The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-02 00:00:00

THE FORGERIES ON THE YORKSHIRE

BANK.

James Ellis, Edward Marshall, and John Green
charged with the extensive forgery on the Yorkshire Bank-
ing Company, were yesterday (thursdav) again examiui
before the borough magistrates at Leeds, and much addi-
tional evidence was adduced, fully sustaining the charge of
uttering a large number of 6/. notes in Bradford, Leeds,
Sheffield, and other places against all the prisoners. 't he
following additional witnesees gave evidence against them
yesterday, and from their testimony it will be seen that
Green now stands equally implicated with Marshall and
Ellis :

James Curvishly, of the Manchester police, said he knew
Green and Marshall by sight, and saw them together on
the 6th of December, about twenty minutes past six o'clock,
at which time Marshall had been uttering a haze Sf. note
at Binyon and Hunter's, in Bootle-street. Marshall was
running away from oar of the servants of those gentlemen
and a police-officer named William Cliff*. The witness
joined in the pursuit, and seized his prisoner, when he put
a piece of paper into his mouth, which he immediately
swallowed. Witness took him towards the police station,
and on their way Green and a man named Robert Stones,
now in Manchester gaol, came up. They came up together,
and 't was the first time witness had seen Stones; they all
three ran away, and witness followed them. Marshall was
again stopped by a gentleman in another street, and wit-
ness and Clilfe went up, put handcuffs on him, and took
him to the station. the others got away. Marshall was
detained from Saturday till Monday, and then discharged
by Mr. Maude. Stones was apprehended on Sunday morn-
ing by Sub-inspector Mallen, and now stands for trial for
assault and rescue of the prisoner. Marshall had run from
a/Ram about 290 yards before he was stopped by the gen-
tleman, and hail got out of witness's sight shout three mi-
nutes in turning a 'meet, but he was quite certain ho was
the man.

Cross-examined—The time when witness first saw Mar-
shall was about 20 minutes put 6. It was dark, on account
of its being night, but they had good gas in Manchester,
and had a clear light from the lamps. He had never seen
Green before the night that he rescued Marshall, nor had
ho ever seen him until le saw him in the dock. The
ouly opportunity he had of being able to identify him was
whoa ba 'made the attack upon him at the time of the
bet that was sufficient for him to say be was confi-
dent Green was the person. He had on a different
coat them to what he had now. He had then a sort of pep-
per-and-salt overcoat. He had not seen Green until he
cam into that room, and knew him at once. When Mar-
shall was before the magistrates at Manchester witness did
not say that Stones was the only one who had rescued
him. He had said there was only one who had struck
him. He did not say he could only identify one person.
James Marsden, police-officer, Leeds, said—On Wednes-
day, the 24th of Efeeember, ha was in the police office,
when a note came from Mr. Whitelock relating to a 61.
note, a forgery. The person who had paid it was repre-
sented as a lowish man. Winterbottom and the witness
went to the railway station, and found Marshall thire.
Witness asked him his business, and he said Winterbottom
knew .him, as he had been an officer for many years at
York. Winterbottom said he did not know him.
Marshall not answering the description, they left him,
' and he saw hint no more, nor did he see any of the other
prisoners.
William White, detective officer in the Sheffield police,
said—He knew all the prisoners—Green for twelve months,
Marshall for three years, and Ellis for nine menthe. He
had seen them at Sheffield up to about Saturday evening
last, when he apprehended them at No. 2, Silver-street-
head, in company with Mr. Grauhan and others. They
were all there together. Grauhan was with witness, and he
was in-the same room with tho prisoners. Ellis asked him
to take some brandy, which he did. He had gone there for
the purpou of seeing if they were there and he watched
them till Grant= got assistance, and they were then
taken. _ _

(Trees-exami ned—Tbe throe prisoners WPM all in the
room, and had a decanter of brandy before them, of which
they appeared to be partaking, at all events they were all
sitting around the table. There wee a " goose supper " in
the house that night, and he had gesso there on that ac-
count, expecting that the prisoners Would be present.
There were six other pentane in the same room. He had
seen the three prisoners by themselves at Ellis', when he
kept the Flying Dutchman beershop, and he bad elso seen
them together, but in company with others, at No. 2,
Silver-street. Ellis was at the top of the stairs when ha
went in, calling to some one below, but it was not to wit-
ness. On hie going up stairs. Ellis asked, " Who is that ?"
to which witness replied, What is that to thee ?" Ellis
that went into the room and sat down with the others.
Ellis was standing behind the bar speaking to the landlady
when be was taken prisoner. He never said to witness
that he was waiting on the company, or that he was malt-
ing the landlady. He did not see ham getting tobacco, nor
had he anything In his heeds.
Wm. Barton, a grocer at the Wicker, Sheffield, knew
Green by eight, who called at his shop about 10 o'clock on
Christmas Eve. He wanted some groceries, which were
supplied by Joseph Peek, the shopman, who came to wit-
nem on being dined a 101. note. I told him 1 did not
know the note, but it purported to be of the Yorkshire
Banking Dempsey, and was dated 4th December, at Don-
caster, and signed by Wm. Cooper. As I hesitated to take
it, be said the bank was well knows', and that he lived in
Silver-street. He gave witness hie name she, but he did
not remember what it was, but it was not Green. tVitness
seat theses to Luke Sampson, one of his neighbours, who
thought it a good one, and sent the change. It was brought
back to whams on Wednesday, but he could not tell it again
from any other of a similar description. He felt convinced
it was the same note, from hie knowledge of Mr. Sampson's
character, who said that it was the same.
Cress-exandned—Although be could not remember witat
name wee gives to him by the prisoner—ke knew it was not
Green. He could not say that he would like to sweet that
it was not, but ho felt certain that if Green had been the
name he would have remembered it. It was a strange
name, something like an Irish one. Neither Peak nor
Sampson were present in the court.
Charles Merryman, grocer, South-street, Sheffield Moor,
had seen Green on Christmas-eve between 8 and 9 in the
evening. He came in alone, and wanted jj lb. tea, 2 lbs. i.ugar,
and some raisins and currants,the price of-which came to about
3e. 4d. in all. The prisoner tendered in payment a 61. note
of the Yorkshire Banking Company. Nit itness knew there
was inch a bank, and gave the change, and then put the