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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 25.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.)
_ IN RE WILLIAM THORNE.

This bankrupt, who was a draper, of Crawley-
street, St. Pancras, came up to pass his last examina-
tion, with debts to the extent of 1,289/., and assets
stated at about 2901., having commenced business
with a capital of 300/., and while his expenses in two
years, over which period the balance. sheet extended,
amounted to 923/. 25., his profits amounted to only
711. is. Bd.

Upon the part of the assignees, the accuracy of the
bankrupt's balance-sheet was not questioned, but an
adjournment was prayed for, in order that he should
give an accaunt of the disposition of his furniture,
which had been taken by a " cousin."
His HONOUR adjourned the case until the 4th of
January next.
The bankrupt's aunt sought to prove for 2501.,
Which was ordered to stand over for inqniry.
Case adjourned accordingly.
IN RE PETIT AND NEWTON.

These bankrupts were navy agents, and applied to
pass their last examination, which was adjourned, in
order that they should e a cash account. Their
debts are about 4,0001., and assets 2,060/. ; expenses,
2,500/.; profits, 3,0001.
Adjourned accordingly. ,
IN RE HILL AND MONKHOUSE.

These bankrupts were wharfingers, and W. C.
Monkhouse was summoned, and to-day was examined
touching the disposal of a house full of furniture, &c.
It appeared that Monkhouse resided with his wife
and son, at a well-furnished house, in Corrie-place,
Old Kent-road, but the property was claimed by the
son. The assignees, however, ordered that the pro-
perty should be sold, feeling satisfied that it belonged
to the bankrupt in question. The messenger, named
Atkinson, a feeble old man, had placed two assist-
ants in possession of the property ; but when the day
of sale arrived all the goods and property were non est
inventus, with the exception of about 101. worth,
which had been pawned.
The bankrupt now denied any knowledge of the
matter, and added that his wife had pledged them,
with the authority of his son.
summons had been issued against the son to at-
tend to-day, but not doing so, a warrant for com-
mitment was prayed for.
His HONOUR, declined to grant the application, but
issued a second summons for his attendance on Tues-
day next.

The messenger was told that he was responsible for
any loss, and must make it good.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice
WILLIAms.)
On Saturday George Hayward, 19, clerk, was
indicted for feloniously forging awl uttering an order
for the payment of 89/ 4i., with intent to defraud
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co.
. _ _

Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Parnell prosecuted. The pri-
soner was defended by Mr. C. Evans.
It appeared from the evidence that on the 22d of
March, a cheque for 89/. 45., purporting to be signed
by Mr. Murray, one of the customers of the bank, was
presented, and no suspicion being entertained that it
was a forgery, the cheque was paid with a 501. note
and cash. On the 20th of March before this transac-
tion, an order was sent to the bank, apparently signed
by a gentleman named Peel, who kept an account
there, for a new cheque-book, and one was accord-
ingly sent back by the messenger who brought the
order, and it appeared that the forged cheque had
been taken from this book so obtained. In order to
connect the prisoner with the transaction, it was
shown that he had fot merly been in the service of a
solicitor, named Patterson, who had been a partner
with Mr. Peel, and thus had an opportunity of seeing
that gentleman's signature to deeds and other docu-
ments, and it appeared that the imitation of his signature
to the order for the cheque-book was so excellent that
some of the bank clerks said that, if they were not
aware of the forgery, they should still believe it to be his
writing. It appeared that the 501. note was changed
at the Bank of England for gold on the same day it
was obtained from the bankers', and although the
prisoner was not identified as the person who so
changed it, it was proved that the fictitious address
at the back of it, Henry Simmons, 13, Belvidere-
street, Lambeth, was his handwriting, and Mr. Pat-
terson, his late employer, also swore that, to the best
of his belief, the forged cheque was in the prisoner's
handwriting. It was likewise shown that, about the
period of the forgery, the prisoner was seen in pos-
session of a good deal of money, and also a cheque-
book, and that he told a young man, named Capes,
with whom he had become acquainted at the Pavilion
Theatre, that his grandfather had given him 200/.,1
and he talked of setting up in business as a cigar
dealer. The prisoner and -Capes, it appeared, went
to the Isle of Wight together, and had a week's frolic,
during which time the prisoner spent 121. and his
companion Si. of his own money. In answer to a
question put by the Court, this witness also said, that
in June he saw the prisoner in possession of as much
as 70/., and at that time he had also a gold watch and
a quantity of jewellery about his person, and he said
to him, " Young fellow, you look very smart," and it
was upon this occasion he said that his grandfather
had given him 2004
The jury, after a short deliberation, found the pri-
soner Guilty of forging the instrument in question.
He was then arraigned upon a second indictment,
charging him with forgery and uttering an order for
140/., with intent to defraud Messrs. Glyn, Halifax,
and Co., and William Alexander, 20, a genteelly
dressed youth, was indicted as an accessory after the
fact. In other counts the intent was said to be to
defraud John Fenton.

