Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-13 00:00:00

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Ipril last, the prisoner
was carrying on . a small business as a tobacconist
and barber, in Parliament-street. His priYate house
was .in Dawson-street. On that day, a person
named Thomas Davidson, who was an acquaintance of the
prisoner, and who, up to last January, was in the employ of
_Messrs. Herring and Co. as a porter, which service he loft
owing to illness, was informed that the prisoner wanted to
.sec him. The prisoner told Dayidson_that he had some-

that it.would probably turn out
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idson remarked, " Ilow lucky it is for you to
The prisoner told Davidson that
to embark in the tobacco trade', and that he
names 'of the. best manufacturers of
ud. They ascertained the names of the
principal firms by inquiry on board the Irish steamers, and
also by referring' to an Irish directory. The prisoner told
Davidson to take lodgings at the Crooked Billet, in Ex-
change-street East, and said that the hotel might be used
as an office. ' lie then directed Davidson to get the heading
4‘ 185.... Samuel Goodier, wholesale
grocer and general merchant, office, 23, Exchange-street
East; warehouse, Temple-street," printed on a quire
of note paper that they had purchased at a stationer's
shop in Castle-Street, Liverpool. The printing was
finished on the sth, and Davidson was then instructed
by the prisoner to write a letter, on one of the printed
sheets of paper, to Mr. Carroll, tobacco manufacturer, of
Dundalk, requesting to be supplied with a list of prices,
and with samples of tobacco. To carry out the idea that

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Davidson was to appear as a traveller or agent, the prisoner
on the following day bought'him a new hat and a travelling
rug, and gave him money to pay`for his lodgings. David-
son got letters left at the Crooked Billet for " Samuel
Goodier," and took them away. It might be urged that
up to the 6th April Davidson had been acting for the
prisoner with a guilty knowledge ; but he would be called
before the court as a witness, and it would be shown
that, on his suspicions being awakened, he put himself
in communication with the police, and that after that
time he acted entirely under their direction and
authority. All letters received for the prisoner at the
Crooked Billet were handed to the police. On the 10th
of April letters were sent to other tobacco manufacturers,
and about the same time a reply came from Mr. Carroll,
inclosing samples and prices, and stating that Mr. Carroll
had been in Liverpool since the receipt of the prisoner's
letter, that he had gone to 28, Exchange-street East, but
could not find Mr. Goodier; he hoped his letter would be
more successful. There was an intimation that goods would
be forwarded on receipt of half-notes.; the other halves to
be sent when the goods came to hand. Davidson was in-
structed to reply to this letter to the following effect :
"Your letter came duly to hand, and I am surprised that
they did not direct you to my office from the hotel, for my
office is next door, and properly should be 28A,; stillletters
directed to 28 always came to hand" An order was then
given for about £25 worth of tobacco, and the halves of
two £lO notes and one 15 note were inclosed in the letter.
The prisoner said to Divi&an, wlien these notes were being
cut, " Would you think these notes were forged ?" David-
son said "No." The prisoner
then said he must buy some
more notes, and that he had paid 10s. for the £5 notes and
15s. for the notes. The prisoner next ordered
Davidson to write other letters of a similar character
to Messrs. 11. Murray & Co., Messrs. 0. Murray & Co.,
and Messrs. P. Johnson & Co.. These letters also contained
the halves of notes. One set of halves were sent to one
party, and the counterparts to another party. By this means
the prisoner sought to obtlin, for notes representing £25,
but which were really worth nothing, goods to the amount
of £5O. The total transactions amounted to £lOO worth
of goods, to be obtained by forged notes representing £5O.
The police, being on the watch in a house that commanded
a view of the room occupied
by the Prisoner, saw him em-
ployed in placing the notes in the letters. When the pri-
k4oner was in custody, he accounted for the possession of the
letters by saying that a mancame to his house and wrote
them. _

Thomas Davidson was examined, and proved the state
Ment 'of the learned counsel. Inspector Wilson, andde-
tectives Scaife and Laycock, described the part they had
taken in the affair. Mr. James Carroll, son of Mr. Patrick
carnal, tobaccO manufacturer, Dundalk, identified the letter

and notes, ;and the inspector of notes for the Bank of Eng-
land proved that the notes here_ forgeries.
Mr. Simon, for the inisoner, said he did not think he
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