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London, England, 1862-12-20 00:00:00

NEW MEMBERS.

Mr. POLLARD, the clerk to the board, read a
letter from Mr. Davis, the vestry clerk -of Shore-
ditch, notifying the election of Mr. Jeremiah Long
in the place of Mr. John Ware, resigned;

Also a letter from the vestry clerk of the district
of Fulham, notlying the election of Mr. Lammar,
in room of Mr. Valentine Stevens, deceased.

MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS.

Mr. FREEMAN brought up the report from tho
main drainage committee, recommending that the
tender of Mr. Webster, for the execution of the
southern low level sewer for the sum of £234,000 be
accepted. The recommendation was agreed to.
Mr: FREEMAN moved—" That in the event of
any contractor tendering for a work, and subse-
quently withdrawing such tender, or not furnish-
ing approved sureties for carrying out the work,
no further tender from him be accepted by the
board."

After some discussion the question was referred
back to the committee.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE BOARD.

On the motion of Mr. SAVAGE, the board ad•
journed till the 2d January, 1863.

LAW IN7ELLIGENCE, Dec. 19.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings at Nisi Prins at Guildhall, before Lord
Chief Justice Cockburn and Special Juries.)
HUDSON Y. SIR FREDERICK SLADE, BART., Q.C., AND
OTHERS, BENCHERS AND PORTERS, OF THE MIDDLE
TEMPLE—EXTRAORDINARY SCENE TN THE PARLIAMEN-
TAHy CHAMBER.
This was an action brought by Mr. Edward Hud-
son, a gentleman formerly connected with the legal
profession, and lately with joint-stock companies,
to recover compensation in damages for an assault
and false imprisonment inflicted upon him—the f r-
mer in the Pat liamentary Chamber of the Middle
Temple, and the latter in the Fleet-street police-
station.
The defendants, who were in court, pleaded Not
Guilty ; further, that the benchers were investigat-
ing charges brought against Mr. Digby Seymour,
barrister and Q.C., at the time in question; that
the plaintiff, who was a witness in the case, had
fraudulently possessed himself of a certain letter-
book, from the contents of which he was being
examined ; and that they used no more violence
than was actually necessary in endeavouring to
regain possession of the book; and, lastly, that as
plaintiff would not give up the book, they gave him
into custody.
The action, which was known to be for some time
pending, and which was part and parcel of the pro-
ceedings, arising out of which Mr. Digby Seymour,
the other day, at Westminster, brought an action
for libel against Mr. Butterworth, the law pub-
lisher, excited great interest in the ranks of the
legal profession, and in the mind of the public, and
the court, as a consequence, was densely crowded.
Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Collier, Q C.,
and Mr. Horace Lloyd appeared as counsel or the
plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Sergeant
Pigott, and Mr. Field represented and conducted
the case for the defendants.
Mr. Horace Lloyd opened the pleadings.
Mr. Montagu Chambers stated the case, from
which it appeared that the plaintiff, while being
examined by the benchers as a witness in matters
resolving themselves into charges against Mr.
Digby Seymour, in relation to his connection with
mining and railway companies, and into which
they were in their official capacity inquiring, pos-
sessed himself of a book, from the contents of which
they were examining him. He would show thejury
that the book was the plaintiff's own property ; that
it was a book containing his private correspondence;
toat the benchers had got it in their possession in
some mysterious way; and that Mr. Hudson, on dis-
covering it, possessed himself of it, and said he would
retain it as his property. The learned gentleman
then pointed out and graphically described the man-
ner in which a lai ge body of the benchers, aided by a
vigorous porter and other officials, fell upon and
violently assulted Mr. Hudson, whome some of them
seized by the legs, and some by the shoulders
and arms, hoisting him up in the air, feet up, and
head lowered down, with a view of taking the
book by force from him, and in their efforts tear-
ing his clothes and in other respects ill-using him.
He would prove that the benchers repeated the
assault, and that his client suffered three distinct
assaults at their hands. He would also prove
that the defendant (Sir Frederick Slade) took a pro-
minent part in one of those assaults; and that his
c lent was given into the custody of the police,
charged with "stealing;" was taken on that charge
to the police-station, and there consigned to the
felon's dock, and subjected to false imprisonment,
whilst Mr. Bagshawe, accompanied by Mr. Rod-
well, formally repeated the charge. For those in-
juries Mr. Hudson appealed for redress to a jury,
and he (Mr. Chambers) hoped they would see the
justice of awarding him substantial damages.
