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accordingly made inquiry, and ascertained that thr petition
wise a rum failieiratinit, and the petitioner in imposter.
He ce. led at Earl I:tint/titbit:Ws, and had bins taken into
Clist,•tty.
A ..m.au, who meted in concert wish him, was silin ',upper.
bender, for it similar proceeding at lord Million'', and it ap.
pear. !hat they have exerciard their plan+ of fraud upon the
Mkt of Nautishire, the thirties' of Harclynch, P.m! liar_
rushy, Earl of Derby, Lord M a, Right. Hun. Hichard
Ry.lf r, Sir A. Stanton, Mr. Wilberforce, and massy other
p• 'Amin of respectability, some of whose lams were marked
down an sidirrihers (forged), to induce Warr. to become s°.
41 about three tit-lock the olhce wan crowded, and Lind
Mogen and Mr. dims force, he attended, to make charges
?gain.' the Prisoners fur having ',Warned money %mike false
prerencvs,
Mr &wet being sworn, Gated the above particulars befgre
Lord Mums and Mr. Wilberforce, in his charge gainst George
Wyatt, au aged decent-looking man, adding, that on raltieg
at Fart Fozwillipmm's horse he saw she Prisoner, and gees.
livaed bins runCernin.7 the corrcetnem or.the tenor or the pe-
tit-en, sobs r!s he said w•g all trite, in the presence of the
Earl's sfreard, and that the names of Mr. Wilberforce, Sir
G and others, were genuine signature', and hail
subsea hied towards Isis relief. He gave the Prisoner a It.
bate, which he received. A letter was afterwards sent by
rir 11.titauton, stating that the signature of his name was a
forgery.
Mr. Wilberforce said, on looking at the petition, that it
was not his signature, but it resembled his hand-writing,
scot .hoover wrote it, must have seen his real signature.

A Gentleman was here sworn, and proved that the Pei-
sinvou.'s sr:gement concerning his taking a school in Charlie.
sieret,Hlattou.garden, was false ; he knew the neighbourhood
well, and there was no school to let lin re.
Earl fetawillistais steward corroborated Mr. Sewers state-
ment. .
The Prisoner in hi. defence said, that he was a land-ster-
vero, And thst hr was in great distress, and the contents of
the p. Wiwi was trot.; he had been before reliefed by Mr.
Wilberforce, which caused hits to take the liberty of sign-
ing ;his name. lie trot a wife and nix children, anal the
septuna fever haul r; ivied in his family, sod he was so much
tit •tueseed tl•at hr condescended to wink all a bricklayer's
isl.uourer, and to do casual jobs. He was Out nisi rigid to the
woman in custody, but had children by her, whose duly it
was to support.
Mr. ti w►l—Yon hive only one child Sir, and you hsve
twenty shillings a week coming to yen now, Sir.
Prisoner—" I have, Sir ; that's a legacy, and nut suffi-
civet to support a wife and six children.
Magisurate—You could not be in such great distress, how.
ever ?Os. is scanty, to he sure, but you might manage.
Prisoner—When you consider the state of the times, Sir,
and the expense of every thing, and my faintly, it is not sof-
Sri. lit, although you may think it, Sir, but I do nut.

He nos remanded.
Esther Nrven ‘11.34 then separately examined (rum I!.e
sh..ve Prisoner. She is a decent•luuking woman of very mild
runnotrr. and midst's. .