The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-28 00:00:00

IN RE THOMAS DEANE ALDERSON.

This case is of some importance, as evincing, in
a strong manner, the great necessity that exists for
the immediate operation of the new Bill recently
brought into Parliament by the Lord Chancellor, in
reference to the Court of Bankruptcy, and espe-
cially providing for the better regulation of the sit-
tings of the Court of Review.
Mr. CITING applied to Mr. Commissioner Pane
on behalf of the bankrupt for an injunction to re-
strain the assignees of his estate from selling most
irregularly arid at a great sacrifice property of a
considerable value ; the sale was fixed for Friday
next, a notice to that effect was served on the bank-
rupt by the solicitors of the assignees, and the sale
would be peremptory unless an injuncion was served
forthwith. Now, he had strongand most conclu-
sive
reasons for supporting an application for an
injunction, but lie was in this dilemma—that the
judges of the Court of Review were out of town,
and lie was at a loss to know how to proceed, but
thought that from the peculiarities of the case the
Learned Commissioner could interfere with effect.

Mr. Commissioner FANE thought that the exer-
cise of his jurisdiction in this peculiar case was very
doubtful ; in fact, he believed the matter was be-
yond his jurisdiction. He would, however, remon-
strate with the assignees, and use his best exertions
to prevent the sacrifice alluded to. That they had
the power to sell he did not donht, as in them was
vested the legal possession ; he would, however,sum-
mon them and all the parties concerned before him
some day before that fixed on for the sale, and
should then inquire further into the subject.
Mr. CItING thanked the Learned Commissioner
and withdrew.

WiManz Lloyd, late a grocer in Union-street, in
the Borough, who had been committed to gaol on
Friday last, for not discovering where his books
were secreted, and for the general contumacious-
ness of his conduct, was this day brought up before
Mr. Commissioner EVANS, who severely repri-
manded him, but discharged him on his promising
to give up his books and render such information
to the assignees as they might deem necessary for
the benefit of the estate.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HOUSE.

Yesterday public curiosity was—most powerfully
excited by the examination of 2W,. Thomas Cox
Savory, of No. 54, Cornhill, silversmith, upon a
charge of having in his possession various silver ar-
ticles, upon which were forged marks of the Gold-
smiths' Company. A great number of the most
eminent persons in the trade were present during
the investigation. Several members of the Society
of Friends attended, Mr. Savory being one of that
religious cla,s.
Mr. Alley attended for the prosecution, which was
or fur Mr. Savory.
he case was one of the
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most important as regarded the public and tl,e cha-
racter of the English nation in foreign countries.
The practice of forging the marks of the Company

was, he regretted to say, carried on to a most ruin-
ous and alarming extent, and the Government were
defrauded and the fair trader injured in proportion.
The duty which was evaded by the forgeries
amounted to Is. 6d. an ounce, so that the criminal
person could undersell the rest of the trade, and of
course command a very great business. Mr.
Savory's shop was furnished with articles which
were disposed of at a rate which caused some
suspicion that very extraordinary skill was
exercised by him, and purchases were made
which soon exhibited the nature of the ar-
rangements by which the great trade of the house
was carried on. It would require the ingenuity of
a casuist to show how Mr. Savory could be sup-
posed to be innocent of the knowledge of the fact,
kept up as it was from day to day continuously in
his shop. A person named Treen, who had been
in the employment of Mr. Savory, and who had
pawned some silver spoons, absconded when the
noise was made about the offence, and the pawn-
broker at whose shop the goods were pledged, see-
ing something rather odd about the marks, took
them to the hall, where the fraud was instantly
detected.

Mr. nobler, jun., said that Mr. Savory was at
Hastings at the time the noise was made imputing
fraud to him, and came to town the moment he
heard of it, and of the apprehension of a man for
the offence, and attended at the Mansion-house on
the preceding day to give his evidence, and render
assistance in the discovery and punishment of the
offellAder.

Mr. Alley—lf he had not, we would have brought
him to town compulsorily. We would have out-
lawed him.

Mr. Hobler, jun.—We deny the charge altoge-
ther, and we are in a situation to prove the correct•
ness of all our transactions in business, and, by con-
sequence, our total ignorance of the charge imputed
to us.

