The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-11 00:00:00

INSOLVENT COURT—(THIS DAY.)
IN RE WILLIAM PINNOCK AND WILLIAM ELSWoRTII...
These two cases were v,ry similar. Both the insold
vents came from Yorkshire, one from Scarborough 51'
the other from lluddersfi,.ld. They met at a coffee'
house in the Old Bailey; they toJk a walk into Holborn
one day in July, and v.hilst partaking of some ale were
both arrested and went to prison. They both employed
the same attorney, both filed t'teir proce, ading; at the
sant?. time, both were heard on the same day, nd bow
opposed b counsel.
Mr. Cooy KE, who opposed Elsworth, said therere e $5:
wonderful similarity in the two cases. There w
mortgages for 3001. each, and both schedules were ue'
fective in informtion.
The case of Pinnock was adjourned for further et
dente, as also the case of Elsworth. Both vvere require.,.°
to prove the debts of the detaining creditors, and bout
ad It
It d urne t the 15th Septemb.
was stao ted by the opposing counsel that the Court
would hear nothing further of the cases.
• Y.)

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DA -
FORGERIES BY A GOVERNMENT CLERK.--3:11%
Gates, who is charged with forging cheques for the Paw
pose of defrauding the Income and Property Tax ,0
missioners, was brought up again to-day for the Purr"

of hearing other charges against him.
A number of respectable witnesses were in attendan,eede:
Mr. Timm, the solicitor to the commissioners atten.el
arenr
The first witness examined was Mr. Darereb, Solicit
to the charity called the Salford and StselePi is
Charity, in Lancashire. A printed form was Pi2eeed by
the hands of the witness, purporting to besigni nets
him, for the receipt of 781. 195., from the comns•es f‘,ing
to the charity, as money returned, the charitY u`s,b
exempt from Income and Property Tax under the her,
and 6th Victoria, c. 35. It was dated the 2clSePterar ne,
1846, and stated to have been claimed on the 2401°1_0r
He said he had made a claim, but not for this aunt' nor
for dividends, to which the sum had reference 'beta.
had he authorised any one to do so 00 his ber to
He had never received the money, and his sigeatuesnd
the order was a forgery. The form'
signedT by the commissioners in the ordinary WV; is the
The prisoner's solicitor had no questions 10 -5
81
witness. he Wel
Mr. John Durrant, register of claims in t-- „Of
commissioners department, stated that he bad find aof
searched his register, and that he could not aild been
entry having reference to the order. Claims ha divi'
made by the charity, but they had no reference t°elloes
dends nor to the sum mentioned in it. lie was bad leee
was filled up
quainted with the writing of the prisoner, as he OS
Order „a
it daily since May, 1844. The body of the
undoubtedly in the hand writing of the prisonerted to
the signature, though feigned, he certainly belielt ;Se
be also in his hand-writing. Did not know first tie
form had been filled up until he saw it for the 01.5'
on Tuesday, the 27th of July. , pro'
Mr. Henry King stated that he paid the or q 6, bf
duced to the prisoner on the 2d of September, the
a 501. note, No. 57,158, a 201. note, No. 57,053' 11.floPei
rest in gold and silver. He witness() received the'Sgueer
from Mr. Rea, another clerk in the office. TexcePprtlime on
off
gave him the order as produced, with the 111/
the name, "N. R. Arnold," at the corner, the ore
the gentleman who checked the orders alter thei
paid.
Mr. Joseph Bines Gibbs stated that he wads fir al
dealer, carrying on business at 119, Pall-mall.
nee
bore the name of " Gibbs and Co," The prisonerd to
to his shop on the 3d of September, and pure tie ft
pounds of coffee, for which he paid ss. 4d• inthe Pri
was so entered in his day-book. He also gave es the
sorter change for a note, but as he had no change doubt
house, he gave him a cheque for 401. bad 0° 1,01.
about it as the name " Gates " was on the eetl°t,ennber
He could not tell the amount of the note, or the the
of it; it was not his practice to keep the aneountsse,°earoe,
numbers of notes; he, however, usually wrote balance 01
and the, date on them. No doubt he gave the ba'7,ooer
the note in cash. He had cashed notes for the Pr'n"a
be
frequently. The note was handed to the wiftntewere;_e'
rilidepoot;
at once identified his name upon it. Ho had n° to
Oka
about receiving it from the prisoner. There scat ;ii
to the signature. Nodoubt it was aid that a
other cash into Ransom's. He couldip not, bo
tively swear that the note produced was the O°E ober
ceived from the prisoner. The note bore the nil
57,158. • ebarg''
The prisoner was committed for trial on this ear at
and the witnesses were severally bound over to aPP
the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions.nearly s
r
The next charge entered upon s one e' receir
similar nature. It was a chtir was
forging a 5-to ibe
signed Benjamin Hurst, for then eturn of 93"
Christian Faith Society,
noel
Mr. William Rea, clerk in the Income and j.ra-ei
Tax-office, deposed that he paid the amount t° jog the
soner on the 26th of July, 1846, on his presell-etsi'eu
order produced, which was marked for paYtacieffilictettelodr;
the prisoner whether Mr. Hurst was in the In
replied that he was. He followed him to his office, eitber
to see if Mr. Hurst was in attendance, but be 1300 e
found
him nor any one representing him there., .„ the
the clerks of the Bank of England employed I„"iiect.
prisoner's department, whcse name he did not ree-shof
bin, to • b;
was in the prisoner's office. He requested
him the notes he had paid. him, in order that befgbil
take the numbers, and he rolduced them f,r()-eotea
pocket. He took the numbers and returned t°,e,b the
to the prisoner. He had not the book there Islisl.lf
aa
mr
fers in it. Returned to him again in about u." 03.
hor_r or the purpose of getting the mone Wel tiso
M . JARDINE—What was yourreason for stelae nor'
o
Witness—The reason I assigned was, that •`"c.eft "1;
drawn my account. He gave him the notes• tbt
order and receipt with the prisoner • but we'll,e pri;;
from
time for them, and received them bite'
soner told bias that Mr. Hurst would call on elea (
ness) the following day, but he did not call. Sings,
Mr. JARDINE—HOW long did the whole Pr°c'ed elite
occupy, including the several interviews you ba boar'
the prisoner? Witness—About three quarters of t° par'
Mr. JARDINE said he asked the question for then esoe
pose of ascertaining whether it was possible the re
id
called Hurst might have been at thePoffice. eel Pale
Mr. William King stated that he saw the te,,°;,,, eat',
to the prisoner on the 26th of July. Ile att's-11 A
endorsed the receipt. titer ts
Mr. Christopher Hodgson said that he was tree° West;
the Society. and that he resided in Dean's-3113.'0'550e°'
minster. The order had reference to properti no persoll
by the Society at Boroughbridge. There Ilse Tit
of the name of " Benjamin Hurst" connected ""otoiete.
the Society. A person named William Hurst was tlirsritigese'
agent for the estate of the Soc. t• at Boroue attar
in Yorkshire, in Februar 184- lebitt he had 11,° %ore,
rity whatever to make any,Y,claime to the Con 3Treistsu.io onl
on behalf of the Societs. A claim for a hiro
money, with respect to dividends, was made by
2lh
on the been
1843, and the amount, 27/. Bs. 4d., was Paid
of August in the same year. No claim had since •
made with his knowledge and consent. octr
By Mr. JARDINE—Knew no one of the namecl`d oven
jamin Hurst, at Boroughbridge, at which be
ba
several times. bag
Mr. Timm said he had made diligent inquiriesF
he could not find any one bearing the name. 0
al Mr. JARDINE se it would be well to have soes ose
at the trial from Boroughbridge, to show that then
no person of the naffle there.
Mr. Timm said he would attend to the suggesti°l;,' th 6
Mr. Durrant, clerk to the Bank of England+ a,"; ter,
Income-tax Office, said he had searched the per'rets-
and he could find no claim made by athe
son named Benjamin Hurst. He forlons,c
claim alluded to Mr. Hodgson, for c!!sviTentP
on the 27th of January, 1843; no claim for di other '
had. been made since, neither b that nor alihYe the
society bearing a similar title. He d eare;.-c1
books of the Bank of England at' Somersetha 1150use'1,11atircigee'
found that the funds of the society had been dig- thy
from thedivideud opirJuly,ment of
filled up by the prisoners()
1843. The bod of the ordeL be
pertyandincom.e-tts:tusreille:vsee
in the prisoner's handwriling.•
Believed the sign
f Ps •
Mr. John Chesham, a' clerk in the Office °eta- Srottif
and TaiXOS, deposed that he had been sent to the per AA
bridge, for the purpose of ;Waking an inquiry'if 11)(3re;
soni whose name was attached to the order livei-outhe
a.
alter the most diligent inquiry of the 110, Sr,riro
rin m ties agistrates, vestry-:•lerlts police, pos.fir°
ise
he could find no person of the' -name: Jir,.l,e 0s"-a.
ulleurst, whom he visited, knew none bearing Ti;
• went to a piece consisting of two houses sb° be
calledea
"-
Boroughbridge, in Westmoreland, wit-- t
result. A idedir
Mr. Matthewson, a cheese-factor, who ha-Lei:re, -I,ld
Boroughbridge, Somersetshire, for, twenty moved
assessor of the income-tax in that locality, P'"abbour
no one of the name resided there, or in
hood. afr.
Mr. JARDINE—That completes the ease?
said it did. , ictS
Mr.JARDINE
M (to the prisoner's solicitorlia eeff
wish to ask the witnesses any question Ptl c
do so.
Mr. Seaman said he had no question tO ask. take bids
The prisoner Was then fully committed Wad retire
trial on these charges, and he merely no half*
The examination lasted nearly two hours and
AY*)

