The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-06 00:00:00

THE GREAT ROBBERY OF BANK OF

ENGLAND PAPER.

After our reportleft the Mansion-house yesterday,
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Henry Brown said—l em the eon of the carpenter who is
employed at Marna Portal's mills at Laventoke. I reside
in llaine-street, Fitler-lane. I worked with my father at
the mills untilabout June. 1861. I lived with my father
and mother up to that time. I know the prisoner Burnett.
I became acquainted with him some time between Christ-
/11M, 1860, and May, 1661. I can't say exactly the time.
Burnett was then living at Whitchurch with his sister.in-
law, at the Three Hone Shoes. I met them there for the
first time with the female who was living with him. Mre.
Burnett spoke to me, and asked me to get some paper from
the mills. The prisoner Burnett was not there at the time.
I understood they were man and wife. Burnett himself
spoke to me about Bank paper. He asked me to get some
paper from the mills. I said I would not. He did not
refer to anything which Mrs. Burnett had said. Mrs. Bur-
nett asked me again the next night to get some paper. I
met them together very often. At last I did get some
paper. 1 took it from the machine-room in the milli,
where the process of drying is carried on. The paper
is prepared in sheets for two notes. I took
three sheets, which would be six notes. The
paper was plain, it bad no amount on it. Burnett told me
that plain paper was kept for notes of and above 1001. I
took the three sheets of paper which I had abstracted to
Mrs. Burnett. The prisoner Burnett was present at the
time. The prisoner Burnett said he should won be able to
get some money for them. He said he knew some one who
would print them and pass them. He said be should goto
London with them. They left together, and were gone
about nine days, and when Burnett came back he told me
he had been to Londonaud had found some one who would
print the paper, and he wanted some more. I told him
I should not get any more till he had done those I had
got. Mrs. Burnett after that asked me to get some more.
1 had a conversation with both of them again oa the same
subject, and the prisoner Burnett said I might as well geta
few more, and go to London with them. I afterwards got
five sheets for ten-pound note paper. I took them to
Burnett, and came to London with him. We met at the
Plough at Whitchurch, and he asked me if I had got any
paper. 1 said I had, and he said if I had not got any it was
no use to go to London. I gave him the five sheets then,
and I, with him and his wife, came to London
together, and I stayed at the same house
with them. The next morning Burnett went
out and told his wife and sou to meet him at a house
in the Waterloo-road. We met him, and he said he had
borrowed some money, and be asked me if I wanted any,
and he gave me a sovereign. We went to a coffee-house
and had tea, and while there I asked him what he was going
to do with the paper. He said that was all right. be had
taken it somewhere. lie said he should not tell me where
it was. We went back to Whitchurch together the next
day, and afterwards we met at the " Three Horse Shoes,"
and I asked Burnett whether "it" was very nearly done.
I said to him, " Is that paper very nearly done which you
took away the other day ?" He had previously told me he
was going to get it printed. He said he bad not got enough
to pay for the plate and printing. I said I should not get
say more, and he said if what he had got was " tumbled to"
be would split upon me, and I said I would see if I could get
any more. They asked me several times afterwards to get
some paper, and I afterwards abstracted ten sheets of 50/.
note paper from the ma I took them from the machine.
When I was coming out of the door, miter taking the ten
sheets. I met the prisoner Brewer, and he asked me what 1
had got in my pocket. I told him I had nothing, and ho
said, " Yea you have, you've got some paper there." I re-
plied that 1 had not, it was only wrapper. He said, "You
have ; you bad better take it out, and take it back." He
said. " Don't go and get yourself into trouble that way;
take them back directly. I don't want to get you into
trouble, or else I would go and tell the governor of you." I
told him I would take them back, and when 1 went to put
it back Mr. Dusatoy and Mr. Shanton were in the
machine-room. I did not put it back, but left and
took the paper with me into the carpenter's shop. Brewer
came to me about an hour after, and I told him I had not
had the chance yet, as Mr. Dualtoy was in the room when
I went in. He asked me whom I took the paper to, and
whether I had got any before. I replied that I took it to
Burnett. at Whitchurch, and that I had taken him three
sheets of plain and five of ten before. He asked me if I
knew who Burnett took the paper to, and I told bins I did
not know. That night I took the paper to Burnett, at
Whitchurch, and Burnett left for London the next day. I
told him that Brewer had seen what I had done, and he
said that would be all right, Brewer would not say any-
tbiog about it. He said be would get Brewer some money,
and then he would not split upon us. Burnett went to
Loorion, and I saw him on has return at the Three
Hone Shoes. He said "it " would soon be done, and
be gave me 3/. to take to Brewer and 11. for myself.
I saw Brewer the next morning in the carpenter's shop, and
I told him Burnett had seat him some money and he said
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