The learned gentleman—who oecasionally threw
great humour into his descriptions of the manner
in which the benchers figured and acted in " the
scene in the Parliamentary Chambei," and that in
which his client, standing alone, " a host in him-
self," resisted them, and against " the sixteen," and
" the vigorous porter," held and carried off his book
—concluded by calling the plaintiff.
Mr. Edward Hudson, called and examined by
Mr. Collier, said—l am the plaintiff in this action,
and years ago I managed the legal business of
Messrs. Mapleson and Co., but since then I had
nothing to do with the law. I preferred pursuing
other studies, I have been connected with, and
promoter of the Railway Passengersieig c
u Company, and
have be also
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this last company. I was not originally a director
of the company, nor a member of the first board.
Mr. Digby Seymour was chairman of the first
board, from which, in consequence of some dissatis-
faction of the shareholders, he retired. Upon that,
in April, 1853, I was appointed a director, and I
almost constantly attended at the office. In 1854,
I had a private letter-book. Finding it neces-
sary to write many private letters at the office,
I desired a clerk to purchase some tissue paper,
for which I paid. That paper was made up
into the book now produced. The book was
endorsed, " Private Letter-book, commencing in
the year 1854." That was in the handwriting
of the clerk Louth, who is now dead, and the
book was kept in my private drawer, to which no
one had access. I kept the drawer locked, and I
kept the key in my own possession. No one had
access to the book without my permission. In the
come of the business of the company the book was
never brought before the board. There was another
letter-book—the official letter-book of the company
—whi,:h had, in gold letters, the name of the com-
pany imprinted upon the cover. Into this book I
copied certain letters by the machine that I wrote.
There are some letters in it which were not written
by me, but with my knowledge,upon matters affect-
ing me as well as other persons. There were in this
book three letters purporting to have been written
to me by Mr. Gowing, the secretary, when I was in
America, but I never received them. Glowing ob-
tained the book from me previous to my going to
America, with a request by me that he would write
to me by each mail fully, in the form of a diary,and
to transcribe those letters into the bock. Those
letters (the secretary's) were written to me by him,
not as secretary, but as my private friend. None
of those letters were intended for the board, nor to
be made use of in a public manner. I resigned the
directorship on the 14th of October, 1855, in conse-
quence of some difference between me and Mr. D.
Seymour. On the 31st March, 1856, Mr. Seymour
resigned the chairmanship of the board, and I
shortly after resumed my position of director in the
company. I finally ceased to be a director of it in
September, 1856. I resigned my office in conse-
quence
of some dissatisfaction of the shareholders
with the directors, and since then I have not taken
any part in the management of the company, in
which I hold 1,200 shares. I resigned under rather
ptculiircircumstances in consequence of something
that occurred at the board, and in going I left the
book and other contents of my private drawer be-
hind me. I next saw the book in July last in the
parliament chamber of the Middle Temple. There
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in June, 1861, Previous to that I only casually, oc-
casionally, met Mr. Seymour, with whom I had not
then any intimacy. I had some conversation with
him on the matters then concerning him, and it was
in consequence of what he then slid to me that I
subsequently
appeared before the bench at his re-
quest —say about the 20th June. It was on the sixth
meeting that I first attended before them. I was
examined about Mr. barker's case, of which I know

very little. The examination was in the Parliament
chamber of the benchers. The treasurer sat at the
head, and Mr. Dig by Seymour and the reporter sat
at the other end of the table. I had a chair at the
right of the treasurer at the corner of the table, and
the two benchers who generally conducted the pro-
ceedings sat on the opposite side to me, toward the
centre of the table. Mr. Bagshawe conducted the
first examination, and Mr. Rodwell, prompted and
assisted by Mr. Greene, conducted the other exami-
nations. The lighting of the chamber was by a sore
of candelabra, and the apartment presented altoge-
ther a rather gloomy appearance. (Laughter.)
