The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER' 24, 1860.

The learned counsel applied that the father might
have his costs.
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn said the court had
no power to give costs.
The young lady, who showed a manifest disin-
clination to be given up to her father, then left the
court in his custody.

which the letters enclosed. Passing to the year
1823, when the petitioner became acquainted with
his position, the learned counsel referred to a list
of documents, dated Oct. 7, made out by William
Patrick, and purporting to be a catalogue of the
papers sent by him to the petitioner for his perusal,
oue of them being the letter of Nov. 12. These
papers were returned in a few days, and on Dec. 3i,
at the petitioner's request, Mr. Patrick again sent
him the letter of Nov. 12, and an obituary ; and
he acknowleged their receipt. He read extracts
from Mr. Shedden's letters from Oct., 1823, to Jan.,
1824, in which he said that he knew there had been
a suit between himself and the Patricks before he
le ft school; that he was aware that Dr. Hosack was
then living; and that in October he had seen his
father's will " and some of the papers accompany-
ing it." These letters were of great length, one of
them extending over no less than 31 pages. The
letter of Jan. 3, 1824, acknowledging the receipt
of the obituary and of a letter containing " perhaps
the last signature of his father," showed that the pe-
titioner had obtained possession of what he regarded
as a valuable relic, and to account for its non-pro-
duction he told the incredible tale that he had ex-
changed it for some unimportant letter of 1783.
The correspondence of 1841 proved that the
petitioner's explanation was idle and un-
true, and that the original letter of No-
vember, 1798, had been traced to his posses-
sion. This evidence entirely acquitted Mr. Patrick, a
most honourable man, of the shocking charge of
having fabricated a letter. Just as unfounded were
the charges brought against the other members of
the family of having fabricated accounts and de-
stroyed papers with the view of getting rid of their
liabilities to the estate of Wm. Shedden. It was clear
that at the time of his death he was deeply indebted,
and his estate was hardly solvent. In addition to
the evidence he had already stated as to habit and
repute, he should prove that in June, 1797, a con-
veyance was executed of certain parcels of land near
New York t o Ann Wilson, that this land was set-
tled to her separate use upon her marriage with
Vincent, in January, 1799, and that she conveyed
it away in 1801. The learned counsel then proceeded
to comment upon the evidence given at New York
in support of the petition.
The Court adjourned before the observations
upon this part of the case were concluded.

to ask for' the committal of all the persons charged
in this matter.

The following letter was read :
" London, Oct. 29, 1860.
" Dear Sir,—l wrote to my housekeeper, Mrs. Cave, to-
day, and told her to try and get Woodford to your office, so
that ycu may make a handling of him. Mrs. Cave will do
her best to get hold of him, and in the event of her doing
so, and that you are satisfied with him, you may give him
the enelosed, or rather destroy it in his presence. But mind,
please to note in every way, in the shape of evidence, as to
the existence of this document. Take notice of it for reasons
that I will make known to you when I next see you. Have
you proceeded any further in Cooke's matter or Admitt's ?
Had you not better write to Cooke upon the subject of his
action, and feel his purse ? You can address to me, under
cover, to Mr. F. W. Ventris, New North-road, Islington,
London.—Yours truly, L. R. POOLE.
" What do you think of Billingham's testimony ? Will
it do?"

Mr. Van Sandau said he presumed that the follow-
ing was the " enclosed" which was to be given to
Woodford or destroyed in his presence :
" £lB lls. "Northampton, Aug. 9, 1860.
" I hereby acknowledge being indebted to Mr. W. F.
Johnson, of Northampton, in the sum of eighteen pounds
eleven shillings for value received.
" Witness L. R. Poole. (Signed) "J. WooDroßD."
Mr. Van Sandau said, having read this letter,
which he characterised as one written by Poole,
inciting Mr. Dawson to tamper with the witnesses
for the purpose of robbing the creditors of the
bankrupts of their property, he would recall the
witnesses Beard and Woodford to afford the coun-
sel an opportunity of cross-examining them.
Mr. Ebsworth said, before proceeding further, he
wished to know on what specific charge Mr. Van
Sandau was going against Mr. Cooke. As none of '
the evidence. proposed to be adduced affected the
charge of petjury, and as none of the alleged acts of
that gentleman took place in London, this Court had
no jurisdiction against him upon the charge of con-
splracy. It might be very convenient to Mr. Van
Sandau, but it was not fair to bring Mr. Cooke up
from orthampton day after day upon a charge
which was not gone into, merely for the purpose of
having been present in a matter beyond the juris-
diction of the Court, as far as Mr. Cooke was con-
cerned.
Mr. Van Sandau said it was sufficient for him to
show that any one of the accused committed an
overt act in London to give the Court jurisdiction
over the whole of the parties charged, and to in-
elude every overt act at Northampton and else-
where. In a charge of conspiracy the act of one
was the act of all. It was a continuous offence, and
the Court had ample jurisdiction.
The evidence taken on the former examinations
of Spittle, the detective officer ; Beard, the bank-
rupts' carman ; Woodford, a carpenter, in the same
employ ; and kir. Blink, clerk to Mr. Van Sandau,
having been read over, the whole of the witnesses
were ordered out of court, and
Beard was then recalled and further examined.
Henry Fossey said—l was packer in the employ
of the bankrupts for about 12 months. The peg
now produced is the bankrupts' property, and was
on the premises on the 13th of August when they
stopped work, for I used it that day. The letter-
bag also belongs to them. I saw the 26 trunks and

