The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-11 00:00:00

EXAMINATION OF FISKE AND HURT AT

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning there was considerable excitement in the
neighbourhood of Bow-street, as soon as it became known
that John Stafford Fisk, one of the men against whom an
indictment for misdemeanour has been found at the Cert.
tral Criminal Court, in connection with the case of Boulton,
Park, Lord Arthur Clinton, and others, was in custody.,
having been brought up from Edinburgh in charge of
Mr. Superintendent Thomson.

Upon Mr. Henry, the presiding, magistrate, taking his
seat, Mr. J. Abrams, from the office of Mr. GoatlePi
solicitor, of Bow-street (who appeared on behalf of the
persons in custody and also for the others not at preset 4
in the hands of justice), made an application under the fol-
lowing circumstances :

Mr. Abrams said he had an application to make on be-
half of Mr. Louis Hurt, whose name had been mentioned
in the case of Boulton and Park. Indictments had bees,
preferred and found against them, in which his name will(
included. This had been done without any notice being.
given by the Treasury, and he (Mr. Abrams) thought ha
might be allowed to say it was a most extraordinary pro.
ceeding to take such steps. He might add that the ques-
tion of bail was mentioned when the bills were found.
His application was in consequence of what fell from
Mr. Justice Blackburn, before whom the matter of bait
was brought. The learned Judge said, " Upon this matter
I will not determine as to the amount of bail, as I am so
far ignorant of the facts, and you had better, therefore,
let the application be made to the magistrate who heard
the case, as he is cognisant of all the facts." His (Mr
Abrams') application was now to know whether, upon the
surrender of the young man Hurt, the learned magistrate
would grant bail.

Mr. Flowers—How can I take bail for a man who is
not before me ?

Mr. Abrams—He will come up and surrender to-day.
Mr. Flowers—What is the indictment against him for P
Mr. Abrams Conspiracy, and that being misde-
meanour, of course, sir, as you know, you have power to
take bail.

Mr. Abrams, after some conversation, said the Attortl,
ney-General consented, and had had a letter from th%
solicitor to the Treasury, referring to one of the proposed,
bail, and saying that some one else must be proposed.
Mr. Flowers—Very well. Then I will deal with it
when you renew your application with the needful cer.
tificate.

Mr, Abrams—Then he will surrender to-day, sir, and I
will renew my application on Monday.
It afterwards transpired that whilst Mr. Abrams was
making the application on the part of Mr. Hurt, Sergeant
Keley, of the detective force, went to the Bedford Hotel,
where he apprehended him in virtue of the warrant in
his possession.

Shortly before two John Stafford Fiske, who holds the
office of United States Consul at Leith, and Lewis Charles
Hurt were placed before Mr. Flower. Hurt is a tall
gentlemanly person, and Fisk a short slim young man,
with strangely marked Yankee featurrs.

Mr. Pollard, from the Treasury, having informed the
magistrate that true bills had been returned against the
defendants and others not in custody, on a charge of
misdemeanour, called,

Superintendent Thomson, of the E Division, said he
held warrants for the apprehension of John Stafford Fisk
and Louis Charles Hurt on a charge of misdemeanour,
true bills for woich had been found at the Central Criminal
Court. The defendants were those persons.
Mr. Wills said he appeared on behalf of Mr. Fisk, and
applied that he be admitted to baiL His client had done
all that was in his power when he found that his name
had been mixed up in these transactions, and he had not
the slightest desire to keep out of the way.
Mr. Flowers said the question of bail and its amount
must, be determined by a judge at chambers, and, there-
fore, he should not entertain the application.
Mr. Abrams made a similar application on the part of
Mr. Hurt, but Mr. Flowers refused in his case also,

Both prisoners were then removed in custody, but Mr.
Wills said a Judge would be applied to as soon as pos-
sibly.