The same counsel were engaged to conduct the
prosecution.

- Mr. Evans again defended Hayward, and Mr. Met-
calf appeared for Alexander.
Mr. BODKIN opened the case, as one connected
with a most daring and ingenious system of fraud, by
which the bankers had been very great sufferers, and
he then proceeded to detail the circumstances under
which the charge was preferred against the prisoners.
From the evidence adduced, it appeared that Mr.
Fenton is a wine merchant, carrying on business in
Mark-lane, and in the early part of June he received
a letter, addressed from Wormwood-street, and pur-
porting to be signed by a person named Charles
Smith, making some inquiry of him respecting
a vessel called the Henrietta, with which he was
supposed to have some connexion, and requesting
an answer to be sent to the address speci-
fied. It appeared that this letter was merely
an ingenious artifice to get possession of his
signature, and Mr. Fenton being thrown off his guard,
and of course not having the slightest suspicion that
any fraud was intended, sent an answer, which he
signed in his usual manner, and it appeared that the
prisoner llayward, who represented himself to be
Charles S .nith, called for an I obtained possession of
this answer. Very soon afterwards an order, as in
the former case, was sent to the bankers with a
cheque-book; and on the same day the forged cheque
in question was brought to the bank, and so exactly
was Mr. Fenton's signature imitated, that although it
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order was afterwards found by a police-constable, in
the carriage-way in Crispin-street, Spitalfields, and
upon its being examined, nearly every leaf was found
to have the name of John Fenton written upon it,
as though a person had been practising to imitate the
signature, and upon the lodging of the prisoner Hay-
ward being subsequently searched by Daniel For-
rester, the officer, he found some blotting paper with
the name of John Fenton blotted upon it. In addition
to this very strong evidence against the prisoner Hay-
ward, it was shown that about the time in question he
was in possession of a great deal of money, and that
he induced a person named Rowley to take a fifty-
pound note to the post-office at Charing-cross, and
endeavour to get change for it by purchasing a pound's
worth of postage-stamps ; but it appeared the clerk
refused to take it, and Rowley then returned it to the
prisoner. With regard to the other prisoner, Alex-
ander, it was proved in evidence that lie was the con-
stant companion of Hayward, and it was shown that
after this transaction at the post-office, he went to a

The witness Capes was re-called, and he said that
about the month of June, he saw the prisoner fre-
quently in company with other young " gents," at
the Pavilion Theatre, and upon one occasion he asked
them if they had seen Forrester, the officer, looking
about, and Hayward shortly afterwards told him that
he had got into a mess, and did not know how he
should get out of it, and he at the same time told him
that if ever he was asked whether he had seen him
with a gold watch and a large sum of money, he was
to be sure to say he had never seen him with more than a
few shillings. He asked him what the mess was that
he hai got into; and he replied that .he would rather
he should have asked him for 51., and as they sepa-
rated, Hayward said to him, "Be sure and don't say
a word, or else I shall be lost for ever." •
In cross-examination, the witness said that it was
he who gave the information to .Messrs. .Bush and
Mullens, the solicitors to the Bankerg'..Association,
which led to the apprehension of the prisoners, and he
admitted that he put questions to the prisoners pur-
posely to hear what they would say. While he and
Hayward were at the Isle of Wight they stayed at an
hotel and amused themselves by riding about with a
horse and chaise, and he saidlhat Hayward also spent
a good deal of money in.:buying. presents for his
" young lady." He added, that be paid his share of
the expenses. _ _ _

In answer to a question put by Mr. Baron PLATT,
the witness said his suspicion was created by seeing
the prisoner in possession of so much money, and a
cheque-book; but he said he kept quiet, in order to
" find out more " There was a reward offered before
he gave any information to the solicitors, but the re-
ward did not apply to this transaction, but to a forgery
that had been committed in the country.
The Learned COUNSEL for the prisoners addressed
the jury on their behalf, and Mr. Metcalfe, for Alex-
ander, called the attention of the jury to the circum-
stance, that the only fact proved against him was the
getting rid of the 501. tote, in which he said he might
have acted quite innocently at the instigation of the
other prisoner.
Witnesses were then called who gave Alexander a
a very good character for honesty, and one of his
former employers expressed his readiness to take him
again into his service, if he should be acquitted on the
present occasion. _ _

Mr. Baron PLiTT having addressed the jury, they
retire 1, and after deliberating for some time, returned
a verdict of Guilty against Hayward, and Acquitted
the other prisoner.
The Learned JUDGE then addressed Hayward, and
after remarking upon the aggravated character of his
offence, and the art and cunning with which it had
been consummated, sentenced him to be transported
for life.