The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

THE SUN,-, LONDONI VRIDAY EVENINeI; AUGMITT 8; Me:

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(fihis Day.)

been there. (The witness gave ber evidence reluctantly,
and had to be cautioned Ey the i'reeiding alderman.) j
She had never told Herien, the dee, etive, that she had
been desired to leave the rooai, and that she suppeeed
there was something wrong going on. Sue might
have been asked by them te g.) on an errand, and
she bad done so. The last time she sa Y the prisoners
together was on Tuesday morning, at her house. She
believed they were there together also An the Monday.
Elayden, the intelligent and indefatigable detective
officer connected with the office, said he had searched
Thomases residence_in _John,street, Blackfriars, where
he went by the name of Harrington. He there found a
photographic likeness of him, some lettere, a white hat,
two books, and 32 duplicates. From the nature of the
articles pledged, he thought • he should be able to
prove ti:at some of them had been stolen, and he
asked for a long remand in consequence. He
went to St. Mary's-square, Kennington, the
other prisoner's residence, and, in company with Thin,
whose exertions in tracing the privinere have been un-
remittiog, they searched the room, and there found a
photographic likeness of the prisoner, who was known
at his lodgings as Thesiger, and 2d duplicates of seve-
ral articles, and a white hat.

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COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.
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iIN RE' BASXUEL ADAMS.—EXTENSIVE BANK FAILURE.
This bankrupt was described as a banker at Ware,
Hertfordshire,. and had fer many years conducted the
Ware an:! Hertford atek, Ware-, under the style of
Samuel Adams and Co., and who was adjudicated bank-
rupt on the 24th of July last, on the petition of Mr.
Daniel Peck, of Ware, gentleman, who was a creditor
for. 268/. 12s. 2d. upon a current bankrupt account.
The act of bankruptcy on which the adjudication was
made was on the evidence of Mr. Peck, as to the stop-
page of the bank and the closing-of the establishment.
Today was appointed for the choice of assignees.
Messrs. Armstrong and Phillips, of Guildhall Cham-
bers, appeared as solicitors to the petitioning creditor,
and Mr. Plews (Lawrence an,) Plews) appeared to sup-
port the claims of a large number of creditors and to
propose assignees, and another list was presented by
Mr. Longmore, and great interest was evinced as to the
choice, arid it was proposed that one London and one
country creditor should be appointed,
A great number of creditors were present, and the
list of claims contained, amongst others, the following :
—The Bank of England, for about 25,2601. on bills dis-
counted, and which was prove I by Mr. Thomas Green
Gloey ; Mr. Jas. Sandeman, bill discounter, 4,0751. ;
Mr. J. Maison, executor of the late Samuel Adams,
2,024/. 18s, ; Mr. Wm. Sweenwell, Hertford Corn Mar-
ket, 3,6301. ; Mr. Abel Smith, of Woodhall-park, Wal-
ton, 1,866/., &c., but the majority were for much smaller
sums on balanco of accounts and on notes of the bank.
From the preliminary etaterneut prepared by Messrs.
Thomas and C.ipley, Gresham-street, it appears that
there is due to "creditor 61,592/. 7s. lid. ; liabilities
on bills receivable negotiated, the greater part of which
are expected to be mec at maturity, 75,1691. 113. 11d. ;
notes in circulation, 19,000/. ; assets expected to pro-
duce 50,0001."
Mr. Plews tendered the proofs of Mr. Elsey, on be-
half of the Bulk of England, for 25,2601. for bills die-
coun'ed, and one on behalf of Mr. Rich ‘ll
bill broker ; on behalf of himself and partner, for 4,0751.,
for bills discounted by the bankrupt.
Mr. Whitehead, the registrar, who took the undis-
puted proof, suegested that the creditors should give
up the notes upon which they proved, instead of hav-
ing them mirked as "exhibits," which is, the ordinary
course.

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Same of the creditors objected, but Mr. Whitehead
explained that the notes were of no possible value
after they had been proved, but if they should be ever
required they would at any time be forthcoming.
Proofs were admitted to the amount of about 60,000/,
without opposition.

Mr. Piews then said that it bad been proposed that
Mr. Elsey, of the Bank of Rigla.nd, and Mr. Lawrence,
of Hatfield, wine merchant. should be chosen assiznees.
He said that it was customary with the Bank of Eng-
land,:except in special cases, t) come in and prove at

the earliest opprtunity whether the bills had be-
come due er not, but it wai very seldom that

they sought to be assignees, but in this case it
had been deemed advisable. Hr. Els.y, being the

man Ager of the Discount Branch of the Ba. k

of Englanl, and Mr. Lawrencs was will known to

many of the creditors; and would be able to devote his

attention to the estate.

A discussion then took place on the proposal that Mr.
Peck, the petitioning cred►tor, should be j dried in the
assigneesbip, and it las asked whether be would pledge
himself to at'end the meetings, hut it was ultimately ar-
ranged that the two first-natued gentlemen should be
chosen alone.

