The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-03 00:00:00

PRICE SEVENPENCE.

made out to " Henry Hughes and Co:;" I knew nothing at
all about Thomas Hughes.
Re-examined—ln, the action against him, witness gained the
verdict.
James Callow corroborated the-testimony- of the last witness,
and identified Hay and Hughes.
Richard Friend, clerk to Messrs. Gilman and Co. went to
Speldhurst-street with Mr. Copley, and was told that Mr.
Hughes was in the country; had searched for a person named
Collier, whose acceptances he held, but he could find no such
person.
Timothy Crow knows the defendant Hughes. He had goods
from Helps, Ray, and Co. Cheapside; part of which he paid
for by a bill on Moody for 18/. 18. ; the bill was dishonoured.
The goods furnished amounted to 1001.
Richard Thresher, porter to Helps, Ray, and Co. carried the
goods to Speldhurst-street, and Hughes and Hay were there.
Hughes wrote a gurantee, which Hay signed, and witness gave
it-to his employers.
Mr. Samuel Greathead is in the employ of Mr. Fawcett ;
Hughes dealt with him for flannels to the amount of 114/. ; a
bill for the amount was given, but Mr. Fawcett, finding it was
good for nothing, returned it. No part of the above sum has
since been.paid. The bill of parcels was produced, and iden-
tified by the witness.
Examined- by the Prisoner—Did not make use of any harsh
langnage when he applied for his bill; prisoner did not offer a
warrant of attorney as security.
Mr. Edward Prior is in the employ of Farrar and Co. ;
Hughes applied for goods, and stated that he was possessed of
property to a considerable amount ; he gave bills for the
amount of the goods that he ordered ; no part of the bill has
since been paid.
Evan Jones is a woollen draper—ln December last he was at
the warehouse of Mr. Storks, in Cheapside; Hughes was there;
solicited an order from Hughes, who said he dealt with Mr.
Fawcett; Hughes afterwards called, and looked at some of his
woollen goods, and gave him an order to the amount altogether
of about 40/. ; witness drew a bill on Hughes for 35/. 13s. Bd.,
which was accepted by him, and received a guarantee from the
defendant Hay, as an additional security; no part of the
money has ever been paid.
Cross-examined—Witness charged him 15/. per cent. more
than his regular customers, and the prisoner made no objection,
J. J. Morris, another hosier, proved that he had sent goods
to the prisoner Hughes, under similar circumstances to those
mentioned by the last witness, and for which he has never been
paid. His bill amounted to 431. Saw his goads afterwards at
Bullock's Auction Room. Witness bought them for 301. Saw
.Hughes there, and told him he had bought his flannels again.
He said it must be a mistake.
Mr. Edward Bullock, an auctioneer, proved, that he sold the
flannels that Hughes had bought of Norris fox 30/. two days
after they were sent in.
Spencer proved that Hughes and Buller were confined
in Whitecross-street Prison at the same time. brewer was
there also. They often met in the yard.
John Muller said he lodged in Hughes's house, in Speld-
hurst-street. He had frequently seen goods brought in there
in the morning which were removed at night. He once fol-
lowed some goods which were taken to the house of Hurst, the
Sheriff's officer, in Took's-court, Chancery-lane. Had seen
Brewer at Hughes's house frequently.
Mary Miller gave evidence to the same effect. Goods were
often carried out in the same packages in which they were
brought in, and within a few hours of their delivery. Had
seen Mrs. Hay at Hughes's house.
Cross-examined—The goods were generally taken away be-
fore the shop was opened; could not tell but what they were
sold to customers.
Mary Elizabeth Smith was servant to Hughes when he lived.
in Clarendon-street, Somerstown ; he had ready furnished lodg-
ings there ; Mrs. Watts lived there with him as his wife ; the
other prisoners often visited them ; he afterwards went to live in
Speldhurst-street ; parcels from the city were often brought
there; don't know what became of them afterwards; they were
often taken away in coaches at midnight; witness hoe describ-
ed the nature of the goods brought, in which they corresponded
with those described •by the former witnesses who had sold
them ; was in the habit of brushing Hughes's clothes, and on
one occasion upwards of 100 duplicates tell from his coat pocket ;
they were for various descriptions of property ; there was but
little custom at the shop.
The case for the prosecution being closed, the Recorder, at
the suggestion of Mr. ADOLPH us, informed the -Jury, that
there was not sufficient evidence to convict Brewer and Elizabeth
Hay, and recommended the. Jury to acquit them, which they
instantly did, and a verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly
recorded.
Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the Jury at considerable
length on the part of the prisoner S. Hay.
Mr. CRESSWELL followed on the part of Collier.
Hughes made some technical objections to the form of the
indictment, and read a written address to the Jury, containing a
history of his life, and in which he represented himself as a man
" more sinned against than sinning," and giving a detailed ac-
count of his transactions with the prosecutors.
Watts put in a written address, in which she stated, that she
acted entirely under the direction of the prisoner Hughes.
Several witnesses were called, who gave the prisoners an ex-
cellent character.
A clerk from Cox and Biddulph proved that Hay kept an ac-
count with that house, and that in February last there was a ba-
lance in his favour of 94/.
Several witnesses were afterwards called, who contradicted
the evidence for the prosecution, in some immaterial points, and
who, on cross-examination, varied materially is their state-
ments.
Mr. ADOLPHUS then replied at considerable length, after
which the RECORDER summed up the evidence, and the Jury
returned a verdict of—Guilty against Thomas Hughes, John
Collier, Samuel Hay, and Charlotte Watts; but recommended
the latter to mercy, conceiving her to have acted under the di-
rection of the prisoner Hughes.
'l'he prisoners were immediately called up for judgment, and
Thomas Hughes was sentenced to two years imprisonment in
the House of Correction, and to be kept to hard labour.—Sa-
muel Hay to he imprisoned for the same time in the same
place.—John Collier to be imprisoned in the House of Correc-
tion, and there kept to hard labour, for eighteen months.—
Charlotte Watts to be imprisoned two calendar months in the
House of Correction, and there kept to hard labour.
Rawley, one of the witnesses for the defence, was committed
to Newgate for perjury.
The trial lasted 19 hours, and was not over till FOUR
o'CLocE this morning.

