The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-13 00:00:00

ZXTI.IOIIDIIAILY CASE Of VITERIMO•FOROZD NOTE&

Oa Finlay two yowl?. men, named liar,ar ant kdstep,
were etiarvtil with uttering forged notes in the shop of
Messrs. Flint and Co. haberdashers, of Fish-street-hill,
knowing the sante to be forgeries.
Henry Lee, a shopinan in the firm, stated, that on
Weditestley evening, atmat six o'clock, a man in the
dress of a Waterman came into the shop and purchased
a-silk handkerchief, and a pair of stockings, iu payment
foe which he tendered a if. note (which he took Irons a
roll of notes) and received change. As soon as
tile waterman was gone, a W0111i414 Caine to him
amid bought some stockings of the same description, for
inch she also paid a 11. note, and rec, iced the change.
At the lime she left the shop the witness (inserted the
prisoner Garnet, who had CVnie in at the sante time sa
the waterman, asking for souse SloCktll43 at the opposite
counter: it tieing his province to sell that article he
called hint over to his side. The prisoner came, and
purchased a pair of stockings of the saute description as
the watermait had.

The parties mentioned being all of the same class in
hie, buying the same articles, and consists; in together,
excited the suspicions of the witness, wfiw• innspec•ted
the note miimiely, sod suspecting it to be a forgery, li,e
placed a geraid at the door to prevent the- prisoner a
escaping, and sent fur an officer. As soon as the priso-
ner understood what was going inrward, he attempted to
rush out of the door, and make his escape, but a ter a
desperate struggle, he was prevented, and securest. On
searching him Ilk. 6d. was found in his posse,siuo.—
he said lie was a waierman's apprentice, and hail taken
the note Irons a gentleman in payment lot his fair.—
The reason he did not pay Mr the articles in silver
was, because he waisted more change. His master's
name was liabington, and he lit eil at St. Catherine's.
Mr. Thomas Flint, jun. corroborated b.e catenient of
last witness.

An Inspector belonging to the Bank of England
proved the note to be a forgery in every respect.
The prisoner made the sante defence as to the
showman.
1 lie prisoner Elstep was charged separately
The forn•ei wiiiies",.H. Lee caul, that about half an
hour after the prisoner Gartat was taken to prison, he
saw the prisoner Elstep conic into the shop, and 'infect-
ing him to he one of the sante party, he inentiolifd his
anvil/if-tits to a fellow shopotan, and watched the pri-
soner; when seeing him tender a one pound note, he
weld up to hint, and took it out of his hand. Seeing
the ..ote had the saute signatitre as the other notes, he
had the i.rsiier taken into custody.
The acetnint winch lie leave of himself was, that he
Was a journeylll.lll cooper, and hired wino his mother ot
\o. 14, Snow's-field', f whom lie hail received the
note in change that morning. Ile afterwards said, ha
had received it trout her about a week since : he was a
sitiu le loan.

%V iittant Hughes, a shoyntan to Messrs. cold,
he went to the 'residence of the prisoner's mother, o I
I.e lonitil as di,reterl. Site did
h. r soil a note in change latterly, she had bl/116C II i
.1!II:e l ira i. 1101e1 in elie.ge to loin ; she 541t1 be was it
111 irri. d 114111, and did not reside with her.

'I 111,pector ni the liiiok pit)%eil tie note 10 be 3

try w t%uty rtiaet t, as ere Uuroc li.J• set" by the
.intl woman, They were all exceedingly well
executed, so much so,. Mat it wit, stsipuvrd tllal 1111
I, it Hook 111,:ATIOf could tit tee' iliesii.—The prison( rs
%,ire rtu, iutkel lift (wither exand)alion.