There were some refreshments on tho table near
the door. (Laughter.) The Waller Gold Mine
affairs were gone into on July Bth. Mr. Seymour
commenced by examining me at great length in
chief, and I was subsequently cross-examined by the
benchers. There were, however, intermittent exa-
minations, and there was no regular order in the
proceedings. (Laughter.) I have, however, no com-
plaint to make against Mr. Coleridge's examination
of me. On July Bth Mr. Digby Seymour again
examined me in chief, and after he had concluded
Mr. Bagshaw and Mr. Rodwell, prompted by Mr.
Greene, cross-examined me, not exactly on matters
that could affect my credibility, but in manner and
matter the tone of the examination was offensive to
me. The questions had not been put as on the pre-
vious occasions ; there was a change. There were re-
marks made on that occasion on a letter I was asked
to explain. I did so, and one gentleman said, "Is
it not a breach of trust ?" and another said, " Is it
not a fraudulent proceeding P" As the examination
proceeded it became more offensive to me ; I myself
objected to it, and it became more offensive still. I
saw the benchers were referring to a book, from
which they were examining me. Immediately be-
fore that book was handed to me I had addressed to
me several rapid questions, imputing untruthfulness
in my answers. Those questions were addressed to
me chiefly by Mr. Rodwell, assisted by Mr. Greene.
The book was handed to me for the purpose of con-
tradicting me in reference to my answers respecting
the letters. I believe I then recognised the book,
which was contemptuously thrown over to me with
the question, "Do you persist in that answer ?'' I
said 1 did. The letter was in my handwriting, and
I was asked to read a particular passage in it. I
said " I shall read the whole, or none," and I read
the whole of it aloud. A series of questions were
so rapidly put to me by the benchers as to leave me
in arrear in my answers. I then asked Mr. Rodwell
where he got the book, and he said, " Go on with
your reply," and I did so. I was subsequently asked,
I think by Sir William Alexander, whether a par-
ticular report had been received from the engineer
of the mine, and I said it had, and was doubtless in
the archives of the company ; upon which a bencher
said, " This book appears to be part of the archives,"
to which I at once replied, and said, " No, this is
my private letter-book ; it has been improperly ob-
tained by some one who has not the custody of the
company's books." I then requested Mr. Rodwell
to in: orm me by what means they had got possession
of the book. He declined to tell me. I then said,
" Then my examination closes here. I shall answer
no more questions till I get a reply." Mr. Rodwell
and Mr. Greene consulted together and Mr. Rod well
said, " We think it right to tell you, Mr. Hudson,
that it has been given to us by Mr. Brown." I asked
then if it was Mr. Brown, the solicitor of the com-
pany, and they said " Yes." My examination then
proceeded. That was about 11 o'clock at night,
and at a quarter to twelve the meeting was ad-
journed. At the time of the adjournment by the
treasurer I was giving an explanation of a
passage in the book, but I was interrupted by the
abrupt termination of the meeting. attended next
day, by appointment, at a quarter to ten at night.
I was dressed in an evening dress coat, which I
wore on that evening when dining at one of the
clubs. As nearly as I can recollect, Mr. Bovill, Sir
Frederick Slade, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Rodwell, Mr.
Greene, Mr. Dakin, the treasurer—about 14 or 16
benchers altogether—were present. I was asked to
take a seat, and Mr. Rod well eaid "I have only one
or two more important questions to put to you." I
said, "I suppose, Mr. Rodwell, you will resume
where we left of so abruptly last night," and he
said, " No, he would not," and I believe I understood
him to say that "my examination was really at an
end." I then said, "Then hand me that book." Mr.
Rodwell said, " Oh, certainly," and he threw it
across the table to me. He was some little distance
from me. On receiving the book lat once rose,
and put it into an inr ide pocket of my dress coat.
I then rose, and asked for permission to address a
word to the Bench. Sir Frederick Slade then said,
rather violently, " We won't hear you, Sir!" I then
proceeded to tell the Bench that the book had been
very improperly taken from me, and that they had
used it very improperly—l think I said "disgrace-
fully"—that I had resumed its possession, and that
I protested against the shorthand- writer, the prin-
ter, or any bencher giving any circulation to the
matters that had been obtained a knowledge of by
their possession of the book, and I said I now wished
to leave the room. On that I was told by Mr.
Bovill I should not leave the room. He told me
so most distinctly. I said I should, and Mr.
Bovill said, " We'll see about that;" and he then
walked round, called some one, and placed his back
against the door. Almost immediately after several
clerks, servants, and others entered the room.
