The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-25 00:00:00

IMPUDENT FRAUD.

AN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE IN DIFFICULTIES.—
At the Borough Court, yesterday, before Mr. Maude,
a young man of by no means prepossessing appear-
ance, who gave the name of Bradley, was charged
by Mr. Bes wick, chief superintendent of police,
with the following impudent fraud :—Oe Monday
he called at the shop of Messrs. Simms and Dinham,
booksellers, Exchange-street, and requested to be
shown a copy of Macaulay's " History of England,",
and also a copy of Moore's works. Approving of
them, he requested that they might be sent to the
Guardian office with an invoice, and then left the
shop, directing the shopman to make them into n
parcel, and to address them to Mr. Sinclair. The
books were packed, and the invoice, amounting to
Si. 135., enclosed, and a boy was dispatched with
the parcel to the Guardian office, receiving in-
structions not to leave the parcel without the
cash, unless he found that Mr. Sinclair was con-
nected with the office. When the errand-boy reached
the Guardian office he was met by the prisoner,
who came from behind the office counter, without hat,
and appeared to belong to the establishment, and,
' taking the parcel from the boy, he pretended to have
forgotten a book which he wanted ; and, slipping a
written memorandum into the lad's hand, sent him back
for a copy of "Brydge's Algebra." The boy re-
turned to his employer's shop to obtain the work on
algebra, but on his return to the Guardian office,
in about five minutes afterwards, Nr. Sinclair bad
disappeared with the parcel. It then turned out that
the fellow had not the slightest connexion with the
Guardian office, but that he had simply called to
write out an advertisement, and that the whole affair
was a mere ruse. ISome half-hour afterwards the
prisoner called at the shop of Mr. Weatherley, old
bookseller, Exchange Arcade, where he offered the
books for sale for 345. Supposing that he had not
come very honestly by the books, Mr. Weatherley
felt some hesitation in buying them, but ultimately
he advanced 12s. upon them, requesting the young
man to call again for the balance in the evening.
Mr. Weatherley, on close inspection, discovered the
label of Messrs. Simms and Dinham inside the
books, and was induced in consequence to apprise
them of what had taken place. In consequence of
some previous information Mr. Besuick, on hearing
the circumstances, dispatched an officer to a low
lodging-house in Spinning-field, off Deans-gate,
where the prisoner was apprehended. When brought
up before Mr. Maude, the facts were stated in evi-
derce ; and Mr. Fox, a gentleman connected with the
Guardian office, stating that the !prisoner was not
employed there, he was committed for trial at the ses-
sions. From a copy of his advertisement, left behind
him, it appeared that he was about advertising for a
situation as " private tutor," or "classical and mathe-
matical teacher in a school," stating that he was a
graduate in one of the univer,ities.—Manchester
Courier.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
BAIL COURT, Jan. 24.

THE QUEEN V. DROUET—THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES.
Mr. BALLANTINE applied for a rule to show cause why
Mr. Drouet, the proprietor of the infant pauper estab-
lishment at Tooting, against whom the coroner's jury
had on Tuesday returned a verdict of manslaughter,
should not be admitted to bail. The Learned Counsel
said that an inquest, which had occupied considerable
time, had tsken place before Mr. Wakley, the coroner
for Middlesex, at the Globe public-house, Derby-street,
Gray's Inn-lane. That inquiry had been held on the
bodies of four children who had been removed from Mr.
Drouet's establishment, and the jury had returned a ver-
dict of " Manslaughter against Mr. Bartholomew Peter
Drouet." The coroner had issued his warrant against
that person, but he having no power to admit him to
bail it was necessary to make the present application.
He (Mr. Ballantine) had not been able to furnish his
Lordship with copies of the depositions, owing to their
length, but he hoped to be able to do so to morrow, and
Mr. Drouet would come up on Friday to surrender to
the warrant, and to be admitted to bail.
Mr. Justice ERLE said the proper course would be for
the depositions to be officially brought before him. It
would be necessary, in the first place, to have a rule
absolute for a certiorari to bring up the depositions; and
also to have a rule nisi to admit the party to bail after he
had surrendered to the coroner's warrant. The Learned
Judge then asked Mr. Ballantine if he had any affidavits
of the proceedings which took place before the coroner.
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which Mr. Drouot's attorney set forth the fact of the
inquest having been held, and of averdict of manslaughter
having been found against his client.
Mr. Justice ERLE, after consulting with the registrar
from the Crown-office, said he did not think the affidavit
stated sufficient facts to induce him to grant the applica-
tion of the Learned Counsel.
Mr. BALLANTINE replied that another affidavit could
shortly be sworn, and perhaps his Lordship would allow
him to embody in it the accounts of the inquest which
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should not be admitted to bail. Mr. Ballantine said it
would be more convenient for Mr. Drouet to come up on
Saturday than on Friday, as he had originally suggested.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION'-HOUSE.
Yesterday 77wmas Ford was brought before Alderman
Lawrence for reexamination upon the charge of having
utteredforged cheque, purporting to be the cheque of
Mr.
George a
Blackburn, wine merchant, of Mark-lane,
for 3001., upon Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, the
bankers.
A porter, named Thomas Taylor, advertised for a
situation, and was answered by a person who called
himself Mr. Thompson, upon whom ho waited at the be-
ginning of January, at the Bell and Crown Inn, Holborn.
After two or three interviews, Mr. Thompson told
Taylor that he might consiuer himself engaged, and
sent him with a cheque to Smith, Payne, and Smith,
with directions to bring him the money to tt house in the