The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

A respectably-dressed young man named Henry Catinur,
nlias Sheen, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham for
final examination, charged with having obtained large quan-
tities of stationary and books from various tradesmen by means
of forged orders and fraudulent representations.
The proceedings attracted an unusual degree of interest, the
Court being crowded by persons anxious to prefer charges
against the prisoner, and the following in addition to those
before entered upon were now gone into :
Sergeant Teakle stated, that since the last examination he
had been incessantly engaged in endeavours to trace the pro-
perty of which the prisoner had obtained possession, and that,
in addition to the immense stock of paper, amounting to up
wards of a cartload, which he had already recovered, ho had
also secured about eight hundredweight of mill-boards, toge-
ther with more than a hundred prayer-books and numerous
volumes of miscellaneous works, which the prisoner had de-
frauded two tradesmen then in attendance of, and afterwards
sold at a stay warehouse in Lamb-street, Bethnal-green.
Mr. Hilton, the bookseller of Stationers' Hall-court, Lud-
gate-hill, identified the prayer-books produced by the sergeant
as his property, and which the prisoner had obtained from him
in the month of February last, under the pretence of binding
them, but almost immediately afterwards disposed of at the
place above mentioned.

Mr. Haddon, a stationer, in Castle-street, Finsbury, came
forward to identify the volumes of miscellaneous works re-
ferred to as his property, which the prisoner had been en-
trusted with for binding, together with 104 volumes of " Watts's
Hymns," and none of which had since been returned.
Mr. Justin, who attended for the prosecution, then stated
that there Were numerous other cases of fraud similar to those
before taken against the prisoner, but having, upon investiga-
ting them, found that three of them resolved themselves into
the far more serious charge of forgery and one into that of
felony, he considered it would be most advisable to select
the latter cases as objects for prosecution, and forego the minor
offences.
Mr. Alfred Knight, of the firm of Knight and Co., whole-
sale stationers in Budge-row, Cannon-street, was then called,
and stated that on the 23d of May last the prisoner came to
their warehouse and presented a written order, signed " Henry
Catmur, bookbinder, Bethnal-green-road," for eight reams of
paper, to be paid for on delivery. The prisoner, who was a
stranger to the witness, in answer to his inquiries, stated that
he was in the service of Mr. Catmur, whose respectability
could be ascertained on referring to Messrs. Tegg, the pub-
lishers, of Cheapside ; and the application to that house having
been perfectly satisfactory, the order was complied with, and
the goods taken away by the prisoner and a lad who accom.
panied him. On two subsequent occasions the prisoner ob-
tained respectively nine and ten more reams of paper on similar
orders, but on application being made for payment of the
amount of them, they were at once refused, and declared to be
forgeries. Witness had only executed these orders on the faith
of the prisoner's representation that he was in the service of the
person referred to by Mr. Tegg.
Mr. Henry Catmur, a bookbinder in the Bethnal-green-
road, stated that he was the father of the prisoner, and that the
orders produced were not only not in his handwriting, but that
he had neither authorised their being written, nor received or
knew anything of the goods to which they referred.
Sergeant Teakle intimated to the magistrate that about a
twelvemonth since the prisoner had been prosecuted by his own
fai her for similar frauds to the present, and, having been con-
flicted, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
Another charge, preferred by Messrs. Grimwade and Co., of
Bread-street, Cheapside, the facts of which we have already
noticed, and in which the prisoner had obtained the goods
under circumstances which, in law, amounted to constructive
felony, was then completed, and ordered to be included in the
depositions ; and the prisoner, who declined offering any de-
fence to either of the charges, was fully committed for trial
upon all of them.

SEDUCTION. —COWE LL V. MA TNON.
This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover
compensation from the defendant for alleged loss of the ser-
viees of his daughter, in consequence of her seduction by the
defendant.
Mr. Whigham appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Atherton for
the defence.
It appeared from the statement of the young woman, that
iu the year 1843 she was in the service of the defendant, who is a
cotton manufacturer at Blackburn. She was a hand-loom
weaver, and was in the habit of attending at his warehouse to
obtain warp and weft, and receive her wages. Shortly before
Christmas, 1843, he detained her in the warehouse until all the
rest were gone, saying it was not her turn, and finally forcing
her into the cellar, obtained possession of her person. He had
paid her attention for some time before, and had said he would
marry her. The intimacy thus commenced continued until the
latter part of the year 1844, and in September she give birth
to a chill. It appeared that subsequent to the birth she had
gone before the magistrates to obtain an order of affiliation.
The case was adjourned for the purpose of obtaining corrobora-
tive evidence, but the application was finally refused.
On crnse-examination she stated that the defendant had
made love to her, and told her she was very beautiful, through
the hula in the partition in the counting-house, enclosing the
fleeetEee, where they were paid their wages. He had pro-
mised to marry her in the same way. She said that he had
forced her into the cellar and locked her in there, while he
went and put the warp and weft she had got back in the office.
She sew him ao this. She looked through the lock of the door.
She afterwaels said she looked through a hole in the bottom of
the doer. the then stated, on being asked what she meant by
saying she locked through the lock, that there was a lock at the
bottom of the door. LAMBETH.
It was a padlock. That was the lock
Crispin George Feuillade, a singular-looking
the defendant fastened when he locked her in. He took it out Yesterday
young man, was charged be Mr. Henry with anoin his
of his pocket. Did not look through the padlock. Looked
Grace the Archbishop offore Canterbury, and his Grn y
ace'sg do-
through the hole in the door. She also said that the defendant mestics at Lambeth Palace, by forwarding by pest and lso
kicked her when he put her into the cellar. He kicked her calling with various letters and parcels for his Grace, and an-
after be had effected his purpose. He kicked the hinder part deavouring to effect an entrance into Lambeth Palace. The
of her person. Had done so before when he was courting her. prisoner, who is small in stature, wore a thick pilot coat, which
te, liefore he sailed her beautiful as well as after. The was buttoned close to the chin. His features are small and
intereours.,,, latterly usually took place in the dace. Generally sharp, with dark piercing eyes, and altogether he presented a
kicked her on these occasions.
rappearance.
Mr. ATHE aTON addressed the jury for the defence, 00174- singular appearance.
Mr. ATIIEaTON addressed the jury for the defence, eons- (orge Lipscomb°, porter to his Grace the Archbishop of
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