The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-07 00:00:00

The LORD MAYOR—You know something of the fa-
mily of Mr. Herries ? Witness—Certainly ; but I had
not seen the Mr. Herries, who went out to India for
seven or eight years, and supposed that in that time he
had grown out of my recollection. I entertained not
the slightest doubt in the world that he was Major
Herries.
Charles Isted, porter in the service of Mr. Dent, went
with the last witness and received the amount of the
cheque.
Mr. Charles John Herries stated that he was the son
of the Right Hon. John Charles Herries, and was a
Commissioner of the Excise, and resided at 14, Water-
loo-place, Pall-mall. He had a brother in India (a cap-
tain not a major) in the army. His name was William
Robert Herries, and the signature in the cheque pro-
duced was not in his hand-writing.
Mr. Thomas Iloulston, bookseller and stationer, of No.
154. Strand, stated that the prisoner bad obtained goods
of him by representing himself as Major Herries.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoner, you have heard
the evidence in this case of forgery, do you wish to say
any thing ?
The prisoner said it was well known that he had been
ill-treated ; but he said not a word in denial of the
truth of the statement made against him.
The Lora) 'MAYOR—Ii there any other case ?
Several voices—Aye, tvventy more.—(Laugh ter.)
James Downes, marine store dealer, of John-street,
Tottenham Court-road, said that on Easter Monday the
prisoner came to my house. He met me in Holborn,
and he said he knew me. I said I had no knowledge at
all of him ; but he said, " Oh, I knew you twenty
years ago." I looked at him, and I told him I did not
know a feature in his face. "Oh r' says he, 66 I am
Anthony Cox, of Ramsay, near Harwich."—(Laughter.)
Well, I knew Anthony Cox right well ; and I began to
consider that as I had not seen him seven or eight years
I might have lost my remembrance of Anthony's face ;
so I thought it must be all right. Well, he asked me to
have something to drink, hut I refused. However, I
went into a public house, and he drank about half a pint
of beer. lie then asked me how far I lived off, and I
told him, and asked him home to take tea with me. He
said he had no money, or he would treat me, but he
would borrow 10/. from a friend ; and I said, " Don't
borrow any money to ireat me, for I don't wish for it."
He then came home to tea, and he told me, as we went
along, everything:, about Anthony Cox—aye, everything
that ever happened to him in his life. I'm sure he didn't
miss a single circumstance.—(Laughter.) Well, he
stopped till half-past ten o'clock ; and then he asked me
to let him have some silver. I let him have two half
crowns, but he said that was not enough, and so I lent
him another.

Ellen Turner; the wife of a cabman, said that the
prisoner engaged her husband to drive him about on
Easter Monday, and at last ordered him to drive to his
papa's, at Wapping, upon arriving at which place he
gave to her husband an order for 21. upon Messrs. Wi-
grams, and upon a tailor for a pair of trousers. Her hus-
band had paid for several things on their way.
John Howard, of the Queen's Head, Darkhouse-lan
said—On the 6th of December I was called out of my
parlour, and I saw the prisoner, who said he was Captain
Pratt, and he had been a long trip. He said that he bad
received 1,5001. from Messrs. Wigram to pay off the
Prince Albert. He said he had left the money with Mr.
Dimes, and as he was going on the -pree he wished the
to let him have a sovereign. I let him have half a
sovereign, and he told me I might as well take his gold
eye glass. I found afterwards that his eye-gloss was not
worth sixpence, and that Mr. Dimes, instead of having
1,5001. of his, had lent him eleven shillings.—(Laughter.)
Frederick Stammers, of Bridge-street, Westminster,
hosier and tailor, said that on Thursday, the 20th ult., the
prisoner called at his shop, and contrived to get from
him not only a change of clothes, but fifteen shillings.
The prisoner took the tailor in a gentleman's carriage,
the use of which he managed to obtain by some means
or other, into Hyde-park, and completely bothered him
by the show of style and fashion.
Mr. T. Saville, of Clapham-rise, said that as he was
passing down xford-street, he went into a house to
have a glass of porter, and the prisoner came in and
said he was a lieutenant on board her Majesty's ship the
Pelican, and had brought over the Sycee silver from
China, an instalment from the Chinese Government.
Upon that representation I let him have three shillings,
and paid for his dinner and brandy and water and cigars.
John Saville, keeper of a coffee-shop in High-street,
St. Giles's, and cousin to the last witness, said—My
cousin brought the prisoner to my house, who, after
being treated, wanted to borrow a crown, but I refused
to give it to him. He slept at my house, and he told
me that he was my cousin's sPhoolfellow at Highbury
College. The Morning Chronicle came in, and I saw a
description of him as connected with a case at Horsemon-

ger lane.
The LORD MAYOR said ho had received information
that the prisoner had been dischargedfrom Horsemonger
lane Gaol only on the 12th of March, and from the evi-
dence adduced it appeared that the captain had com-
menced his career, which was thus checked, on the 20th.
The prisoner was ordered to be committed early in
the ensuing week, and the depositions were all made out.
A young woman named Ann CriSile, was brought up
for final examination upon the charge of havin,r com-
mitted a robbery in the house of her master, Mr. Howard,
hemp merchant, of No. 39, Mark-lane.
Mr. Howard stated that the prisoner had been in his
house about nine weeks, that on Thursday, the 27th of
March, he had a small party of young ladies at his house,
and when they were about to depart, all their outer gar
ments were missing. The prisoner was soon afterwards
taken into custody, and witness went to the Giltspur-
street Coulter, where she confessed to him, but without
receiving either promise or threat., that she had taken all
the things and deposited them in the cockloft of the
house.

