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London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

geant of the Admiralty, who was duly empowered to
take it on behalf of the owners of the vessel, and which
neglect is make felony by special statute.
In some other counts, the property was said to belong
to her M,,jesty and to the Duke of Wellin4ton, tea
Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Mr. Horne condacted the prosecution, and Mr. Cob-
bett appeared for the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence that on the 280. of
December last, a Dutch ludiaman, cal:ed the Twee
coreidlissen, was. wrecked on the Sussex coast, ❑ear
Hastings, and the vessel, which was laden with 550
chests of indigo, and other valuable articles, eventually
went to pieces, and the cargo was washed ashore tor
several days a'terwarda, and considerable portions of it
strewed the beach. Nearly four hundred of the boxes
of indigo thus came ashore, and it would app, ar that
the prisoner Freelove had engaged a fly, and that he
and Purfitt plac..d one of the boxes of indigo in it, and
conveyed it to Hastings, at which place one of the men
belonging to the preventive service interfered, and, sus-
pecting something was wrong, he took possession of the
property, which turned out to have formed part of the
cargo of the wrecked vessel.
Mr COBBETT took some technical objections to the
indictment, but they were overruled, and the jury found
Freelove guilty, and acquitted the other pri,oner.
Lord DENMAN sentenced him to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for ft air months.
William Binstead, the Post•oflice clerk, who was con-
victed on Tuesday of stealing a gold watch fo om a letter,
was brought up for judgment, and sentenced to b.
transported for seven years.

NORTHERN CI C Ulr, Marsh Is.
CIVIL SIDE —(Before Mr. Justice ParrusoN.)
The causes at Nisi Prins are still very much in arrear.
"Dawson v Paver and another" occupied the Court the
whole of the day.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr Justice COLERIDGE.)
ROES OF FORGERY. RAILWAY SPECULATIoNS.
Four young men, clerks to Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson, and
Co., of Hull, were indicted at these assizes upon several
charges of forging and uttering cheques, with intent to de
fraud Messrs. Pease and Liddell, bankers, of the same place.
The four prisoners are Edwin Adamson, Thomas Adamson,
Bvyamin Adamson, and [(ugh Doran.
Messrs. Brownlow and Co. are merchants, in a large way
of business, in Hull, wharfingers, and proprietors of steam-
packets, running from that place to London, Antwerp, Ise.
It appears that for some time past a serious amount of fraud
has been committed by some of the many clerks in their
employ, and from the evidence adduced, it seems that the
speculation in railway shares has been a promoting cause of
crime. Messrs. Brownlow and Co. have been in the habit
of banking with Messrs. Pease and Liddell, to the cashier of
which latter firm the forged cheques in question were pre-
sented, and by him paid. Towards the latter end of last
year deficiencies were discovered in the banker.' account.
This led to inquiry, when it was found that large sums of
money had been obtained from the bankers in the forged
name of Messrs. Brownlow and Co. There were nine indict-
ments against the four prisoners, one against Benjamin
Adamson, three against Edwin, and two against Thomas
Adamson, and three against Doran.
Edwin Adamson, aged 21, was tried upon one of those in-
dictments for having forged, and for having uttered wiqi
guilty knowledge of forgery, a certain cheque for 301., pur-
porting to be drawn by Messrs. Browulow and Co., upon the
bankers above named.
The filling up in the body of the cheque (" pay Duty or
bearer 301.") was spoken to by several witnesses as in the
undisguised handwriting of the prisoner. The signature
Purported to be that of the firm, and to have been written
by the partner, Mr. William Hunt Pearson. Pains ap-
peared to have been taken to imitate that gentleman's
signature, which is peculiar, he having a lameness in the
right hand, from which he is obliged to hold his pen in the
lett.

