Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-11-03 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ALLEGED POSD.OFFICE SAVINGS BANK  FORGERY:  At the Greenwich Police-court, Mary Ann Johnson, 32, married, of 7, I tenon-street, Greenwich, was lately charged on remand, with feloniously forging a request for the withdrawal of iltt 10,1., deposited in the Post-office Savings Bank, and the signature of Susan Coomber. Mr. Batchelor appeared on behalf of the Public Prosecutor. Mrs. Coomber, sworn, said she had been on very friendly terms with the prisoner, who knew that her daughter, who was in service, had been depositing money in the Post-office Savings Bank. In August last witness missed the bank-book, and told the prisoner she was going to the post-office about it. Prisoner said she was going that way and would call, and after abs returned she saitl no money had been withdrawn for two months. Witness was satisfied that it was all right, and took no further steps, but suboequently she received the bank-book by post, accompanied by a letter, which stated that the writer had picked it upon Westminster-bridge, and aching " that honesty might be rewarded." Afterwards she received a t•legram purporting to come from the some person. She afterwards received a communication from the post-office, and discovered that the .tilS 158.10 d. had beeu withdrawn. A few days later, she received by post a sovereign imbedded Is a piece of bread. Eli a Earland, clerk at the head office of the Post-office Savings Bank, Queen V ictoriastreet, mid she received a request for the withdrawal of the money deposited by Susan Coomber on August R. She compared the signature with the signature to the declaration made in opening the account, and, thinking they agreed, signed for payment. Henry Smith, clerk in charge at the Nelson-street, Gr enwich, branch post-office, said he paid the money in question tea woman who signed the receipt as "Saran Coomber." On the bank-book produced a piece of another bank-book had teen pasted over the withdrawal, so that it appeared that the money was still deposited. W item coulol not identify the prisoner as the woman. Charles William Hartung, clerk at the head office, deposed to discovering the forgery, and reporting the ease. Mr. W. Batty, a Botch*, clerk at the head-office, said he came to Greenwich to investigate the ease, and went to Mrs. Coomber to see the prisoner. She denied al/ knowledge of the affair, but, after seeing her little girl, witness again saw the prisoner, telling her that her daughter had said she wrote the letter at the dictation of her mother. Prisoner made no reply. Pollee. constable 102 It deposed to arresting the prisoner on a warrant, when, in reply to the charge, she said, "I have done it, and may as well plead guilty." It appeared that the prisoner was charged before the mogistrate, anti, being remanded, was let out on bail to appear in a week, but she failed to surrender. and left a letter with Mrs. Coomber, conveying the idea that she had committed suicide. She was, however, rearrested. She made no answer to the charge, and WAS committed for trial on two cams of forgery of the request and signature.  Ear'sTlePrus, for Nenralgia.Faceache,ko.,9ll.,ls. Postage :.1. by all alarmist, Kay Bros , Stookport.  kr the Gildridge Hotel. Eastbourne, Mr. J. C. Towner, recently submitted to public auction fifty plots of land immediately f. outing the sea, on what is now known as the Royal Marine-parade. The plots at the west end realised the astonishing price of 255. per foot frontage, those at the opposite end near the Redoubt averaging not less than 12s. per foot frontage. There was a large attendance of !Ayers, m,l the coumetition was minted throughout. /sr a recent meeting or the Eroadstairs Conservative Association, Mr. Heiken, M.P., delivered an address, in which he commented upon the significance of the Cabinet being edict together. and said it was high time the Government was setting their house in order. Their attempts to reform Ireland had resulted in dire murder and incendiartm, and in face of their motto, "Force is no remedy," they had attacked Tetel-Kebir and Occupied Egypt. Ireland was now in the grip of a sterner coercion than it was ever subjected to during the present century. He thought there was much more to admire in Sir Steffen! Northcotes speech. in Ulster than in Mr. Gledstot es in Mid-Lothian. The Government were in a critical condition, yet the leading Conservatives had not tried to excite popular 'pensions. In trying to pass a Reform Bill, the Government were not seeking to regenerate polities, but to cover their own retreat.  KAY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent anodyne erpeetorant. for Convhs and Colds. Of CllOllliS, 91 . le. 191. root md  A r.ebon meeting of Liberals lately assembled At Hereford in order to hear the Liberal members for the city and Mr. M. Iliddulph of the county give an account of their atewanlship. The brother of Sir Henry James presided. There was enn.iderable interruption. Mr. Iliddulph said he hail had the honour of representing Herefordshire for many years, but he never knew Liberal principles more fairly establidted, and he never knew when the Government were more pleasantly and comfortably situated than at the present time.