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London, England, 1859-11-25 00:00:00

accepted by his aunt. He had unpaid acceptances
`Ofiliss Hayward cut at that time to the amount of
,E 2,000 and owed her altogether nearly £B,OOO.
She• was about 80 years of age. and there was a
judgment then against her for £2OO or £3OO. Mrs.
Wilson held zt promissory note for the £lOO pay-
able on demand. He owed no money in Scotland,
but being in the north he was induced by a friend
to go further to seek relief from his liabilities. The
sequestration had cost him about £6O. He never
gave a bill purporting to be the acceptance of Mr.
Campbell to the firm of Armstrong and Co. for
them to fill up.
A letter was here put in by Mr. Eieke, which in-
solvent admitted was in bis handwriting, and dated
from the United Service Gacette office, January 1,
1859. This letter, it was elicited, was addressed to
Mr. Eicke, sen., and ran thus :
" I have' received a letter from Captain Mortimer, who
tells me I have been exerting myself for Henry because ho
holds a document over my head to coerce me to an
act of justice. I will put an end to this. Not another
shilling will I spend until the document is restored to me or
destroyed in my presence. This course lam resolved on and
no earthly power will change me. Therefore, if you meet
me on McMday, at 12 o'clock, at the Bridge-house, Hotel,
we can continue our operations on a basis due to my own
feelings, to common justice, and to good policy."
Mr. Eicke—To what document does that litter
.refer ? Does it not refer to an acceptance of Mr.
Campbell for £l5O, which you took to Armstrong
and Co., and got them to put their name to, so as
to get it discounted at their bankers, and you re-
ceived the money for it ?
Insolvent—l do not know what document that
was.

His Honour—But you must know. Was it a do-
cumen t purporting to be an acceptance of Mr.
Campbell ?
Insolvent—l fancy so from what Mr. Eicke now
says. I recollect having received a letter from Cap-
tain Mortimer with regard to that, but I could
hardly believe it, as Henry Eicke had sworn to me
that that document had been destroyed long before.
His Honour—Has any money been raised on this
acceptance ?
Insolvent—l had a sort of running account with
Armstrong and Co.
Mr. Eicke—But we want to know whether you
got any money from them on this particular ac-
ceptance ?
Insolvent—lt is very difficult for me to answer
that question, because I never endorsed it, nor
drew it. I gave it to Henry Eicke, and he ad-
vanced me some money.
Mr. Eicke—Then, he did advance you money
on it?
Insolvent—He did.
Mr. Dowse—Mr. Henry Eicke was the repre-
sentative of Armstrong and Co., of whom we have
lately heard so much ?
' Insolvent—Yes.
His Honour—Was this really an acceptance of
Mr: Campbell ?
Insolvent--No, Sir.
His Honour—Was it your wish to have it de-
stroyed because it was not an acceptance of Mr.
Campbell ?
Insolvent—No, Sir; but because it should not be
used by other parties in connexion with Mr. Eicke
to extort money from me.
Mr. Eicke—When was this document deposited
with Armstrong and Co.?
Insolvent—Somewhere in the month of August,
1858.
Mr. Eicke—Did not this bill become due about
the same time as the other ?
Insolvent—l never knew it was due until your
son told me the money was wanted to take it up,
and gave it to him.
Mr. Eicke--Did you acknowledge to Mr. Camp-
bell that you had put his name to two bills ?
Insolvent—Whatever acknowledgment I made
to Mr. Campbell he would have been prepared to
state here if you had not kept him away.
A list of the parties who had held acceptances
from Armstrong and Co., drawn for the accommo-
dation of the insolvent, was here put in. One of
the items was—" Acceptance of Mr. C. £l5O, paid
to Mr. H. E.", The total amount of the acceptances
was £l5O.

Mr. Eieke—These bills, I believe, were endorsed
by your aunt ?

Insolvent--They were.
Mr. Eicke—But the security was not worth a
farthing ?
Insolvent—lt was worth all the bills were given
for, at the time they were given.
Mr. Eicke—Your aunt, I believe, was originally
worth about £lO,OOO.
Insolvent—About £6,000.
Mr. Eicke—And every farthing of that you
have had ?
Insolvent—l have.
Mr. Eieke—Do you know where she is now ?
'lnsolvent—l do not.
Mr. Eicke—Has she a home of her own ?
Insolvent—No.
Mr_ F.ipirn ao not °ALLOY Cwrnifriarc cold 13.11aGr
an execution?

