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London, England, 1833-09-18 00:00:00

INSOLVENTS' COURT, SEPT. 17.

John Jones, lately a publican, keeping the Olive
Branch, in the Maze, Southwark, was opposed by
Mr. WOODROFFE fcr the creditors ; he was sup-
ported by Mr. COOKE.
The insolvent had taken the benefit of the Act
in 1826. He bad previously carried on the business
of a grocer and cheesemonger. He had been in
prison since May, 1832. His present debts amount
to 493/. 19-=. 3d., for half of which he had received
no consideration, having accepted accommodation
bills to that amount. Goods to the amount of
25/. 15s. 9d. had been obtained by the insolvent
from it Mr. Hales, an ironmonger, in Southwark,
on an understanding that they were to be paid for
in ready money. Mr. Hales bad never obtained
any part of the money, nor any portion of the goods,
in consequence of which he had applied to a ma-
gistrate, who not having any jurisdiction in the case
declined to interfere. Mr. Hales then arrested the
insolvent, who went to the King's Bench Prison,
from which he now came to the Insolvent Court.
The insolvent had made several ineffectual at-
tempts to get out of prison, by taking out summon-
ses, but had at length pleaded to the action and gone
to trial. Mr. Hales obtained a verdict, but got no
money from his debtor—on the contrary, his costs
amounted to 37/. The insolvent had obtained from
another creditor, a Mr. Appleton, an ale brewer, ale
to the amount of 171., on an understanding that he
was to pay ready money. Mr. Appleto❑ had ob-
tained no money for his ale, and had in consequence
attested the purchaser. Several of the barrels in
which the ale had been sent to the house of the in-
solvent, were found by one of the servants of Mr.
Appleton at the house of a Jew broker in Sun-street,
Bishopsgate. From Messrs. Courage and Donald-
son, brewers, of Horslydown, the insolvent had ob-
tained beer to the amount of 111. 175.; he had sub-
sequently applied for mona beer, which had been
refused. The clerk of Messrs. Courage had applied
at the Olive Branch for payment, but had never
been able to get an interview with the debtor.
Messrs. Sawkins and Co., distillers, were creditors
to the amount of 66/. for spirits supplied to the
Olive Branch ; and a Mr. Ford, a plumber, had
done work on the premises to the amount of 201.,
for which he never obtained a farthing.
The insolvent had only practised as a victualler
two months, and his debts had been contracted
within a few months of his going to gaol.
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS ordered the case to be
adjourned for ultimate adjudication until an adver-
tisement had been inserted in a public newspaper of
the insolvency, as the party had been resident in the
country.

GREENWICH PETTY SESSIONS, SEPT. 17.

CHARGE OF FRAtD.---EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGA-

TION.

John Munyard, a tall man, who has lost his left
arm, well known about Smithfield, and carrying on
business as a green-grocerat Greenwich, was brought
before Colonel FORMAN and A. YOUNG, Eq., to
answer the following extraordinary charges:—
Thomas Coggins, a simple-looking young man,
was a milkman and cowkeeper in Park-lane, Green-
wich,and in August, 1832, his father was indebted
in a large amount to a person named Dickson, who
threatened to proceed against him, in consequence
of which five cows, a pony, and a cart were trans-
ferred to complainant by his father. The cows he
placed on the premises of a man named West, at
Greenwich, and left the pony in the care of a man
at Kidbrooke. Dickson seized upon the cows on
West's premises, upon which Munyard, as a friend,
recommended the complainant to an attorney named
Sudgrove, who replevied for him. Munyard then
persuaded West to give him a bill for 484, saying
he should then be able to exclude Dickson as
principal creditor. This transaction took place in
London, and on their return to Greenwich the
prisoner said to witness, " We must go to
work immediately, or the sheriff's officer will have
West before I do." He then asked complainant
for 31. to go and take out a writ. Complainant
had not so much ready money, but he sold a cow,
and handed over 31. A day or two afterwards
Raine, an officer of the Alarshalsea Court, served a
writ upon West and complainant also. Complainant
mentioned this to this prisoner, who asked for the
writ, and told him Dickson could not come upon
him, but, to prevent him from seizing the cows, he
had better take out a process, which would cost
7s. 6d. He took complainant to Mr. Dolman, of
Clifford's-inn, telling him there would be some ex-
penses to pay, and to say he would pay 21. per
week. A gentleman in Mr. Dolman's office wrote
something upon a slip of paper, which complainant
, signed, though he did not understand it. There
was something in it about 481., but complainant
' thought he was signing a document to secure the
property. It was a process which the complainant
ignorantly signed. The gentlemen told him the
expenses were 51., and he entered into an agree-
ment to pay 21. per week, and the expenses with
the first instalment. The prisoner then told him that
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he induced complainant also to sign " his name
On the 23d of February, Raine levied an execu.nae
tion, and a Mr. 'Wallis bought the five cows, by pri-
vate-
contract, for 461., and complainant gave a bill
for 12/. 25., the balance of the debt. The 471. was
paid to Mr. Dolman, and he told complainant that
he would receive it through his hands. After seve-
ral appointments and disappointments the prisoner
said Mr. Dolman had given him a bill for 381. It
was made payable at Mr. Platt's, 39, Southampton-