the hamper of goods seized at Kingsthorpe. The
whole of that property belonged to the bankrupts.
I was the only packer in Poole's employ during the
last 12 months. Trunks and hampers were always
packed by me, and none could have been sent out
of the warehouse in the ordinary course of business
without my knowledge, for whenever Mr. Poole,
or Mr. Bryan, or Mr. Balls, the foreman, assisted
in packing I always superintended it. These 26
trunks were not packed by me, neither were they
sent from the warehouse as early as July last, nor
could they have been sent out prior to the 13th of
August, when the bankrupts stopped business, and
closed the warehouse. In one of the trunks- there
were five pairs of spring-side boots, which I re-
member leaving in the shoe-room on the 11th of
August last. I recognise them because they were
brought in by a workman named Skempton, and
were rejected by Mr. Poole because they were
not properly finished. They were not brought in
until the 11th of August, and they could not there-
fore have been sent out in July. I did not work
for the bankrupts after 8 o'clock on the morning of
the 13th of August.
Mr. George Freeman Newton said—l am a cur-
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rier, in business. at Northampton. lam the peti-
tioning creditor in the bankruptcy of Poole and
Bryan. lam a creditor to the amount of between
£5,000 and £6,000. Ventris came down to North-
ampton on the 15th or 16th August, and I received
a circular from Quilter, Ball, and Co. about the same
time announcing the failure of the bankrupts. I went
straight to London, to Poole's warehouse, and was
told he was not there, but that he bad left a note
telling me that any information I wanted I could
get from Quilter, Ball, and Jay. I returned to
Northampton, and met Poole and Ventris. Poole
introduced Ventris to me as Mr. Jay, and told me
I should see his books if I would call at 10 o'clock
on the following morning. I went at the time ap-
pointed, but they were not in, and the housekeeper
told me Mr. Jay would give me the information I
wanted. I met Ventris in Mayfair in Northampton.
He told me I could not see the books, but if I
would point out anything particular that I wanted
he would endeavour to give it to me. I asked for
the amount of the liabilities, what amount was
likely to be paid, and some information of Graham,
Tobias, and Co., but I did not get it. I had several
letters in reference to the removal of goods, and;
in consequence thereof I watched the bankrupts
premises. On Saturday night, the 18th of Aug., I
saw a van-load of goods brought out of the ware
house in the Mayor Hold, and I followed it through
Bearwood.street, across the Market-square, when I
saw Ventris go up to the driver and say something
to him, upon which the van quickened its pace, and
lost sight of it oustide the town. I afterwards met
Ventris, and asked him what he meant by assisting
the bankrupts in robbing the creditors in that way.
He asked me what right I had to interfere, and
made use of many low threats. He said, perhaps I
should be on the eve of bankruptcy, and I had
better mind what I was about, or he would do some-
thing for me. On Monday, Aug. 20, I was called
upon by Police-sergeant Smith, who told me another
load had been taken early that morning, between 2
and 3 o'clock. On the 23d I made Poole and Bryan
bankrupts.
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After some discussion, it was arranged that the
case should be adjourned until Monday next.
Sir R W. Carden said he would accept the same
bail as before for Mr. Cook and Mr. Daw.ton, and
Billingham, but be must refuse the application on
behalf of Ventris to take one surety instead of two.
It was here stated that the assignees had no ob-
jection to bail being taken for Poole.
Sir R. W. Carden said if Mr. Van Sandau for the
prosecution, and all the assignees and the counsel
and friends of the bankrupt Poole, supported his
application for bail, he should feel it his duty to re-
fuse it.

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long and so honourably held, the other day eloped from
Dresden with the German tutor who had been engaged by
the family. The young lady has a large fortune, and is
most prepossessing in appearance. It was stated that she
was betrothed, at the time o her flight, to a gentleman of
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