Before these persons entered the room I said to
the benchers I had been told I was coming
" to a court of honour and to a society of gentle-
men," and said I came to give them information
without any reference to matters that could affect
anyone, but that I had been treated as if I was
the greatest blackguard and scoundrel in Lon-
don, and Sir Frederick Slide remarked, "I have
no doubt, from what I saw last night, you deserve
it." I replied, " I shall not be so treated by any-
one living," upon which Sir Frederick Slade said,
" Who are you, sir ?" (Laughter.) I told him that
I was a near neighbour of his daughter, but that I
claimed no respectability from that—(l ,ughter)—
upon which Sir Frederick said, "You be sir."
(Much laughter.) When the servants were called in,
the under-treasurer (Mr. Dakin) came up to me and
demanded the book, and he going to lay hands upon
me, I said, " You are an old man, and yon had bet-
ter not lay hands on me." Bye, the porter, then
came up to me. Not one of them told him to take
the book from me, but certainly Mr. Bovill did.
Mr. Dakin laid hands on me, and I put him aside.
Bye, the porter, a strong robust man in the prime
of life, then came up to me, and said he would take
it whether I liked or not. I told him if he assaulted
me he would do so at his peril. He then seized me
by the faciings of my coat. I then found my right
arm violently pulled back, and I was seized by
several other persons. I know that Mr. Bagshawe
was there; but I cannot say he laid his hands upon
me. He was however very violent, and had his
fists clenched. I was then in the midst of a cluster
of those benchers—(laughter)—and I was thrown
down violently upon a chair. I wore an Inverness
cape over my dress coat, and they tore it ; they cried
" Hold him' —(laughter)—and tried my pockets.
They did not succeed in getting the book,and when
I was released I returned to my seat, and I told them
it was unworthy of men of their position and train-
ing to break the law in such a manner. I cannot
say that Sir Frederick Slade had then laid hands
upon me ; but several of them had, and Mr. Bovill
was most forward amongst them. I then said to
them, "Mr. Bagshawe has charged me two or three
times with having committed felony; he charges
me with stealing the book ;" and I said, "If I even
had done so, you should not treat me with violence;
you should call the police." Two constables then
entered, and I was again rushed upon by several
of the benchers, was seized, and thrown into the
Air. (Laughter. That was immediately before
the police entered, and on their entering I
claimed their protection. I found the party, and
amongst them Mr. Dakin, all surrounding me, Mr.
Bovill, Sir Frederick Slade, Mr. Bagshawe, Mr.
Rodwell, Mr. Dakin, and others, and Dakin was
trying to search my pockets. The police interfered
and requested them to be quiet and leave me alone,
and let them hear what the charge was. I was then
released, and Mr. Bagshawe moved formally that
I should be given into custody. The motion was
not seconded, and I said to Mr. Bovill, " You have
been very active, sir, in this business ; what do you
intend doing ?" and be said, " The motion does not
want a seconder." I cannot be positive that this
charge was made in the presence of the police, or
before they entered. When the police entered one
or more of the benchers said, '6 He has stolen a
book," and Mr. Bovill said, " The motion does not
want a seconder; give him into custody." The
police then placed their hands upon my shoulders,
•
but did not act violently. They were about to re-
move me, when Sir Fred. Slade said, n it, we
must have it —(laughter)—meaning the book, and
a general rush was then made at me by Sir Frede-
rick Slade and others ' • and Sir Frederick Slade
seized me by the neckcloth. The rush upon me was
simultaneous; Bye, the porter, seizing me by the
legs. My legs were higher, in the position in
which they held me up y
in the air, than my head. I
again claimed the protection of the police. Some
had hold of me by the shoulders, while the others
held me by the legs. The end of it was that the
police insisted upon my being let alone, observing
that 1 was in their custody. My
coat Was torn; I
lost a swastud, which I afterwards
rcovered, and my
broken. Either on the next day or the
day after my wife said tome, " Why you have a
black eye." (Laughter.) I felt that I had been
much bruised. I then asked the police, " Where
am I to be taken to ?" and they said to Fleet street
g
station. I said I miust have a cab, and a cab was
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one charge, and that is enough at a time."
When I arrived at the station the police-ser-
geant asked what the charge was. Morgan, one of
the police, said, " Stealing a book in the Middle
Temple." The sergeant then said, "Go in there,"
pointing to the felons' dock. I declined to do so.
