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London, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

that he was himself about to sell the prisoner a second-
hand cabriolet. After this he let the prisoner have the
cabriolet, and he gave him a bill at two months for 501.,
payable at Messrs. Hodges and Parkers', in Austin-
friars. Witness paid the bill away, and it ws.s after-
wards returned to him dishonoured. He did not him-

self present the bill for payment.
The RECORDER remarked that there must be some
evidence of the presentation of the bill.
Examination continued—Witness met the prisoner
two or three days before the bill became due, and he at
first pretended not to know him, but he at length recol-
lected him, and then said he supposed witness had heard
of the failure of the bank of Messrs. Hodges and Parker.
Cross-examined by the prisoner—This cabriolet was
not what is called a chaunt. That is to say, it was not
made up by the coachmaker to be sold by me for our
mutual advantage. You told me that your coachmaker
had a cabriolet for sale, but that mine would suit you at
50/., just as well as the'other would at 80/. or 901.
The RECORDER—I dare say that was quite true.
Witness—No doubt, my Lord.—(Laughter.)
Prisoner—Did you net refer some other tradesman to
me to obtain an order ? Witness—Yes, you said you
were going to send a Clarence carriage to India, and,
believing you to be a respectable man, from the inquiries
I had made, I thought I might as well give a friend a

turn.—(Laughter.) -
The RECORDER—So that, in point of fact, you, your-
self, gave the prisoner a good character ? Witness—l
certainly did.—(Renewed laughter.)
Prisoner—Did not I call upon you after the bill be-
came due, and tell you that I had my affairs seriously
injured by. the failure of my bankers, and offer you
another bill for a larger amount, allowing you to retain
the balance if you would give up my own bill ?
Witness—You did; but of course I would have nothing
to do with the fresh bills unless you would let me have
it to make inquiries respecting the parries.
Witness—l offered to let you have 'the bill if you
would give me my own bill. It would not have been a
business-like transaction to have let you take the bill

