The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-24
I Ii Il DISPATCH.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH ), lsss
Arrivai Of English Forgers from
the United States

on saturday, the y tn nlt, James and Charles
"eitof ia'her and son. solicitors, recently in hu.
mess ut Ashtoirnnder-lyne, England were
brought before the magistrates of thai l,nrourb
charged with forgery. There we're two ehaYSes
against them-one of having altered the word
zone 10 four Ia receipt given to them by s
Fo,hergi'. Of Manchester, making it appear as for
fi5o instead Of else: the other for creating
snd passing of, as for value, sham deed OF con.
'eysnce. the name used a. cenyeyer being that of
their oWn clerk. Evidence only of a trfaa facis
character was produced. and the prisoners we're
remandcd until Wednesday. The prisoners had
gone to America, having sailed from Liverpool on
the seth December 10 the North American War
rants for their apprehension were issued, and they
we're pursued by Mr., Buckley, of the Manchester
detective police. who took hi. passage In the
Canada on the 10th 81 Ian. for Boston After ira.
eng them through Portland, Island Pond Montreal
Toronto, Detroit, Chicago and Sandwich he found
the tugiiives staying at a farmhouse belonging to
a re alive, about 30 miles from St Louis. Buckley
oeing introduced to lieapas conntryman who had
called 10 see the "two Engiishers," that he had
beard. d.were with him, ani having ascertained that
they were the parties whom he had tracked 40
Tar, produced bis warrant and took them into Gus
tody. Melior himself seemed unmoyed The
young mau was startled and agiiated Buckley
started with his prisoners the same night for New
York, and, on board the steamer Edinburr Fl ON
ihat port arrived at Greenock on Friday iastafter
haFiRs travelled altogether nearly 10000 miles
Although 1t was expected that the prisoners would
have large sam with them, only clio and some
dteds have been recovered. The Mellors were on
Wednesday brought eefyre the Ashton magistrates
ior re-examinsiion on five charges of forgery
They were committed for trial two cases; but
the sou, whose health was exceedingly bad was
liberated on reoognzances to small amount
From the Loudon Times, March 81
The elder Meilor was a man of higlrrespectaLil.
ty ss "a solicitor in Ashton short time ago and
had the reputation of being strictly moral aud
religious person. IL WAS not until after his flight
that his tiplinlurnCiea known nr sns
pecied out of the profession. 1t then discov.
rrcd that he had committed frauds aud forgeres
to the amount of some G. 900 and upwards, by
which, ia some Instances, families would be de-
priyed of their entire property. The charges
taken against bin and bis son on Wednesday, and
which occupied the Court till late hour. were
chiefly those in which Mrs. Clarke of Bowden.
was interested Mr. Leresche, barrister. prOsccu-
ted, instructed by Mr.. Marriet, solicitor and the
iirst in which Mrs. Clarke instructed
Nrlor TO call in 9Jo0 that he had been instructed
t. invest ia mortgages for her, the surviving Y.
rcutrix of the late james Hart. This money was
directed TO be paid to Mr. FUthergil, If Manches
ter whose wife entitled to a beneficial Interest
under The will of Hart. Of this money Miller
caused E 80 only to be paid to Mr. Fothergill af.
tel wards altering the receipt to fl5G and passing
IL as such to Mrs Clarke. Upon this case the ma
gistrates decided to commit the elder prisoner
tor forgery.
The next case was one in which Mrs Clarke,
through her sister, Mrs Janet Hart, authorized
tue eidef pilsoheT 70 udusier mortgage OF IoOo
in 1876. shortly afterwards he delivered to them
TWO deeds, one purrortng to be conveyance OF
hereditaments, in Snddewotth, from Mr. W. Bot
'omley to Mr. Samuel l'restwich, for considera-
ton OF f4C0 and the other purTorted to be mort
gage from Mr.. Samuel Prestwch and Mrs. Mary
Clarke, for E300 At this time he stated that he
knew the property. and that tho security am
pie Ii was shown in evidence before the mags-
irate that Bottomley was clerk in Mellors Office,
aud had no property To sell, and that Pfestwich
was a baker who had married Mplor's servant, nd
never had any property 10 mortgage. Bottomley
aud PrestWch dcpcsed that they had been induced,u
sign the deeds without hearing them read, and that
they supposed they were sgnng as trustees aud
only as a matter OF form. The charge against the
younger prisoner that he had engrossed one
Ji the deeds and attested his signature to the
other. knowing that they were forgeries. Both
the prisoners committed for trial in this
case. but the younger Meilor was admitted to bail
in two snrctrs of t2j each.