The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-04 00:00:00

Mr. Thomas Terry here made his appearance,
and on being sworn said,—l am a stockbroker. I
purchased for the prisoner in January last two
Canada Government Bonds for £lOO each, num-
bers 12,143 and 4.
Mr. Bodkin—Have you transacted any business
for the prisoner since he has been in custody ?
Mr. Terry—No, sir. _
Mr. Bodkin—Recollect yourself.
Mr. Terry—None whatever, sir.
Mr. Bodkin—Are you quite sure ? Be careful
now, and remember you are on your oath. Have
you not received a note from the prisoner, instruct-
ing you to sell off everything at any loss ?
Mr. Terry—l have not, sir.

Mr. Bodkin—And you say that on your oath?
Mr. Terry—l do. I received no note from the
prisoner, but I had word from his clerk to close
everything.
Mr. Bodkin—Then what are we to understand
by that ?
Mr. Terry—That refers rather to buying than
selling, as there were one or two things in hand
which he wished me to close.

Alderman Carter—l should take it that to close
everything meant to sell as well as buy.
A gentleman, who, we understood,, was also a
victim, but whose name did not transpire, here
said,—A note was sent to Mr. Terry, for I saw it in
the prisoner's office, and the words were " Sell all at
any risk," and it was addressed to " T. Terry."
Alderman Carter—From whom did you get your
instructions to close everything ?
Mr. Terry—From the prisoner's clerk, but I
should have done so, under the circumstances, with-
out instructions.

Mr. Bodkin—This, sir, is all the evidence I have
to offer in this case, and I will therefore ask you to
commit the prisoner for trial on both charges.
Prisoner—l wish to state that not only was no
letter sent to Mr. Terry, but that I never wrote
such a letter.

Alderman Carter—lt is my duty to caution you
before asking you if you have anything to say in
answer to the charge.
Prisoner—ln the absence of my solicitor I shall
reserve my defence.
Alderman Carter—lt is not in my province to
comment on the heartless and cruel manner in
which you have treated this young lady, but I feel
it my duty to commit you to Newgate for trial on
the charges now preferred against you.
Mr. Bodkin—With reward to bail, sir, in the
event of any attempt being made to procure the
liberation of the prisoner perhaps you would fix the
amount ?

Alderman Carter—lt must be most substantial
bail, and I shall require two sureties in £5,000 each.
Mr. Bodkin—l cannot allow this ease to go with-
out expressing publicly m 3- opinion that persons
cannot exercise too much caution in employing per-
sons advertising themselves to invest money in
public securities. I think that no person should
part with a farthing without exercising the greatest
caution in making inquiries and ascertaining that
the brokers about to be trusted are persons of good
character and the strictest
integrity, and at the
same time members of the Stock Exchange.

Alderman Carter—l perfectly endorse everything
you have said, and, from cases which have come
under my own personal observation very recently,
I have witnessed the result of that want of caution
which you deprecate. Such persons are too readily
trusted, without inquiry of any kind being made.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
In the course of the afternoon Mr. H. James, the
barrister, attended to prefer another charge against
the prisoner on behalf of Mr. Swan, an independent
gentleman of Northumberland, for unlawfully deal-
ing with some North British and Australian and
Crystal Palace Shares, which, it was alleged, the
prisoner had abstracted from a box of deeds he was
instructed to deposit at the London and County
Bank.
The prisoner was accordingly again placed at the
bar, when Alderman Cubitt, who was presiding,
decided upon taking the evidence of the prosecutor,
after which the prisoner was remanded; but, as
the case is at present in a very confused and in-
complete state, we reserve our report till the next
examination, when it is highly probable that other
charges may be brought forward against the pri-
soner, the publicity the case has obtained having
already induced the prosecutor to hasten from Paris
to look after his securities.