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London, England, 1845-06-24 00:00:00

POLLS' COURT, June 23.

The Master of the Rolls, this being the first seal after Trinity
Term, sat in his Court at the Rolls' House, Chancery.lane, and
took motions and petitions, none of which possessed any features of
interest.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, June 23.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
This being the first seal day after Trinity Term, his Honour
sat in his Court in Lincoln's Inn, at ten o'clock.
His HONOUR, on taking his seat, intimated to the Bar that it
was his intention, to-morrow, to give judgement in the case of
" Ashton v. Parker," which was argued before him some time
since.
The Court, after disposing of several applications of course,
proceeded to hear the further arguments in a part-heard motion,
which occupied his Honour the remainder of the day.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Baum)
His Honour sat in his Court in Lincoln's Inn to-day, and took
motions, and the part.heard cause of Williams v. Edwards.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAAL)
Motions of no general interest occupied the Court the whole
day. This was the first seal after Trinity term, and his Honour
sat at Lincoln's Inn.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUKT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Pcarr.)

Robert M Lean, who was stated to be a Custom-house
agent, and who surrendered in discharge of his bail, was indicted
for a misdemeanor.

The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Pollock, con-
ducted the prosecution, Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Robinson ap-
peared for the defendant.

This case arose out of the inquiry consequent upon the cir-
cumstances that have been frequently described as the Custom-
house frauds, but the details of the case are entirely destitute
of interest to the public. It was alleged that the defendant,
who was merely an agent for other parties, had paid a less
amount of duty upon a case of French wine than it ought to
have paid, and the indictment alleged that he had knowingly
and wilfully done so.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
James Quantock, 43, was indicted for feloniously cutting
and wounding J. Dowling, with intent to maim and disable
him, or to do him some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Baldwin appeared for the prisoner.
From the evidence adduced it appeared that the prisoner
was a cab driver, and the prosecutor, who is a private watch-
man in the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn-lane, had taken him
into custody on a charge of felony. This had greatly enraged
him, and he was repeatedly heard to threaten injury to the
prosecutor. On Monday, the 19th of June, the prosecutor
was going into the Red Lion public-house, Holborn, when he
'met the prisoner, who abused him, took him by the throat,
and eventually made a stab at him with a knife, and inflicted a
wound upon his breast, which, according to the evidence of
the surgeon, if it had not struck against the bone, would in all
probability have deprived him of life.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to
be transported for fifteen years.

Michael Tyrrell and John Scully, who were charged with fel°.
niuusly wounding William Upchurch, with intent to do him some
grievous bodily harm, pleaded Guilty to a common assault.
Mr. Baron PLATT postponed passing sentence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MAASIOA HOUSE.

Evan Evans, a man who has been employed between three
and four years in houses of extensive trade in London, as por-
ter or messenger, was brought before the Lord Mayor in the
custody of John Forrester, the officer, charged with having
presented for payment, at the banking-house of Messrs. Jones,
Loyd and Co., a forged cheque for the sum of 7301., on Satur-
day last.
Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Martin, the solicitors
to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries
and Frauds, appeared for the prosecution.
Mr. John Drake, cashier to Messrs, Jones, Loyd and Co.,
bankers, stated that, on Saturday last, a check for 7301. was
presented at the counter, at about four o'clock, by the priso-
ner. [The witness here produced the cheque, which was made
payable to Holt and Son, and purported to be signed by
" Heed, Irving, and Co."] He saw by.the character of the
writing that it was a forgery, and he went round the counter
and took the prisoner and the cheque into the room of one of
the partners.
Mr. John Rae Reid, Bart., stated that he was a partner in
the house of Reid, Irving, and Co. The signature to the
cheque produced bore some resemblance to witness's signa-
ture of the firm, but it was not a genuine signature. He
considered it to be decidedly a forgery, and it did not re-
semble the signature of any of the partners in any respect. He
did not know anything of the prisoner and had not authorised
the prisoner to take any cheque to the house of Jones, Loyd
and Co.