. . .
Insoivent—yes • but you do not ask the whether
I am supporting her now.
Mr. Eicke—During the time these debts were
incurred, were not you an army agent ?
Insolvent—l was one last year.
Mr. ,Eicke—And the editor of the United So.-
•
vi .
ce Gazette?

Ipsolvent—Yes.
Mr. Dicke—Where are you residing now ?
Insolvent—At Ladbroke-terrace, Notting-hill.
Mr. Eicke—ls Mrs. Wilson still living with
you ? _

Insolvent—No, she is not, but I can go when I
choose to her house.
Mr. Eicke---4lave you got children living at both
houses ?
Insolvent—l have.
Mr. Eicke—Who does the furniture belong to
at Ladbroke-terrace ?
Insolvent—To the husband of a lady with whom
von are well acquainted.
His Honour—What is her name P
Insolvent—Wardroper.
Mr. Eicke—ls the husband living with you ?
Insolvent—Yes.
Mr. Eicke--Is Mrs. Wardroper the mother of the
children you have there?
Insolvent—She is.

Mr. Eicke—Did you not go to the Queen's Prison
in company with a clerk, to concoct measures with
Delahaye, so that you might go down to Peebles
and get relieved from your £20,000 liabilities ?
Insolvent—Most decidedly not.
Mr. Eicke— What became of the .£1,500 you re-
efived from him ?
Insolvent—lt was merely getting money from A
to pay B.
Mr. Eicke—Have you no books ?
Insolvent—They are in the Scotch court.
Mr. Eicke—Will you swear you ever kept a book
at all ?

Insolvent—..'None, except my bankers' books,
which are necessarily in the Scotch court.
Mr. Eicke—Will you venture to say you gave a
single scrap of a book into the Scotch court i)
Insolvent—l will not swear it ; but I gave all the
documents I had into the hands of my trustee.
Mr. Eicke—How many bankers have you had .P
Insolvent-Three; White, Hopkinson, and Han-
bury.

The insolvent was then examined as to several
items in his schedule, including a sum which ap-
peared as having been lent him by a Mr. ItGbert
Cook, of Warwick-square, some five or six months
ago,

-Mr. Eicke—What is Cook ?
Insolvent—He is a money lender.
Mr. Eicke—Had you ever had transactions with
him before ?
- Insolvent—Yes. t.
Mr. Eieke—Did you ever show him a letter from
some person high in authority and influence ?
Insolvent—lt is very likely I did early last year.
Mr. Eicke—And in consequence of that letter
did he pay you £lOO or £l5O ?
Insolvent—. Never a fraction.
Mr. Eicke—Be careful; was your son gazetted,
as having received a commission, after you showed
Cook that letter ?

Insotr'ent—lle was.
Mr. Eickc—What induced him to give you the
Xl5O, then ?
Insolvcnt—He never did so.
Mr. Eicke—Have you accounted for all the com-
missions you received ?
Insolvent—What commissions ?
Mr. Eieke—For army commissions.
Insolvent—l never received anything for such
commissions.

• -Mr. Eicke---Have you never said that, if you had
not been interrupted by' a•
prosecution, you could
have got some six or seven commissions ?
Insolvent—l have said, that, but for a recent pro-
secution, in which Mr.- Eicke's son was concerned,
I might have been enabled to be of use to certain;
parties.

Mr. Eicke—ln what way ?
Ilis Honour—(to insolvent)—As I have told you
before, you are not bound to answer any question
you think would tend to criminate you. Do you
decline to answer the question ?
Insolvent—No, because I do not consider the
steps I 'should haVe taken would have fmplicated
me in any proceedings. ,; I should have been useful
to those parties in advocating their claims. and pre-
tensions which, without my help, would have been
put aside, from their ignorance in reference to going
to work.
Mr. Eicke_What is your way of going to work.
(A laugh.)

