The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-04 00:00:00

MANSION.HOUSE.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—On Saturday the Jus-
tice Room wa• tilled with tradesmen, who crowded
early to the Mansion House to witness the exami•
nation of Gwynn, the swindler, who had already
excited in the previous examination a great deal of
laugh•er as well as indignation.
Mr. Henry J. Pickering, clerk to Mr. Harris, the
ale-brewer, met the prisoner at the Ship in Isling-
ton, with one Hawe-, who kept that hou-e. The
pa son r represent. d himself as Mr. Taylor, of Marl-
borough--quare, Chelsea, and said that tie would be
answerable tor an curler of ale for Nlr. lta,ves, giving
at tve same time a card with the name of Taylor nod
the address upon Six barrels of ale wen- s, tit
in, together with the bill, by the drayman. Hawes
promised to pay for half of the ale on a certain d y,
bin when that day arrived he was not to be found,
and another person was in his place. Witt' ss

•.1.0.vc ci) I h,b «•as Mr. Taylor.
and addressed him in that name.

Gwynn—My Lo.d, he knew as well as I did that
G.•ynn was my name. He heard Hawes addre-s
me by that name, and I only said I travelled for Mr.
Taylor.

Witness—l never heard the name of Gwynn
addressed to you in my life. Gwynn—Tut, tut
If you had asked me my name I'd have told you,
upon my honour.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Alexander, of Finsbury-street, Cleikenwell,
wine and spirit merchant, stated that the prisoner
went to his cellars about the 4th or sth of Atigust,
and ordered some doz,.ns of Sc,iich ale and stout
in bottles to be sent to Hawes's hou-e. Prison, r
stated himself to be Mr. Taylor, of Marlborough-
-qaare, Chelsea. On the 17th of August he again
visited the cellars, introducing Mr. Hawes as a cus-
tomer who wanted wine, and slating that that
eendeman was suoplied with spirits by his (pri-
soner's) firm of Taylor and Co. Prisonei said
npon this occasion that he wished to recommend
Mr. Hawes to a respectable merchant as a wine
customer.—(Laughter.) He then tasted some
wines, and ordered three dozen of port and three
(I,,zen of sherry to the Ship, but witness did not
send the wine, as the ale had not been paid for.
Mr. Charles Baxter, partner to the last witness,
confirmed this statement, and said that the prisoner
-aid all along that he was Mr. Taylor, the rect,fi,r,
of Chelsea.

Gwynn—You must be a stupid fellow. I said
I was from M. laylor, but my name is Gwynn;
everybody knows my name.—(Laughter.)

Witness—We gave credit upon the false repre-
sentation as to the house. Hawes promised to call
and pay for the ale next day, tut he forgot it.—
(A laugh )
James Stevens, a carpenter, stated that the pd.
soner represented himself as a man of large pos-
-essions, and sent witness to Ball's Pod to fi,osh
some houses there.—(Laughter.) Gwynn then
borrott ed 18s. of him, which he lent read ly, as he
• hought the job a capital one, but it turned out to
be a hoax; and white's having seen the account in
me newspapers went to the Compter and lecoa-
nised the prisoner as the mock owner of the pro-

Gwynn—Don't you know what you had of me ?
Witness—Had of you! Never a farthing, you
blackguard.
Gwynn--Hadn't you, indeed ? I'll summon
you for tile money you b wowed of me for all that.
My Lord, I was about pureha-ing some houses, bur
could not trust this vagabond, and he borrowed
51. of me, and all I got was the 18, he speaks
of —(Laughter.)
Witness—lt's the biggest story under the canopy
of H liven, my Lord.
The LORD MAYOR-4 believe you.
Gwynn—Now that I know where you live I'll
have you up to Cohlet's Chancery.—(Laughter.)
G. J. Gerrard stated that a man uatnett Atkin-on,
who was employed by the film of G.synn and
Elandcoek, or.leie t soine lace-foxes from him. He
c.implieti, and then the film gave him a randsome
-rder, to the value of 241., but luckily he did not
complete it, and he found that tl:e patties di-ap-
pared from Wood-s,reet, where they had their
warehou,e.

ynti—l never was in partnership wil)

The Lost MAYOR—Never! Gwynn—Never to
myknowkdge.—(Laisgiater.)

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Mr. Willie pruduced tt e articles of prtnership
between Gwynn ant H indeoek, amidst i e gene: a 1
i 'tighter. He had, he said, dirmn them up at the
;ego, st of the t‘l o partit, and Gvtynn, upon tintt
oveasion, id he had large pos-esstons iu Ctieshite.
Witness afitrwards broi,ght an aetton agati.st the
partner=, and got trotn tii,m the r joint cognovit.
Gwynn remetubered that the outlines were drawn

tip, but he knew nothing of the thinz at all. He
'tad no concern with the lieu e in Wood-street at,
di, and so he told Rcze?, the stationer, who had the
udaci o apply to him for the amount of paper
'eh -en sent in.
!e—Why, I have yours and Handeock's
joint cognovit for 291., the amount of my
(Laughter.)
Gwynn—l'll explain that, my Lord.—(Great
laughter.) Come, come, if there's no justice to be
had, let there be a little law at any rate. This fel-
low is a mere humbug. Don't believe him.—(Laugh..
ter.) Now there's Ditk, that pulled me at the Old
Bailey ; that fellow owes me 3/. 10s., when I was
hat did over to Mr. Barrett, of Whitecross-street
prison, who ought to have staid at his own shop, in-
stead of coming. here to speak falsely of me.
The LORD MAYOR—I am much obliged to Mr.
Barrett, who is a man of high integrity,
Gwynn—ls he indeed ? I can prove to the con-
trary. Take_my ord for it, he is anything but ho-
nest.—(Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR-..--I have good cause to believe
you lea, I held in my hand a charge of perjury
against you. It wires that you swore you were the
owner of a house in Wilson-street, in order to pro-
,atre the liberation of one Capt. Brown from prison.
Gwynn—Pooh ! I know no Capt. Brown. It's all
got up by the malice of my enemies.—(Laughter.)
Richard Pewish, a tailor of Charlotte-.treet, Fitz-
roy-square, stated that Gwynn represented hiniself
as a man of 23,000/. or 21,0001. property, arid stated
•hat he would introduce rrspec,able friends as CilF.•'•
comers. Gwynn did introdu'ce two or three respeetpi..
We men, but he at the same time ran up a bill' tn
clothes and borrowed money, a:nounting to nearly
one hundred pounds.
Gwynn—Oh Lord !oh Lord !--(Great lauahter.)
Witness—He ordered a Mr. Older to send in
some wine to me as part payment, and he came
every day and drank it till it was finished.—(G..eat
laughter.) He brought his friends to help him
sometimes ; and soon afterwards Mr. Oiler, not
being able to get payment from him, came down
upon me for the whole of it.—(Langhrer ) Mr.
Older, however, was kind enough to give me an
order, which made the payment light,,r to me.
Gwynn-04, stuff.—(Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR said that the parties against
Gwynn ou.2ht to indict him and his confederates fcr
conspiracy to defraud, but there was not evidence
sufficient to convict on any other charge. What:
had occurred in that room, however, would be ,as
effectual in stopping the career of Gwynn as a trial
at the Old Bailey could he.
It was stated to the Lord Mayor that there were
upwards of one hundred cases of a similar kind
against Gwynn.
Mr. Archer, who was defrauded of property by
the prisoner, declared that he should do his utmost
to obtain a conviction.