The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-05 00:00:00

THE othcs OP THII JUDGE PROMOTED BT BROOKS

THE

it was in his power to prove that the prisoner had
given an account of the transaction in which he had
received the two notes different from that which he
had given at the banking-house in which he kept his
accounts, and in which he bad not stated the n,me
and the person from whom he had received them.
Mr. Ballantine said that the prisoner bad never
deviated from the statement he had made, and that he
bad stated at the banking-house that he had received

them from a Mr. Green.
Mr. Goodman, upon being requested to look at the
depositions, examined his book, and said the name of
"Green" did not appear upon the depositions of Mr.
Kingsford on the first examination.
Mr. Kingsford was again called ani cross-exa-
mined—He said he understood the prisoner to say
that a certain person whom he designated was amongst
those with him at the races en the occasion of the

wager.
Mr. Ballantine—Did he say further that he did
not know who the party was, but that his name was
Green ?—The witness said he felt some difficulty in
the matter, as the conversation was merely a casual
one. He understood him to say, in that conversation
concerning the notes, that he had received them at
Epsom Races on the Derby day ; that he betted
with a party there who was in a respectable carriage,
and that the bet was 2 to 1 on Surplice, the favou-
rite ; that these two 1,0001. notes were received by
him from the party he made the bet with ; that the
men were strangers to him, and he did not know
them ; and to the best of his (Mr. Kingsford's) belief
he said that the notes were indorsed by the party in
the carriage with whom he betted.
thßeadllaatnetionfethheasa•
know the
Mr. Marshall, the
Bank for the payment of the notes,
ipnpgl application otfhaNti r he.
C wished
t to
chief cashier at the Bank, was sent for.
Mr. Marshall stated that, on Friday, the 26th of
May, the two notes in question were brought to him
to the Bank by Mr. Child, who, he believed, called
to explain the way in which the prisoner became pos-
sessed of them.
Mr. Ballantine--The Bank refused to pay them ?
Sir. Marshall replied that the establishment no doubt
under the circumstances refused.
Mr. Ballantine—Did you know at the time that an
action had been commenced against the Bank ,by the
prisoner for having refused to pay the notes ? Mr.
Marshall—I don't know it at this moment.
Mr. Ballantine—l know it is a fact.
Mr. Arthur Marsh Tapp, ledger keeper at the
Southwark branch of the London and Westminster
Bank, said—On the 26th of May I went to the pri-
soner's house, and saw him, between eight and nine
o'clock in the evening. I told him that the two
1,000/. notes he had paid into the London and West-
minster Bank had been refused payment at the Bank
of England. He asked the reason why. I said be-
cause they had been stolen. I told him that as we had
paid a large cheque on the notes he had paid in, we
required him to refund the money on the following
morning. He said it should be done, and that had
he supposed anything of the kind he would not have
drawn the cheque ; but he was rather short of money,
as he had laid out a considerable sum in building a
clothes market in the neighbourhood of Houndsditch.
I asked him if he could tell us from whom he had
received the notes ? He said he had taken them at
the Epsom race-course, where he had been in com-
pany with seven or eight gentlemen, one of whom he
designated, and he asked me whether I knew him. I
said I did not. He told me that he knew the party
from whom he had received the notes, and that it
was on the back of the notes. He afterwards said it
was Mr. Green, either of Manchester or Birmingham,
I do not recollect which.
Mr. Bodkin—What is the average balance which
the prisoner has been keeping at your house ?
Mr. Kingsford here interposed, and said it was the
rule of the house not to divulge balances.
The witness (the objection being waived) said the
prisoner's average balance was about 1001.
The LORD MAYOR declined taking bail, and the
prisoner was committed.
Mr. Ballantine then gave notice to Mr. Mullens
that it was his intention to apply to the judge to ac-
cept bail, for which purpose he should immediately
require a copy of the deposition.
BOW-STREET.