John Forrester said he took the prisoner into custody at the
banking-house of Imes, Loyd and Cu. The prisoner stated
that a man gave him the cheque in Pope's Head-alley, with
directions to get the money and take it to the first door in the
Custom-house. Witness accompanied the prisoner to the Cus-
tom-house, and used every effort to find the person described; be
searched about for twenty minutes, and went into a public-
house to watch the neighbourhood. The prisoner then said
that in consequence of an advertisement in the newspaper,
some person called upon him at No. 6, Ivy-lane, to which
address he had referred hi the advertisement for a situation as
a messenger, and. after some conversation, sent him to the
Bank of England to procure change for ten sovereigns; that
he had brought back the silver to the person who had so em-
ployed him, and then that person delivered to him the cheque,
with directions to take it to the second door at the Custom-
house.

Mr. Bush said that was the case as far as had as yet arrived
at the knowledge of the prosecutors. It was proper to ob-
serve that, upon every occasion of the discovery of a forged
cheque, the person taken into custody was ready with a story
to account for the possession of it, and in no instance had the
story been found to be correct. It would be necessary in this
case to have time to make inquiries about the prisoner, for
which purpose the solicitor for the prosecution requested a
postponement for some days.
The LORD MAYOR—Do you wish, prisoner, to say anything
as to where you live or how you obtain your livelihood ?—The
prisoner said, without hesitation, I lived at Messrs. Shoe-
bridge and Cook's, linen-drapers, in Tottenham-court-road.
Was porter there about three months ago. I have been ill
since, and have been in Kent for my health, at the Green
Dragon, Gillingham. I lived before that time at Messrs.
Castle, Luck and Co. of Aldermanbury ; and before that I
served Messrs. Heywood, in Tottenham-court-road. I was at
all these places as porter.
The Loan MAYOR—Where did your employers keep their
banking accounts ? The prisoner—l do not know.
The Lonn MAYOR—Have you not been at any banking-
house with cheques for them? The prisoner—Never. I have
received money for them, but I have never presented cheques
for them.

Mr. Bush—The fact that the prisoner has been so long as
between three and four years employed in houses of extensive
Isu,iness in town as porter, makes the ease mere strong against
him.

The prisoner—Would your Lordship wish to know how it
happened that the gentleman who employed me came to the
house where I was?

The Loan Mayou,—Certainly, I am desirous to hear all
you can tell me on the subject.
The prisoner—Has your Lordship seen the advertisement I
put in the paper?
The LORI MAYOR—No.

The prisoner—l advertised for the place of a messenger in
the newspaper, and this person called at my landlady's on
Saturday ; and my landlady, Mrs. Rees, to wnom I gave the
reference at No. 6, Ivy-lane, asked him whether he came on
account of the advertisement. He replied that ho did, and I
was called down to him. He asked me what wages I ex-
pected ; and I said 325. per week ; and he said that was too
much, and offered me 30s. We however came to an agree-
ment that I should have 801. a year, and I was to meet him in
Pope's Head-alley, and he was to go after my character; and
then he said I must go and put on a clean coat, as kis master
liked to see a person look respectable. I went accordingly to
Pope's Head-alley, and I saw him, and he said he had seen the
head-clerk at Messrs. Shoolbred and Cook's, and I should go to
the Bank of England. So lie gave me an old bag to put ten
sovereigns in and get silver for it. When I returned with the
silver he was waiting in the Alley, and he said he should want
me to assist him a good deal that day, and asked me whether I
knew the banking-house of Jones and Loyd ? When I said no,
he said it was in Lothbury, near the Bank, and that I must take
a cheque there, and bring the amount on to him at the second
door of the Custom-house. I said, What name, Sir? and he
said, the name is there on the cheque, they will know it di-
rectly you present it.
The Loan MAYOR—And you never were sent to get a
cheque changed before? The prisoner—Never.
The Loan MaYort—Did they ask you your name at the
Bank when you went to get the silver for the sovereigns ? The
prisoner—No; they merely weighed the sovereigns, and handed
the the s leer without. asking me any