The defence submitted was, that although the words in the
body of the cheque were of the prisoner's writing, the imitated
signature was nut sufficiently proved to have been his.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence deferred.
Hugi, Doran. aged 20, was next tried on the charge of ut-
tering a similar cheque on the 29th of October last. This
cheque was for the sum of 731., also purporting to be drawn
by the same firm upon the same bankers.
It appeared that the prisoner was clerk to Brownlow and
Co. from November, 1842, up to the 29th of October last. AT
his first coining in he received ss. per week for his service.:,,
that was increased the next year to 75., the third year he
got 201. a year, and on the 29th of,Oetober he was in the
receipt of 12s. a week. The cheque now in question was
drawn and signed in a manner similar to the one before-
mentioned, the body of it being filled up in the writing or
Edwin Adatneon, and the signature being a good imitation
of Mr. Pearson's partnership signature. Evidence was ad-
duced to show that the signature had been written by the
prisoner.
Mr. Charles Wilcockson, sharebroker, of Hull, said that
he purchased some shares for the prisoner in Septe nber
first on the 22d of September, and then again on the lOch
of October. On the latter occasion ho (witness) purchased
• thirty shares ter him in the Great North and South Wales
Railway. There was now such a railway " before the House."
Prisoner paid him for the shares on the 30th of September.
and on the 1?;th of November he received 42/. inure from
prisoner for shares. There was great speculation at, than
period ; merchants' clerks as well as their betters speculated,
and many could not pay. The market was rising until the
15th of October, when it began to fall.
George Christopherßoberts lodged with prisonir in October
lsst. He had sold prisoner ten shares in the Dudley and
Madelev Railway. The prisoner was to pay him 365. pre-
mium for each share, and the whole sum would amount to
431. odd. Prisoner paid him on the 7th of November, by
delivering a 50/. Bank of England note. Prisoner showee
him some scrip in several lines, and told him that " he and
Ned went shares in them." He understood him to mean
Edwin Adamson, because they had just been before speaking
about that Adamson.
The defence offered in this case was similar to that for
Adamson. ,
The jury retired to deliberate, finding the prisoner Guilty,
but recommending him to mercy.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge. March 18.
Mr. Baron BARK!: took his seat this morning at 9 o'clock,
and having disposed of a few prisoners, proceeded to pas:,
sentence on John Freestone, who had been convicted yesterday
on a charge of assaulting Mr. Walsh. In so doing his Lord-
ship commented in suitable terms on the violent conduct of
the defendant, and having adverted to the recommendation

oTthoprOseCutor himself, sentenced the defendant to One
fortnight's imprisonment.
Bury St Edmund,

The commission for the county of Suffolk was duly opened
by Mr. Baron Parke at 6 o'clock.
It is said that the cause list will be light, there being only
seven venires reported at Cambridge
The calendar, however, is heavy, containing upwards of 40
prisoners, the charges against some of whom are very serious
indeed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

A cab-driver, named John Evans, appeared before Mr.
Jardine to answer a summons charging, him with creating an
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obstruction in Wellington-street orth, on Saturday night,
at half-past eight o'clock.
The charge was originally made on Monday morning,
havingtheTprisocnheare
been taken in custody on Saturday when
the offence was committed. The prisoner's attorney
then argued that the policeman had no right to
take the prisoner in charge, and that he ought to
have summoned him, but Mr. Jardine said that the
policeman was perfectly justified in doing so, as the prisoner
persisted in his misconduct, and he, the policeman, could not
suffer the obstruction to continue.

The attorney said that he could bring forward several
witnesses if time was given, and he hoped Mr. Jardine would
remand the prisoner.
Mr. JARDINE said that if he did, the prisoner must remain
M custody.

The attorney offered bail, but
Mr. JARDINE said he would discharge the prisoner for the
present, and the policeman could summon the prisoner, by
which means time would be given for the latter to produce
his witnesses. A summons was therefore taken out for this
day, and served on the prisoner, who was then sot at liberty.
'nninign on to-day, the defence was made that
ththe bounds of the Waterloo-bridge
Company'sit(o the'case
placeprri c
witliperty, and was therefore out of the jurisdiction
of the 11.1agistrate, but as it appeared that it was at the
crossing above the English Opera house, and adjoining the
cab-stand there,
Mr. hum:l,: thud the prisoner in the penalty of I 0 . and
costs.