Mr. Rodwell and Mr. Bagshawe then entered the
station, and the superintendent said, " What is the
charge, gentlemen ?" Mr. Bagshawe replied,
" Stealing." The superintendent then said, "'Then,
sir, go into that dock, or I shall compel you." The
charge was then made, Mr. Bagshawe charging me
with " stealing a book from the Benchers' Chamber
in the Middle Temple. I was then in the felons'
dock. I asked Mr. Bagshawe if he really meant
that, and he said, "I do." The superintendent then
said, " Let us take the charge altogether ; and then,
if you object to its sufficiency, will be your time to
speak." Mr. Bagshawe then used the word "Tak-
ing." When the charge had been completely taken
down I said, " I object to a charge being taken in
that way, and I require to be liberated. I must
either be charged with stealing, or with felonious
intention, or liberated." The superintendent, Mr.
Bagshawe, and Mr. Todwell then conferred to-
gether aside, and on my objecting to the word
" taking" for " stealing, Mr. Bagshawe said,
" They are sy noniroous. ' I said, "No, Mr. Bag-
shawe, I'll show you they are not—if a men takes
a wife, for instance, he does not steal her."
(Laughter.)
The Lord Chief Justice—Unless he runs away
with her. (Laughter.)
Witness—The superintendent then said, "Can't
I throw oil upon the waters ?" (Laughter.) He
asked me to give him the book, observing he would
keep it until the proper ownership was established.
I refused, and said, "It has not been got from me
by violence, and it shall not be by the chicanery of
those parties. The superintendent then said, " I
discharge you." I then said, "Now I have a charge
to make against the constable for not having taken
the porter in charge, who assaulted me." I, however,
did not press the charge, and I withdrew from the
station.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—l left
the office of Messrs. Mapleson on the 24th of Octo-
ber, not caring to follow the profession of the
law. (Laughter.) I managed not only the com-
mon law department there but also criminal
matters and business of the Great Western Railway
Company. It was during that time I became
acquainted with Mr. Digby Seymour; I had not
known him previously to my going into the office of
the Messrs. Maplesons. I promoted the Waller Gold
Mining Company, and Mr. Digby Seymour became
in a very early stage of the formation of the com-
pany connected with it, but he had not much to do
with the formation of the company. I had become
acquainted with Captain Smith, upon whose infor-
mation as to gold being in the Waller mine soil, I
then became the promoter of the company. A sum
of £3,000 had been paid by the shareholders, but I
cannot say by whom. Captain Smith was to have
29,000 shares, at £1 per share, of 70,000, the whole
number to be issued. I was to receive 8,000 shares,
and I received them ; and I received 5,000 more.
That was before I became a director. Mr. Seymour
was to receive 5,000 shares. The arrangement was
that every director was to receive 500, but they
were not paid-up shares, although nominally they
were. Every director was to have one hundred
shares, on which they paid up £1 per share, and
they were to have as many more as they might
choose to take by paying up for them ; but, for
reasons, I did not let them have additional shares.
I cannot tell you how many shares Mr. Dig by Sey-
mour had in 1853. I cannot swear that he had 3,000.
I went at the time to Brighton and Paris, and I was
at that time, consequently, not present at all the
meetings of the directors. My belief is that Mr.
Digby Seymour had not had 3,000, nor 5,000, nor
10,000. My fixed belief is he had not more than
2,000. Previously to the 14th of February, 1853, I
was not aware that the directors were " rigging"
the market; but I am aware that at that time some
arrangement was going on for " operating" upon
the market. It was within my knowledge that
some of the directors were operating upon the mar-
ket ; but neither I nor Mr. Digby Seymour took any
part in the proceeding at the time. I believe I knew
that an arrangement was going on by which a per-
son of the name of Lakerman said he should hold the
shares, and seal them up, and then that certain direc-
tors were to employ brokers, who were to con-
tract with other brokers to buy and pay for shares
on the account, and then, if the price rose, the
sellers were to pay the difference. That might, as
far as I am aware, be what you call " rigging the
market ;" but I regard it as a mode of enhancing
the shares. (Laughter.) I communicated with,
and expressed my opinion upon it to the directors.