SOUTHWARK.—(THlSintobreEakdiw4,7.d
chant at Bermondsey, D- - e)d in
. ppearesdsetheskicnosm.
Keefe was charged with being cone/ /or
the remises of Mr. Jenkins, $ ski( 3001.
e above amount.
and stealing upward' °I.
worth of dre d
It a
into about a
to th month since and pl nder6d of dressea me
ps,l:thionratniyeusa,:Vtearreth:lrs
of the
.skins were traced to the possession et. lln
su information as lwedastotatkheenagtreheeunsst°dY:_fi Is.to°
gave
man in
eßherim
stolen articles he was d•- ion o t
men who have since been convicted and senteu_leuone,
transportation, and as it appeared that he was. ric. the
rated from the charge of knowingly purehnsin', hue
, isc large( . a
invest" • '
igation it turned out that besides the two n3ela the
'n t
ready convicted another man was also concerned 1 a•
offence. the
Evidence was now adduced to prove that too
prisoner was the man who drove the cart contag la,
robbery eil sr
ytilr
orssl:o:irig 5.
plunder from th . .,-,._ was ii-
e complainant's premises. Ile
observed lurking about the neighbourhood in the „0,
I I I the course 01 Lel.
cinity of the complainant's premises the night they we
broken into.
The prisoner, who said he should reserve his defence,
was committed.

me
BRlDGElvowm.—Colonel Tynte entertained
Judges of Assize (Laid Chief Justice Sir Thomas
and Mr. Jutti(•e NVil the High Sheriff for Saner'
setshire, and a distinguished party, at dinner, Id Of4ll.
well House, near this town, on Sunday last• Wilde,