The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

amongst the most depraved thieves, From that moment
he became quite careless, and would only become worse
by being sent for punishment amongst experiencf2d
prisoners.
One of the policemen said the boy certainly exhibited
a total insensibility to disgrace, for, when in the cage and
questioned about his conduct, &c., he began to dance
and gave what is called the " double shuffle."
The LORD MATOR considered the case was one which
showed the necessity of increasing the responsibility of
parents with rasp( ct to the dishonest conduct or their
children. lie hoped that her Majesty's Government
would, amongst their other great efforts for the benefit
of society, include the consideration of the deplorable
state of the thousands of poor children in the me-
tropolis, whose condition appeared at present to be
inevitable.

The wretched boys were remanded, and both swag
gered out of the justice-rcom.
Jolat Hounslow, a mail in the service of Messrs. Cham-
bers, ironmongers, was brought up, charged with having
poisoned himself:
It was stated that the unfortunate man had attempted
to destroy himself in consequence of a suspicion enter-
tained that he had been concerned with another in
robbing his masters. A person named .Tohnson has been
in custody for some days upon the charge of having
plundered the premises of a large quantity of nails, and
the prisoner was remanded until the day on which John-
son is to undergo a second examination.
GUILDHALL.
Joseph Alexander, the Polish refugee, was brought
before Mr. Alderman Wood for final examination,
charged with uttering a forged acceptance for 5001.,
whereby Messrs. Fuller, the bankers, were defrauded of
that amount. He was further charged with a forgery at
common law, in respect to a letter purporting to be
written by a person against whom he had brought an
action; and he was also charged with stealing a halt'-
crown.
The room was crowded to excess:
Mr. Robinson, the barrister, appeared with Mr. Taylor,
a solicitor, on behalf of Messrs. Fuller; and Mr. Lewis
conducted the prosecution on behalf of the other parties.
Mr. Jones defended the prisoner, and Mr. Wolfe ap-
peared on behalf of Alfred Wilhelm, otherwise John
Brown, who was charged with being an accomplice in
defrauding Messrs. Fuller.
The charge of stealing the half-crown was first en-
tered upon. •
On the 16th ult. Alexander called in at a Mr. Alex-
ander's, a furrier, in Union greet, Spite Melds, and asked
Mrs. Alexander to read a German letter to him. Her
husband was present, but had occasion to leave the room,
and her back being towards the fireplace, where the pri-
soner stood, he had an opportunity of purloining a half
crown, which had been marked by the servant and pur-
posely left on the mantelpiece. When he left, the half-
crown was missed, and he was followed and given into
custody in Chiswell-street. Upon hearing the charge
he at first exclaimed, " My God, I have no silver;" but
ne afterwards said there was a conspiracy against him,
and that the marked money was paid to him by prose-
cutor in 11. worth of silver, and in liquidation of a debt
of 81. The servant identified the marked half-crown
taken from the prisoner by the police, and Mr. Alexander
swore he did not owe the prisoner 81., or pay him 11. in
silver, or pay him anything.
In cross-examination by Mr. Jones, the prosecutor
explained that the prisoner represented to his wife that
he was a teacher of languages ; but that he was not
engaged to teach her, as he bad been understood to
say.
Mr. Alderman WOOD committed him on this charge.
The second charge was for uttering a forged letter,
purporting to admit having received a quantity of skins,
for the value of which he had brought an action against
the simulated writer.
Mr. Lewis, in stating the case, said that it would be
observed that the forged letter bore a post mark in the
vicinity of the residence of the alleged writer, and that
two blank letters addressed by the prisoner to himself
were found at his lodging. They were posted in the
like manner, and the object was to have them ready to
be filled up in any way that would best sustain the
action brought for a suppositious debt. The production
of a letter which had reached the plaintiff through the
post would of course tell with the jury. Mr. Lewis ad-
dressed himself
for
forgeryt o
the
lawwoud'f liet h e
wherecase, t ot
he show that an
indictmentinstrument
forged was of less importance than a will, writ, or
deed.

