The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FRAUD. —lsaac Brackenborough
Truman, describing himself as a traveller, of Swan-street,
Bethnal-green, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a
warrant with unlawfully obtaining a horse and cart by
false pretences from Mr. Coggings, licensed victualler, of
the Earl of Derby public-house, Forest-gate, Essex.
Mr. Thomas Beard prosecuted, and in opening the case
stated that, although the face of the prisoner might not be
familiar to his worship, it was so to his colleague, as ho
had been previously charged at that court with a similar
offence, but escaped.
Mr. W. Coggings said—On the 3d November last I had
a pony, chaise, and harness for sale. On that day I
met the prisoner at the New Cattle-market. Ho
came up to me and said, "Do they belong
to you ?" I said, " Yes; they are for sale.
Aro you a buyer?" The prisoner said, " I should
like to see how the pony can go." I then told
him to get up and I would show him, and he did so. I
drove him round the market, and he seemed very well
satisfied, and said it was a pony that would just suit him.
He then asked me if it would•run in a four-wheel chaise,
as he had one, and wanted it for his wife to drive round
the park. He asked me what I wanted for it, and I said
20 guineas, and he then said he should like his wife to see
it before he paid for it. He then asked me to take it to
Sawyer's livery stables, in the Curtain-road, at 8 at night,
and that ho would then meet me there and pay me
the money. He then asked mo what was the lowest I
would take, and I said £2O. I went to the place ap-
pointed and saw the prisoner. He said his wife had gone
out, and asked me to leave them and to meet him the next
morning at half-past 10 o'clock at the Baker and Basket
public-house. I went there the next morning and found a
card left for me that the prisoner had gone to St. Martin's-
lane. I went to St. Martin's-lane, opposite the Horse
Repository. On the prisoner coming out I asked him if
he had the money to pay me, and he then said that he had
been purchasing two van horses, fo,r which he had paid
£5O, and that had made him short of cash. He then asked
me to take a bill on the London and County Bank for the
amount. I said I could not do so for the whole amount,
as I must have some cash. After conversation I agreed to
take a bill for £l6 and £5 in money. Ho said he could
not say whether there was a sufficiency at the bank at pre-
sent, but that there would be £3OO or£4oo in a day or two,
and for that reason the bill was made payable seven days
after date. The prisoner then produced a bill stamp and
asked a cabman to fill up the bill, but that was spoilt
The prisoner said he could not write himself and asked
me if I could write. I said I could a little, and he then
told me to fill up the bill. Seeing the word " Number "
on it I asked him what number I was to put in, and he
said " 107." I told him I could not do it, and did not un-

derstand it ; he then took the bill from me and filled it up.
He told me that he was in the flour trade in a large way of
business, and that he lived in Swan-street, Bethnal-green
Believing his story to be true I parted with my property..
At the end of the seven days I went to the London and
County Bank, both in Lombard-street and Shoreditch,
and the answer I received was that the prisoner was not
known, and that he had never had an account at the bank.
I have never been able to find the prisoner nor my pro-
perty.

Prisoner—Did I not say that I did not wish for your
property without the money ?

Prosecutor—You said you had a banking account. I
went to the address you gave me in Swan-street, and
there was no appearance of your being largely engaged in
the flour trade, as I had to knock twice, and the card did
not find you. . _

Philip Shrives, 82 C— I took the prisoner into custody
last night. He told me that he would go with me, but
that the bill was not duo. He said he had the property
still, but would not say where it was.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall remand the prisoner for a week.
The prisoner—Will you take bail ?
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Certainly not.