Insolvent—Nell, people bring criminal charges
which will not hold water; therefore I shall not

Mr. Eicicella;Te Yon ever received any money
from Sir'Joseph Bailey'?
Insolvent-7 Yes ' • he appears in my Scotch
schedule, as a creditor for £l,lOO, which he lent
me.

Mr. Eike—On what security ?
Insolvent—My own promissory note.
Mr.
•Eicke—Have you any objection to state for
what service that was lent ?
Insolvent—The money was lent to me at five per
cent. interest;
Mr. Eicke—Does not that appear in your banker's
book P

Inso!Vent—l did not enter every penny I received
into that book.
Mr. Eicke—Then you say Cook never gave you
any money ?
Insolent—No. Cook was a money lender, and
my necessities obliged me to apply to several of
that class. On one occasion I called on Cook, and
he told me had.a son who had just returned from
India, having behaved with great gallantry at
Lucknow ; and ho wondered if it was possible to
bring his conduct before -the Commander-in-Chief.
His Royal Highness was in the habit of granting
me interviews, and I took advantage one day to
bring the merits of this young man and the 32d
Regiment before him. He was only 22 years of
age, hardly within the age according to the regu-
lations ; but when I saw his Royal Highness again
he said, " I am going to make your friend Cook a
captain, with two others of the same regiment." I,
however, never received a penny for it.
Mr. Eicke—Did you get Mrs. Wardroper to
write to any official parties ?
Insolvent—l think I did get her to write on one
occasion, but I forget now for whom it was.
His Honour--To write to whom ?
Insolvent—To the Commander-in-Chief. I knew
that if any person chose to apply to his Royal
Highness for a commission he was never refused if
the applicant stated any ground for it.
Mr. Eicke—What did Mrs. Wardroper know
about the grounds in this case ?
Insolvent—Simply as I told her. I felt diffident
in applying myself, having done so so often before.
Hi:4 Honour—Was Mrs. Wardroper known to
the Commander-in-Chief ?

_ .
Insolvent—No, sir.
The insolvent further stated that he had been in
the receipt of £220 as the military editor of the
United Service Gazette for years, besides which his
lectures brought him as much as £3OO a-year ; and
he also realised a considerable sum by taking mili-
tary pupils, and for contributions to magazines.
He also now attended Dr..Eminerton's College as
a military preceptor.
Ultimately the case was again adjourned till
the next court day, the bail of the insolvent being
enlarged.

THE ALLEGED OUTRAGE BY A
CLERGYMAN.

