One of the sensations of the week has been the charge brought against Mr. Robinson, the head of the firm of Robinson & Ca. Piano Warehousemen, of having sent 1 forged telegram to 8 man named Springford to Japan, enclosing an order for a passage by N.Y. K. steamer to Hongkong with the n that his wife was coming out, he was foreturn, The telegram purported to emanate from a friend of springford's named Emsley. Both were former employes of Robinson's, and he had an action in the Supreme Court peudiog against Emsley. The charge was heard by Capt. Hastings, Police Magistrate, and after hearing evidence, he committed the case for trial in the Supreme Court, bail being allowed in $1,000.
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