The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-29 00:00:00

OLD BM LEY.

' CON SPI It A CY.
Yesterday John Itutlert Joie-ph Wright, ,and ,IVI/4414,
were indicted for conspiring• together, to
,perauatie Wan.
Jones to fabricate Miw.tickets to tte;tAin pFOX,o,44tiecied ai„ibe
;Excise Office, by which certain oyereliaT#S yet*. mtiac ()pi such
parielit: There were nine counts hi the indictment.
Mr. BOLLAND opened the ease.for the prosecution. The
defendants were all-porters in thelleise.offiee, end it WAS their
thity to receive different parcels froth various parts of the eetm.
try. .Wm. Jones was the porter of 14.'411e:ism Itussell, of the
pelf, in Friday-atreet, and The charge WO, that they coonived
together to make the overcharge allegedagainst them, IL; called
the following witnesses ;---
Win; Jo es was a porter in the, employ. of Messrs. Russel).
nd Co., of the Bell, in Friday-street. Ile lied been lltyeara iq
w_tness',la.... the _very of
their. etiiploktnent. ln,Marei 80 i ;ddelivery
parcels intrusted ,to him, and the :11:xeise:eflice was. within
the range of . his delivery. It *as the. practice of 111eitsrit.
Itusitell',S, office to give a . ticket with every parcel, ;and, there
was a cleliveryrbook, in which .there was,, an entry made of
eachi naiad On the delivery of the paiset; the book i 3 to. ba
Signed by. the pe.rson who receives it. ticket contains the
amon.nt of carriage and porterage. Witness wax in. the habit
Of going to the Excise-office. The three defendants were per-
tors at the 'Excise, in the WarehotikerkeefCrs Department.
When he delivered parcels at the ,Ei‘ctse,lle usually saw the
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defendant. Wright and Butler asked witness, when he used
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to Ar,o there, what le ... ping to stand. puffin wag present.
Witness said he got nothing by the, peiceli,,and ceuldnot
ford to give any thing. Conversaoens to this effect took place
nearly a dozen tinics betwcen witness and the.Priaattere at the
AtlaWards witness, COAtclitad t‘t make ont,a,fresh tickett
and destroyed the original 'one. The fresh was,ha,4l;o4
by one of the three porters,' and taken in to Mr. km4rt.
TiliS was repeatedly dohe. The t entry in ,the &Ivory-
bOok wsti not altered. On the fresh ticket the chargewp.plpre
then Olt the original one.. Mr. Smart paid the
the new ticket. Witness first conitented to' Making fresh
tickets in July, 1822, and continued these practices to the
14th of October. On that day witness carried four parcels to
the. *xciose, and , delivered them to Butler, and.. told him that
from that tithe he would have nothing More to db *fib these
oielrebarges. A few days after, 'Butler told witness that if
wits " blowed," and
desired witness ;0 Oka ,119 notice thathe
Wier' any thing about it. When Mr. Smart *aye him. the
Money,' wittiest gave the prisoners beer out of iiiOinfrplus
There was .no into observed. in dividing. the S'UtPlits
rftlegrlittrillesePls, ant'stedenldiin°ll. t4o3ests.°yhfrioritlitlitnig" ( came to'the IB's et!
ler.) '-Wltness said he itteirld not sailifV him. W. itnea ;hen
tiltbed to
.the idelivetY,bciok of `.the 18th of JUly, 1822. ' There
woe a pargel ,charged Tho signature Iyat 00n Bon
lei: He re d'i ollectenking thlit'partel the Excuie-effice:.The
ticket he wok with him on that day was destroyedjand he Wattle
a fresh one. This fresh ticket was left with Mr. Smart, and
the money received upon it. The account charged on this