A young man of respectable appearance, named
Montague Douglas Scott, described as a solicitor, was
charged with obtaining a quantity of plate, valued at
241., from Mr. Veale, a silversmith in the Strand,
under false pretences.
Mr. Veale stated that the prisoner came to his shop
on the 10th of May, and said that he was a profes-
sional man, and wished to hire six spoons, six torks,
and six dessert spoons, which witness allowed him to
take on his paying a week's hire. On the 12th he
came again, and hired some more on the same terms.
On the 24th he hired another quantity, which he had
since returned, but had kept what he obtained on the
former occasions. Witness subsequently sent to him
for these, and then discovered that a gravy spoon had
been pledged, but the pawnbroker was unable to
identify the prisoner as the person who had obtained
the loan. On witness asking him to account for de-
taining the goods so long, he declared he had hired
them for a month, which had not expired, and that
he would have returned all the property had he been
at home when it was sent for.
Mr. HENRY said a charge of improper conversion
had not been made out, there being a specific hiring,
and as the pawnbroker could not identify the prisoner,
a charge of felony could not be sustained.
The prisoner's father was however, called upon to
become bail in the sum of 1001. for his appearance in
a week.
Ann Baker, James Grant, Sarah Grant, and
William Grant were re-examined on a charge of
stealing paper, weighing 5001 b., from the premises
of the Masters in Chancery, in Southampton-build-
ings.
Mr. James William Farrar, one of the Masters,
proved that James Grant was a porter in the offices,
and resided on the premises , the other Grants were
his children, and Ann Baker was laundress. The
paper produced, among which were a number of Par-
liamentary reports, were kept in one of the offices,
and some of them were witness's property. He has
seen them in the office from time to time, but he
could not say when he had last observed them. They
might have been stolen a year since. No one had
permission to treat them as waste pacer. Grant is
paid by all the Masters. He received a salary of 2001.
per annum. In addition to being porter, he had charge
of all the offices.
Edward Frewin, a cheesemonger, of 32, High
Holborn, said the prisoners had all, except James
Grant, for the last two years, been in the habit of
going to his shop and selling Parliamentary reports
and ether papers. He bad bought at least two-thirds
of the papers produced from them, and a great deal
more which he had since disposed of. He paid them
2d. a pound, and had purchased altogether about 101.
worth.
Mr. HENRY made some very stringent remarks
upon the conduct of Mr. Frewin in purchasing such
immense quantities of Parliamentary reports, kc.,
from such persons as the prisoners, without due in-
quiry as to how they came into their possession.
The clerks employed in the Masters' office identi-
fied a large quantity of paper produced, and the pri-
soners were again remanded until Wednesday next.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
James Olive, a footman out of place, was finally
examined before Mr. Hardwick, on a charge of hav-
ing committed several robberies at the residence of
Baron Brunnow, the Russian ambassador, in whose
establishment he was steward's-room man until five
weeks ago, when he was discharged for irregularity
of conduct.
Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution and
Mr. Dod for the prisoner, who was charged with
stealing two purses containing altogether nineteen
sovereigns, a gold pencil case, and a gold pin, the
property of Count Koudriafisky, secretary to the em-
bassy.
He w as fully committed for trial.
Pedro Gerniman, who described himself as a mas-
ter cabinet maker at Jersey,finally was examined on
several charges of uttsring forged 51. Bank of Eng-
land notes. The pris iner, who stood committed on
three previous cases, was fully committed for trial on
two freshfo/i
Johns Wren,
crheanTae sm,
masatkeringtafiilvoe ca
r in Devonshire-street,
Walwortb, was finally committed on a similar charge.
He also stood committed on three previous cases.
Two additional cases were now proved, and he wa
was
committed to Newgate for trial in all the five cases.
W ORSHIP. STREET.