Yesterday being the day on which the summons
taken out some days ago by Mr. David Evans, on
the complaint of a yciang• lady, who had been a
passengeron the South-Western Railway, of having
been grossly insulted, was made returnable, the
Court, long before the time appointed for its hear-
ing, was crowded to excess. At two o'clock, the
Rev. Robert Maguire, of 39, Myddelton-square,
Clerkenwell,_and incumbent of that parish, thede-
fendant, made his appearance in the Lambeth
Police Court, surrounded by a number of his
parishioners and friends, and at three o'clock, when
the Hon. G. C. Norton had disposed of the other
cases, that of the rev. gentleman was called on, and
at the time all available standing room in the court
was occupied.
Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, instructed by Messrs.
Harrison and Lewis, attended for the defence; and
Inspector Bent, from. the South-Western Railway,
'was present to watch the proceedings.
Mr. Sleigh, addressing the magistrate, said his
worship would recollect that the present proceed-
ings arose from an offence alleged to have been com-
mitted on a young female, on the evening of the
16th inst., while travelling in a carriage belonging
to the South-Western Railway Company, by a rev.
gentleman. That gentleman was now present, sur-
rounded by a great number of clerical gentlemen
and many of his Parishinne ; indood, co numerous
were his friends, and so anxious were they to bear
testimony to the purity of his conduct, that the
court could not contain them, and many were
ontsiCe. He (Mr. Sleigh) was there on behalf of
the rev. crentleman—theltev.Robt.Maguire—to court
the fullest' inquiry into all the circumstances. After
which, lie took the liberty of saying, he felt satis-
fied that his client would leave the court with the
unstained character and high reputation he had
hitherto borne.
At the request of the learned counsel the wit-
nesses were ordered out of court, and
Miss Louisa Lettington, the complainant, having
been called, got into the witness-box, was sworn,
and deposed as follows :—I am unmarried, and at
present staying in Lombard-street, Southwark-
bridge-road, with my cousin, Mrs. Stovin, who keeps
a public-house there. On Wednesday evening, the
16th inst., I left Kingston station in a second-class
carriage by the 10 o'clock train for London. There
were four gentlemen in the carriage when I got in.
The defendant got in at Clapham, and at that time
there was only one gentleman in the compartment
where I was, but there were three in the adjoining
compartment. The defendant sat opposite to me,
with his knees across, and in a few minutes began
to annoy me, but at first I was doubtful whether it
was intentional or not. He put his feet under my
dress, right against my legs, as high up as my knees.
As soon as I convinced myself it was intentionally
done I moved more to the side. He repeated it a
second time, and a gentleman took it up and said to
the defendant, "You are very much annoyinr, that
lady, and you had therefore better move on the op-
site side," and he did so.
Mr. Norton—Do you remember whether any-
thing more was said either by the gentleman, the
defendant, or by yourself at that time?
Witness—At that time the gentleman told me
that if he had mi:bonductsd himself ho hoped that
I would excuse him.
Mr. Sleigh--Just repeat what the gentleman said.
Witness—The gentleman said, "If I am annoy-
ing you, I. hope you will excuse it. I hope you will
receive my apology. I offer you every apology!'
This was said, not immediately, but a few minutes
after. The other gentleman said to him, "You
are annoying this young lady very much."
_Nothing more was said on either side, only
the gentleman wished me to give him in charge,
and said if I did not do so he would. This was be-
fore we got to the. Waterloo Station. I said I would
consult my friend who was to meet me at the sta-
tion, as to what proceedings I should take. When
I got to the station 1 saw my friend Mr. Evans,
and asked him what I should do, and he said he
should give him in charge. My friend, Mr. Evans,
struck the defendant, who then walked down the
platform. My witness wished me to give him in
charge, but the railway authorities did that. Ido
nat remember what defendant said at the time they
talked of giving him in charge. The defendant
touched my legs with his feet. I moved further
down, and tucked my dress around me. I feel con-
vinced the insults were quite intentional.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—Where do you
live ; we have not yet been favoured with your re-
sidence ? You say you are stopping with your
mu :in &t a place called the Mint ?
Miss Lettington—l am not here to state my his
tory.

Mr. Sleigh—But I am rather inquisitive about it.
You say you are stopping at a public-house in the
Mint-with your cousin ?
Witness—l am stopping there for a few days, but
I am not here in regard to that ; That has nothing
to do with the insult that has been offered to me.
Mi.. Sleigh—But where is your place of residence ?
Witness—l have no home since my mother died,
and my,home broken up. She has been dead six
months. I have been in a situation for three weeks
with a lady in Russell-square. I left it because the
situation did not suit me. I previously lived with
a family near Manchester. I went down to King-
ston on the day in question to see my cousin. He
i; in the pl.blic line. Had dinner and supper there;
but !::othing to drink but water. lam not in.
the habit of drinking.
Mr. Sleigh—On the day the summons was ap-
plied for, were you not at a public-house in the
neighbourhood, and did you not drink some beer
and gin ?
Witness—l had a little gin and water with m -
friend. (Here the friends of the rev. defendant set
up a loud cheer, and having before given expression
to their feelings when ti:" ibund that favourable to their friend had been elicited) anything,
Mr. Norton interposed, and reprobated such pen-
duct as derogatory to a court of justice.
The witness further stated that the gentleman in
before
wit-
ness, complained of the smoking, the carriage had bren smoking a few
the defendant got in. Some gentleman, not r
a d 3 some alterca-
tion arese. He said it was contrary to the rules and

