The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-25 00:00:00

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OLD BAILEY.

MONDAY, J is. Pi.

T. Watson, • led only IS years of age, was capitally in-
dicted for uttering as tree, knowing it to be tot god, a I. time
with Wield to ilefrand the GOVeleur and Coati,a:, of the
Bank of England.
Art. Selyeatit Diamognet observed, that lie was happy in
that evi ry thing nine:, eutild
havipg it wlns panel to stale,
be soggeiiteil for the prevention of forged not ••• nals laCttl, irl
the course of operation. A Committee formeil of the roast
se:entific men that (INS er ally other country w.is v•apalik ut
prolaaing,were prosecotiog their labours, both tlo•oreticail
cud plactieally t and a Iteem,li it we. hot (Or Will lit antici-
pate tit what extent their success would be complete, yet
thepuhi a. would shortly receive the littlest itiformat lois upon
the sohject, by the publication of their report , lie hoped
the result w.iuld be favouraale, rind Ito doubt could be rate
tertaiiird that as the Haute of Commons had now, assembled
Futueatiog decisive end satisfactory would he carried tido
execution, le prevent commission of this otlesieu The ;m-
-oaner, it appeared, is the lad who wag SO often ruinaleler
by the Mayer, ender a hope that he would afford
some ilformation likely to lead to the iletertion of those lay
whom he had been enyloyed. In this, however, into t
ninety, his I.lrilth.ip *44 di.appoinard, a.i 1 it was considered
espediellt bt put Min on Ott Mimi, tit his trial for late. 'file
Reasoner went into a Mr. l'elples, a grocer, stint ilrehil‘e.l
40.tatity of lea, in payment for wine,' lie gave a 11. lone,
wtsirli eves Altera 4rils discovered to be a forgery. Sinn-
ri;tie iftervrri ds he tendered another, and gave set eral
ll4titions names and and iuyutries having been
made at all late places to wlticla he gave reference, an t
none of them pouviig to be cut reel, lie thistly rata he hid
found the not, a. Their facts were proved en cuiwitaiitially
by the respective witni cm's.
Mr.l..ees proved 11,41 the notes produced were forged.

A Jitrymmi wt.hed to know it the motes were of the
same J.ite.

Mr. Lees %Ant they wore not.

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A juestnaii w.w enkiola to knew how the dates were
mule, alien o.itii the iia,es came front the same plate.
Mr. Lee. rei.i.e.l, that wits out of his province ; bet he
should stepwise MA. a slip plate might be lint in with the
date otter toe re.t of the MOM had been wade.
Tee POreel.lll bete banded iu a *site without a signature,
and mulled to know it Mr. Less bad Steil teeny or that de-
scription p au of the Jieuk.
Mr. Lees said, be uuttoratood that I of that kind
luul poise out bp accidein.
The Farepitu disked if it was a 'enable one.
Mr. Lees said. isa bad no dintlit of it ; .for he had seen
-several of that kind winch hail pone eel by accident.
Mr. Wailord. eissuoirel far tile iiri.oner, wished to know
if Mr. Lees had, ill the course of his set vire in Ike Bank,
seen utiles so well eleCtlield se to deceive .even the inspec-
tors.

Mr. Lees Maid, undo.ibtrilly Ye had .
Mr. l'eynold• asked ►lr. Lees in what state those notes
cline in.

Lees observed, that lie had not seen all that had come
iu ; hat he had semi seam quite new, and sume qw.te worn,
%Web escaped the ohm cation of? the Inspectors.
Mr. Itenulds asked if is had any idea of the number of
such notes ?

