The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-29 00:00:00

Mr. Clark, of the Blackfriars-road, proved that
both the orders were forged. He knew the prisoner
well. He hired him as a porter about eight years
ago, and he remained with him about a year and a
half. He then went away for a time, but he returned
and remained with him till last March, when witness
discharged him, he being detected in cutting a piece
of doeskin under suspicious circumstances.
Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE asked if he was in the
habit of sending the prisoner for goods with such
orders? Mr. Clark said he was not, but the prisoner
knew with what houses he dealt by being sent with
returned goods.
Mr. Alderman MuscrtovE asked if he knew the
writing on the forged orders ? Mr. Clark said he
believed they were written by the prisoner's wife.
The policeman said, the prisoner lived at a chand-
ler's shop, and purchased a sheet of paper on Wed-
nesday morning. He had bought another sheet of
the same quire, to show that the two orders corre-
sponded with it in quality and colour.
Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE asked the prisoner if he
wished to say anything respecting this charge ?
The prisoner replied, "I am guilty. I am quite
satisfied to undergo the punishment attached to this
crime."

Mr. Alderman MuseitovE said he should send him
for trial on that charge. •
The prisoner was then charged with uttering a
forged request, purporting to be written by Mr. Col•
Tins, of York-place, Kennington-road, for two sable
muffs, whereby he had defrauded Mr. Berncastel, a
furrier in Great Dover-street, of goods, value 81. 10s.
It appeared that the prisoner had lived at Mr. Bern-
castel's as an errand lad some years ago, and thus
became acquainted with his customers. About a
fortnight ago the prisoner presented the forged order.
Mr. Berncastel remarked, "I have seen you before."
The prisoner replied, " Yes, I used to live with you,
but lam now at Mr. Collins's." Mr. Berncastel
asked how long he had been there, for he had never
seen him there. The prisoner replied he had lived at
Mr. Collins's for nine months past, and he had often
seen Mr. Berncastel there. This lulled Mr. Bern-
castel's doubts, and he sent the goods. The prisoner
said his master wanted them for a customer named
Ward.
Mr. Collins proved the order was forged, but re-
marked that about a week before this transaction a
woman, in an advanced stage of pregnancy, called to
inquire, as she said, by the direction of Mrs. Ward, a
neighbour and customer, what the price of a good
sable muff would be, and he told her about 21. 10s.
up to 64 He knew nothing of the prisoner.
The officer said he had confessed he had pledged
the two muffs, and had told him where, but he had
not had an opportunity of requiring the attendance
of the pawnbroker.
Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE said the prisoner was a
large dealer in his way, and perhaps some other cases
would transpire if time were given. He remanded
the prisoner till the next day.
BOW-STREET.
Samuel Ralphs and Andrew William Barr were
brought up yesterday on a warrant, charging them
with defrauding Julius Carey.
Mr. Ballantine appeared for the. prosecutor, and
Mr. Clarkson for the prisoner Barr, and Mr. Lewis,
as attorney for the prisoner Ralphs.
Mr. Ballantine was about to state the case for the
prosecution, when
Mr. Lewis applied for a remand, without entering
into evidence, as he was not sufficiently instructed to
conduct the case at present.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Clarkson both assented.
Mr. HENRY had no objection to the proposed
remand, but he had no power to remand the case
without some evidence.
It was, therefore, agreed that the evidence given in
obtaining the warrant should be repeated, and the
prisoners remanded, without entering further into
the case.
The prosecutor's statement was to the effect that he
met the prisoner Barr, at Cremorne-house, and after
some conversation with him (in which the prisoner
represented hinself to be a West India proprietor),
they went together to a house in Oxford-street,
where they played cards with two others, Brewer
and Lewis. On that occasion he lost a large sum
of money. He met the same parties again a few
days afterwards. and again played with them, still
losing. Altogether he lost 1,4421. He paid the
money to the prisoners and their friends.
Lewis said that he went to Cremorne-house, with
the prisoners and Brewer, for the express purpose of
" catching a flat." Whoever found one was to bring
him to an appointed rendezvous. Mr. Carey was
pitched upon by Barr. The cards were all
" packed.' By the use of the packed cards, by
unfair "dealing," and by elss.wing the card.,
they succeeded o holing all the games. The
money was divided by the prisoners and Brewer, in
his (Lewis's) absence, his share being given to Brewer,
who went to Greenwich, without giving it to him.
He then determined to inform.
The prisoners were remanded till this day week,
bul were admitted to bail, in two sureties each for
2501. (or one each for 5001.) and their own recog-
nisances for cool. They were also ordered to give
twenty-four hours' notice of bail.
Mr. HENRY expressed his determination to take
especial care that the sureties should be solvent.
It was stated that a warrant against Brewer was
taken out at the same time, but the police had not yet
succeeded in capturing him.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Thomas Williams, the proprietor and driver of a
Hackney omnibus, appeared to answer a complaint
preferred against him by Mr. Joshua Wilson, an el-
derly gentleman residing at Homerton.
The complainant stated, that at ten o'clock in the
morning of the 17th instant, having some pressing
business to transact which required his attendance in
town, he got into the defendant's omnibus at Homer-
ton, which proceeded at a fair average pace until it
reached Hackney, when it came to a sudden stop and
remained there for upwards of twenty minutes. Wit-
ness and the rest of the passengers repeatedly remon-
strated with the conductor, who in the first instance
took no notice of the complaints, but ultimately ex-
pressed his determination to stop there until a full
half-hour had expired. Feeling incensed at such a
wanton waste of time, witness attempted to make his
way out, but was forcibly prevented by the conductor,
who thrust his hand off the handle, and deliberately
fastened the door with a strap, so as effectually to pre-
clude his egress. Witness repeatedly struck the man's
knuckles with his umbrella, but the handle of it flew
off, and, finding such means ineffectual to procure
his liberation, he at length pulled out a penknife,
with which, at the instigation of his fellow- passen-
gers, he cut the strap, and attempted to descend, but
was again prevented by the conductor, who placed
both his hands against the panel of the door and hell
it fast. Witness at the same time he brought his
whole weight to bear against the door on the inside,
but whilst doing so the conductor then suddenly let
go the door, and he was precipitated head foremost
into the road, his body, hat, and umbrella falling in
three different directions. The only notice the con-
ductor took of his violent descent was by a loud
burst of laughter, and upon recovering from the
shock he had sustained, which was fortunately unat-
tended by any serious personal injury, he took the
number of the vehicle, and completed his journey by
another conveyance.
When called upon for his defence, the defendant
acknowledged that he might have stopped longer
than ho was authorised to do by the Act, but said
that was in consequence of the severe rivalry he had
to contend against upon that road, and disavowed

altogether any participation in the alleged misconduct
of his conductor.
Mr. ARNOLD said that a most unwarrantable out-
rage had been committed, and had the conductor

been brought before him to answer for his share in
the transaction, he should have visited him with the

severest punishment it was in his power to inflict ;
but as the defendant himself did not appear to have
taken any part in the actual violence, he could only
convict him of loitering upon his journey, and for
that he should inflict upon him a penalty of 205. and
the costs, or one month's imprisonment in the House
of Correction in default.
The fine was immediately paid, and the defendan
discharged.