buildings, upon whom complainant called, and was
told it was " all right." He afterwards met the
prisoner by appointment at Smithfield, to get the
bill discounted. A man named Tuck said he could
get it done, but the bill would be of no use until
he signed it. He did so, and was then told that
the bill could not be discounted Unless he bought a
horse‘, which would cost 181. This he declined,
and an appointment was made for the next day
(Saturday, March 16), when Munyard was asked
to sign the bill, but refused. Complainant then
agreed to purchase two cows for 36/. of a man
named Tabran, who paid over the balance (21.) in
cash, which the prisoner demanded for trouble and
expense, but complainant refused to give it. The
bill became due on the 9th of April, and the next
day Tabran came and demanded the cows, saying
the bill was a false one, and had not been paid. He
took the cows away. Complainant made several
applications to the prisoner on the subject, who
said he could still get the money for the bi!l, but
would not until he got his 2/. Complainant told
him he was ruined and starving, and at last he ac-
tually sold his bed, and paid the prisoner 2/., but
still neither the money nor the bill was fourthcorning.
Complainant had lost everything, and could get no
sa•isfaction from the prisoner, who threatened to
arrest him on his acceptance for 12/. 25., if he dared
to do anything.
The mother-in-law and some others corroborated
the statement of the complainant, and gave evidence
to show that the prisoner, under the mask of friend.
ship, made himself the principal creditor of the com-
pla►nant, and obtained all his property under a sur-
reptitious claim.
The prisoner, who was remanded, declared that it
was a bone fide transaction.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Yesterday a young man named Joseph Kaye was
brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with
having forged a check upon the banking-house of
Sir John Lubbock and Co. for the sum of 3481., in
the name of Mr. Thomas Dutton, an extremely in-
firm elderly gentleman, residing at No. 7, Clapton-
terrace, Upper Clapton.
Mr. Bush said that Mr. Dutton, in consequenee
of his very great debility, required assistance in
every transaction relating to his property, and the
prisoner having been in his employment had had
frequent opportunities of observing the mode he
adopted in preparing his checks for his banker, and
sometimes, when the friend who generally filled up
the checks for him to sign was absent, officiated in
that way.
A clerk in the banking-house of Sir John Lub-
bock and Co. stated that a person, who gave the
name of Walker, presented a check at the counter
on the 31st of August, for 3481., of which the fol-
lowing was a copy:—
" Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Foster, Clarke, and Co., No.

11, Mansion-house street.

" London, August 30, 1833.
" Pay Mr. Walker, or bearer, 3481.
" DUTTON THOMAS."
The amount was paid in a bank-note for 2001.,
No. 3,556 ; a bank-note for 1001., No. 4,639; a
a bank-note for 401., No. 16,909; and a bank-note
for 51., No. 2,662; and 31. in money.
Mr. George William Turner, of Bermondsey,
was frequently in the habit of attending Mr. Dut-
ton, and filling up the checks to be signed by him.
He knew that Joseph Kaye had occasionally filled
up checks for Mr. Dutton, and he believed the word
Walker in the check produced was in the priso-
ner's writing. Very few persons had access to Mr.
Dutton. The signature to the check was exceed-
ingly like Mr. Dutton's writing.
'l'lle LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, you may ask any
questions of the witness.

The prisoner did not wish to ask any questions.
Mr. Thomas Dutton was then brought forward,
and he was evidently in a miserable state of de-
crepitude. His spectacles were placed on his nose,
and the check was held up to him. He kept a
cash account at the banking-house above-mentioned,
and the prisoner had lived with him. He looked

well at the check, and believed the signature was
not his. He did not know of any check for 3481.
The LORD MAYOR—Are you certain that the sig-
nature is not yours ? Mr. Dutton—l scarcely ever
write twice alike, lam in such a state. To the
best of my belief it is not. I think the name of
Walker, in the body of the check, was written by
the prisoner Joseph Kaye ; my memory is good not-
withstanding the state of my frame. The prisoner
filled up checks for me five, six, or seven times at
my request, but I never signed a check till it was
filled up.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you had reason to find
fault with the prisoner for his conduct of late ? Mr.
Dutton—Certainly I have. He has not at all acted
of late so well as he used to act.
The LORD MAYOR—He has had access to
your check-book, I suppose ? Mr. Dutton—He
has. I kept it in a drawer, out of which he has
sometimes taken it at my desire, but not liking
his conduct, I latterly kept it out of his way. His
brother bad engaged the prisoner for him from
club-house.