His Honour confirmed the choice, and the meeting
terminated.

POLICE INT.ELLIGENCE.—(This Day.

GUkLDUALL.
THE POST LETTER STEALERS.

The two men, Thomas and Hillier, were brought up
on remand charged with stealing a bundle of post letters
from the receiving-house, in King-street, Covent-Garden,
o❑ the 21st elt.

Mr. Peacock appeared on the part of the Post office
autb,rities.

The following additional evidence was given :
Mr. J. C. Stevens, King-street, Covent-garden, de-
posed he was an ,uctioneer. Oa the 21st July last he
tnad,: a remittance to York, through Mes-rs. Cutts and
Co., and he drew on them for 761. 17s. Od, The check
was made payable to Messrs. Backhouse and Sons. He
crossed the check in the usual manner, put it in an en-
velope, fastened it, and directed it to Messrs. Back-
house and Son, York. It--was then put in the usual
place for letters to be poste3 at the receiving-house in
Kin4-street. In consequence Of information that he re-
ceived afterwards he requested Messrs. Cout.ts not to
pay the check except in the usual manner. He crossed
the check, and wrote on it "and Co., Bankers," but it
had been erased from the check. The word "Bankers"
could clearly be traced on it. The letter should have
been posted about the middle of the day.
By Hellier—He could not swear the check was posted
in King-street.

Mr. Alderman Challis—The person who posted the
letter is here.

Thomas White, porter to the last witness, deposed
that he posted a letter on the 21.4 July, at the King
street receiving-house. He took it from the place where
lettrrs for past were genQrAlly put. To the beat of his
recollection he posted it between 1 and 2 o'clock in the
day. That was the only letter he posted in the middle
of that day. He did not notice to whom it was ad•
dressed.

By Hellier—He made no memorandum of having
posted the letter, nor did he know it contained a check.

Julia Whorrod, housekeeper t'i Mr. Daniel, 2, King-
street, Covent-garden, deposed that her master kept a
Post-office receiving house, and that she assisted him in
his duties. On Monday fortnight she made up the two
o'clock collection and put it on the counter. Mr. Cutler
came in whilst she was stamping the letters, and asked
her to put one in, and slipped one in himself to go by
that despatch.' Whilst Mr. Cutler was standing ',Jok-
ing at her a man came in. [Witness was asked to look
round the Court and see if she could point out the man,
and on doing so she pointed out Bailey, one of the
detectives, as something like the man.] She did
not believe either of the prisoners was the man who
came in first. After the man came in he sat down and
asked for a letter for "J. H." She told him that she
had none in that name.. This occurred during the time
she was tying up the letter 4. As soon as she had
finished tying them up in a bundle, she went across the
shop to the other counter, and the man rose, followed
her, and asked for a copy of the Times. She gave it
him, and he looked at it. A woman then came in, fol-
lowed by a man, whom she was unable to identify. The
second man said he wanted a Loudon Journal, took it
up, put a penny down and walked out of the shop, and
the woman followed hiM. The first man who
came in then also took up a London Journal,
put a penny down and walked away. About three
or four minutes after these persons had left the shop
she missed the bundle of letters. Before missing it the
last witness carne in with 11 foreign letters, and whilst
calculating the postages one of Mr. Daniel's young men
came in and asked her if she had made up the letters.
She said, " Yes." He asked, " Where are they ?" She
replied, "There," pointing to the place she had put
them. He said, "They are not ;" and then it was the
loss was discovered.

The prisoner Hellier displayed much tact in cross-
examining the witness, but in his eagerness to test her
credibility relative to the persons who came into the
shop, said, referring to the woman, " She had two or
three children with her, hadn't she ?"
Witness said she believed the woman hal no ch ildren
with her. The female purchased a postage stamp.
By Hellier—she c ,uld not positively say that eitherot
the prisoners were the Alen who entered the shop.
Mr. Alderman Challis—She has already said she could
not positively say you were in the shop.

Hellier—Then I submit there is au end of the case.
This L.; the only witness. (Liughter.)
Mr. Alderman Challis—Oh no. We shall have °thar
witnesses to examine.

Mr. E. R. Cutkr, 5, Blenheim-road, St. John's Wood,
corroborated the last witness's evidence relative to her
making up the delivery in question. Whilst iu the shop
he saw a man there very much resembling the prisoner
Miller. The man was sitting down at the time. He
believed the prisoner t-► be the luau, but he would not
swear positively to him.

Ellen Harrington, 27, John-street, aackfriars, deposed
that she had known the prisoner 10 months. Sae had
known Thomas for that time by the name of Robert
Harrington, and Hellier by the names of Frederick
Harrington and Frederick Theiiger. She did not know
if they were related. She had known R 'bert Harring-
ton by the name of George Thomas. She never knew
the other by the name of Ileflier. The prisoners bal
been often tog,ther at her house—several
Thomas—l have been living with her there.
Examination continued—She hail never been desired
to leave the room when the two prisoners had been
there, She had, however, left the room when they had