The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-24 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSlON•lifferffE
CONAPIRACY To DEFILIIUD.—(hr Saturday Jahn List, Chas.
Saunders, and Checks Bolton, three young men of respectable ap-
pearance, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged by Mr.
Shea, a merchant of Laurence rountney-lane, with having Con.
spired to defraud bun of between five and six thousand pounds.
Mr. Slwa stated, that he had authorised Bolton, who was hls
clerk, to accept bills of a certain description, in the name of the
how.e. Bolton was not to accept any bills but those which were
eardeolarized. No suspicion was entertained of the Integrity of
Bolton until one of the bids wart brought to the house for pay.
),(..n:. This bill was, we understand, drawn by one of the pri-
soner., all of whom were engaged with one Richardson, who is not
Set apprehended. Bolton listened to the proposal to accept it in
the name of his employers, and it was calculated that the money
which could be raised on another bill of a larger amount might be
applied to liquidate the first that became due, and so on, until the
catastrophe approached, when the extent of the freed would burst
upon the house, and the conspirators would have so opportunity of,
chiding justice. The first bill was, however, dishoooured, and
thus an almost complete check was given to the deception. One of
the City Marshals. and John Forrester, the officer, having received
infonnation tiom Mr. Shea, that his clerk had absconded, after
having accepted a bill which was of no value, and which he had
no autho—ty to meddle with. apprcheaded the prisoner. It was
then ascertained that a great number of bills had been accepted by.
Bolton, in the name of the firm of Shea and and that some of
the bills had been drawn by List, some by Saunders and some by
Richardson. The whole amount was estimated at between 5,11001.
and 6,0101. (If those Richardson had drawn five bills to the
amount of 2,201 e. Richardson is, we understand, a prisoner eon.
fined fur debt, and, of course, a detaieer had been lodged against
him. Ile had put those bills into the bands of an attorney, who is
prientier confined in the same prison, for the purpose of getting
them discounted, and that gentleman very industriously went upon
'Change fur that purpose ; but before he had got them cashed the
game was up, and the Marshal soon succeeded in getting hold of
the acceptances. The attorney was very unwilling to give up the
bills, and when he raw the determination of the Marshal to get
possession of them, he proposed that at least he might be permitted
to obliterate the name of Mr. Richardson, in order that that
fientlentan might be relieved from any personal responsibility. It
is needless to observe that the Marshal refused to listen to hay
conditions.

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We understand that no more than Irk/. has been obtained by the
four persons engaged in this scandalous fraud. Bolton asserts
that he wits induced by List to accept the bilk upon the assurance
that he (List) woul.l, upon marrying an heiress, an event which
was soon about to take piece, pay every penny of the money. In
!het, Bolton seemed to expect it. for when the first bill came due
and was presented, lie was in Mr. Shea's office, and requested that
the person who presented it would he so good as to let it Ile over
Mr a couple of days, after which an arrangement should take place.
The proposal (an extraordinary one coming from so respectable a
house) was inmsediately agreed to, but when the period elapsed tOr
which the b.ll was to be held over, and the bill was again pre-
sented, the clerk absented himself, and Mr, Shea, to his astonish.
ment, found himself responsible for a sum of money for which he
neither had received nor expected to receive value. Ile refused to
pity the amount, in the apprehension that his consent to take up
the bill would involve him in the responsibility for other bills.
accepted under similar circumstances. Law proceedings were
then resorted to, and Mr. rhea was obliged to give bail for the
amount.

31r. Is.vc appeared for the prosecution, and requested that the
prisoners should be back to prison until they could procure
Ind to the antount of 20111.

Mr. Hata an, the Sidteitor fur the prisoners, stated, that bail
should be forthcoming numediately.
The Lout) M AVOS consented, and the prisoners were committed
in default of bail.
GUILDHALL.
Saturday Win. !leaky and M. J. (ICoirtor, two of Carlilc's
shopmen, w:re ciiiugi.4 with selling blasphemous publications.
The purchases of " The Republican," " The Age of Reason,"
and " Palmer's Principles of Nature," were proved by a Bow-
street patrol ; the blasphemies contained in the works were also
proved ; and the prisoners, when called on for their defence, denied
there was any blasphemy contained in them. The Magistrate was,
however, of a different opinion, and they were committed ter trial.
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COMMITTAL OF GEO. GREGORY FOR STABBING
lIIS FATHER.