Mr. Alley said that all persons in the trade were
under an obligation to make an entry at Goldsmiths'
Hall, not only of their shops, but of the warehouses
in which their articles were manufactured. Mr.
Savory had never mentioned his manufactory at all.
The LORD MAYOR—I consider it to be the duty
of the Goldsmiths' Company to take care and pro-
vide themselves with those necessary particulars
most accurately, and it is evident that there has been
neglect upon their part. That circumstance, how-
ever, does not tend at all to exonerate Mr. Savory.
Mr. Wood, pawnbroker, of No. 35, St. John's-
street, deposed that he took in pledge, about three
weeks ago, several tea-spoons, some of which were
pawned in the name of Treen, and some in the name
of Cook. Upon examining them he suspected that
some trick had been played about the marks, and he
took them to Goldsmiths' Hall, where the marks
were pronounced to be forgeries. The intitials
" T.C.S." were upon the spoons.
Mr. John Smith, assayer to the stamp-office of
the Goldsmiths' Company, deposed that the marks
on the spoons exhibited were forgeries. The King's
head, the leopard, and the lion, were all forged.
They were well executed.
Mr. George Miles, assay-master of the Goldsmiths'
Company, deposed that he went on Friday last to
Mr. Savory's shop, and examined the plate there.
He found about 25 or 26 ounces with forged marks.
The duty was Is. 6d. an ounce. Mr. Cope, the
Marshal, left a person in the shop to take care of the
goods.
Mr. Nobler, jun.—Were there not numerous ar-
ticles in the shop marked legally ? Witness—Yes,
there were about 600 ounces of other spoons in the
shop.

Mr. Hobler—Had not Mr. Savory's people an
opportunity of removing those which were found
to be forged ? Witness—No; they certainly had
not.

Mr. William Cox, Prime Warden of the Gold-
smiths' Company, deposed that in consequence of
information which he had received he went, at the
desire of his brother wardens, to Mr. Savory's
shop, and asked for half a dozen teaspoons. There
were three persons in the shop behind the counter,
and two of them waited upon witness. They
handed him the spoons he required, and he was
satisfied that the marks were forgeries. He asked
whether they had any others, and whether the marks
of Goldsmith's Hall were upon the spoons. They re-
plied, that if they omitted to have the articles marked
at Goldsmith's Hall the penalty upon each omission
would have been 501. He purchased five spoons
for 21., and took them home, and he ascertained at
Goldsmiths' Hall that the marks upon them were
forgeries.
The LORD MAYOR said he thought it an over-
sight in the witness not to have sent a stranger to
make the purchase ; for if the Prime Warden of
the Company had happened to be known in the
shop, the ends of justice might have been completely
defeated.

The witness said that he did not belong to the
craft, and was a perfect stranger to the concerns of
Mr. Savory. He had consulted with his brother
wardens before he went, and they were of opinion,
that as he was so little known, he was the proper
person to employ on the mission. There was a
necessity far secrecy also in so important a case, as
other parties were implicated.
The LORD MAYOR—It was certainly an act of
kindness to Mr. Savory. In my opinion there has
been a great deal of mismanagement. If the busi-
ness had been left to Mr. Cope and the two For-
resters, the case would have been different. It was
riot a few ounces that would have been found. 1
advised, when application was made to me for a
search-warrant, that not an instant's delay should
take place. In such an affair, expedition is every
thing.
Witness declared that every thing was done for
the best. He asked the shopman whether they had
spoons of another pattern, and one of them nudged
the other, and replied in the negative. The nudge
was as much as to say that witness was an ignorant
person, and therefore the kind of person to whom
articles of the kind might be sold.
The LORD MAYOR—Your notion of the nudge
is very different from mine.

Mr. Alley—The shopmen denied that they had
any spoons of a different pattern, although there
were several in the window at the moment ; but
those in the window had the genuine marks upon
them, and therefore would not be sold to the
witness.

NIG nobler, jun.—They happened to be plated
articles, and not silver.—(A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR—Did you see Mr. Savory in
the shop ? Witness—No; I never saw him till
to-day.

