The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-15 00:00:00

refusing to sign the guarantee and pay down his 10/.
The result was, that Mr. Blackwell promised to sign
the document if it were again sent to him, and also
to pay the 101. James Newell then received instruc-
tions again to take the guarantee to Mr. Blackwell,
and on the following Monday, the 9th of
August, he handed the document to his employer,
signed " William Blackwell." On the same day,
a son of that individual, William Johnson Blackwell,
ee, called upon Mr. Taylor, and paid the promised
101. Mr. Cooper eventually advised that the actions
should be abandoned; the advice was concurred in by
most of the shareholders, and the solicitor sent in his
bill. The quota of each holder's expenses amounted
to about 431. Mr. Blackwell, on being applied to for
his share, denied that he knew anything at all about
the matter,—asserted that he had signed no guarantee,
and that he had paid no 10/. on account. Mr.
Cooper, thus baffled, brought an action against Mr.
Blackwell, at the last asizes, to recover from
him the whole costs (the guarantee being joint and
several), leaving him to his resource against his co-
guarantees. At the trial of the case, James Newell
deposed that he had seen Blackwell sign the docu-
ment. The result was a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages 1161., being the taxed amount of the costs
incurred after the date of the guarantee. Yesterday,
as we have before said, James Newell was brought
before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having committed
toe perjury in declaring that he had seen Black well
sign the instrument. Mr. Snowball appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Pemberton for the pri-
soner. The charge was investigated at great length,
the case occupying the court for above three hours.
Mr. William Blackwell deposed that he had nothing
U whatever to do with the retaining of Mr. Cooper ;
that he never signed any guarantee; that the signa-
ture to the document produced, purporting to be his,
was not his writing, and that his son paid the
u 101. without his knowledge or consent. In his
' cross-examination, which was most minute, the
witness could not recollect many circumstances of
34 importance; he hesitated to answer several questions;
and he so equivocated in replying to others, that Mr.
Rushton told him "he would have no shuffling."
1% Mr. Taylor was called for the defence ; and, in
3s.
a clear and straightforward manner, deposed
71i% to the statement of facts given in the corn-
°
2% mencement of this paragraph. Mr. Rushton
i% then asked Blackwell whether, if he had not
is signed the guarantee, he could tell who had signed
it. His reply was, he believed that bis son had
signed it, but certainly without his (witness's) autho-
rity. Mr. Snowball remarked that he could produce
AN several respectable parties to depose that, in their
is belief, the signature was not Mr. William Black-
well's. Mr Rushton—" Yes, but bow are we to get
over the facts patent in this case ? I hold your
principal witness, William Blackwell, to be totally
unworthy of credit, either here or elsewhere. It
is impossible for any one, at all experienced in
the taking of evidence, to doubt that in the whole
(W. course of his testimony, he was flinching
from the truth that he hesitated to speak
it. He has denied on his oath many things which
have been proved on oath against him to-day.
lam very sorry that that young man is there. I
hid no choice ; I was bound to put him there ; but,
. in my opinion, he will go out of the box perfectly
• untainted."—(Applause.) The prisoner—" Thank
you, Sir." Mr. Rushton—" No, you are not at all
obliged to me, but to the laws of your country."-
- (Approbation, which was speedily suppressed, as
Ice before.) The prisoner—" I can assure you, Sir, that
my evidence was quite right." Here the young man
left the dock, and the court, which had been much
crowded, was speedily vacated by a large portion of
the auditors.—Liverpool Mercury of Friday.

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