V. CRESWELL.

In this case the office of the judge was promoted,
the ease having been argued on a former court day.
The reverend defendant was suspended for eighteen
months, and adjudged to pay the costs, which he had
neglected to do, and upon the application of the re •
presentative of the late Mr. Brooks, the Court now
ordered that payment should be made out of the re
ceipts from the living.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 3.
IN RE GEORGE ROSS.
The case of this individual, described as the mana-
ger of the Heir-at-Law Society, occupied the Court
till its rising, at nearly five o'clock.
Mr. Dowse and Mr. Sargood opposed for several
sufferers; and Mr. Nichols supported the application,
under the new Act.

The opposition was on the ground that several
persons, by advertisements, had been induced to con-
sult the insolvent as manager of the Heir-at-Law
Society, and to pay him money to take the opinion
of counsel on the cases. One of the parties had paid
him 21. 4s. 6d. to take counsel's opinion, and after-
wards 201. to file a bill in Chancery, but no bill had
been filed. On the present occasion several hours
were occupied in respect to the case of a wretched-
looking man, a beggar is appearance, named Davies,
whose wife and family are now in the workhouse, to
ascertain whether he was a creditor or not.
In the course of the case, on the present occasion,
the insolvent said he had resigned the management of
the society, and had transferred "thirty cases" to
another society, with which, however, he was not
connected.
The poor man Davies, whose friends are respec-
table, attended the court, and his appearance excited
a good deal of sympathy. On the last occasion the
court refused to give protection to the insolvent be-
cause he had threatened to throw the poor man, whom
he had before arrested, into prison. Davies had signed
a letter, written t,) the editor of a weekly paper, dic-
tated by the insolvent to one of his clerks, and the
contents were quite at variance with his statement and
his oath ; in the latter the society was everything that
was good.
At the rising of the court the further hearing as
adjourned, wi?hout protection to the insolvent.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO USE.
The interest excited by the first examination of
Abraham Simmonds, the owner of the public-house next
door to the Surrey Theatre, on Thursday last, on the
charge of havig been found in the possession of two
1,0001. notes of the Bank of England, was on Satur-
day exhibited in a most unequivocal manner, the
itistice-room and the approaches to it having been
crammed with sporting men and the friends of the
prisoner.
Mr. Bodkin, the counsel, and Mr. Mullens, of the
firm of Bush and Mullens, solicitors to the Committee
of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries and
Frauds, appeared for the prosecutor, Mr. Blakemore,
M.P. for Wells, who was in 1843 robbed of three
Bank of England notes in an omnibus, two of which
were a few days ago paid by the prisoner into a
banking-house in which he keeps an account. Mr.
Ballantine, the counsel, and Mr. Child, of the firm
ofWire and Child, solicitors to the Incorporated
,tlociety of Licensed Victuallers, appeared for the
plusoner.
31r. Bodkin said, that before he could proceed fur-
ther with the case he must request the production of
the two 1,000/. notes, which he was given to under-
stand were in the possession of Mr. Child.
Mr. Ballantine said there was no objection at all to
the production of the notes, and handed them over
accordingly.
They were then impounded in the hands of Mr.
Goodman, the chief clerk. Upon the back of the notes
there appeared the name of "Mr. Green, Man-
e kleater."
Mr. Garwood, the clerk in Messrs. Masterman's
ba, 'king-house, who paid the notes to Mr. Blakemore
In 1843, said that when he paid them the name of
Gr leo was not written upon them.
dr. Bodkin (as our reporter understood him) said

?Jr. James Bryan Ashwell, a saddler, at White-
chapel, was charged with assaulting and obstructing
the police in the execution of their duty.
Police-constable Donovan, of the H division,
stated, that while endeavouring to disperse a large
crowd of disorderly persons, who had collected to the
number of several hundreds in the Whitechapel-
road, at ten o'clock at night, he requested the defen-
dant, who was standing in the foremost rank of the
assemblage to move away, and, at the same time,
gently pushed him with the back of his hand to in-
duce him to do so. The defendant instantly turned
round, thrust him back with a violent shove, which
nearly threw him down, and peremptorily demanded
what right he had to interfere with a respectable
tradesman. It was indispensable that the mob should
be dispersed, consisting as it did in great part of swell
mobsmen and thieves of other descriptions ; and, on
telling the defendant that if he did not leave quietly,
as he was setting a bad example to the rest, he must
take him into custody, he threw his arms and legs
round a post, clung to it with determined tenacity,
and declared that if he took him at all, he should
take the post also. Having at last dislodged him
with great difficulty, the defendant commenced
a furious attack upon him, and he was at the
same time struck a violent blow upon the back of his
head with a stone, which partly stunned him. With
the assistance of other constables, however, the de-
fendant was at length forcibly taken away, but they

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Birmingham. ••••• • • • 1 18s. 25 0 0 3 0 0 -
East London... ••••• • . 1 81. 100 0 0 178
Grand demotion •• • ... ! 2!. 105. 41 13 4 - 80
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Vauxhall .• •• • • .... - , 100 0 0 - -
West Middlesex . - . 'sl.lss.prent. 63 12 9 - 117
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Dividend Amount
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Annum. Share.
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British Linen Company 81. par cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195
Jaledonian Bank ••••• 81. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 41. is
amity of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11,4
!Jlydesdale Bank ••• • •• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 A,
71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 154
61. per cent. 25 u 0 1i: 0 f. 9%
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Eng. & Scot, Law Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 -
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COUNTY COURTS.—On Tuesday a Parliamentary
return was printed, extending to 19 pages, showing the
operation of the County Courts Act (11 and 10 Victoria,
chap. 95), from its operation on the 15th of March, 1847.
to the end cf last year. There were in the period
429,215 plaints entered, of which 31,443 were for debts
and demands above 101.; 41,617 above Si. and not exceed-
jag 101. ; 92,593 above 21. and not exceeding Si. ; 95,518
above 11. and not exceeding 21.; and 161,042 not exceed-
ing The various courts sat in the period 6,316 days,
and the total number of causes tried was 267,445. The
total amount of fees received was 600,5591. Is. 3d., of
which 82,652/. 14s. sid. were judges' fees ;
73,777/. 11s. 3id. clerks' tees ; and 46,8891. Os. 9d.
bailiffs' fees. Of tlle total, 52,1171. 10s. Hid. went to
the general fund, and 345,122/. 3s. 9td. to the suitors'
fund. There were 800 causes tried by jury, of which
number the parties who required a jury obtained verdict
i❑ 427 cases.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 2.—There has not
been any amount of business transacted here this week;
but prices continue steady. Refined goods find a brisk
sale at very full rates.—Bristol Mercury.