The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

On Monday, the 27th ult., a well-dressed French-
man, who gave the name of Henry Brown, but who
pretended to be carrying on business as a shipper
and general merchant, styling himself Barry, Nor-
ton, and Co., at 12, Moorgate-street, City ; and for-
merly Henry Herreman, Cooper and Co., Lee and
Co., Cushion-court; Franks, Manning, and Co., &c.,
was examined before Mr. Burcham, and remanded,
for fraudulently obtaining a large quantity of blue
of considerable value from Messrs. Levert and Co.,
of Dunkirk. It was stated by M. Napoleon, the in-
terpreter, that the prisoner had carried on a whole-
sale system of swindling all over the Continent,
more especially in Paris.
It appeared that he took offices in different parts
of the metropolis, and sent orders to different mer-
chants and manufacturers abroad for goods to be
supplied to him, under the fictitious firms which he
adopted, and when at 1, Trinity-square, Southwark,
he obtained goods from Mr. Levert, of Dunkirk,
in the name of Brown. He removed from there as
soon as he got the goods in his possession, and was,
after considerable trouble, traced to 12, Moorgate-
street, where he went under the name of Barry,
Norton, and Co., shippers and general merchants.
Yesterday afternoon, M. Napoleon, attended by
Sergeant Rogers, 6 C, and several foreigners, waited
on his worship, and stated that since the last ex-
amination he had communicated by telegraph, with
Mr. Levert, of Dunkirk, informing him of the pri-
soner being in custody, and he had just received an
answer from that gentleman, setting forth that he
had been swindled by the prisoner, but that it would
be impossible for him to come to London to prose-
cute. It was his wish, therefore, that the pri-
soner should be liberated, as far his charge went.
(The letter. was here handed in.)
Mr. Burcham, on perusing it, observed that from
its tenor he had no doubt the prisoner bad swindled
Mr. Levert to a considerable extent, but his urgent
business at Dunkirk prevented him from coming to
Load= to prosecute. Were there any other charges?
Sergeans Rogers replied that publicity of his last
examination had been given in some of the news-
papers, and he had instituted inquiries, but he
could not find any charge of swindling in this
country. Most of the offences had been committed
by him personally in Paris. He gave his orders
there, and had them transmitted to London under
the names of the various firms enumerated. Witness
here produced a roll of letters proving these facts.
M. Napoleon here informed his worship that of
course the prisoner was not amenable to the law of
England for these offences. if true, but, as far as
regarded Mr. Levert, his loss was not more than
£lOO, and he considered that his expenses in com-
ing to London and his loss of time would much
-exceed that. He thought the friends of the pri-
soner had satisfied him to some extent.

Mr. Burcham said he understood M. Napoleon to
say, on the last occasion, that there would be 30 or
40 cases brought against him, if remanded.
M. Napoleon said that was quite true, but they
were all committed in Paris and other places on
the Continent. He had seen the excellent report
of this case in the papers respecting the last ex-
amination, but nothing had been discovered against
him in this country.
Mr. Burchain told him there had been only one
case before him, and that was for obtaining goods
from Mr. Levert, of Dunkirk. That offence had
been clearly committed in this country, as he had
written the order for them in Trinity-square, South-
wark, and transmitted it from thence.
M. Napoleon said there could be no doubt of that,
but Mr. Levert declined to come over to prosecute.

Mr. Burcham here asked the sergeant whether
he had communicated with the police in France.
Sergeant Rogers replied that he had, and had, in
reply, received numerous letters, all complaining
of persons being swindled by the prisoner under
the fictitious names. One of the letters contained
a dishonoured bill of exchange of Lee and Co. His
worship would see that that was in the prisoner's
handwriting. There were also other letters in his
handwriting ordering all sorts of valuable goods
some of which he had obtained.

Mr. Burcham perused those letters, and ex-
pressed his opinion that they were in the prisoner's
handwriting. The prisoner would be brought be-
fore him to-morrow (this day), when he should be
able to judge what further proceedings could be
taken against him, and at present he should not dis-
charge him.
The parties then withdrew, promising to attend
to-morrow (this day), when the prisoner will be
further examined.

HAMMERSMITH.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF
MARRIAGE.—CHARGE OF FRAUD.—A tall, respect-
ably-attired young man, who gave the name of
John Ward, and stated that he was a servant out of
place, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged
with obtaining .£l.B from a servant, under false pre-
tences.

Sarah Hughes, cook, in the service of a gentle-
man named An nesley, residing at No. 19, Queen's-
gardens, Paddington, deposed that the prisoner
was formerly in service, next door to her master's
house, and an intimacy sprang up between them.
He promised her marriage, and represented that he
intended taking the Plough publichouse, at Clap-
ham, and asked her to become the landlady, which
she agreed to do. He also said that he had £2OO
worth of furniture at Norfolk, and that he required
some money to get it up to London. On the 6th of
September last she drew out of the bank the sum of
£l6, which she gave the prisoner, upon the under-
standing that-it was for the purpose of getting the
furniture to London. He had other money after
that time, amounting in the whole to £lB. The
last time she saw him he represented that he had
taken the Plough, but she had since found it was
untrue. - She had not seen him for twelve weeks
until Saturday last, when he came to the area gate.
He then held up his hand as if he beckoned to her,
and when she went out he ran away. She followed
him without her shawl and bonnet, and then gave
him into custody. On the 24th August he borrowed
her gold watch for a short time, until he obtained
his own from the watchmaker's. He had since
pledged it, and had sent the ticket, in a letter, to her.
Mr. Ingham—Did he pawn the watch with your
consent ? _ _ _

Witness—No, sir, I only lent it him for a few
days. I have got tho watch out of pawn, and here
it is.

Mr. Ingham—Did he have any more money
from you ?
Witness—l lent him a sovereign on the Ist Sep-
tember, as.he said he wanted a day's shooting.
The Prisoner—Did I not say to you on Satur-
day, " Sally, I owe you the money, and I want to
know how you will take it?"
Witness—No, you did not. I said you had behaved
shamefully to me, and you wanted mo to get my
bonnet and shawl and go with you, and I would
not.

The Prisoner—Did I not say that I would pay
you back by instalments.
Witness—You said something about that.
Mr. Ingham—l shall remand you until Thurs-
day for the constable to produce the pawnbroker.
The prisoner was then loCked up.

Professor William Thomson, of Glasgow Uni-
versity, is to be entertained to a public dinner in that city
on the 20th inst., for his prominent services in the laying
of the Atlantic cable.

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