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

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT._

The Court opened yesterday morning for the despatch m
business. There were present the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
Aldermen Farebrother, Humphrey, and Hooper, the Sheriffs,
Under-Sheriffs, &c.
The RECOADgR 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 :
Mr. 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 Mr. Hacker, an Italian warehouseman, in Arthur-
street, City, on the 21st December last, and offered for sale a
quantity of what he described to be Cox'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
able to do so, that he had taken it in exchange from
Messrs. Cox for a quantity of soy; he at the same time pro-
duced an invoice, purporting to have been received from
Messrs. Cox. Mr. Hacker consented to purchase twenty-
four dozen, which were delivered the following day, and paid
for at the time, with a cheque for the amount, 1.11.
When the bottles were examined, the contents were found
to be, not 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. Cox. lo
the month of January the prisoner applied to Mr. Cuthbert, an
oilman, in Fore-street, u) whom he sold three dozen bottles of
the same article, under similar representations, and a few days
afterwards he sold the same person two dozen more ;
but before the last parcel was delivered Mr. Cuthbert
had reason to suspect that the article he had been pur-
chasing was not genuine, and therefore, when delivered
he refused to pay the person who brought it. Shortly
after the porter had left the prisoner made his appearance, and
asked why Mr. Cuthbert refused to pay for the sauce ; and
upon being told that it was suspected a fraud had been prac •
tised, he again declared that it was all right, and that
the article was the Genuine Reading Sauce ; Mr. Cuthbert,
however, was not satisfied, aid refused to pay the
amount till he had communicated with Messrs. Cox. 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 us-
tody. It was proved by Mr. Cox that the article in question
was in every respect spurious, and it was also proved that
thelabels on the bottles were an excellent imitation of those
used by Messrs. Cox, and although they bore the same
printer's name, were not printed by that person.
Mr. BaLLANTINE, previous to addressing the Jury, toi'k 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 RECORDER. postponed passing judgment for the present.
The above case occupied the Court the whole day.