NEW COURT, Nov. 2.
PERJURY.--Yesterday the Court was taken up all the morn-
ing with the trial of a person named Leslie, who stood indicted
for perjury. Mr. ANDREW'S, on the part of the prosecution,
conducted the case, which possessed no particular feature of
interest, the case turning upon the correctness of an alleged
balance of Bs. 6d. on a mutual running account between the ac.
cused and a person of the name of Smith, the prosecutor. An
action had been previously brought between the parties, and on
one occasion the prisoner, Leslie, made an affidavit that he was
not indebted to Smith a single farthing, whereas Smith contend-
ed that there was this balance above-mentioned at that moment
due to him on the old unsettled account, and therefore that the
setting aside the judgment in the action alluded to, which was
the consequence of Leslie's affidavit, was procured by perjury.
Evidence was called to prove the existence of the balance,white
for the defence testimony was produced for the purpose of ne-
gativing the charge, on the ground that the account containing
it was an incorrect one.—Mr. ADOLPH us, who conducted the
defence, enlarged much on the character of his client as a re-
spectable tradesman, and the consequent improbability of the
charge.—Mr. ANDREWS replied, and Mr. Com mom SER-
GEANT having recapitulated the evidence, the Jury retired at
twenty minutes to three o'clock, and after being absent half an
hour, returned a verdict of Guilty.

INDIAN PoracE.—The several Police Esta-
blishments for the town of Calcutta are as fol.

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On the river and extending over a space of about six miles,
there are nine boats, with a complement of 108 men.
Round the land boundary, including the river side, there are
twenty-two stations, with 280 men.

In the town itself there are 40 tannala, with establishment -of
1,440 persons; among whom are 800 watchmen, exclusively
appropriated to night duty, and 480 as a day and night patrol.
within the limits of their respective tannahs.
The Girdwarrce and Cojergiishtee Establishment consists of
103 men, who are not limited to any particular line of charge.
but left at the disposal of the Magistrates.
The aggregate thus furnished, exclusive of Europeans ant!'
others attached to the Police Office, is 1,920 persons.