The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE. —R. F. Pries, of No. 16,
Grove-road, Brixton, merchant, was brought before Sir
Robert W. Carden, in the custody of Huggett, the
detective officer, charged with having knowingly uttered
forged bills of lading, by means of which he obtained
18,000/. The sums obtained by the Prisoner amount,
it is believed, altogether to the enormous sum of 35,000/.
Mr. Ballantine, instructed in one case by Messrs. Crow-
ther and Maynard, and in another by Mr. Vansandau,
attended for the prosecution ; Mr. Wontner for the
defence.

Mr. Ballantine said that he should on the present
occasion merely call witnesses, whose testimony would
be sufficient to justify a remand, in order that the police
might pursue the investigation with as little delay as
Possible in a case of such serious magnitude. At present
he would produce evidence that the signatures to one of
the securities upon which the prisoner had obtained the
money were forgeries.
Mr. Ignace Shuloff said—l am a partner in the house
of Prosper, Monteaux, and Co., foreign hankers, at No.
17, Gracech urch-street. I know the prisoner well, and
have had very extensive money transactions with him.
He is a merchant in Crosby-hall Chambers. In conse-
quence of a transaction which took place, I took steps
for his apprehension.
Mr. Emile Adolph Herman—l am manager of the
house of James Holford and Co., of No. 1, New Broad-
street, bankers. I know the prisoner. I received from
him, on the Ist of January, these corn warrants (pro-
ducing papers alleged to be forged securities). We ad-
vanced 18,0001. upon them. I was to be repaid on the
3d inst. He put off the time of payment, and gave sub-
sequently a cheque for 3,0001. for Saturday upon his
bankers,itness wwahsicnhatchpeaqidu.e, as our reporter understood the
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Mr. Samuel Barnard, confidential clerk to Messrs.
Brown and. Young, lighter and granary keepers, at
Bermondsey Wharf.—l do not believe that there is any
other firm of our name in the trade. I have looked at
the signatures to the documents exhibited (the corn do-
cuments). They are not in the handwriting of my em-
ployers, nor, I should say, were they written with their
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Mr. William F. Ingelow, principal clerk to Messrs.
Monteaux, Schuloff, and Co.. said, I went to the house
of the prisoner in Grove-road, Brixton. I know his
hand-writing. I sew a lady there, who showed me a
letter in his handwriting. I read that letter so as to re-
collect the subject of the contents, and I distinctly recol-
lect one or two sentences. After he was taken into cus-
tody I went, accompanied by an officer, to the prisoner's
house again, and asked to see the letter, but was unable
to obtain it.

Mr. Ballantine--Did you see the same lady who
showed you the letter ?
Witness—l did ; and when I went into the passage to
communicate with the detective officer, I distinctly smelt
the burning of paper, and called his attention to it. I
am unable to obtain the letter.
Mr. Ballantine--Notice shall be given for the produc-
tion of that letter by the lady, to whom the prisoner is
no doubt married ; and if we find that the letter has been
destroyed, we must give the best evidence we can as to
its-contents.

Sir R. W. Carden—Have you any doubt that the
letter you read, and which was handed to you by the
lady, was in the handwriting of the prisoner ?
Witness—l have no doubt of it. The lady said, when
I saw her again, that the letter was burnt.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—l cannot recall to
my mind any occasion upon which I saw the prisoner
write. I know the letter to be his from my knowledge
of his handwriting, and partly from what the lady told
me. I knew his handwriting, and was confirmed in my
opinion by what the lady said.
Joseph Huggett (of the City Detective Police)—l took
the prisoner into custody at the station of the North-
Western Railway at nine o'clock on Saturday evening,
just as the train was about to start. He was in one of
the carriages, and had a first-class ticket for Newcastle.
He had with him a carpet bag and a railway wrapper.
In the carpet bag were clothes all new. I asked him to
give up whatever property he had, and he handed me a
canvas bag containing 101/. lls. 9d. I said to him that
I was an officer, and must trouble him to go back to the
City with me.
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