The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

MANSION HOUSE.—THE APPREHENSION OF JAS. ,
T. SAWARD, THE BARRISTER.—WhiIe the Lord Mayor
was proceeding with the business in the Justice-room,
intelligence was brought to his lordship that Jameo
Townshend Saward, the barrister alluded to in the pro-
ceedings against Pierce, Burgess, and Tester as one of
those who had assisted in the disposal of a quantity of
the gold dust which had been stolen from the South-
Eastern Company, was in the custody of Huggett, the ,
City detective officer, and would be put to the bar at the
cicse of the ordinary list of prisoners.
At half-past three o'clock Saward was brought before
the Lord Mayor. He is a very intelligent looking man,
apparently abo'it 50 years of age. He was in a state of
perfect serf-possession, and uttered the few words he
spoke in a confident and umembarrassed tone. Before
the examination was commenced it was known that the
prisoner had been apprehended, not for any participation
he was supposed to have bad in the gold dust robbery,
but for the forgery of a bill of exchange for 1,0001., in
which offence two convicts are said to have been his
accomplices.
Mr. Mullens, the solicitor to the committee of bankers
for protection against forgeries, attended for the prose-
cution. He stated that the prisoner James T. Saward,
was charged with having forged the acceptance of a bill
of exchange for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Messrs.
Heywood and Co., of Lombard-street, bankers. The
acceptance purported to be that of Kinnaird and Co., of
Austinfriars, merchants. Two men, named Hardwick
and Atwell, had been tried some time ago for having
uttered the forged bill in question, and upon conviction,
transported for life, and a few days ago a man named
Anderson, who was believed to be concerned in the
transaction for which Saward was apprehended, was pri-
vately examined before his lordship, as a public inquiry
would no doubt have had the effect of putting others who
were implicated upon their guard, and in all probability
have defeated the ends of justice, and it appeared that
Anderson was the person who had employed an inno-
cent porter to present the bill.
The prisoner—l wish it to be known that I know
nothing at all of any of the facts Mr. Mullens speaks of.
Mr. Mul'eas—l shall call Haggett, the detective
officer, to make a short statement to your lordship, upon
which I shall ground an application for a remand, and I
expect to obtain an order from the Secretary of State for
the production of the two convicts, who have made
certain disclosures to me connected with the transaction
implicating the prisoner.
Huggett (the detective) said—This day about one
o'clock, I went, in company with Moss, a brother
dicer, to the house No. 9, John-street, Oxford-street, in
consequence of information which I had received. I
went to a back room in the house and inquired for Mr.
Hopkins. I was told there that Mr. Hopkins was out
and gone to a public-house in
.oxford-market. I then
left Moss in charge of the place, and went to the public-
house described, and on my return to John-street I found
the prisoner in a room with Moss. I said to him, "I
believe your name is James Saward, and I shall require
you to go to the City with me." He said, "I am not
the person you mention." I then said, we are two
officers belonging to the City of London, and we shall
take you into custody for forgery, and uttering on the
14th June, 1355, a bill of exchange for 1,000/. on Hey-
wood and Co.'s Bank, No. 4, Lombard-street, and like-
wise for having been concerned with Henry Atwell and
Thomas Salt Hardwick and James Anderson. He said
to us, " I don't know such people. I never saw them
in my life, nor do I know anything respecting the
forgery." He then said, "Do you mean to take me into
custody ? If you do, you do it on your own responsi-
bility, for lam not the person you speak of." I said,
" We do, and we will insist upon your going into the
City with us." He said, " I'll not go unless you force
me to go." I asked him what he meant by force, and
he replied, "By laying your hand upon me."
The prisoner—My lord, I meant that I would not
voluntarily go with him—that it was not a voluntary
custody.
Huggett—l told him I meant to takehim oa my " own
responsibility." I then took him into custody, and put
him into a cab, and coming along he said, " I sup-
pose there's no use in holding out any longer—l am
Jim Saward.

The prisoner said, "The words I used were, I sup-
pose there is no use in denying it ; my name is James

b'award.' "

Mr. Mullens (to the witness)—Do you believe if you
are allowed a few days you will be able to bring forward
witnesses to the facts you have stated ?
Huggett—l do. I can prove, amongst other things,
that the prisoner was in company with Atwell and
Hardwick, who have been tried and transported for life.
lie was seen with them at the Sussex Arms public-
house, i❑ loglefield-road, Bingsland, near the house of
Mrs. Cole, from which the forged bill of exchange was
sent.