Mr. Alderman WOOD said he would take it that the
forging of any writing for the purpose of doing wrong
to another amounted to forgery in law.
Mr. Jones submitted that, as an action of debt was
pending in another place, no proceeding could be taken
in this Court in respect to the subject-matter of it that
would have the effect of getting rid of the suit. The
magistrate would otherwise be trying the case of debt.
Mr. Alderman WOOD said, it was qtrzte competent to
the prosecutor to proceed with any criminal charge as
soon as he discovered the necessary proofs.
Mr. Harris Michael, a furrier, in Castle-street,
Houndsditch, deposed that he had received two lawyer's
letters, demanding a debt of 97/., one a year ago, the
other six months age. He owed the party nothing, and
handed the letters to his solicitors, Messrs. Wire and
Child. No writs were issued by them, but be was served
with a writ by a third attorney, who was employed by
the prisoner. This was on the Ist of March last. (A
letter was then put in, bearing the post-mark... Bishops-'
gate Within, July 6, 1645." .It began by stating that
the writei feared, from the tenor '6l the prisoner's letter,
that he supposed he (the writer) had sold the skins,
but he had not done so ' • he had left them to be sold by
commission, as the marks had not been removed well
enough. The writer offered to accept a bill for 501., and
referred to another transaction in mink skins. It was
signed " Harris," and addressed to the prisoner Alex
ander.) The witness said he was as often called Harris
as Michael. The signature to the letter was an imitation
of his signature, but he never wrote that letter or any
other to Alexander, and never had any transaction in
mink skins or any skins. He owed him nothing, and
never did owe him anything.
Mr. Alderman WOOD doubted whether the letter was
such a one as would lead a jury to find against the sup-
posed writer on the trial of the action. The action was
for the value of furs deposited with Mr. Harris. The
letter was not precisely an admission of possession of
such. property.
Mr. Lewis said, it was not a question whether it was
sufficient, but whether it was intended to be sufficient.
Whether it admitted only receiving authority to sell, or
the actual deposit of the goods, would be quite a questicn
fur the jury.
Mr. Child spoke to the proceedings he took for Mr.
Harris.
The officer deposed to receiving the forged letters,
amongst a number of other papers, as documents left by
the prisoner with Mr. Gates, a solicitor in Thaeet-place,
who issued the writ for the prisoner.
Mr. Gates said, the papers he delivered to the officer
were left by the prisoner for care only, and were not
papers delivered to him as evidence to be adduced in any
proceeding, nor papers upon which he had been con-
sult( d. He had declined acting any longer for the pri-
soner as his attorney, before the prisoner showed him
the letter produced.
Mr. Alderman WOOD struck out the evidence as to
what was said between the prisoner and his attorney, as
being a privileged communication which the attorney
had no right to reveal, even in a criminal case, without
the sanction of his client. If such communications
were not privileged an accused person would, to some
extent, be deprived of the means of defending himself.
The prisoner was commi ted on this charge.
The third case was against Alexander and Wilbeam,
alias Brown, jointly.
Mr. Robinson opened the case at some length.
We have recently stated the substance of the evidence.
At the end of December the forged acceptance of
5001. was paid at Messrs. Fullers'. On the 16th of
February Alexander gave charge of two persons, named
Nicholas Kerp and the prisoner Brown, for committing
that offence. Brown got away before they reached the
station-house, and Alexander also slipped off; but there
was abundant evidence against Kerp, and he was com-
mitted for trial. Alexander was subsequently appre-
hended for stealing the half-crown, and a few days after
Brown was discovered at a coffee-shop in Soho. On the
way to the station-house he confessed he was the party
who uttered the bill, but said it was Alexander, who
had given him and Kerp into custody, that furnished
them with the bill. In consequence of his communi-
cativeness, the solicitors to the bankers sent his clerk to
the station-house to invite him to make a voluntary
statement. This, statement was the principal new evi-
dence tendered to-day. It was made in the presence of,
a policeman, taken down by the solicitor's clerk, and
signed by the prisoner.
The confession states, that he was working as a painter
when Alexander called upon him on the 28th of Decem-
ber, and said he wanted him to do something particular
for him. lie went to Alexander's lodgings, .stopped
there that night, and next morning Alexander said he
had a bill of Mr. Kerp 's to
H present, and he had 100/. to
receive out of the amount. He wanted the informant to
Stret ton
present it, and he took him to Samuels clothes shop, in
Alex-
ander, who looked at it, and then gave him
that he might Alexander then took him
go respectably.
to the Royal
obtained the
Exchange and introduced him to Mr. Kerp,
saying, " This is the man I can trust it with." Kerp
replied,
" It is all right," and handed the bill to .gmund, and furnished him with new clothes,
(Brown) the
bill and showed him the bankers (Messrs. Fuller). He
stranger together. Alexander said, " Don't pull the
money out here." They all went to the Royal Exchange,
where he, by Kerp's order, gave Alexander two 501.
other. They 5001., and found Kerp, Alexander, and a
notes, and the four 100/ notes to Kerp. Alexander said
he must have gold for his notes, and he gave one to in-
formant to change for him, and went himself with the
while they were there Kerp came in to change his notes.
On leaving the bank, Alexander received the 50 sove-
reigns from informant and went away. Informant
each obtained gold for their notes, and
walked with him as far as the Mansion-house, where
Alexander said he had better go back and wait for Kerp.
lie did so; but after waiting a short time ho returned
alone to the outfitter's shop at Weitesinster.
This statement is at variance with the outfitter's evi-
dence, which represents that Kerp, and not Alexander,
bud Brown, the painter, transformed into a gentleman
on the morning the bill was uttered.
' Mr. Alderman WOOD cleellat-d ad,r.itting Brown as a
e itness, and said he mint lease that to the discretion of
the judge.
The defence upon this charge was reserved.
Alfred Blacktop, a
Mr. Alderman Woou committed the two prisoners for
trial, one for uttering, and the other as accessory before
the fact.
The proceedings occupied above six hours.
WORSHIP-STREET.
youth about 16 years of age, the
son of a reap ctable carpenter and builder at Hackney,
was placed at the bar be fore Mr..Areold, charged with
having been towel upon the premiseli of Messrs. Joseph
Claircu and Co., 'irtwerd, at Cambridge-heath, with in-
tent to commit a felony.