The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1868.

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES.

WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES BANK.

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A dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum,
free of income-tax, has been declared by this coin.
pany, payable on the 24th inst.

MEE7ING OF MIDDLESEX MAGIS-

TRATES.

A meeting of the magistrates of the county of
Middlesex was held yesterday at the Sessions House,
Clerkenwell.
ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COURT.
Mr. Kemshead, in the absence of a chairman, took
the chair.

Mr. ARMSTRONG moved that Mr. Henry Pownall
be elected for the next twelve months.
Mr. JAMES BENSLEY said he had much pleasure
in seconding the motion.
The resolution was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. POWNALL, in returning thanks, said it was
the twenty-fifth time they had yearly elected him
chairman of the court. They had known him so
long and so well that he hoped they would not
measure by his feebleness of expression the strength
of the feeling with which he received that renewed
proof of their confidence. Ile thanked them most
sincerely for this renewed mark of their favour,and,
under God's blessing, he hoped to labour with them
for a few years longer.

which contained £695 in notes, the numbers of
which corresponded with a telegram he had pre-
viously received.
Mr. Devalle, cashier at the St. James's branch of
the London and Westminster Bank, said a person
named henry Allen had a deposit account at the
bank. It was the practice when money was de-•
posited to give receipts for the amounts depos'itart
On the side of each receipt was a cheque, yr -Mai
had to be signed by the depositor on drawing out
the money. On the 27th April the female prk. oner
produced the deposit receipt for £9OO with the
cheque on the side, signed " Henry Allen," and
stamped. The body was not filled up, as the inte-
rest had to be calculated. Witness asked the pri-
soner how she would take it, and she named •the
notes, and he gave them to her. He compared the
signature to the deposit note with the signatw e in
the deposit book, and they appeared to be tive ziame
handwriting, but having had his attentiora more
particularly drawn to the last signature„ The was
of opinion it was not in the handwriting of the
depositor, Henry Allen. had seen the pr isoner
at the bank three or four times before the 27th of
April, but he could not say whether she virx; with
her husband or not. Believed her to be the wife of
the prosecutor.
By Mr. Froggatt—Two of the £5 no ten, and
several of the £lO notes, were part of the notes
given by him to the prisoner. had never I aid any
order of the prisoner's before.
Mr. Walter Read, clerk at the bank, saki when
henry Allen opened an account he signed the book
iu the usual way, and asked him to fill up the ad-
dress, Latimer-road, Hammersmith, which he did.
He should say that the signature to the receipt
note was not like that on the books.
By Mr. Froggatt—Would not have paid the note
on the
,signature. Had seen the prisoner at the
bank, and might have paid money out to her.
Mr. Chabot, of 25, Southampton-row, an ex pert,
had made handwriting his study. Had compared
the signature to the two documents, and was satis-
fied they were not written by the person who
signed the book at the bank. The signatures to
the documents he considered were unmistakably

forgeries.
By Mr. Froggatt—llad not disagreel several
times with other experts. Was employed by the
Crown in the case of Ityves v. the Duke of Cumber-
land.

Mr. Bennett, salesman-butcher at the Metropo-
;an Cattle-market, was called, but he did not

answer.
Mr. Poland said his evidence was material, as he
had changed one of the £lOO notes for the prisoner
Prince. The witness could attend at the trial.
Mr. Froggatt said the £lOO-note was changed
by the prisoner at the request of Mrs. Allen. lie
had an important witness to call before the prisoner
was finally committed.
Mr. Poland intimated that he should not go into
any charge against Prince with respect to the
forgery.
Mr. Knox considered that the charges of larceny
against Prince and uttering a forgery against Allen
were sufficient.
Mr. Froggatt applied for bail to be taken, and
also that the money found on Prince might be given
up. _

Mr. Knox could not accede to the application for
bail, neither for the delivery of the money, as it
might be part of the £.1.00-note changed by the pri-
soner Prince.