The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-05 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday, Win. Predhani, a respectable looking young
man, brought up to the medical profession, was brought
before Mr. TRAILL, charged with obtaining money under
false pretences from Mr. Edwin Bartlett, a surgeon, of Bir-
mingham.
The complainant stated that the prisoner, formerly lived
with him in the capacity of assistant, and that he left him
between six and seven years ago, since which period he (the
prisoner) had been abroad. On the preceding morning.
about nine o'clock, the complainant received a letter, ad-
dressed to him at his residence in Birmingham, of which the
following is a copy, and which will show the ingenuity de-
vised by the prisoner to succeed in his attempt to defraud
the complainant :
" Weymouth Arms Hotel, Weymouth-street,
New Kent-road.

" My dear Mr. Bartlett—Business of a very private nature
called me to London a day or two ago, and last night, on re-
turning to my hotel, I was knocked down and robbed by a
party of ruffians. You will regret to hear that the radius and
ulna of the right arm were fractured in the affray. Circum-
stances of a peculiarly delicate nature rendered it necessary
for me not to acquaint my family in Liverpool that I was
coming to town. I also now request that you will not com-
municate to any one in Birmingham that I am here, or that I
have written to you. You must be good enough to answer me
by return of post, and inclose me a 101. note, which I will re-
turn to you on my reaching home, together with an explana-
tion of the apparent mystery. South, of St. Thomas's Hos- ,
pital, reduced the fractures, and I am now tolerably east. I

must again impress on you the necessity which exists of your
not acquainting my fam►ly with what has transpired, and as a
friend and a gentleman I confklently rely upon you.
" Believe me, my dear Bartlett,
" Yours, very truly,
" SAMUEL MALINS, per HENRY PORTER.
" The master of the hotel is my scribe, owing to the inju-
ries of the right arm. Address for me at the Weymouth Arms
Hotel."

The complainant proceeded to describe that Dr. Malins,
from whom the above letter purported to have been written,
was his most. intimate friend, and resided at Liverpool. The
moment fie (complainant) read the letter it struck him that
it was in the prisoner's hand-writing, although he had not
seen that person since he had left him, and that it was con-
trived for the purpose of fraud. Complainant, therefore,
with a view to ascertain the fact, sat down and wrote one
in reply, in which he enclosed a 5/. note, having previously
endorsed the same, and transmitted it by post addressed
according to the wish expressed in the letter above quoted.
The same night he (complainant) left Birmingham by the
mail which conveyed his letter containing the remittance,
and at the time the postman was deiivering his letters in
Weymouth-street the following morning he made a point
of being close atlhis heels, accompanied by a policeman, in
order to give the writer of the fictitious epistle into custody,
if lie made his appearance to receive it. Subsequently to
the delivery at the Weymouth Arms complainant went to
that house, and having inquired if Dr. Malins was staying
there, and being answered in the affirmative, expressed a
wish to see him upon urgent business. The landlord of the
house went up stairs, and presently afterwards the prisoner
came down, and, upon seeing the complainant, after having
recovered from his surprise, requested to have an interview
in a private room, to explain matters. This, however, was
not acceded to by Mr. Bartlett, who gave the prisoner into
custody, and, on the policeman examining him, the letter,
inclosing the .5/. note from the complainant, was found in
his possession.
It appeared that the prisoner had been "living at the
Weymouth Arms, a small public-house resorted to by
people of poor condition, and that -since his residence there
he always passed by the name of Dr. Malins, and had let-
ters addressed to him under that signature.—Fully com-
mitted for trial.