Miss Phoebe Asten Howard; niece to the prosecutor,
stated that she was on a visit to her uncle on the night
in question, and left her cloak and bonnet on a chair in
a room up-stairs, and when she was about to go home,
she could see nothing at all of the articles. Her sister's
bonnet, fur-cuff, veil, and fur-tippet, had been also taken
away from the same place.
Other witnesses deposed as to the identity of other
articles of dress which had disappeared from the room
on the same night.
A City policeman stated that as he was taking the
prisoner to the Cornpter, she said she would tell Mr.
Howard, if she could see him, where the things were,
and she declared that they were in the cockloft, where
witness immediately afterwards found them.
The prisoner, who cried bitterly during the investi-
gation, was then committed for trial.
John Ashley and William Allen were committed for
trial under the following circumstances :
Mr. Ward is a stove manufacturer in Tottenham-street,
Tottenham-court-road, and the prisoner Allen was an
out-door apprentice of his, and Ashley had been in
Allen's company, A clerk in the house of Mr. Kinnard,
iron merchant, upper Thames-street, received, in the
afternoon of the 24th of March, an order for six elliptic
stoves, purporting to be the order of Mr. Ward, but im-
mediately discovered it to be a forgery ; and, after hav-
ing questioned the boy who was the bearer of it, deli-
vered to bim three stoves, in order to detect the con-
trivers of the fraud. The plan succeeded. Allen was
waiting for the boy in Thames-street, and it was ascer-
tained that the two prisoners had concocted the plan of
robbery, and had exchanged clothes in order to carry it
more cleverly into effect.
CLERKEN WELL.
The minister of Spa-fields burial-ground was sum-
moned for interring bodies that had not been duly re-
gistered. s
thete r e
summons,
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Lewes, i
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attorney, took an objection
properly
describe the de-
fendant; and Mr. Greenwood held it to be fatal, and
dismissed it.

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.

BOW-STREET.-(SATURDAY.)
EX AMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED
MURDERER.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.)
Michael Connor—l live in Belton-street, now called
Endell-street. The prisoner is my son. He lodged with me
up to:Wednesday morning, since which time I have not seen
him till now. He slept with me on Monday night from about
eleven o'clock till the next morning. He went out on
the Monday night at from nine till half-past nine. I saw
him on Tuesday morning in bed at half-past six, and
left him there. I did not again see him till night, when I
returned home about half-past eight o'clock. I saw him on
the Tuesday night at a relation's, who lives at No. 4, Stone-
cutters'-alley. He came home at two o'clock on the
Wednesday morning. Mr. Lennard, his relation, saw
him home. 1 left him in bed at half-past six o'clock
as usual, and he was still in bed at nine o'clock, when I
came to breakfast. I was informed by his mother that he
was unwell, and I did not in consequence urge him to go to
his work then. From that hour I did not see him until I
came to this Court and found him in custody. He
has worked in the same employment as myself
since June last. When he went out on Monday night, he
had on the coat he had worked in all day, and a hat on his
head. His work was to turn the wheel to the silver polisher.
I assisted to stamp the metal. We work at Panton-street,
Haymarket.

William Pocock examined—l am a constable, No. 81 of
the F division. After receiving information of the murder
I proceeded to George-street ; and, from inquiries made, I
ascertains 1 that the prisoner lived in Endell-street, and I went
there to the two-pair front room, where I saw the prisoner's
mother. I searched the room, and in doing so found a vel-
veteen coat hanging behind the door. That coat I produce
now. There are stains of blood on both cuffs.
Prisoner—There are no stains of blood. That is where it
has been worn.

Witness continued—l found in the pockets six hospital
tickets for King's College and other places.
The prisoner bad no question to ask, but he requested to
look himself if there was any blood upon the coat.
Michael Connor was recalled, and said that the clothes
produced were his son's. A cloth cap produced he had never
seen.

Nicholas Pearce, Superintendent of the F division, sworn
—I was induced to go yesterday, about five o'clock, to No. 4,
Stonecutter's-alley, Gate-street, Lincoln Inn-fields. I went
to the door of the first door front room, and I found it fastened
in the inside. I knocked at the door, and the person
inside said " Who is there?" I made no answer, and
the door was opened by a female. I went into
the room, and saw the prisoner sitting on a chair. There
were four females in the room. I asked the prisoner what
his name was, and he said Joseph Connor. I told him I was
an officer, and had a communication to make to him. The
prisoner made no answer. I fastened the door, went to the
window, and called up the constable. The con-
stable came up and took the prisoner into the
yard of the house. I said to him there, " Con-
nor, I have told you lam an Oka and I ow take you