R v William Butcher
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1858 |
| Date | 01 January 1858 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 1145
IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH AND THE COURTS OF ERROR
S. C. 28 L. J. M. C. 14, 32 L. T O. S. 110; 22 J. P. 739, 4 Jur N. S 1155; 7 W R 38; 8 Cox C C. 77.
[6] 1858. regina v william butcher (The defendant was convicted of obtaining money by false pretences The 1st count of the indictment alleged that the defendant pretended to J H that he (the defendant) was the agent of J. B , and was sent to the pay-table of a certain Company to receive certain monies then payable by the said Company to the said J. B., and that he was authorized to receive such monies for and on behalf of the said J B., by means of which said false pretences the defendant obtained from J. H certain monies of the said Company. The 2nd count alleged that the defendant pretended to A. that he (the defendant) was authorized to send him, the said A , to the said pay-table to get the pay-table money of the said J. B., by means of which said false pretence the defendant obtained from the said J. H. and from the said A certain monies of the monies of the said Company The 3rd count was not material to the decision of this case. The 4th count alleged that the defendant pretended to the said A. that he (the defendant) was the agent of J B , and that he (the defendant) was sent by the said J. B. to the said pay-table to receive certain monies then payable by the said Company to the said J B , and that he (the defendant) was authorized to receive such monies for and on behalf of the said J B , by means of which said false pretences the defendant obtained from A certain monies of the monies of A On the trial it was proved that the defendant promised A a penny to go to the pay-table and ietch J. B 's money ; that A. accordingly went to the pay-table where the said 3 H was, and asked for, and received from J. H , J B.'s pay-table money, which he afterwards gave to the defendant because he had promised him a penny ; and it was also proved that J H would not have parted with the money if A. had not said he was sent for it, and if he had not believed that A. was authorized by J. B. to receive it. Held -1. That A. being the innocent agent of the defendant this amounted to a false pretence, by the defendant himself, that A. was authorized to receive J. B.'s pay-table money; but 2. That the conviction could not be sustained, because there was no count in the indictment charging that as the false pretence on which the money was obtained ) [S. C. 28 L. J. M. C. H , 32 L. T 0. S. 110 ; 22 J. P. 739 , 4 Jur N. S 1155 ; 7 W E 38 ; 8 Cox C C. 77.] The following case was reserved and stated by the Chairman of the Kent Sessions At the General Quarter Sessions of Peace for the county of Kent, holden at Saint Augustine's near Canterbury, on the 6th day of April 1858, William Butcher was tried upon the following indictment Kent, to wit ] The jurors for our lady the Queen on their oath present that William Butcher on the twenty-second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight unlawfully knowingly and designedly did falsely pretend to one James Holden the treasurer and servant of a certain incorporated Company called The Company of Free Fishers and Dredgers of Whitstable in the said county that he the said William Butcher was the agent of two [7] persona named James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger of Whitstable aforesaid which two persons were commonly known by the name of " the Jim Butchers " and that he the said William Butcher was then sent by the said James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger otherwise " the two Jim Butchers " to the pay-table of The Company of Free Fishers and Dredgers of Whifcstable aforesaid to receive certain monies then payable by the said Company to the said James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger otherwise '' the two Jim Butchers " and that he was then authorized to receive such monies 1146 EEGINA V. WILLIAM BUTCHER BELL 8. for and on behalf of the said James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger otherwise " the two Jim Butchers " by means of which said false pretence the said William Butcher did then unlawfully obtain from the said James Holdeu the sum of twcj pounds and three shillings of the monies of the said Company with intent thereby thet to defraud, whereas in truth and in fact the said William Butcher was not then the agent of the said James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger or either of them and was not then or at any other time sent by the said James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger otherwise " the two Jim Butchers " or by either of them to the pay-table of The Company of Free Fishers and Dredgers of Whitstable aforesaid to receive certain monies or any money payable by the said Company to the said James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger otherwise " the two Jim Butchers " or to either of them and the said William Butcher was not then authorized to receive such monies or any money for and on behalf of the said James Butcher the elder and James Butcher the younger otherwise " the two Jim Butchers " or either of them as he the said William Butcher well knew, against the form of the statute in [8] such case made and provided 2nd count And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that William Butcher on the twenty-second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight unlawfully knowingly and designedly did falsely...
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