![]() Peter Taylor, Canton House, Bethnal-green-road, Thursday evening. ![]() before he would deliver up the property-he had got a letter in his hand, and he read it to me, as having been received from Ratford, but I can swear to it as having been in his own handwriting-that letter is not here-Ratford can neither read nor write-I have a letter here which I received from Evans-this is it, it is in Evans's handwriting-( read-"Mr. from a friend of mine, and I did not then require the goods to be sold-I have never got them back, nor received anything for them-about a fort-night after, I requested Evans to return either all or part of them, and he set me at defiance, and said I might do my best and my worst-I saw him at Knightsbridge, and asked him where the goods were-he said he had placed them with a party of the name of Ratford, a horse-dealer-he did not tell me at that time where Ratford and the goods were-he afterwards brought this Ratford before me-his name turns out to be Purdy-I had seen Evans before that, at a public-house in Fenchurch-street, and he promised to meet me at half-past eight-he then said he had seen Ratford, and Ratford required 5 l. Same day that I had the conversation with Evans-there was half-a-chest of gunpowder tea, half-a-chest of twankay, some almond, ginger, oleander seed, rice, and sugar-there was no invoice, only a list of the goods in pencil on a piece of paper-I made part of it myself, and Evans made part-the goods were all my property, and about the value of 75 l., indeed, I would much rather have the goods than the money, they are more valuable to me than that-Price is brother-in-law to Evans-I did not employ Price-I cannot say whether I saw Evans again the same evening that the goods were taken, but I saw him about two days after-I am not aware that there was anything particular said relating to the goods, the first time I saw him but in the course of a week, or a fortnight, he refused to tell me where the goods were when I asked him about them-before he took the goods away, he had arranged to take them to his mother-in-law's, and before he took the second load, he said that his mother had refused to take them in, and he had placed them with a friend whom he knew, and that they were perfectly safe-I said, "Now, Evans, you will not lead me astray, you will have these goods quite right"-he said, "Quite right, let me have them all"-I asked him if they were perfectly safe, and he said they were-I afterwards borrowed 50 l. to pay to my creditors-the goods were delivered about the 14th of April-the prisoner Price carried them away in his own cart-Evans took them out of my shop and delivered them into the cart-Price received them into his cart-I believe that was the The prisoner Evans was in my service as assistant for about nine months, and left six or seven months ago-in March last I was in some pecuniary difficulties, and wished to raise some money on some goods-I consulted Evans on the subject-he said he had a brother or a friend in the trade, who would take these goods of him, and I should have the money to pay a dividend to my creditors there and then-he said it was the only plan I could adopt to raise the money and to pay it down directly and the party I employed stated it would be much easier and better for him to do it, if I could pay the money there and then, and that was the only way I could do it-in consequence of that, I entrusted the property to Evans-the arrangement between us was, that if I required the money, I should have it, and if not, I should have the property returned, but I did not want the property turned into money, as I was able to borrow 50 l. I am a grocer and tea-dealer, in the Bethnal-green-road. ALFRED EVANS and JOSEPH PRICE were indicted for stealing 178lbs. Aldermen of the said City: John Mirehouse, Esq., Common Serjeant, of the said City: and Edward Bullock, Esq., Judge of the Sheriffs' Court Her Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery of New-gate, holden for the said City, and Judges of the Central Criminal Court.ġ713. Charles Ewan Law, Recorder of the said City: Thomas Wood, Esq. Sir John Pirie, Bart and Michael Gibbs, Esq. ![]() SIR GEORGE CARROLL, Knt., LORD MAYOR of the City of London Sir William Erle, Knt., one of the Justices of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench Matthias Prime Lucas, Esq. Held on Monday, August 16th, 1847, and following Days.īefore the Right Hon. COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, AND THE PARTS OF THE COUNTIES OF ESSES, KENT, AND SURREY, WITHIN THE JURISDICTION
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