The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-05 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

The Court opened yesterday morning far the despatch of
business. There were present the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
Aldermen Farebrother,. Humphrey, and Hooper, the Sheriffs,
Under. Sheriffs, &c.
The RECORDER briefly addressed the Jury upon the nature
of their duties, and having referred to two or three cases of an
unimportant nature, dismissed them to their room to proceed
with their duties.
John Simmons alias Gillingham, was indicted for a fraud
committed under the following circumstances
Ballantine appeared on behalf of the defendant, and Mr.
Clarkson stated the case on behalf of the prosecution.
, It appeared that the defendant, who acted as an agent, called
upon 'a Air. Harker, an Italian warehouseman, in Arthur-
sweet. City, on the 21st December last, and offered for sale a
quantity of what he described to be Cocks's Genuine Reading
sauce; and as an inducement, said he could afford
to dispose of it at 15 per cent. under the manu-
facturer's price, and gave as a reason for his being
cb'e to do so, that he had taken it in exchange from
-Messrs. Cooks for a quantity of soy ; he at the same time pro-
tuced an invoice, purporting to have been received from
I%lessrs. Cocks. Mr. Harker consented to purchase twenty-
.four dozen, ;Inch were delivered the following day, and paid
for at the time, with a cheque for the amount, 141.
When the bottles were examined, the contents were found
to be, riot the genuine sauce, but a spurious article,
although the labels on the bottles, and the impression on the
corks was an exact imitation of.those used by Messrs. Cocks. In
the month of January the prisoner applied to Mr. Cuthbert, an
oilmen, in Fore-street, to whom ha sold three dozen bottles of
the same article; under similar representations, and a few days
afterwards be sold the same person two dozen more ;
bu: before the last parcel was delivered Mr. Cuthbert
Lad riea,on to suspect that the article he had been pur-
chasing was not genuine, and therefore, when delivered
11~ refused to pay the person who brought it. Shortly
door the porter had left the prisoner made his appearance, and
acted why Mr. Cuthbert refused to pay for the sauce; and
upon,being told that it was suspected a fraud had been prat.
tised, he again declared that it was all right, and that
the article was the Genuine Reading Sauce • Mr. Cuthbert,
however, was not satisfied, and refused to pay the
Amotint till he had communicated with Messrs. Cocks. The

prisoner then wished to take the sauce away again, but that
. was refused, upon which he promised to call again in a day or
two, but he never afterwards made his appearance, and Mr.
Cuthbert saw nothing more of him till he was taken into cus-
tody. It waa proved by Mr. Cocks that the article in question
• was in every respect spurious, and it was also proved that
the labels on the bottles were an excellent imitation of those
used by Messrs. Cocks, and although they bore the same
printer's name, were not printed by that person.
Mr. BALLA NTINE, previous to addressing the Jury, took a
great number of technical objections to the indictment, which.
With respect to some of the counts, were held by the Court to
be valid.
The RECORDER having summed up very minutely,
The Jury instantly found the prisoner Guilty.
The RECORDRA postponed passing judgment for the present.
The above case occupied the Court the whole day.

IMPORTANT .TatEuEcTOßs.—Toavolidl
the
• the
chisel:mut 'of elector& 111J:ides and boroughs, Ptsrf-ranrate"
• and window-tax. (if any) payable p•otn them is respect of their
:premises; previously to Wednesday next, the 6th of April, mast
• be paid, on or before the 20th of July. i' ho window-tax is pay_
able, by Ad of. Parliament,'whether diftianded or net. The
poor's:rate is not payable till deManded ; BO that it is not ne-
cessary, in order to be registered, or" he 10/. voter entitled
under the Reform Act, to pay any poor's-rate if it were not de-
.' mutated previousljote theft of April, either personally of the
voter, or by nate m writing left on his premises by the col-
lector. No mall shouldr ' however omit to pay his poor's-rate
because it has not been demanded, as the collectors may think
they have called when they have not done BO ; . and for fear of
ultimate neglect, the-poor's-rate ancrwindow-tax should be paid
the po immediately.
o”. In some parishes there is a local Act, whereby
r B,rate is payable before a demand is made.