disagreeable to him, and wished to have a windo
open. This was after the defendant insulted me.w
Mr. Sleigh—Are not second-class carriages very
b
narrow ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr.
and wear crin Sleigh Do
o you adopt the present fashion,
Do
?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—Then when you say that the rev.
gentleman put his feet under your dress, do you
mean your crinoline ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—How long was the gentleman in the,
carriage before anything occurred ?
Witness—Nearly five minutes.
Mr. Sleigh—Did you complain to any one of this
gentleman behaving rudely to you before the gen-
tleman you call your witness spoke to the defendant
about doing so ?
Witness—No, I felt too much disgusted.
Mr. Sleigh—Am Ito understand that you tell
'the magistrate that you did not say a word all the
time that the defendant, as you allege, was pushing
you with his feet .n this indecent manner, first
changing one leg and then another, and that the
reason for your doing so was that you were too
much disgusted ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—Did not the defendant say, when
your witness charged him with annoyine. you, " I
am sorry if I have done anything to offend,b as I did
not intend doing so. lam a married man and a
clergyman."
Witness—That was afterwards, at the station.
Mr. Sleigh—We have not got to the station yet.
Did the defendant not repudiate offering you any
insult, and say, "If I have done anything it was
quite unintentional ; it is entirely a mistake. I am
a,married man and a clergyman ?"
Witness—Not till he came to the station.
Mr. Sleigh--I am not talking of the time your
witness spoke to his friend. Did not the defendant
make use of that language ?
Witness--Any other gentleman would have made
an apology after he had insulted me.
Mr. Norton—Do you remember the words ?
Witness—l cannot remember the words, only the
effect. The gentleman wished to make every apo-
logy. He admitted his guilt.
Mr. Norton— You have stated that your friend
Evans struck defendant? Did he strike with a stick?
Witness--No, sir, with his hand, and he had his
gloves on. It was what I told him that caused him
to strike defendant.
Mr. W. H. Surridge, boot and shoemaker, carry-
ing on business at 275, Regent-streettlaid—Yester-
day week I was returning from Kingston by the
quarter-past 10 train, and travelled on to the Wim-
bledon station, when the Rev. Mr. Maguire and
another passenger got into the same carriage with
me. The gentleman who got in complained of some
persons smoking, and an altercation took place. I
noticed that the lady who sat opposite defendant
seemed to be very uneasy, and was trying to get
away from him as much as she could. I then looked
down, and saw the defendant's leg strike against
her. One of his legs was between her's, and the
other on the other side. Did not take any notice, but
still kept my eye upon him, when I saw the lady
still more uneasy, and move away a foot and a half.
He then turned partly round, and put his leg be-
tween hers again. I then said to the other Taissen
ger who got in with him, taking him to }se a friend. of his, " Your friend's legs appear m,• eh more disa-
greeable to the lady than the smolse you have com-
plained of." - -He said, He is 'not a friend of mine ;
you had better speak to 11'..1n yourself." I then said
to the lady, "Is he not annoying you ?" and she re-
plied, " Very much indeed, and he is no gentleman."
I then said to defendant, " You hear what the young
lady says, and I desire you will leave that seat,
where you are annoying her, and sit opposite me."
The defendant then shifted his seat. When we got
to the ticket platform I named it to the inspector or
guard, and he locked the door. When we got to
the Waterloo Station she said " She would hear
what her friend said about it." When we got there
the defendant tried to get out of the carriage, but
the guard having locked it, he could not do so. At
the station, the complainant's friend said he should
give the defendant in charge, and I said if he did
not do so I should do so myself. The defendant
wished to get away. He said, "Do not press the
charge, for if you do I will be a ruined man for life.
Do not press the charge, for the sake of my wits; and
family." Mr. Evans then spoke to the yovsag lady,
and said, "If he will go down on his Issiees on the
platform and beg your pardon, I will, for the
sake of his wife and family, sloole over its" We
then went round to the irespector's office, and
the matter was fully gone into. He then said,
"For God's sake, do slot let the matter go any
further, for I shall Ise a rained man for life." He
said, "I am entirely in your hands." I told him he
had better leave the matter in the hands of the
company's inspector—he would see to the charge.
The defendant then left the station. Myself, the
young lady, and Mr. Evans went down the incline,