M. ALLEY—I don't charge Mr. Savory with
having sold forged plate himself ; I charge him with
having possession of it. As I said before, the trade are
deeply interested in this investigation. Mr. Savory,
by evading the payment of the duty, has been ena-
bled to sell a great deal cheaper than other persons.
The fraud is in every respect a most dangerous and
destructive one to the fair dealer. Customers who
have purchased plate of Mr. Savory have gone into
the shops of other silversmiths arid reproached them
with the dearness of the articles they sold, exhibit-
ing Mr. Savory's goods as a proof of tbeextortionate
price of the rest of the trade.

- Mr. Hobler, jun.—Your Lordship must not look
at this case as you would view a charge made against
a known offender, whose previous habits would ren-
der an inquiry less difficult. This charge has been
made against a young man of unimpeachable cha•
racter, just coming into life, with most respectable
friends and connexions, a member of a religious
community well-known in every part of the world,
and respected for their humanity and the correctness
of their moral conduct, and most exemplary in their
commercial transactions.

Mr. Alley—That's no answer to the positive
possession of spoons with forged marks upon them.
The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Hobler, jun.)— I
know that your client is in excellent hands, and
that you will not let him say a word that may tell
against himself; but I shall persevere in my deter-
m►nation to examine prisoners as well as witnesses.
It was but the other day Mr. Justice James Parke

stated his surprise, in the course of the trial of two
atrocious offenders, shat their confession bad not
been taken down in writing, and condemned the
practice of cautioning prisoners not to say anything
that might prejudice themselves on their trial. "If
guilty,' said the Judge, " the more they told, and
the more certain their conviction was rendered, the
better. Prisoners are not to be entrapped into a
confession ; they are to be told it would be used
against them. Everything they chose to say
should be taken." Now, I consider that the onus
lies upon Mr. Savory to account for these forged
marks.

Mr. Hobler—We can prove that we have uni-
formly paid everything which other silversmiths pay.
Mr. Jeremiah Fuller produced the books of the
company, from which it appeared that Mr. Savory
had not made any entry of the place in which the
plate he sold had been mauufactured. All that was
entered was " Thomas Cox Savory, 54, Cornhill,"
the conclusion to be inferred from which was, that
the manufactory was there. Witness always asked
persons making entries where their manufactories
were.

Mr. Savory, sen., father of the defendant--They
never required more than that at Goldsmiths'•hall.
They have no more than my address, 14 Cornhill,
on their books, and they consider that quite suffi-
cient.

Mr. Alley—All that I can say about that is, that
you, too, are guilty of a violation of the act of Par-
liament, and subject to heavy penalties for not hav-
ing entered your workshop.
The LORD MAYOR—The company ought to
take care that no omission of the kind should take
place.
The Prime Warden said the onus lay upon the
defendant to show why he had not made a correct
entry, not upon the stamp-office of the company.
The wardens were resolved to pursue their course,
to prevent, for the sake of the public and the King,
so dangerous a species of imposition.
The LORD MAYOR—The defendant has certainly
deceived the Goldsmiths' Company by not giving
them the address of his manufactory. I should like
to know how long has this man, named Treen,
who pawned the articles, been in the employment
of Mr. Savory.
Mr. Hobler, jun., prevented Mr. Savory from
answering the question, and said that Treen had
not been long in the service of the defendant.
The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps Mr. Savory's ma-
nufactory is at .54, Cornhill ? Mr. Savory—Not at
all, my Lord. I could have no objection to giving
the address of my manufactory, but I really thought
it quite unnecessary.
Mr. Hobler, jun., stated that Treen's address
was entered at Goldsmith's Hall, " Wm. Treen,
spoonmaker, 3, Essex-street, Battle-bridge, 11th
of January, 1833."
Mr. Alley—We have a great deal more evidence,
and shall produce it another day. In the meantime
your Lordship will require security for the appear-
ance of Mr. Savory. The case involves the na-
tional character, for foreigners purchase our plate on
the faith of the integrity of our public institution
formed to prevent imposition.
Mr. Hobler, jun.—My client will, I trust, my
Lord, be permitted to be at large. He came here
voluntarily, and will come again whenever you de-
sire his presence. I assure you we have a full
answer to every tittle that has been said.
The LORD MAYOR—How did he happen to be
in possession of the plate with forged marks upon
it ? Mr. Hobler—lt might have been purchased at
other shops.
Mr. Brook, the silversmith at the corner of the
Poultry and several other eminent silversmiths, here
declared that the imputation cast upon the trade
by the observation of the defendant's solicitor was
completely groundless. No respectable tradesman
had plate with forged marks. It was to be found
nowhere but with one man.

