POLICE COURT —Monday. [Before T Beckham, Esq, R M]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2188, 26 July 1864, Page 5

POLICE COURT —Monday. [Before T Beckham, Esq , R M ]

comuon nuuNKUirw. Thoma> Lynch, chained with the above ofic.ics, foi v hum a summons luul been issued, did not appe.ir, •uid Ins \Voi->hip oideied >i wan \nt to be issued foi his .lppichuiMon. jiiu veil or Mtrrr \cr. John Pm> fi was o'ni_;».d I>v C. "P. Lei is, In^iottoi ot blicop, ■« iti h.u mm o f luid Cbitain diseased '.lioep m Ins jio^sesoion on Luul not liclonging to himself Jili Wyii'i appoai od foi the dofendanfc, .aid stated Llixb Ilia mspocUu kul uo dusiic to pie&s the cli<n«e Tsarist In-, ohent lie would led peifeotly svtished \Mtli .1 .umiiiiil iuio bem^ inflicted lli^ Woi ilup s>id tli.it the Act was impel vtive 'Mthie»ul lo a lino lioint; milioted , lj.it, as the mspcctoi " i-i not de-nous ot pios^inr, the elm^e, he inflict the lo.\csb Imo .idini^-iljlo, \u , £5.

i vi ci \v. Tinliiirt Wi'Lams a'ipoaioil. dni^cl l>y f-rooiLje Kc\tn with lining stolon, fiom tho shop of his biuthci, Mi Thomas Kc\c.n, .ißiu of elastic side boots, \.iluo l(>s Tlio pusoiici jOeultd cjuiUj lie sml tli it it was the liiat limo tint he hui e\ or appcuol m the comt, 01 brcn s;mlt> of im ofioiicc ot tins dcsciiptiou , and he liul lic^'ii only uulucud to do it fiom sheer destitution. Oid-iul to bo ini]>ii'-')iicd in the cMiimtn g^ol of VniAluirt fll the space of fom calendii niontlis, with huil l.ilnui.

oi.i un m. coons univh i vr,s ppj.itnsi -> "Wi'liam lvmir, aha. r.iown was aiiugiudin the dockchuged I y one Thomiiis Full] uncs with liAwng obtnuod cm iiin pui\ .mods fioai hi-, stoic on vauo'is oet.a~imis, l)/iiiein c 3ot 01 leis puipouing toliive been w nUen and b I> iny tho Mgnatme of detain Johns 'lho'iias Ful'j unts [am .i stoickeepm, losuling ~.i the comoi ot C'h")>ol and Wellesley sticetb I Lno.v the pn-o iei, .uul 10c ilLct the 2n 1 luno I siwiiin on lliat diy m my '•hop |[c hid an oidei with him w'wch I low p oduoo, p.upoifing to In fioin (Jip!»un Tolm-j, oE fie s^lioomci ' Muy Ann' Wliau fclio pusonei [uoduced tho oidei, I a-.ked him who (Jipt mi Johns was, and his ansueied that ho w\s well kiDunaiul a- invi oE t;ieit lo^pcitibiltty and piojicity and also tint he hvol clo^o to my sho,' I3ehe\ mg tlu-s statement to bo coneat, I supplied tho goods oidcved, which woia pio\is.on3 anio. inting t > ill IS-> The pii-onoi cainc to my shop on the follow me; day, vn I =aid ho io(|iuiod nioio pi iiMMum foi C .pt mi Johns. I s«pph> d the ]iio\i-ious, tho co^t of wluch amounted to ISj 9d Vftci supplying lnm with the oood->, tho pntonei sinl Ciipkun .fohns would oonii u]> tho next day and piyfni tho whole 'iho eaptim did not conic. f c\pocted bun, as fiom oiiqmnc-> tint 1 m vie T found theicwa.a (Japtain Jolins, a \eiy ic^pectable nun The pi lsoupi camo to my shop again O'l the 1.1 th June, and picsented me anothei oidei which I now pii> !nco, pni[ioitni'; to 1)0 trom Captai'i Jolni's. I believed the older to come fiom Captun Jolui«, and 1 qavo the piisonei piovision^ amounting to C 3 14^. \1 [d , seiulni!; at tlic <s»nie tune a messi!;e )>y tho ini^oiici to Optain Johns ■-ayiiiq that I would be !;lad if he v.mid conic and settle tho account The pusoner came as;aui on the 29th June, and 'ail tint ho had pist auivoil .iffcei a veiy lough tup, and thit they had neicr evpoeted to get on shoio a^iin. Ho told me to get my bill made out, and thai he would call in the inoining and pay it; he said that they weic wanting some goods tint ni<;ht. at tho s une time showing me a cheque which ho siul lie wis too lite to got caslicil at tho b ink th it daj I then sin plied him with aoodb amounting to £o 3-. 7W. I met misonei m tho stioet on the ol&t June and told him 1 wanted to see Captain Joh.is , he s iid lie wtml 1 ic^ompany me tohishoi.^a We then went into Oppoi QutOii-sticct, and poiiiUn<r to a house, the piuouci siul Captain Tohns li\ed thevo 1 icrjucbtcd him to go with me to tho house, and lio excused him -elf by siymg that he w is> in a gioat liuuy to c;el bick to In- \csiel, and then left me Idi I not si>o him agxm until last 'l'huiiday, the 21st July. AVhun pxisonei left m", [ went to the house he pointed out to me as that belonnmt; to Capt un J.>hus, an 1 on making cnqunies I foiiml that no Oapt un Johns h\ cd theic When I siu t!io |nwmor ngam on the "21st Jtdy, I asked linn about tho account — this was ibout 1 oVlo.k, and Le 'i ud ho would call at 0 mil ply mo. I answoi cj him that I would not lot him go, he then walked touauls Ti'ieeman'-. B ly, and I got him an eh uge. Coipiial Scott deposed to haMiig appiehendtd the piisonei on wanant on the 21st July He had cautioned him, and tho piisonei admitted tint ho had obtained the goods on false pi otences, and that theio wis no such pcsoii as Captain John'-. He hadicccived tho ouleis uo\ v piolucel fiom the last witno-s The pusoner admitted having wuttui them himself. The pusoner on being chaigcd stitcd tlut ho had nothing to say. The piifcoiKi was then committed to tike his. tiial at the next ciiminal Mttuiijs of the Supieme C'oiut, on a chaige ot having obtained goods uudev fal'e pietcucs?.