The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-20 00:00:00

B.OW-STREET.

Edward Henry Poyntz, a young man, formerly an
officer in the army, was re-examined before Mr.
Henry, on several charges of forgery.
The prosecution was conducted by Messrs. Busb
and Muliens, solicitors to the Bankers' Protection
Society; and Mr. Wontner defended the prisoner.
John G. Dodd, a clerk to Messrs. Coutts and Co.,
the bankers, produced a letter purporting to be signed
by " J. Tomline," and dated, " Post-office, Birming-
ham, Feb. 13." This letter was received at the bank
on the 14th, and, in compliance with the directions
contained therein, witness prepared instructions for
making oat a bank post-bill for 501., which was after-
wards sent to Birmingham by post the same evening.
Witness knew that a gentleman named J, Tomline
had an account at the bank.

E. W. Stanley, another clerk in the same establish •
ment, stated that Captain Tomline had banked with
Coutts and Co. for many years, but the signature to
the letter and orders produced were not in his hand-
writing. There was some resemblance in the style,
but not enough to have induced witness to attend to
such an order if he had seen it, especially as Captain
Tomline always signed his Christian name in full.
John Aaron, a pawnbroker at Birmingham, deposed
to having received the bank post-bill in question from
the prisoner in March last, in payment for a watch,
chain, ring, and some other articles purchased by him
on that occasion. He represented himself as Captain
Stanhope, and endorsed the bill with that name.
Mr. Yolk, of the Western-road, Brighton, identi-
fied the watch purchased of the last witness as one
which the prisoner brought to him in March last, with
instructions to gild the dial and case for him, which
was accordingly done.
George Coraby, watchmaker and jeweller, of Bath-
place, New-road, deposed that he received the watch
on the 3d of July last from the prisoner, who called
himself Captain Poyntz. The watch was exchanged
in a business transaction. Witness had done business
with him on two previous occasions.
James F. Cooper, clerk to Messrs. Cocks and
Greenwood, army agents, used to see the handwriting
of the prisoner, some years ago, when he was a
Captain in the 59th Regiment of Foot. The signa-
ture "J. Towline" resembled his (the prisoner's)
style of writing.
Owing to the absence of Captain Tomline, who is
detained by illness at Brighton, the evidence could not
be completed, but the other witnesses were bound
over in the usual way.
Another case was then proceeded with.
It was proved that in June last two other bank
post-bills, each for 501., were obtained by the prisoner
from Messrs. Coutts and Co., also in the name of " J.
Tomline." They were forwarded to the prisoner at
Windsor.

The preparation of the post-bills, upon the instruc-
tions of Coutts and Co., were proved by Mr. Arm-
stead, a clerk in the Bank of England.
Mr. Corsby, the witness in the previous case,
proved that one of these bills for 501. was received by
him from the prisoner on the 3d of July, in payment
for a gold watch, a brooch, &c., the difference in the
amount being paid to him in cash.

James Borlitigton, assistant to Mr. Fisher, pawn-
broker, in Walworth, produced the gold watch and
brooch, which had been pledged at his employer's
shop. _ _

Mr. Marshall, the chief cashier in the Bank of
England, deposed that he received a letter from Liver-
pool, signed "John Tomline," and containing the
second bill for 501., for which the writer requested
that a 50/. note might be forwarded to him, at the
Post-office, Liverpool. As the forgery of Mr. Tom-
line's signature had been by this time discovered, an
answer was sent, by the advice of Mr. Muliens, the
solicitor, to the effect that, in consequence of the risk
attending the transmission of money through the post-
office, they advised him to apply to the branch bank
at Liverpool for the amount, producing witness's
letter as the authority for the payment. The prisoner,
however, did not adopt this suggestion, and a subse-
quent effort to get the money paid into a London
bank was, of course, equally unsuccessful.
Sergeant Vhicher, of the detective police, proved
that he traced the prisoner, by watching the course of
a letter left for him in Cunningham-place, St. John's-
wood, and subsequently posted by a servant girl, to
Foregate-street, Chester, where witness apprehended
him next day. He denied all knowledge of the bills,
but duplicates relating to the watch and ether arti-
cles referred to by the above witnesses were found in
his possession.
The prisoner reserved his defence for the trial.
THAMES.

A morose-looking fellow, named Patrick Lavin,
an Irish "duffer," who is well known to the police,
and has been twice summarily convicted for brutal
assaults, was brought up on remand charged with
wounding and attempting to murder David Jones, a
police-constable of the H division, 162, whose life
was despaired of for several days, and who was led
into court in a very weakly condition. His head was
bandaged, and he looked very pale.
Jones stated as follows :—Last Friday morning,
the 12th of September, about two o'clock, I was
passing over my beat in Glasshouse-street, Rosemary-
lane. when I saw the prisoner standing at the corner
of a court, and he immediately, without saying a
word, and without the least provocation on my part,
struck me a severe blow with his fist on my face,
which cut my lip and caused my mouth to bleed
profusely. I followed him down the court for
the purpose of taking him into custody, on which
he took up a large brick or stone, I don't know
which, and hurled it at my head. It broke into
two pieces, and missed me. The prisoner took up
one of the pieces and threw it at me again, and it
struck my hat. I directly caught hold of the prisoner,
and he seized me at the same time and.
said, " Let
you —, or I'll put five inches of steel into your
guts."
He threatened to throw me down, but,
failing in doing so, tripped me up, and I brought him
down with me. We had a deal of up and down fight-
ing for some time, and he frequently kicked me and
uttered dreadful imprecations, and swore he would
kill me if I did not release him. At last, while I
was down, another man came behind me and kicked
me, and dragged me away, and then I found may
staff, which was taken out of my pocket, in his ha nd,
and a person held me behind and said, " Now lay i nto
him," and the prisoner struck me several times on the
head with the truncheon. They were dreadful blows,
and my head was cut open in several places. I became
quite senseless, and bled very much.
Mr. YARDLEY ordered the depositions to be fin.-
many taken, and after they had been read over by
Mr. Pyer, the clerk, committed the prisoner for trial,

WANDSWORTH.
Spencer Ansell, aged 28 years, a warehouseman,
was brought up on remand before Mr. Payn ter,
charged with embezzling various sums of mouey,
amounting to upwards of 1001., the property of Mr.
Charles Francis and Sons, the proprietors of cement
works at Nine Elms and Great Scotland-yard.
Bail was offered for the appearance of the prisoner,
and

Mr. PAYNTER consented to accept two good sure-
ties in the sum of 50/. each, and the prisoner in 1004
for his appearance on Friday next. He should re-
quire twenty-four hours' notice.