Daniel Forrester, the officer, apprehended the
prisoner at Limehouse, and took him to a public-
house near the bridge, called the Britannia, to search
him. When some papers were taken out of his
pocket, the prisoner seized one of them, and
crumpled it up in his hand, but witness immediately
took it from him, and it proved to be a piece of
paper containing imitations of the signature of Mr.
Dutton, as that signature was represented in the
checks recently signed by that gentleman.
The Loup MAYOR—Have you heard anything
about the 3481. in the course of the inquiries which
lam sure you have made ? Daniel Forrester—I
have heard that the money was lodged in a foreign
banking-house in the City, for the purpose of being
sent abroad, but I can sRy nothing as to my au-
thority.
- -

The LORD MAYOR—If that be the case, I have
no doubt that when those in whose hands the money
is placed see what has occurred here, they will im-
mediately communicate the fact at the Mansion-
house.

It was stated that the morning on which the for-
gery was paid, the bank-notes were all exchanged at
the Bank of England for sovereigns.
The piece of paper which the prisoner endea-
voured to destroy was exhibited; upon it were two
or three extremely accurate imitations of the signa-
ture of Mr. Dutton.

The LORD 'MAYOR—Prisoner, where did you get
this paper with the name " Dutton Thomas," upon
it ? Prisoner—I am not just now in a condition to
answer any questions, my Lord. I shall have a legal
adviser here, and hope you will remand me till Mon-
day, when I shall be prepared to answer you. All
that I now say is, that 1 deny that I am guilty.
The prisoner was then remanded.
For a considerable time a Mr. Richard Heale, of
No. 9, Mincing-lane, has been selling sloe and white-
thorn leaves made up for home consumption, instead
of tea, under the denomination of " Prepared Bri-
tish Leaf," but he has not passed it off for tea.
At the commencement of the present mayoralty
the patentee appeared before the Lord Mayor, in
consequence of the publication of acommurniecearts of
communication
made to his Lordship, stating,aine of the go
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produce of China. Upon that occasion Mr. Heale
very highly praised his beverage, but met with no
encouragement from the Lord Mayor, who, on the
contrary, expressed surprise that the Board of Ex-
cise allowed such an abomination to exist. Up to
a few days ago the patentee seemed to have gone
on with his labours uninterruptedly; but on Mon..
day last Mr. Mayow, the solicitor to the Board of
Excise, applied for a search-warrant for " the Pre-
pared British Leaf," and immediately afterwards a
seizure of upwards of 10,000 lbs. weight was made
by the Excise officers upon the premises in Mincing-
lane.

Yesterday Mr. Mayow appeared at the Mansion-
house, and exhibited before the Lord Mayor sam-

pies of the Prepared British Leaf, some in the im-
perfect, and some in the perfect state of preparation.
He stated that his object was to apply for an infor-
mation against the manufacturer.
The LORD 'MAYOR—I gave notice of this prac-
tice of di essing up sloe leaves, in the shape of tea,
long ago to the Excise Board.
Mr. Mayow—We have been watching the pro-
ceedings of the concern, and we think that this is
the time for acting.
The LORD MAYOR—How long has it been going
on ? Mr. Mayow—The patent is dated 1831.
The LORD MAYOR—HOW has the patent been
granted in the very teeth of the Act of Parliament
for preventing such a dangerous nuisance ? Mr.
Mayow—lt is not for me to say how.
The LORD MAYOR—I dare say a man can have
a patent for anything now, so that a caveat be not
lodged. In this case it appears to me very extra-
ordinary. Upon what At.t do you go for these pe-
nalties ? Mr. Mayow—Upon the 17th of Geo.
cap. 29. We do not mean to go for all the penal-
ties, for that would be ruin to the manufacturer.
The amount of the penalties, in the event of convic-
tion, would exceed 50,0001. Our object is to put a
stop to the practice, which is most dec'dedly illegal
The LORD MAYOR—Is this stuff sold in any quan-
tities ? It smells more like snuff than tea. Mr.
Mayow—l can't tell; but we have found upwards
of 1 cwt. of it at one tea-dealer's warehouse at
Brentford.
The LORD MAYOR—I said that no doubt it was
sold to mix with real tea, just as British brandy is
sold to mix with foreign.
Mr. Mayow—\Ve shall try whether the sale of
such a material is lawful or not.

The LORD MAYOR—The defendant, I suppose,
will defend by Counsel ? Mr. Mayow—No doubt
of it.

The LORD MAYOR—If he is guilty of a penal
act, and gets a friend to sue for the penalties, will
not that prevent other proceedings ? Mr. Mayow—
Not if it be fraudulently done.
The LORD MAYOR then signed the information.
he Act of George 111., on which the informa-
tion was founded, is entitled "An Act for the more
effectual Prevention of the Manufacturing of Ash,
Elder, Sloe, and other Leaves in imitation of Tea,
and to prevent Frauds on the Revenue of Excise in
respect to Tea." The penalty is 5/. for every
pound, or not less than six months' imprisonment ;
one-half of the fine goes to the poor of the parish,
and the other to the informer ; and a conviction is
final, and not liable to be removed by certiorari to
the King's Bench. The Act slates that the prac-
tices were carried on to the" injury and destruction
of great quantities of timber, woods, awl under-
woods, to the prejudice of the health of Majesty's
subjects, to the diminution of the revenue, the ruin
of the fair trader, and the encouragement of idle-
ness."