The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-22 00:00:00

LIW INTELLIGENCE.—Jitne 21.

' COURT OF QUEEN'S..BENdIT.
(Sittings .at Nisi Prius.--B,fors Lord Campbell and a

Special Jury.)

THE QUEEN v. MASON.— PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY.
'nig' las a proiecution at the instance of Mr, Rigby
Wasn't' against Nathaniel Mason, formerly solicitor to
the Westminiter Improvement Commissioners, for per-
jury, alleged to have been committed in answer made by
him to a bill filed in Chancery.
Mr. E. James, Mr. T. Jones, and Mr. Garth, were for
the prosecution ; Mr. Boyd!, Mr. Sergeant Ba'lantine,
Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Bodkin, appeared for the de-
fence. . .
It• appeared from the di tai!s of the case, which were
of a very complicated nature, that Mr. Waeou was Cie
originator of the plan for making Victoria-street, and that
in 1853 the Westininster Improvement Commissioners.
were_ under covenant to him to purchase certain laud on
the north side cf that street. Being unable to perform
their covenant, the commissioner., after various negotia-
tions, made an arrangement with the Rock Insurance
Company, by which the latter, en obtaining a mortgage
of certaiu property, was to advance 20,0001,1 n order to
enable them to fulfil their engagetneut with Mr. Wason.
Mr. Wason, according to the representation cf his couu-
thought.the arrangement would be carried out, but
ultimately the Rock Insurance Company.ref wed to com-
plete it, having discovered in 1857 that Mr. Mason, the
defendant, bad obtained a prior mortgage on the property
for 20,0001. as security for his costs as solicitor to the
Improvement Commissioners. Mr. Wason said the de-
fendact had entirely concealed this froui the Rock-office,
and bad entered the mortgage from the commissioners,
in fraud of him and the other creditors, and in July,
1857, he filed a bill in Chancery praying that the mort-
gage might be set aside. In January, 1858, the defend-
ant filed an answer which contained the al aged perjury.
The passage in question was that Mr. Rigby Wason
knew that the completion :ot the mortgage to the Rock-
office.-was prevented by a judgment debt due by the com-
missioners to Lord Lifford, and not by the execution of
the mortgage to Mr. Mason and his partners for 20,0001.
Mr. Rigby Wagon, who re a' barrister, and formerly
M.P. for Ipswich, was examined and Dross-examine at
considerable length with regard to his transactions in
connection with the commissioners.
After other evidence had been adduced on the part of
the prosecution,
Lord Campbell said be was .of opinion tat on the
fifth assignment of perjury, on which Mr. James relied,
there was no foundation whatever for the cbarge, and
therefore the prosecution could not be sustained.
• tal acquit, and
This of courseamounted to a verdict of
he jury left the box.

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