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London, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

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OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Crowder.)
THE WAGNER FORGERIES.

Horton Bateman wee indicted, together with Wagner
and Bramwell, two of the prisoners tried and convicted
yesterday, with forging and uttering a cheque for £270,
with intent to defraud.

The evidence was of a similar nature to that already
published.
The jury had not returned their verdict when we went to

press.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Channell.)
THE SACRELIGIOUS OUTRAGE IN MARYLEBONE•
John Hughes was indicted for maliciously destroying a
picture, a prayer-book, and the sculpture in the parish
church of Marylebone, and also with damaging two statues
at the Colosseum.
Mr. Metcalfe conducted the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Evidence having been given as to the destruction of the
picture and sculpture in the sacred edifice,
A keeper from Hanwell Lunatic Asylum proved that the
prisoner, while in that institution, was in the habit of
writing on the walls. The writing on the picture he believed
be in the prisoner's handwriting. Rubbish and pipe were
favourite words with him.
Baron Channell (to prisoner)—Do you wish to ask the
witness any question ?
Prisoner—Yes, my lord—(to witness)—What was the
first thing you set me to do when I came to the asylum ?
Did you not set me to grind up an axe ?
Witness—No.

Prisoner—Yes, you did—Gentlemen of the jury the man's
not fit to give evidence. Here he puts an axe into the hands
of a dangerous lunatic. Why I found him on one occasion
pitching into a little fellow at the bottom of a dark staircase.
I don't consider him fit to give evidence. His proper place
ought to be in confinement in the asylum. lam sure he
must be insane.
William Mauldon, another keeper at Hanwell Lunatic
Asylum, said he was familiar with the prisoner's hand-
writing. He was in the habit of writing on the walls with
a pencil and chalk. He had been to the church and had
seen the writing there. He believed it to be the prisoner's.
Francis Gonlong, a ward attendant at Hanwell, said the
prisoner was confined in his ward for about four months.
- He had seen him write on the walls with a lead pencil, and
he believed the writing on the picture in court (" The
Nativity," by West) to be his. The writing in the prayer-
book he believed to be also done by him. His writing in
the asylum was mostly against pipes and tobacco.
Prisoner—Were there not others in the ward as well as I ?
Witness—Yes.
Prisoner—Osborn used to write a good deal, and little
Green used to do the same; and you know it.
Witness—Green did not write until he saw you ?
Prisoner—Yes, he did ; and you know it. He used to
write over the table upon which you cut the dinner up.
The walls were smothered with his writing. I suppose you
want to creep into favour with the mad doctor, and that's
the reason you are here to-day.
Margaret Bryant, a pew-opener at Marylebone Church,
said—On Sunday, the 20th of March, she saw a person very
much like the prisoner in church. She believed him to be
the man she had seen on the occasion referred to.
Baron Channell—Have you any questions to ask the
witness ?
Prisoner—No, my lord. My son will tell you the same.
We were not in the habit of going to a close church on
Sundays. We used to go walking in the parks and fields,
so the old woman must labour under a delusion. (Laughter.)
-Alfred Davis expressed his strong belief as to having seen
the prisoner in church on Sunday, the 20th of March.
Baron Channell—Do you ask any question ?
Prisoner—No, my lord ; but it is not at all reasonable
that if I intended to destroy the pictures I should go and
show myself to a lot of old women first. (Laughter.)
Ellen Mills, residing in the same house in which the
prisoner lived, also spoke to the similarity of the prisoner's
handwriting. She had heard him say he would do some-
thing to make the world talk about him.
Ann Mills also said she believed the writing to be the
prisoner's.

Prisoner—That's my wife.
Baron Channell—ls that so ? If it is, you ought not to
give evidence.
Witness—l have lived with the prisoner for many years.
After this intimation the witness quitted the box.
Ellen Mills was recalled, and, in answer to a question,
said she was positive of the writing on the box.
Baron Channell—Do you ask this witness any question ?
Prisoner—l don't question old women—(laughter)—but
if your lordship had seen that old woman after she had
take a glass of whisky, with the poker in one hand and the
glass in the other, your lordship would not think she was
capable of giving evidence.
Another witness, a shopmate of the prisoner, gave evi-
dence to the effect that he had heard the prisoner say he
would destroy pictures and knock down statues. He heard
him say that he would knock down the British Museum
and pave the streets with such rubbish.
Prisoner—Why are you here to speak against me ?
Witness—l am only here to speak as to your general
conduct.