without.
Mr. Hamilton, an agent to a firm at Sheffield, proved
that the prisoner called upon him and gave an order for
plated goods to a considerable amonnt, which were sent
to Messrs. Hodges and. Parkers'. Some portion of the
goods was paid for, but with respect to the remainder
the prisoner asked for a month's credit, and this was
given. He had known the prisoner many years before,
and at that time he considered him a respectable man.
The firm of Hodges and Parker was broken up shortly
afterwards and one of the parties he subsequently fonnd
was in Whitecross-street prison.
Mr. Corby proved that he presented the bill for 50L, at
the house in Austin-friars, and found no person there
but a servant in charge of the place.
Cross-examined by the prisoner—l was present when
you offered to give Mr. Findon a bill on a Mr. Ferguson.
I did not call you a brazen-faced monkey, or an impudent
scoundrel, but something of the sort might have been
said. In consequence of what Mr. Findon said, I went
to your chambers in Essex-street, and offered to supply
you with a carriage.
The RECORDER—Did the prisoner appear anxious to
come to some arrangement with you to have the car-
riage ? Witness—He did not ;ho declined to make any
arrangement.
Cyrus Alexander Elliott proved that ho had a horse
fur sale, the price being thirty-five guineas. The pri-
soner called upon him and wanted to purchase the horse.
He said he was a Parliamentary agent, and was about to
remove to apartments over the Houses of Parliament to
carry on his business, and he eventually agreed to give
thirty five guineas for the horse, but said he could not
give cash until he received his dividends. He at first
refused to let him have the horse, but on the prisoner
referring him to Messrs. Hodges and Parker, who, he
said, were his bankers, he ultimately consented to take
a bill if it was endorsed by Messrs. Hodges and Parker.
The prisoner brought the bill with their names upon it,
atid the horse was then delivered up to him. The bill
was not paid, and witness had to pay the parties to whom
he had transferred it the amount and 21. 17s. as costs.
The RECORDER here called the attention of Mr. Price
to the fact, that although Hodges and Parker had given
the prisoner a character, so as to enable him to commit
the fraud, yet there was no proof that they had taken
any share in, or derived any advantage from, the specific
transactions that had been detailed.
Mr. PRICE admitted that this was so.
Mrs. Jones, the woman who had the charge of the
chambers in Austin-friars, proved that they were en-
gaged by Hodges and Parker, who represented them-
selves as bankers and merchants. The prisoner fre-
quently came there, and seemed to use a good deal of
authority, and she looked upon him as a partner. She
used to supply the prisoner and the other persons with
mutton chops and other things for lunch, to the amount
of 61., but was only paid 21. of the amount. When the
first quarter came due she could not get any rent, and a
distress was put into the chambers, and there was suffi-
cient goods to cover the amount found in them.
Mr. Daniel Desbois, a watchmaker, in Gray's Inn-
passage, proved that the person Parker obtained from
him a gold watch, value 351., for which he had never
been paid.
Mr. W. Winkworth deposed that in the month of
September the prisoner, who came to his house in a car-
riage and pair of horses, hired a furnished house at the
rent of 1101. a year. He said his name was Green, and
he gave a reference to the firm of A. Hodges and Parker
and-Co., who, he said, were merchant -and liarikOrs.
Witness went to the house in Austin-friars, and saw
Parker, who described the prisoner as a respectable man,
and said he was the son of a banker. In consequence of
this representation he let the prisoner have possession of
the house, but he never received a farthing of rent. He
afterwards received information that the prisoner was a
man of bad character, and he got him out of the house.
During the time the prisoner lived in his house he broke
nearly all the furniture, and, in fact, almost everything
that was " breakable," was destroyed. The prisoner sent
him a bill of exchange, payable at a banker's in Lom-
bard-street, and this was returned dishonoured, the
bankers at the same time saying they should be very
glad to get hold of Mr. Green.
The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence,
made a rambling statement, in which he declared that
the whole of the transactions were bona fide ones on his
part, that he was in reality the son of a banker, and that
believing
Hodges and Parker to be respectable persons
he had placed money in their hands to meet all demands
upon him, and that their failure alone prevented the ,
bills from being duly paid when they arrived at matu-
rity. He declared that he had no other connection with
Messrs. Hodges and Parker.
The RECORDER—Have you any witnesses ? Prisoner
—I have no witnesses.
The REconnEn then summed up, and left it for the
jury to say whether, upon the evidence, the charge of
of conspiracy had been made out.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of guilty.
The LEARNED JCDGE, addressing the prisoner, said,
there could be no doubt that the jury had come to a right
conclusion, and he quite concurred in the verdict they
had given. lie then sentenced him to be imprisoned for
twelve months.
Mr. PRICE applied fur the costs of the prosecution, but
the Recorder said that in cases of conspiracy, the Court
had no power to award costs.
Mr. PRICE said it was very hard that no costs were to
be allowed in cases such as these.
The RECORDER said that might be, but he had no
power to control the law Suppose he was to make an
order upon the treasurer for payment of costs, and he
were to disobey it, whut remedy would there be?
Mr. PRICE said 'the treasurer would not disobey the
order if it were given.
The RECORER said he would not try him. He was
quite satisfied the A.ot of Parliament gave him no power
to award costs.
The Court adjourned soon after five o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
NSION-H 0 USE.
The Lord Mayor having sent for some of the principa
officers of the police, in order to give them directions
with respect to the scavengers appointed to convey the
mud from the streets of the City who might neglect to
perform their duty strictly, Major Shaw, the superinten-
dent, waited upon his Lordship,ond stated that he should
communicate with the Commissioner upon the subject.
The Superintendent informed the Lord Mayor that ob-
jections were made by some of the inhabitants of the great
thoroughfares to have the dirt and mud removed by the
servants from the fronts of their houses on Sundays,
upon the pretence that it was contrary to law to work,
or cause work to be done, by others, on
name the Sabbath.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you the of any par-
ticular person who refused to have the pathway in the
front of his house cleaned on Sunday ? Major Shaw—
Yes, my Lord. A highly respectable man in Ludgate-
hill has declared that there is no law to oblige him to
remove dirt from his doorway on Sunday, and he has
refused to comply with the order of which general notice
has been given.
The LORD MAyoa—Let that gentleman be sum-
moned. lie is just the sort of person I wish to see.
The summons was immediatelyissued for the attend-
-
ance of the person who expressed his intention of resist-
ing the order.
The LORD MAYOR requested that the press would
acknowledge the receipt of Si.
from a lady resident at
Thetford for the poor-box • 10s. (
annoymons) as a New
Year's gift for the poor-box • 10/. from the Goldsmith's
Company ; 101. from a lady of Wimbledon-common ;
and 10s. (post-office order) also for charity.
WORSHIP-STREE7'.
Yesterday Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate,
announced the receipt of the, second half of a 51. note
from " J. A.," and of the sum of 15s. from " M. M.,"
for the poor-box, and that he had previously received the
sums sent by J. M. and " S• 9" for Ann Griffiths,
the soldier's wife.
A poor German girl, about 15 years of age, came be-
fore the Magistrate to seek redress. She was a native of
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, who bad conic to this country
to the service of one of her' countrymen, who had several
young persons like herself itinerating in the metropolis
and environs as musicians. She had to travel about with
her instrument, a small piano, slung round her neck, and
to give to her master all that she obtained from the pub-
lic, but she was constantly ill-used by her master be-
cause she did not bring him enough, and yesterday morn-
ing she was beaten also by her mistress.
Mr. BROUGHTON aAted her how much she was in the
habit of taking home? The girl said 35., or 45., or 55.,
according to circumstances.
Mr. BROUGHTON—Suppose you took him 55.? The
girl, in her broken English, explained that her master
would not consider even that enough, for he was never
satisfied.
Mr. Baotrcurere—And how does he keep you? What
do you get for your breakfast ? Girl—Bread and but-
ter, and cuff,-,e.
Mr. IiROUGHTON—And for dinner t The girl ex-
plained that the master gave them one penny a day
each, to provide themselves with dinner, as they were