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London, England, 1819-01-19 00:00:00

Mr. Leea ezawsintil.

The two notes now produced to him were for.
geries—they had neither Batik paper, engraving, tit.r
any of the attributer of the genuine note.
One of the Jary handed a Batik note 1.•
Lees, and sod—" You perceive Slit. note is without
a signature ?"
Mr. Lees—" I do."
Juror—" 14 it, or is it not, a ermine note. mid
heist been issued in this state from the Bank ?"
Mr. Lees—(after examining the riute)—" It is a
genuine note, and I presume has been issued its
this state from the Bank."
Juror—" Have you known many elates issued
in that imperfect state ?"
Mr. Lees--1` 1 have known some."
The witness was then criimi-esautined by Mr.
%VALFORD, who was Chums el fur the Prisoner. lit
his answers he said that as the Bank were occa.
&tonally mistaken in their notes, a lad like the Pri-
soner might certainly be decei.ed. During the .21)
years that be had been in the Bata:, he had known
several instances of forgeries having escaped the
detection of the Inspectors, and been taken in and
paid by the Batik.

Ite-e.famened by Mr. HET N 0 LEO,.
!It'll you say that toroth. bate been
taken by the Bunk, do yuu meats to kuy %hut many
were so taken?"
A.—" I believe several ; I think I have seen it
calculation, from which it appeared that between
60 or 70 such notes were taken by the Bank witlina
the lest three years."
Q.—" But what state or preservation were they
—were they old and tattered ?"
A.—" In every state—some quite new, some old,
and others in every stage of condition and preverra-
tion."

Mr. Roger Clough said, he was a signing cleric
at the Bank of England, but the signature to the
note How produced to him, was not in his hand-
writing; the date on this note was I orili Angus'.
but he ceased to be siguing clerk fur small outer 00
the 14th of that month.
The case being closed for the prosecution, tl-e
Prisoner was called on fur his defroce. He iiiere!y
said that the man who gave Jinn the note was
Chuwell, who came forward as witness alpinist
Edward Dent on Saturday last.
Several witnesses. of respectable appearance, gave
the Prisoner a very good character, and said, that
his grandfather and father were respectable wawa.
lecturers, who had resided 40 year► in %Vest Smith-
field. They could not, however, say how he got
his bread for the last twelve mouths. His name
was Denison. IRA MAW'S.
Mr. Justice tioutotro slammed up the evidence
to the Jury, who returned a verdict of Gwilty.
The Foreman—" Though 'se thud him guilty,
we recommend him to mercy on account of his
youth, sod because we believe haw to be the dupe
of some designing villain."
Mr. Serjeant BOSASQUET said that he fully coil-
cuffed in the rectitunieudatiuu, and obsti vatic!,
which accompanied it.
This trial lasted-until two o'clock.

Francis Mackay was indicted fur forging► anti
tinning awry si bill of exchange for 8.11. 17s.
with intent to defraud Win. Herbert Msund and
John Muntot.

Li consequence or the Prosecutor not epoesrinc
when culled upon his recogussetarr. the Prisoner

Was dischurgrai.
The capital cases before the London Jury bring
finished—

Tie Formats addressed the Court in the fuhoo.
in terms:-
0 MY tuaos—t uow kola a riper io soy head which ir
Is dm bias of the Jury libuistrl lot semi publicly 111 wrrlt

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el then hauled IT to sour Tertelships. 1 cut assure sour
I..odships there es nothing whatever Ore mire in it:'
The Jutlitea hewing nodded at,tetit, the Formatini
read the 11,11uwing declaration bum * writtcu
11wpr►
IVC, the 'tumble' Jury, being on the eve of tertnivatilig:
our i-.ii ritiihrol oul.l respectfully wish to retire-
sent to sour Lordships, that the we 'filch& which ae have
Riven 10!, IM evidence ahieli has hero submitted to as, wilt,
when reported to leis Ilaji et v'+ Privy (.7.5015111, Ire considered
as mils' the eirtosion of fallible mru ; that mr urc convinced
that ill +rte.:Mosey pisitivlemenie have not only a troidelecy to
destroy Um, prim ireles of beentaitity which it is tour duty to
eeiltheste. boo that hr them terevaress oceurremer, render the
head call' a---one Melanie. of who It hat 10.1.11 lounglit be-
fore na, ui a s.mtle havitiz peek. d a mratlClllaa'S pocket
white she dreadful sent. nee of 11w law was recently rarrytag
into CM. soi fur onfurlistia:r pre SUM
tVC m all visionary ideas mad principles-1 We
tfre to itoestmer, or we live in mein? %Ville these feelings
owl sentiment., a e most earwestly request that when those
e?vcs are monied, that you will urge the divine itsjunction,
• 1 wit: tome amity, and nut sacrifice.'
(Sigurd) " CHARLFS JACOB, Foreman,
and the rest of the Jury."
'Nn remark whatever was made by the Court
ilpou this di t laration by the Jury.