Prisoner—Well, you can't say anything against that;
but here's my father, the wife of my bosom, and my son
pitted against me, and all to give evidence as to my hand-
writing.
The principal medical gentleman at Hanwell Lunatic
Asylum stated that during the prisoner's stay at Hanwell
he was very outrageous, and it was only after very great
consideration that the prisoner was discharged.
The prisoner here very energetically denied the state-
ments of the surgeon. He said he was much more insane
than he was, and that he had better go back to old Ireland,
as he was no use there.
The prisoner's father gave evidence as to his son's having
suffered under a delirium from an injury to his head.
Prisoner—My father's a drunken old man. He put me
into a lunatic asylum because he thought I was mad, and
now he is trying to get me confined for life through his
foolish and malicious thoughts.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner then called his son, a lad of about fourteen
years of age, to prove he was not in the habit of going to
church.
The lad said he and his father usually went walking in
the parks on Sundays, but sometimes they went to church
of an afternoon.
In answer to a question from Mr. Metcalfe, he said he
could not say positively that the writing in the prayer-
book was his father's, but it was something like it.
Prisoner (to his son)—You've said quite enough to con-
vict me; but the writing is as much like yours as mine.
Hundreds of merchants' writing is like that in the book.
The learned judge having summed up the evidence,
The jury found the prisoner guilty, he being at the time
insane.
Hughes was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's
pleasure.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,-(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
ALLEGED PERJURY.—Mr. Louis Castrique, described as
a merchant of the City of London, was charged upon a
summons with wilful and corrupt perjury at a trial heard
before Mr. Baron Bramwell, on the 19th of February last,
at the Court of Exchequer.

The summons was originally appointed to be heard on
Wednesday last, but, in consequence of the non-production
of the record of the trial giving rise to these proceedings, it
was adjourned till this morning at 11 o'clock, to be taken
first, so as not to interfere with the other business. ,
The complainant is a Mr. Twynham, a civil engineer of
Woolwich and Fenchurch-street, and the present charge
arises out of some cash and cheque transactions, detailed in
the evidence as under.

Mr. Francis appeared in support of the summons, and
Mr. Sawyer, instructed by Mr. Philp, for the defendant.
Mr. Francis said, at the request of the other side, all
witnesses would leave the court

Mr. Sawyer then produced the record giving rise to this
case.

Mr. Twynham said—l am the complainant in this case.
I am a civil engineer, residing at Woolwich, and carry on
lyuainess in Fend:arch-street. I knew defendant before
October last year. I had business transactions with him
through a Mr. Feist. I believe defendant is a bill dis-
counter, and carries on business in Philpot-lane. I have
received cheques from Mr. Feist. I havo discounted his
cheques through Bertrand Feist.
Alderman—To what extent ?

Witness —About £6OO or £7OO. I have received
defendant's cheques in business and some I have
discounted. They were not post-dated to my knowledge.
I generally held them over for a week or ten days. That
was by arrangement. On the 6th October the cheque pro-
duced was brought to me by Feist. It is on Messrs. May
and Co., drawn by defendant in favour of No. 41. I re-
ceived it from Feist. I can't say at what time of the day.
I can't remember whether it was the morning or afternoon.
I did not notice the date of the cheque. I only looked at
the signature. I gave my own cheque (produced) for £lOB
to Feist in exchange for that of Castrique's for £llO. He
asked me to hold it for six or eight days.
Alderman—That's very near 100 per cent. per annum
£2 for a week.

Witness—l made no charge. Feist said, " I'll give a
couple of pounds to do it." It was paid into my bankers.
I don't remember when. I believe on the 12th.
Plaintiff—lt:was returned dishonoured. The cheque was
presented a second time and again returned. The bond
put in is of the action subsequently brought. I have seen
Feist after this affair. I could not get him as a witness
at the trial. I made search for him. I never
received any money from Feist. When the cheque was
returned I asked him how it was that it had happened.
Mr. Sawyer objected to the question.
Witness—l have not seen Feist from the time of the tria
to this hour. I was present at the trial at the Guildhall
The action was tried on the 19th February. The defendant
was sworn and examined as a witness on his ova bead!.
lie more that the cheque Iwo post-dated, go old /15