The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION- HOUSE.

Christopher Charles Foster and -- Murphy were
brought before the LORD MAYOR charged with having
committed forgeries of great magnitude. The Justice Room
was crowded, the interest excited by the particulars of the
case having been immense.
Mr. James Henry Frye, foreign banking agent, of
Crosbie-square, knew Foster for some time. Foster called
upon him with a list of bills for discount. Witness picked
out a bill for 880/. drawn in the name of Murphy and ac-
cepted in the name of Benjamin Chesterman. It became
due on the 16th of March. He received a note statinc, that
the bill was a forgery. Foster called at the office and re-
quested that witness would keep the bill, and it certainly
would be paid.
A lawyer's clerk went to look after the acceptor who was
represented by Foster to be a wine merchant of large for-
tune, residing in Lincoln's Inn-fields. The only person of
the name of Chesterman, however, that could be found in
the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn-fields was the keeper of
the Hope public-house in Blackmoor-street, Clare-market.
Mr. Joseph George Hill, of No. 2, North-street, Lam-
beth, was the owner of No. 1 also. In March last Mur-
phy called to take the house No. 1, but did not mention
any name. Afterwards Murphy gave the name of Daw-
son, took the house, and signed the agreement in that name.
He stated that he had a wife and child. They were to
take possession a week before quarter day. Murphy, a fe-
male, and a child, accordingly came to die house. The
agreement was signed in Foster's presence. Foster said
that the gentleman who was to occupy the house was his
son-in-law. Nobody occupied the house but the female,
the child, and a man who appeared to be in the capacity
of a servant, named, witness believed, Hudson. About
the 14th or 15th of March furniture was put in. The wit-
ness produced the agreement.
Anne Wood, servant to the last witness, stated that the
prisoner came to the house. On the 26th of March he
knocked at the door of No. 1. :Witness asked him to go
into No 2, to speak to Mr. Hill, but he said he was going
upon particular business, and witness never saw him after-
wards.

Busain, a policeman, went from London on the 25th, of
March to Belfast, where he arrived on the 28th. In con-
sequence of information which he received he went on board
a ship bound for New York. The two prisoners were on
board, and witness arrested and searched them. Murphy
asked him by what authority he, made the arrest, and de-
sired him to produce his warrant. He said that he had no
warrant and that none was necessary. Mr. Frye was with
witness and recognised Foster, and witness knew Murphy
himself. Foster's brother was also on board. The younger
Foster gave up to witness ten .5/. notes, Murphy gave to
him four Si. notes, and the prisoner Foster gave him two
51. notes. They also handed to him some loose cash.
Murphy asked the Captain of the ship where was the 2001.
which they had given to him for the passage to America,
and subseqhently told the witness that the Captain had
like a scoundrel entered into an engagement to land them
in New York and taken 2001. for their passage. Witness
gave up his claim to the reward, as the Captain put him in
the way of taking the prisoners. Upon being apprehended
Murphy said that he did not care about going back, as it
would all end in a bottle of smoke, and they were not such
greenhorns as to leave it in the power of any one to con-
vict them. Witness, when he apprehended the prisoners,
told them he charged them with having engaged in divers
felonies, such as forgeries and embezzlements.—( Laughter.)
He handed them a bill containing a description of them.
_ Mr. Clarkson, the Barrister, was engaged for the prison-
ers, and believed, notwithstanding all that had been said,
that the case would end, as one of them said, in a bottle of
smoke.

Mr. Benjamin Chesterman kept the Hope public-house,
in Blackmoor-street, Clare-market. He knew Foster for
four or five years intimately. Foster was in the habit of
going to witness's house. Witness also knew Murphy.
Here the 8801. bill was exhibited to the witness, and he at
once stated that the writing of the name of Benjamin Ches-
terman on the bill was not his. The witnessthen wrote his
name on a piece of paper, at the desire of the Lord Mayor.
He did not know any person of the name of Benjamin
Chesterman, in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Application was made by the prisoner to be allowed to
put in bail, but the LORD MAYOR would not consent to take
securities.

Murphy, who took notes of the evidence, said nothing.
When first brought up he declared that he was most un-
justly charged ; that there was no pretext whatever for dis-
gracing him by putting him to the Bar.

Mr. Clarksor said it was rather odd that the witnesses
for the prosecution would not attend without being regu-
larly demanded by warrants. He apprehended that not
much dependence was to be placed upon a case built upon
such materials.—The prisoners were remanded.