Mr. Lees replied, that he had seen an average account
of the number of notes which lied beta received for three
years by the Batik, end amongst them were 64 or 70 which
toe Inspectois hail passed as genuine. Here the coulter-
' salioa ended, and the prisoner bells: called on for his de-
-fence, said lie received the notes from Showell, who woe an
evidence against Dent oat Saturday.
Mr. Ja.tice Etulroyd slimmed up, and the July, after re-
tiling for nearly en hour, pi .)46041aCeti the 111115011Cr—Gailty
I.o,ath, but recuninsended Inns to mercy an account of lie
4uJ believing aim to be the dlipe of toast de/Against

The prisoner's real name is T. Dennison.
Dorothy Nemo was indicted for uttering three 11. forged
notes, wills intent to det:auil the Governor and Conspany of
the Batik uf England.
It appealed by the evidence, that, on the 114th of Dr-
feather, the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Stith:rick, In
.11ohnStreet,asaid purchased scone bread, Witter, and cheese,
which cause to ;is. in payment of which she tendered a note.
which turned out In lee forged. She gave her name and ad.
(tress " Mrs.Jories, No. 1, Great tiallion Hill." She also
stem to Mr. Krona, a piiiihe•ii in Gulden Lane. and changed
*Lather forged note, and tease Ler name and address'• Mrs.
Johnson, 72. Golden Lane,' and finally, she paNsed another
to 4 grocer. en Lamb Street, Spitalhelds, and gave her
rwrie " Mrs. Steno' t."

The prisoner in tier tideuce raid, she was not the woman
she was tai.eti tube.

Ar...1,4ce Bauroggliquatoled ttp, and the Jury found the
.priaduer—Goitiy—Death, aged 2d.
D. O'Hal Ma] tusheted Cm hawing a forged note in his
lto.n, l.novt inc, it ty Yew.
fhe-pti,dt I had gone to a public house, iu I,)ritry Lane,
and odt 15d luagetll.l. dote, iu yiyuwut ui &WOO 'Wnn' ;
but be has gis eu al* red! none and atl.lt wt.

fus diferice the prisoner admitted that he hail oXered
the pate in palate:l, hut said .that Its .Azad got that Ella
another from a DA4II, who said he hail .folind theta in the
eireet, and i!ohutly having atlvertiard them, tie felt himself
entitled to :wit non. The Jury 11011144 Win Net
He W 45 •;,..Iglied 41,ien the capital charge, hut the conn-
ect far the 114:ili did not otter any evidence against bleu lie
AIEO consequently acquitted.
Wesley 141sti Nowt, the t o miscreants who were aen:enced
to 12 month* inspri.tttnetit, at the litatitears Ses4ionii, for
offeuce tit 4 deteatatile lielttlie, were placcti at the liar,
and arraigned capitally for tie full perpetration of that liar-
reile crime.

• Mr. iiielphus, as counsel for the prosecutitin.otated to the
and Jai), hum its coat.cspaciat c of chat occurred some
since at the Middlesex Sessions, the parish of Mery-
l:raining, triton' he had the hoover of representiug, had
4 onJidrlyd U 41,31:611.111 to prrtrr as bell 1.01 the caisilat utleuce
against the iviu prisoners at Ore bar; siuce that, uouever,be
hat' most c irefully priused :tit the evidtuce that could be
.brought against the pi isoners, and flit Jesuit ut. 41141 unlaced
hen toheheve that it otiulsl hr innotfirient to convict thesis
e~piitrll:. Fig had thought, therefore, that it %mild lir better
Spare the 'arse( Ike Court and July 114040. in of lisle g
Ail a tirtitid, au uil,w4llaUd ft:4,01411C Its heatuillikilltlV. kit
shooed, untie' these circumstances, decliht u.tvlll& ilasy .est-
deuce

t.s; werdo:i of Not Guilty was immus.liately recoratii.
Ito pturough abscrwrall, that ti 1144 Mil 11w
dertiallit.lls o;nin3t tat prlSOUtla, Mid he agptcd with the

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L.:trued (7otnisel, that the capital charge- could tint he sus-
.iiieil ; hr hail therefore, in his *pinion, dune right in I'm •
,iearing to go into a detail so repugnant to every human
reeling.
The prisoners were taken from► the bar, and it wis with
zreot difficulty th• n!fieers (-maid stippre.s the feelin;. ul
indignation manifested towards these wietehes by au ex-
ninety crowded court.