The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-22 00:00:00

711 E OYEREND AND GURNEY TRIAL.

SUMMING UP OP THE JUDGE.

The Lord Chief Justice summed up the evidence
to-day. Having drawn attention to the counts in
the indictments, the clause of the Act upon which
a portion of them was framed, and as they
affected the different defendants, his lordship
said that Mr. Barclay must be acquitted on 'the
first six counts with regard to the issuing of the
prospectus. But when they come to the counts for
conspiracy the case stood otherwise, and therefore
it was he could not consent to the application of his
learned counsel at the close of the prosecution to dis •
miss lane from the case. Mr. Barclay, like the other
defendants, were liable to be convicted on the
conspiracy accounts. Besides the conspiracy counts
to cArinit the statutory offence, there were
other general counts and conspiracy, wi
li
the exception of one or two of the defendants, to
w..ich they related, could nut be maintained.
Tere was, however, a general count for publish-
mg a false prospectus with intent to cheat and de-
. rand, and setting f“rth tlic particulars. That count
really CJll'a:ned the substance of the citt.rges ma le
igainst the defendant on the other count. The
count was in substance that the business o. 0 vet.-
.tnd, Gurney, and Co., was hopelessly insolvent.
tnd worthless, and that, knowing that fact, the
defendants conspired to induce persons to take
~,hares in the new company, to whom the busi-
ness was to be transferred, with the view of
defrauding and cheating those who took shares,
of the money they would have to pay for them.
If they believed in the end that sun a conspiracy
did, in point of fact, exist, and that the old
rirm dispos:el of the business, knowing it to be
worthless, with intent to defraud the intending
shareholders and others, there could be no possible
doubt that they had committed an offence against
law. There could be no doubt that by the general
law of the land a conspiracy to defraud and cheat
by false pretences was an offence of a very serious
character, and it was not the less an offence because
it was directed against society iustea d of against
particular individuals.
We shall give the verdict, if possible, in our late
e Eden.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE— Th's ray

CITY BE no G.—Tics DAY.
WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.

sto 1 agst Lord Lurgau's uomivation (offered—
take 11 to 2)
100 to 7 agst Mr Spinks'e nom. (offered—take ICO
to 6)
200 to 6 agst Mr Logh's nom. (taken)

LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.
100 to 6 agst The Lamb (taken)
25 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
4to 1 apt Kingcraft (offered—take 9to 2)
9 to 2 agst Sunshine (taken and offered-900 to
200 taken)
10 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered)
100 to 8 sgit Sunlight (taken)
100 to 7 agst Stanley (taken)
DERBY.
1000 to 30 agst Katherine Logie c (taken)

RACING FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.

Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby .. 22, 23
Harrow 17, 18 I Newton .... 25, 26
MARCH".

Nottingham . 1, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17
Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24
Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 3U
Cambridgeshire ......14, 15_1213rotulti 31 and April 1

_
APRIL. _
Northampton 5, 6 1 Newmarket Craven 18 to 22
West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenuy 21, ..:.2
f hirsk 7, 8 i Le wes 26, 27
Kingsbury
Dar 11 a:u lB, 19 I
.. . __

......_ . MAY.
Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 I Harpenden 90, 21
aester. lO, to 13 I Bath '4, 2..1
Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford •26, 27
Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 16, 27
York 17, 18 ;Epsom j 1 to June 3

Doncaster 19,20
JUNE.

Croydon 8, 9 I Newton
Manchester e, 9, 10 Hampton 23, v 4
Ascot 14 to 17 Bibury Ulub
Windsor 2l, 22 I Stuelturidge...3o, and J uJy I.

JULY.
NewmarLet sto t 1 West Drayton 11, 15
Soitiugh.ort l.!, .........111, 2J
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