and when we got to the bottom in the Waterloo-
road, the defendant was there, and he said to Mr.
Evans " You promise to call on me to-morrow.
Will you say at what time ? I will stay at home
all day for you. My wife may be there also in order
that she may plead for me." I said to Mr. Evans,
" If you will take my advice you will not go there
at all, but leave the matter in the hands of the com-
pany, and let them do as they think fit." He then
said, "I shall not go near him." He turned to the
right, called a cab, and went off. I turned to the
left, and the rev. defendant followed me verysharply
for some distance, but I never exchanged a word
with him.
Mr. Sleigh—Upon your telling Mr. Evans that
this gentlema had been annoying the young woman,
did not the defendant protest that he had done
nothing of the kind, that he had not annoyed or
insulted her, and that if she imagined it it was
quite unintentional ; that he was a clergyman of
the Church of England, and a married man ?
Witness—No; I never heard him say he was a
clergyman while he was at the inspector's office.
All he said was that he was sorry. The words
that he was a married man and a clergyman did
not reach my ears, Did not say in the railway
carriage that the rev, defendant was a pretty fel-
low fora parson, or words to that effect. He (wit-
ness), however, thought it not unlikely that the de-
fendant was a-par Son, from wearing a white choker.
Mr. Sleigh--Was not the conduct of the defen-
at entirely repudiatory of any insult to this
female
Witness—l did not put it down. I tell you the
words, and Sou may draw your own conclusion. I
should not have left my seat 'at any one's bidding
if I was innocent: At the 'Waterloo Station he
said he would give anything if the charge was not
proceeded with. He was asked more than once or
twice for his card, and ultimately drew from his
pocket an envelope, with his name and address on
it, and gave that.
The next witness called was David Evans, who
described himself as a commercial traveller, resid-
ing at 47, Southwark-bridge-road, and said.—l was
at the -Waterloo Station on the night of the lfith,
to meet Miss Lettington, and on the arrival of
the train saw a great commotion amongst
the passengers. I was told by Miss Lettington
that a gentleman had grossly insulted her in
one of the carriages. I asked where he was, and
the Rev. Mr. Maguire was pointed out to me. The
dpfendant denied that lie had done so ; and I said
I should give him in charge, and lie said he had a
wife and children. He pleaded so hard for his wife
and children that I felt disposed to let him go, and
in the excitement of the moment I struck him, when
he tried to get away, but the guard brought him
back. He asked the guard to let him go, but he
refused, and said lie must take the charge before his
superintendent. The defendant said lie would com-
promise it in any way by going down on his knees
and begging pardon. He wanted to go into the
waiting-room to give an opportunity to compro-
mise the matter, and said he would give as much as
£lOO. He said, "I am entirely at your mercy. If
you carry the case any further -I
am a ruined man
—my worldly prospects are ruined for life." I told
him lie should have thought of that before, and that
I should leave the case in the hands of the inspec-
tor.. On leaving the station I saw the defendant at
the bottom of the incline, and he said to me, " I
think you promised to come to my house to-morrow.
I will be at home all day, and get my wife and
family to plead for ma." I told him I would hold
no communication with him, and went to the station
on the following day to consult Mr. Young about
taking out the summons. What I did, I
did on
public grounds.
In cross-examination the witness denied that he
offered his address until repeatedly asked for it. He
also denied his saying ha was a clergyman
the last. In conclusion the witness complained of
two persons calling at his residence on the day be-
fore to make inquiries respecting his pecuniary cir-
cumstances, and bound his landlord to secrecy.
Smith, an inspector at the Waterloo Station, said
that on the defendant producing a letter from his
pocket, Mr. Evans said, I know who you are—you
are a clergyman—the Rev. Mr. Maguire, for I have
a portrait of you in my house. (Laughter.) There
are three of you, the Res-. Mimi King, that man at
-Wandsworth, and yourself should be strung up
together.

In cross-examination, the witness said he heard
the defendant say that if he had insulted the lady,
he had not done it with the intention to insult.
This being the whole of the evidence,
=Mr. Sleigh addressed themagistrate in a forcible
and eloquent speech, in the course of which he said
that the occurrence might in a great measure be
attributed to :the present preposterous fashion of
crinoline, for he defied any person sitting in a
narrow railway carriage opposite to a lady with- 1

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