firm had frequently put up by auction and se,
sweepings and damaged goods lying at the wharf of gessrd,
Barry. On these occasions a regular catalogue was Printe

and the auction was quite public.
By Mr. Giffard—lt was only customary for wharfingers
to deal in goods thrown on their hands; they could not 11€11)
themselves. It was not usual for a wharfinger to deal Ina
goods. Sweepings might be out of 20 or 30 ships. Ile 511°1i if
call 900 quarters of sweepings a large quantity in one year,
purely. sweepings. He remembered one of the dock ?era
pames selling 500 quarters in six months on one occasonci
By Mr. Serjeant Ballantine—" Sweepings" might inchl
damaged goods and parcels. Besides being a wharfinged
Mr. Alfred Barry was an assayer of seed, and VMS entitle
as such, to half a bushel out of a certain quantity °
adulterated and sample seeds, and that would afterWarav

belong to him. hin
Benjamin George Hogg, a carman, deposed that it
the last year he had often conveyed jute and other goods for
Mr. Crowther from Meriton's-wharf to his depot at florseir
down.
Mr. Crowther was recalled, and, in reply to gr. l'el,:1
;7
said the goods referred to by the carman were those Be '-
purchased at Meriton's-wharf. this
Mr. Lewis, to the Bench—l only want to show bon
inquiry is being prolonged for no earthly purpose. herts
Mr. Edwin Radmall, managing clerk to Messrs. 14); at
and Brown, assessors of fire offices, said he received
at
Meriton's-wharf the list produced of the goods destroyea
of
the June fire. In that list it was stated that 390 bale,srhe
jute by the Sebastian Cabot were destroyedby the fire. ed
list, errors and omissions excepted, was afterwards retu-Toi.
to Messrs. Barry, and after they had made certain Otbe
tions and alterations to it the list was sent back. of
warehouse book of Messrs. Barry he found no en tries f
' sales to Mr. Charles Crowther ; but he found 60 ent"eo;
deliveries by the carman Hogg. In no case was gr• those
ther's name mentioned in the book in connexion With

deliveries.
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Company, Sing of
street, city, proved that a policy for £l,BOO in lavc*„e t
Mr. Theodore Baxter was issued from the office in re..,%, et
of 394 bales of jute at Meriton's-wharf. It was in I'9',-in%
the June fire. Towards September, 1864, after the e'33l
had been paid, Mr. Alfred Barry called at the office auci,stillo
with respect to that claim the office had omitted to gel the
usual wharfinger's certificate of the goods being there ti,iveo
time of the fire. Witness said they had satisfied thero6' as
the goods were there by verbal i quiry, but still it woe a.
oversight that the usual certificate had not been obtaioia
vy.
Mr. Barry said theymust at once see that a dishonest te,
ant might get his money without the wharfinger's certim:3
and that the wharfinger might be defrauded of his rell' the
Mr Theodore Baxter said he received his clainitpre'
policy with respect to the jute by the Sebastian Cabe', never
sented to have been destroyed by the same fire. Ile, 111,-,Jee
heard from Messrs. Barry, or from anyone, that 1,
of jute by that vessel had been found in Warehouse lioa
At this point an application was made by the Prose
to to have the prisoners again remanded for a week.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine thereupon renewed bis aP,i ettB
tion that the Messrs. Barry might be admitted to b°.`"
did also the solicitors for the other prisoners, gr. lj_et92
marking that they had already been eight weed 311 K-10011
pending the inquiry.
Mr. Alderman Stone said when he declined to D"
airi
to bail on the last occasion he was in hope that the rn4
the
might on the present occasion have terminate bY
plea
parties being either discharged or committed. It see If
now that the inquiry would be a very lengthened one. Id
the remand asked for had been for a day or two be st
not have accepted bail ; but when he found that the loug-ro_
interval allowed by law for a remand was asked by the Poo
secution, and that time was really essential to them to c
plete their case, he thought he should be justified it:l'; n
milting the defendants to bail, but it must bo
substantial character—namely, each of the Messrs. 13'1,1,:ni
themselves in £2,500, with two sureties for each a t-s, 0
of £1,500, making .£ll,OOO ; for Thorne in £5OO analnt r
sureties of £250 each, and each of the two other Pris°---e
£250 and two sureties of £125 each.
„n The
The bail demanded altogether amounted to Xl37ovv•fortl -
requisite sureties for the brothers Barry were at once
coming, one of them being a leading director of on°, of there
insurance companies, and they were liberated; and
was a difficulty in the case of their three serv3lit°'
they were again removed in custody.