The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE or FORGERY.—A lad of
very respectable appearance, aged 18 years, named
Charles Clay, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in
the custody of Daniel Forrester, for having committed
eighty-nine forgeries upon the Bank of Englund. The
prosecution necessarily excited a great deal of interest.
Mr. Freshfield, the Solicitor to the Bank of England,
attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Humphreys ap-
peared for the prisoner.
Mr. FRESHFIELD stated that the case WAS ore of
very uncommon occurrence. The prisoner wits clerk to
a gentleman who held the office of official assience, and
bad by virtue of his employment access to warrants or
orders upon the Governors and Company of the Bank
of Engine(' for the payment of sums of money to the
creditors under the bankruptcy of John Hodgson, jun ,
which warrants or orders were usually kept filled up
with the amount claimable by the several creditors, and
signed by Mr. Basil Montague, the Accountant-Gene.
rad in Bankruptcy. It was necessary to have the names
of the official assignee and the payee to the document
before it was payable, and the prisoner had forged the
n-ames of the assignee and the payee to eighty-nine
checks, from the Ist of January (with one exception)
to the present period. A warrant had been issued on
the let of May for the apprehension of the prisoner
and he was taken into custody a few hours afterwards
while attempting to utter fourteen forged checks at the
Bank, when he acknowledged that he was guilty of the
offences. .
Mr. George Gibson, of No. 72, B isinghell-etreet
stated that he was one of the official assigueee. The
prisoner had been in his employment upwards of feu:
years. and had had access to the eheee-futok of un-
claimed dividends in bankrupts' estetes. I,Vitness here
stated the process as described by Mr. Freshfield, with
respect to signing th,3 checks, and Eated that the
cheek-book bed been mi.ssinz.
The LORD Meeon asked whether the whole amount
papable from Hodgson's estate had been drawn by
means of these forged cheeks?
Mr. Frankfield replied, ?hat the fourteen checks
which had been presented on the lst of May, would, if
they had been paid, have cleared off the whole demand.
Toe property was unclaimed dividends.
Mr. Richard Basset, clerk in the public drawing
office of the Bank of England, stated that the prisoner
came to the counter of the office on the Ist of May, and
presented 14 drafts for money due from the estate of
Juhn Hodgson, jun. The prisoner was recognized as
the person who had presented several checks of the
kind before, end witness informed Mr. Bryant, who
sent for Daniel Forrester.
Mr. Edward Bryant stated that when he was in-
formed of the circumstances he kept the prisoner in talc
until Forrester arrived. He then asked the prisoner
whether his name was Robson, (the name mentioned in
the check), to which he replied in the affirmative, and
that Lie lived at No. 33, Coleman-street. NVitness then
said to him, " You know thst is not true ; there is no
such person in the street. Your name, I 6111, is Clay.
You have been playing a fine game, but I think it is
nearly over now?' The prisoner said he feared it was.
Witness then asked bier, whether he bad any acetic'',
ptice, to which he rep!ied in the negative.
Deeiel Forrester stated that he took the prisoner int,
custody at a little before five o'clock on Friday. The
prisoner, on being asked where the book was from
which he had taken the checks, replied that he had felt
it in his room, No. 81, at the Bull and Mouth Inn.
Witnusi found the book in a carpet-baee which the pri-
soiter's key opened.
In answer to questions from the Lord Mayor, Mr.
Gibson said the henkrup!cy of Mr. Hodgson was sued
cut in the year 1810. Tne creditors had been 411 writ-
ten to when the dividend was deciered ; in all proba-
bility there were about a hundred creditors, tint very few
(laitned. There was a file of unclaimel disidends kept
..
Chancery-lane.
Mr. Freshfield stated that in all probability the publi-
city given by Lie Lordship to the subject would bring
forward any claimants who night be still in existence.
The money would, of course, whoever might be respon•
sible. be repleced.
The LORD MAYott—l dare say h great deal of
money has been recovered from bankrupts' estates by
means of the offieial assignees? Mr. Gibson—Yes, my
Lord, ebnnt two millions of 01 estates.
Mr. Humphr ys made no comment.
Toe prisoner was then committed to Niovgate for trial.
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE 8U1.1.-TERRIER. A
man named Lamb. who keeps a public-house ealted the
Cock, on Ceekbill, ashopsgete-street, charged a country
led named Samuel Glover, under the following circum-
stances :

G:over, who appeared to be an unsophisticated tour-,
tryman, scat .d that about six months ago, he had.. fine
pldee, w.,h ever) body
bull-terrier which he kept in Wedgeoury,. wl:sere his ta- ther owne.t the first inn in the
knowed roight well. Welt. this bul!.-terrier was.keeped
in a out-lmwe, fastened up, 1-"':. one morning him and
hii fastenings were clean nvi',,,,a out of ,h. pie,„. He
meant that the dog was. regularly robb•al away nut of
tha, part of the cou:-..try. W... 11, ll'An and Jim Cox went
1 about all ovir,•‘be places they thnwt the dog might be
taken to.
At last they saw a Luanon paper that told
int he w...., going to fight up in town for hi. a-side, and
up I'Ld mined to see whettp-r it warn% the sitar.: oull-ter-
`ler •as he belonged to.—(A laugh.)
iThe Lott!) MAYOR—What ? Did you come all
the way from Wcdgebury after a dog ? Ees,
gentlemen, I corned every inch of thJ way, and
I've travelled many a hundred mile alit r the dog, for
I've been after him ever since I 10-t him without stop-
ping, cau-e I thotv't I'd find him somehow.—( Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOII said that such a master deserved
a good dog.

