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JAMES SADLEIR.
RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 13 February 1857 'r—for> COPIES " of trie Report of Sir Richard Mayne, of the 11th day of February 1857, and of the Warrant therein mentioned :" "And, of the Report of the Crown Solicitor for Leinster, of the 12th day of February 1857, and of the several Orders and Documents therein mentioned."
Metropolitan Police-office, Whitehall-place, Sir, 11 February 1857-I hate to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant, and to enclose, as desired, a copy of the warrant for the arrest of Mr.
James Sadleir, delivered at this office on the 11th July 1856.
I have to state, as requested, for the information of Mr.
Horsman, that the warrant was received at this office on the 11th July 1856, and directions were immediately given to the whole of the divisions of Metropolitan Police, and to the detective force, to endeavour to find Mr.
James Sadleir, but no trace of him could be obtained, and Inspector Whicher, of the detective force, who was specially employed in the case, reports that from the inquiries made by him he feels convinced that Mr.
James Sadleir has not been in London since (nor for some time before) the warrant for his apprehension was transmitted to this office in July last.
I am, &c.
R.
M.
Bland, Esq.
(signed) Richard Mayne.
County of Tipperary, South Riding, to wit.
By Henry Walker Thompson, Esq.,
one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace,
in and for Ireland.
Whereas I have received information from the oath of William Kelly, of Thornhill, near Dundrum, that James Sadleir, late of Clonacody, near Clon-mel, in the county of Tipperary, Esq.,
did conspire with John Sadleir and others to defraud Her Majesty's subjects, particularly those resident in England, of divers sums of their monies by false representations of the accounts and circumstances of the Tipperary Joint Stock Banking Company : These are, therefore, in Her Majesty's name, requiring and commanding you and each of you, on sight or receipt hereof, without any delay, to search for and apprehend the body of the said James Sadleir, and when so found to bring him before me or some other of Her Majesty's justices of the peace, that he may be dealt with according to law, and for so doing this shall be your warrant.
Given under my hand and seal, at my office in Her Majesty's Castle of Dublin, this 4th day of July 1856.
(signed) H.
W.
Thompson, (seal),
Justice of the Peace for Ireland To Jonathan Whicher, Inspector of the London Metropolitan Police and his Assistants, and to all High and Chief Constables, Peace Officers and other Constables.
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