The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1868.

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DUBLIN, June 25.
i The trial of the action of " Harris v.. Begot"
proceeds more rapidly than upon the last occasion,
and continues to attract a large share of public
attention. Mr. Macdonogh, Q.C., who is ably
conducting the case for the defendant, resumed his
cross-examination of Mr. Sidney yesterday. The
folloi.7ing were the chief points of the evidence.
Early in 1864 the witness owed £7,000 or £B,OOO.
The defendant knew that he was deeply embar-
rass Al, and accepted some bills for him. Either in
the spring or summer of that year he gave the wit-
ness the general authority, as he alleged, during an
interview in his garden. The defendant had pre-
viously stated that he would go security for £3,000,
and when he gave the authority witness understood
that it was limited to £3,000 ; but no amount was
mentioned. A number of letters were put into the
witness's hands, and among them one with the date
written upon it, 15th of August, 1865. He swore
that the " 15th of August " was in his handwriting,
but warmly insisted that the " 1865 " bad been put
to it since the last trial, and he protested against
being held responsible for the figures. When writing
the defendant's name on bills the witness imitated
his handwriting as closely as possible. He wrote
one of the two bills now sued on in Charles Bagot's
presence. He simulated the defendant's handwriting.
If the words " per pro " were on the Lills that would
have given notice to the world. Before he went to
London he wrote to a hiend to take lodgings for him
for a month. During the bedroom scene between
Mrs. Hinds and her son, in which she insisted
that he should disown the bills, the witness listened
at the door, and looked through the keyhole. He
afterwards made a memorandum of the transaction,
and showed it to the defendant and others. He did
not say at the last trial that he had made memo-
randa. Ile was not asked the question then. He
had written Hinds's name for about £1,600 on bills,
and the defendant's name up to £2,578 before be
went away. In February, 1866, he had a pistol,
which he had purchased two years before, and said
he felt inclined to commit suicide in consequence
of an offensive letter which he had received from
Charles Bagot about money. One of the bills he
had put Hinds's name on (Granly's) was coming
due ou the Saturday before he left the country.
He wrote the name " Henry Hinds" on that bill,
but the words " New Grove, Granard," were not
in his handwriting, and were not on it when he
passed it to Harris. He wrote the name of James
Blake, his nephew, on bills for £BOO. Hinds him-
self accepted three bills for him. He did not burn
•any of defendant's bills in Hinds's presence.
There was no discussion as to the bills being
forgeries until it was said that Hinds so stated,
but he never stated so to witness. Hinds told
his mother in the bedroom scene that he never
signed bills for the witness, but, his sister contra-
dicted him. Witness went to Ryan, the detective
police-officer, and asked how a warrant for arrest
for felony would be executed in England. His ob-
ject was to hear if there was a warrant for his own
arrest. Ryan explained to him in answer to the
question, and he then knew that there was no
warrant out against him, and that Bernard Bagot
was stating what was false. He signed about 70
bills in the defendant's name between May, 1865,
and August, 1866, about a dozen in Hind's name be-
tween March and August, 1866, and about the same
number in James Blake's name. He never admitted
in the presence of Mrs. C. Begot, Bernard Bagot, or
thedefendant, that he had committed a forgery. The
" death warrant" letter, dated the 19th of August,
1866 (stating that defendant's bills were forgeries),
was all in his handwriting. He copied that letter,
and Bernard and he posted it. Bernard dropped it
into the post along with another which he forced
the witness to write to James Blake to the same
effect. Witness wrote letters to the postmaster at
Ballymoe by Bernard's desire, and would not swear
that he did not post it in London, but thought he
left it with his servant to post. On that Sunday
Charles Bagot showed him a polio: man, and he
thought that Henry Hinds was in earnest. On
Saturday night Bernard got into a passion, and said
that the witness should write the letter to John,
and on his refusing to do so took up his hat and
ran to the door, saying he would bring in a police-
man and hand the witness over to him. At last
Bernard yielded, and said he would " let him off"
that night if he promised to go to Bargen next day.
He had been living on port wine since the previous
Tuesday. He had hardly eaten anything, and
drank about two bottles of port each day. Ilis
clothes bad not been off from four o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning until he went away on Sunday
evening. O❑ re-examination Mr. Butt, Q.C.,
sought to prove that Bernard Begot used threats
to the witness on Friday evening to make hien write
the letter, and also that the witness corresponded
with Charles Bagot after he went to London. Mr.
M'Donogh objected to the production of the letters,
and the Court rejected them. Mr. Daniel Collins,
one of the defendant's attorneys, was called for the
plaintiff to prove that he made copies of letters
in the house of Mr. Wilson, the defendant's junior
counsel, and Mr. Butt complained that informa-
tion had been extracted from strictly private
letters which Mr. Sidney had been obliged to fur-
nish to the benchers. Mr. Findlater and Mr.
Bloomfield, solicitors, were examined in corrobora-
tion of Sidney's evidence as to the conversation
about his affairs. Mr. Butt then applied to have
Mr. Wilson examined. That gentleman expressed
his willingness, but asked for liberty to consult his
senior counsel. Mr. Macdonogh, after consulta-
tion, said that, although the course was unprece-
dented, yet, jealous for the honour of the Bar, and
lest the interests of his client should suffer, he ad-
vised Mr. Wilson to tender himself for examination.
Mr. Wilson accordingly entered the witness-box,
and deposed that he got the book of letters from a
solicitor, to make such extracts as he thought fit,
and, after consulting Mr. Heron, Q.C., he made use
of it. He was pressed to tell who the attorney
was, and declined to do so until required by the
Court. He then stated that he got the book from
Mr. Thomas M'Kenna. The trial was again ad-
journed. On the last occasion also a witness was
called from among the defendant's senior counsel.

Evening.

In the head police-office to-day Mr. Curran ad-
dressed the magistrates for the defendants. Con-
stable .82 E was examined, and contradicted the
evidence given by the military. He swore that
Ruddock did not assault Colonel Stanley ; that he
and Ruddock gave their numbers when asked ; and
that he was violently assaulted and his watch
snatched from him in the barracks. On cross-
examination, he admitted that he had been reduced
from the rank of acting sergeant, but denied that
he was violent in the barracks and used the lan-
guage deposed to. After other witnesses were
examined, the magistrates suggested that the case
ought to be settled, and it was adjourned until
to-morrow to afford an oprortunity for consulta-
tion.

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