Glover thowt he did deserve the dog, and he knowed
the dog deserved him. Well, when he corned up, he
went to the Cock, and who should he wee when he
walked into the parlour but his bull-terrier, along with
about a dozen other people. Hullo, said he, is that
you ? and he ran and seized hold of the dog.
The Lone MAYOR— Ile knew you?
Glover—Knowrd me ! God bless thee, he couldn't
know tne better if I'd been of the same breed—(A. laugh).
The LORD MAYOR asked him if the landlord was
mixed up in the business ?
Glover thowt that as the landlord took the dog from
him, and all the other gentlemen in the room assisted,
he had a right to look to Mr. Lamb, particularly as it
was a determined thing that the dog was to fight.
Lamb—No such thing : I know nothing of a fight,
and I know nothing of the dog neither The hanimal
cut away in the scrummage, and the Lord knows where

Glover—flow can you look me in the fare an'l talk
that ? Didn't you offer me half the winnings to let
the dog fight ? Why, gentlemen, I wouldn't give the
dog for twenty piwnd.
The LORD MAYOR (to the police)—What sort of a
house is this Cock, on Cock-hill ? One of the officers
said it was a rporting-house, and he had no doubt the
dog was kept tied up for the fight.
The LORD MAYOR—Let the police have their eye
upon it, and mark the sporting there, and give notice
to the deputy and common councilmen of the ward.
I regret to hear that there is a sporting-house in the city.
Come, Mr. Lamb, you must give up the dog.
Lamb—l do assure your Lo: dsliip that I don't know
where on earth the haninial took himself to ; besides,
how should I know that he belonged to tt.is here man ?
Glover—lVhv, gentlem•-n, if the dog warn my dog.,
how could I take the liberty to run and catch howld of
a bull-terrier? I knowed the dog was mine, and the
dog knowed it too, for be leaped up upon me and licked
me all over.

The LORD AlaYoft—Did he seem to know the lath!.
lord as well ? Glo‘er—lVny, gentlemen, you see he's
been away from n.e six months, iinci he know'd the land-
lord, in course. I've known a dog to be so fond of two
misters, that when they was fighting for him, the only
thing he done all the while was ho ding as though his
beta would bri•ah.—(A laugh.)
Tha Loan MAYOR—II) you swear that the dog is
yours? Glover—S•vear 7. why, gentlemen, you see I
am respectable. My father hmeps the head inn at
Wedgebury, which every body knows roight well, and
I know that it was m:•ant to strnl my dog and to fight him

The Lon]) MAYon—I think I shall prevent that, and

I therefore assure the lordlord that trite does not re-
store your dog to you without fighting him, I shall
do all I can to prevent him from obtaining a licence
next year.
Daniel Forester said that probably there were 50/. or
100/. upon the battle, and thast until it should come
off the hull-terrier would not be returned.
The landloni denied that his house was a sporting
crib,l and sqid that he did not know where on earth the
dog Was, but he solemnly assured the Lord 111.4) or that
ie .
shoull at once advertise the hanitual.

GUILDHALL.
On Saturday, GUILDHALL.
Albert de Vries was hrou,ht up
for re-examination, char.ged with obtaining goods under
false pretences. Mr. Wontner attended on his behalf,
Mr. Alderman HIJMPHERY committed the prisoner
at the last hearing. on cli:Arge of ohfainir,g drvss:n.--
easps and other ariieles, to the amount of nearly 70/.
from Ali,s ittatardson, a cutler, Stc., in New Bond street, but rrmanded him to are if any other cbaraes
would he mad, against him.
A tradesman. whose address did net traespire, said
the prisoner had ordered tw,) dressilg 35/.,
but when he took them home to the lodging occupied
by the prisoner, at No. 2, St. Jaine.'s.square ; he was
informed that the prisoner had been taken into Custody
that morning as a swindler, and therefore he did net ;
leave his _ -
goods.
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Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY said, as the 4-nods had not
been obtained, it was needless to pursue that else.
Mr. Perrv, of Hutigerfiod-sr reef, tailor. stated that
the prlsoner called on him on the Bth of Ap‘il, and
desired that he would wait upon him next dayat St..
James's-pquare, (preseniivg lily card) oval, his pat, ro.
b. k• He did so accordingly, and the pr,oner °Mend
a suit to be cemplete3 by the following Monday even-
ing- When they were Lken home he affected to be
surprised that the coat was a frock, and not a dr.....
cuat. Witut.ss assured him he had ordered a frock-