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London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

ruis DAY's NEW

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) g
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ;:11,
to- day, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The L°,,,
present were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron for;
the rhancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall and the Jo",
of the Admiralty Court.
•

JONS V. GODNEY.
The further argumenE
ts in this appeal from the
sion of the Prerogative Court occupied their Lo
rdshir
the whole day.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY-) .„a
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hs% ""

h..ard appeals Marquis wthir
The cases of Hertford v. Lord Lo for
and Tulloeh v. Hartley were ordered to stand overt
the convenience of counsel, till a future day.

SPALDING V. RUDDICK. vo"
The arguments in this appeal, the facts of which
seas no interest except to the parties c( werned, O""
the Co irt the remainder of the morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAV•
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN
Middlesex Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. GOLDSREDE AND ANOTHES. 01j,
This was an Indictment against the defendants, 6000.
shede and Sidney, for a conspiracy to defraud the of
Richard Camden Bingham, her Majesty's Secretento
Legation at Turin, by substituting one bill of exobp.
for another. The bill in question was an accon3,ll4
Lion bill, accepted by the prosecutor for a Mr. Su'Ziee
friend of his. The bills in dispute had been the one
of a Chancery suit between Mr. Bingham and 0400
fendants, which had been determined in !Mr. Bing" ,fr
favour ; and immediately afterwards the present.P-
cution had been commenced. red,Jid
The Solicitor-General and Mr. Humfrey
the prosecution ' • Mr. Platt and Mr. James delePojeti
Sidney • and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Phinn def.
Goldshede. to
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having stated the 04
the jury, as it afterwards appeared in evidene*,
the following witnesses : 10/
The Hon. Mr. Bingham examined by Mr. H 0111;„
The witness is at present Secretary of Legation
Court of Turin. Was Secretary of Legation at ,e1":001
in 1835 and 1836. He became acquainted with 1-'1
Richard Shiel in 1834. He was applied to in I'' 16
that gentleman to put his name to a bill of exchall9o,
was at the latter end of that year. He was then 1,100!
with Mr. Vernon Shiel, with whom he was on term
great friendship. I,oo'
Mr. Harris, the clerk to the attorney for the Pr° f
Lion, proved the service of notice to produce a bill ° A
change on the prosecutor's agent. Ite"
On his cross examination by Mr. PLATT, he a &id'
that he had not served a notice on the defendant
shede himself. alit
Mr. PLAIT submitted that personal service Wood
lutely required in all criminal cases. He b°r-
Court would take u note of his objection. ote
of
Lord DENSIAN—Of course, I shall take
your objection, but there is nothing in Airto,Sorj
Mr. A:lie, an officer of the Record office in the
of Chancery, produced the answers filed by BiDlr
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Goldshede in the Rolls' Court.
Mr. Bury, of the Commercial Bank, proved the
writing of Sidney to the answer. A to 11°
The counsel for the prosecution then propose- j
in the answer dated Aug. 29, 1840.
Mr. PLATT objected, on the ground that
cases examinations upon oath were not sum"
fr
against the parties accused.
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A long argument followed on the point, iv-
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terminated 17y
Lord DENMAN overruling the obje;ction. ~100
The answer, as far as it related to the posee'—
Sidney of a bill for 250/. was then read. hen 5e
The examination of the Hon. Richard Bing—hicli
then resumed. The bill produced was that
it 0 is
had accepted. He had received no value for e
had never been understood that he was to pa,
1839 he was arrested on it on a Saturday in Jullosit4
was dressed to go out to dinner, and his cab wastedb.eir
at the door. Sloman, the sheriff's officer arres,bel'Afri
He insisted on being taken to his solicitor's, 130,l_seclit
fused, and he was ultimately taken to a spenlll,o.s,
where he was detained until midnight. The 1.;-1,
not continue the proceedings against him'; 1-,o"ttg",e,
drew the record, and never went to trial, alt:d-
was at Croydon every day awaiting it. He " 1119
from Aix-la-Chapelle to attend this prosecutinn'oll_,,e
Cross-examined by Mr. PLArr—Acceptedjheif,;,
day before he left England. Accepted it for xAr" e
not-
Shiel, whose brother knew nothing of it. Th",,,fe
_11"-
pact his friend would have suffered him to
trouble about it. Was once arrested at the
Mrs. Curzon. It was dismissed enirely on the dot 00
of its being a gambling debt. Never was arree;ool,ll
suit:of Mr. Hayes. Knows Hayes, who is he
in Regent-street. Gave him an order, before 00,01
England, to the amount of 201., and paid hill' reee,,'oo
return he ordered more goods. All the gonus3s,
from Hayes before I left in November, Ities rof
paid for, to the best of my recollection. ,he salog
outlawed illegally. Has been outlawed al
,Lete..atil
Bigg and Company. Has not settled with st
understood that there was a judgment age'-/tvies
the suit of Davis, but knows no such person• the gt.„,°e.
an accommodation bill. Did not to before,. nos-if,
jury. Did employ the attorney to conduct anjorortenor
tion. Was introduced to him by Mr. James of Ober,
a wine merchant. Never went by the nan).Djeellthee
bell. Once went by the name of Browne in Cieire
1839, for three days. Davis's was the only re in be
unprovided for. Never heard of Mr. Stocert/re irheso
Strand. Knows nothing about Mr. Davie, °broad' tri'
lives. He has often gone by another name 4,u c010%.01
gone by the name of Camden, but never to ;icjo
and never on account of debt. My name
Camden Bingham. I never borrowed fiv
my life. e to r°l
tid
By Mr. COCKBURN—I gave instruction,.‘stituta,;o
torney from the moment of my arrest to not to,
prosecution as soon as the time should co nog tkee'c't
any vindictive feeling but from a desire to be obi, 05
justice. Had never any conversation on the
aP
anything to be got from this prosecution' je
ever said to me on the subject of cotoPciLetion 131"
never accepted more than two accemm°
no-
his life. the hail boot oi
Sloman, the sheriff's officer, produced the ef. nclo°
Mr. James Courteney, wine merehael,,he doecteill
the prosecutor—ln December, 1837, had
Goldshede called on him and stated heard diSot9hes t°
against Captain Slid]. He stated the
teh-O_L, $11(111°
a bill on the Hon. R. Bingham of ." xnat—
,lo-
oblige Captain Shiel when the bill came to