I knew it sufficiently to warn them that Lakeman
was a man not to be trusted, and that he would un-
doubtedly deceive them. I knew between the ac-
count day of the 14th of February and the account
day of the 28th of February, " the settling day,"
that the same thing had been done. Six or seven
thousand shares of Lakeman's and of several other
parties had been sealed up, and not then issued.
Lakeman was not a director, but was a speculator
on the Stock Exchange who had taken shares, but
who had otherwise nothing to do with the com-
pany. All the shares, except four or five thousand
to Lakeman, had not been issued. I knew there
were a number of persons interested in trying to
depreciate the shares of the company, and to put it
down. I became acquainted with what was going
on while I was in Paris, by a paragraph which I
had there read, in the newspapers, and I at once
threw myself into a train, and hastened to London,
where I communicated with the directors that
" Lakeman was a low and vulgar thief, whom they
should not trust ; and that if they would go to the
chairman of the Stock Exchange they would find
he was a man who would deceive them." They
replied he had behaved well to them, and that they
would continue to put trust in him, and let him
have shares; and that was the quarrel between the
directors and myself. I think the price which those
parties bought the shares at was from £2 10s. to
£3 ss. But I cannot say that I knew all those
things before Lakeman sold the company. The ar-
rangement, as I understood it, between Lakeman
and those parties, was that they should open a
" Bear" account on the Stock Exchange, and carry
out their transactions in a manner which, undoubt-
edly must be called "rigging the market ;" but
I had nothing to do with it. [ The witness
here described the manner in which the
operation was carried on, the locking up of the
shares on the inducement of Lakeman, who in-
duced them to allow him to deposit at Messrs.
Coutts's, the bankers—but while they weakly
failed to take any step to stop him from withdraw-
ing his own shares, they allowed him to stop
them from dealing with, or withdrawing theirs,
and he then went in to the market and sold his
own.) The number of shares which I was to have
was not then named as 7,000, and was not known
to the directors ; but undoubtedly I was to receive
some shares. It was arranged that scientificwho werere
porters were to be sent out to America
to report favourably of the mine. Professor An-
sted was consulted, and the bargain with Captain
Smith was to be dependent on the purchase of the
mine, provided that the professor's report of the
mine turned out corroboratory of that of Mr.
M'Daniel, who was the first that reported on its
worth. Should it turn out corroborative, then the
bargain with Smith wt s to go off.
A juror here asked the Lord Chief Justice if it
was fair in Mr. Sergeant Shee to press a cross-
examination of the witness upon matters respect-
ing which he could only answer from " what he
thought." He (the juror) thought the learned ser-
geant was only confusing the witness and the jury
by doing so,
The Lord Chief Justice said that they could not
know but it was intended to bring out something, in the cross-examination that was intended to con-
tradict something else that had been said. The best
way was to allow the examination to proceed.
Cross-examination resumed--I certainly wished
at the time, and I said so, that such a proceeding
as that carried on with Lakeman should be put an
end to. When I became a director I think the
shares were at the nominal price of £2 per share.
I am aware that from what occurred on the 21st
of February, that they became depressed in the
market. I went after I had become a director to
Virginia, in America, to see and judge for myself
of the value of the mine. In 1854 Mr. Charles
Heneage, Colonel Kent, and some few other di-
rectors were frequently at the board ; but Mr.
Digby Seymour wes not then frequently pre-
sent. I was myself more frequently present at
the board than any other director, for I had an
overwhelming interest in the mine. (Laughter.) I
think there were perhaps 30,000 shares on which
money had been advanced, and in which Mr. Sey-
mour and I had an interest. I can swear most dis-
tinctly that I had not borrowed to the amount of
£12,000 upon my shares. There had at that time
been gold brought from the mine ; and
thick myself
brought over four ingots of gold, about as aso
my hand, which were displayed for some
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at
the office, for the inspection of persons
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purchase shares, About a thousand pounds value
in gold had been received fromcltmhseaey h
mine;
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Mr. Seymour, in the original arrangement, had
some interest. Mr. Gowing was then the secretary
to the company, but he had never been clerk to Mr.
Digby Seymour.
The plaintiff's case was adjourned at this stage
of the proceedingq, and will be resumed to-morrow
(this day), when the evidence of the officers on duty
at the police.station, when the charge was entered
there, will be examined, and after their testimony
the case will he opened for the defence.