The LORD MAYOR—I shall certainly require bail
for the appearance of Mr. Savory. The offence
with which he stands charged is punishable by trans-
portation for 14, years. I have an objection to take
take bail generally, from my knowledge of the effect
produced by it upon the minds of the jury; but I
shall consent to take it in this case in the present
stage of the proceedings.
Mr. Hobler, jun., said that his client had bail
ready, as it was required. Mr. Savory knew no-
thing in the world about the forged stamps.
Mr. Alley declared that it was quite ridiculous to
suppose that the defendant, who, in his opinion, was
a great offender, was ignorant of the fact.
The LORD MAYOR—I certainly look upon this
investigation as a very proper one. There exists
not the most remote doubt of the forgery, and to
whom were the consequences of that forgery profit-
able ? Certain it was that many respectable trades-
man were unable to sell their goods at the price at
which the defendant sold his, and declined in trade
on that account. Supposing, also, that a person in
possession of a large quantity of plate with forged
marks were to apply for a drawback of the duties,
upon the ground of lending it out, what an enor-
mous fraud might he not practice.
Mr. Nicholson, the silversmith of Cornhill, as-
sured the Lord Mayor that persons had walked into
his shop, and showing him spoons which they had
just bought at Mr. Savory's, said " Look at these,
I got them at Savory's for 4s. 6d. a-piece, while
you ask for the same sort of article Gc.," just the
difference caused by the duty. Mr. Nicholson de-
clared that the plan of underselling in this manner
had caused the most dreadful injury to the trade.
Men who had a command of money to any extent
could not get up plate at the rate Mr. Savory sold
it. It was quite impossible; the trade all knew it,
and were long astonished at the unparalleled cheap.
ness of the plate of that gentleman ; but now the
miracle was all over.

rooAmlr.. Savory was then bailed, and left the justice-

HATT ON- GARDEN.

Yesterday 11/r. Scott, watch-maker, of Salisbury-
street, Strand, was fully committed to take his trial,
for indecently assaulting two men, with intent to
excite them to the commission of an unnatural
offence.

DEATH OF SIR HARRY GOODRICICE.--.lt
is our painful duty to record the death of Sir Harry Good-
ricke, Bart., at his residence, Ravensdale Park, in the
county of Louth. Sir Harry had enjoyed but a very few
years the princely estates left him by his uncle, the late
Lord Clermont. He had made great improvements both
at the Park, and at his other residence in Louth, Cler-
mont Park. Some other works, which would have given
employment to numbers, were, we understand, contem•
plated by Sir Harry. He was a benevolent man and an
excellent landlord. His premature death will be severely
felt by all cla'ses.—Newry Telegraph..

EX-SHERIFF PARKINS.—The trial against
this individual in the Superior Court for a libel published
in a letter, which has occupied the attention of the Court
for three successive days, terminated last evening about
six o'clock, in a verdict against him of six cents. da•
mages, and six cents. costs. Although the words com-
plained of were actionable, the Jaly, we presume, went
upon the ground that the reckless and indiscriminate abuse
which the defendant is accustomed to scatter around him,
is from the estimation in which he is held in the com-
munity, altogether impotent and harmless, and therefore
not a fit subject for damages. Several other slander and
libel suits, we understand, are in progress against him, and
an indefinite number, it is said, might be commenced; but
the result of this trial will probably put a stop to such
prosecutions, as no very profitable source of speculation.
Mr. Parkins chose to defend the suit in person, and cer-
tainly displayed great vituperative powers, which he
exerc sed alike upon the Court and Jury, upon the counsel
and witnesses for the prosecution, upon his own witnesses
and assistants, and upon the spectators of the amusing
scene. His incoherent raving, and the irrelevant matter
which he introduced, must have impressed the Jury with
the absurdity of giving weight to his slanders, and were
probably a better defence than the most ingenious counsel
could have devised for him. It was apparent, that in
permitting his frequent outrages upon all forensic decorum,
the Court
ced by a consideration of the
unhappy
peculiarities of his
s mind and of his isolated con-
dition in society. Certain it is, they exercised towards
him a forbearance which could not have been claimed by
a native Americin,—American Paper.
were influenced