The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-21 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

FORUMS OK COUNTRY BA/Mi.—William Gracey, •
-young man, was pat to the bar.under an indictment charging
,hlm with forging and littering as trim a forged 51. promissory
note of the Bnry and Suffolk, Bank, weii knowing the same
to be a forgery. The indictment contained three different
counts,tim first charging the prisoner with forging the note,
the second with tittering the •cote with intent to defraud
Edward Walmeslev, and the third with intent to defraud
Messrs. Oakes and Soe, bankers, of Bury St.Erlinuud's,
Suffolk.

William Morphew was the first Witness called. He stated
that he was in the service of Mr. Walmesley, a linendraper,
residing in Gracechurch-street. On the 7th August, about T
in the evening, the prisoner came into therhop and purchased
a piece of Irish linen, which came to 31.23. 10d. He tendered
in payment nate of the Bury and Sulfulk Bank, and gave
the risme of " Jones, of Deptford." Witness wrote that name
and address upon the Auste immediately. The next day he
went to the banking house of Messrs. Lee, Simeon and Co.,
of Lombard-street, where it was made payable, and it Will
discovered to be a forgery. Witness and a person of the
name of Hind went down to D:ptiord, and saw 4 or $ per.
sons of the name of Junes, but could nut End the prisoner.—
Ou the ICh August, witness, in consequence of information,
went into St. George's fields, to a'place called Joiner's-place,
near the Westrainster-road. boas about a gnarter before 6
in the morning, and. Hind and Walton the officer accompa-
nied him. He knoeked at a door in the place, and asked if a
person of the name of Jones was there ; the answer was that
he aid not live -there. The officer then inquired for 31r.
Gracey,. and they ull three -went in and round the pri-
soner in his, bed. The officer addressed him " Good
morning, lir. Gracey," hot no answer was returned.--
Witness theta addressed him by the name of Johcs. The pri-
soner said his Dame was not Jonea, and wanted to know foe
what purpose they came there. ..Witeress said, " Yon are the
person who bought the Irish linen ei Mr. Walinseley's, and
tendered the forged 61.,n0te." The prisoner denied the fact.
On going to the watchlsouse the prisoner expressed wi,h to
see Ids mother; Walton went for his mother, and left the
witness and prisoner alone. Witness tolithiesthat he thought
he was wrong in denying it. for he was sure be was the
person who gave-the note. Witness added, "I do dot want
to hurt you, I only Want the 61. note." The prisoner was
searched in the watchhouse, and in a pocket-book found upon
him was observed against the date of the 7th August, this
memorandiare, " Jones 21." The sum of 11. 17s. 2d. was
given in change for the GI. note.

Robert Bela, Esq. one of the magistrates of Worship-
street, proved the esamiustiou of the prisoner Before him.—
Ou the second examination. wltneu, took a wale of what fell
from the prisoner. ale said, " I did live in the Rein-ryas,.
No. 12, and I and a carver and gilder, but I live now in
Joiner's-place, ‘Yegtminster-road. I received this 51. note
when I lived in theMeut.road. I kept a shop Mere. I re-
ccive.d it, it may beiluee weeks ago. sold two dressing..
boxes Per 21. 14s. spd I gave the change. The man's name is
ou the back of the nate. He said he lived at Greenwich.—
I oever took the Dote to the banking Louse. I-left the sliep
is the,Kent-road last week, and took the goods with me. Tim
clerk tore sop these tiepositiows in consequi lace of prisoner
refusing to sign them.

Thomas Hind, clerk to Messrs. Oakes and Co.,bankers, at
Bury St. Edmunds, proved that the note was a forgery.
Jobeph Walton, the officer, stated, that.he knew tbe pri-
soner pr evions to this transaction,and he always went by the
name of (iracey. He came to thedrouse of witness on tire
Wednesday.previous to see his brother, who was in custody.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied all knowledge that the
note he tendered was a forgery
Edward Neate proved that the prisoner, about a month ago,
occupied a house of his in the Bent-road. He quitted ay-
cording"to agreement, at 6.o'elock in the morning, on the
16th of August. lie carried on die business of a carves.ami

Several other witnesses gave the prisoner a good eilaraver.
Guilty, but recommended toinercy on account of ins former
good character.
George Gracey, the twin brother of the last unfortunate
man taken from the dock, was nextput to the bar, elborgs d
with having forged and uttered as trite a two guinea Grantham
Beak note, well knowing it to be forged, with intent to dr.
frond Thomas Archer. Other counts in the indictment
charged him with intending to defraud other parties.
Thomas Archer .was a boot and shoe maker, in Great
Winchester-street. On the lath of August, on Monday night,
at 8 o'clock in the evening, the prisoner came to his shop and
bought a pair of Wellington boots. for 11. 12s. He tendered
in payment a two guinea Grantham note, payable in Lombard-
street. Being asked, the prisoner said his name was Smith.
and that it was on the note, and he lived in Paul-street. Whe
prisoner then said that he had a pair of shoes to sole and kW.
and the buy should-take the boots honor. Willi next morning
witotes went to Lombard-street to obtain payment for the
note, and found that it was a forgery. He immediately wept
into Paul-street, but could not tind the poisoner. In conse-
qnence of further information, ors the night of the 11th he
went to watch at a house in Crown-street, kept by a woman
of the name of Gracey. Witness saw she prisoner in Crown-
Street, coming towards the house. He collared him, and said,
" How do you do, Mr. Smith, I have been looking tor you some
time ? 'floe prisoner said, Why do >ow collar time ?My name
is not Small', but Gracey. I bought a {pair of boots of
.bent I pnid on." Witness replied, " Yes, and you know in
what eon! too." When he got le his own door, the prisoner
rel. stet', and said lie wanted to go in, saying, "'lbi, is my
u hose., 440 I eau Int 5 I byre id any tittle." Witne.s, how-
ever, nerves-deli iu tak ptisonrr to the watetilionse,
and gave Lim user to Walton the oifieer. pi i.tmer then
said lie had taken the note tit,iii a stranger who CAW into
Isis tomitsws shop.
Chasiris Fin:illar, x little boy of 13 years or age, was
serrate to the oast witness. recollected. 171 e prisoner
buying tbs. boot, ,it _;os icaste: 's liosne Wino
the pri.oilef is. ciliary Site boats. (in hit pir•erveil
tile prisoner thick elites or lour tinn.s, Anti when opposite
I.l4•Aiiiooit'N lip s.nd, " 11v lad, I will no: ti.ke yuli any
further," and trot on WS pro.lCi I for so to- bait-peter, bit
noosn prisoner then .a.. 1 be mnild bi tits •I.oes niter
morning, and give him bat..4ht inalAsef

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never came. Previous to this transactiow, he tied frequentlg
se„ the viiStlarr, who formerly lived in the trighbourliood.
ehiiites Seward was town clerk Grantham, and formetly
clerk to Meiwi. Lawrence and WeWin, %the in 1816 sere
bankers at Grantham. lie proved the uote to lee a forgery.
Edward Neale provid that the prisoner moved from the
}cent-road, on or about the 10th of Aug. last, to his present
residence.
The prisoner was then called noon for his defence : and he
stated, that lie had received the 2-guinea note of his mother
to buy the boots in question. The name he gave to lie
written upon the note was Graeev, and not Smith. When lie
and Ow boy were opposite Lackington's, he recollected he
had to call at a house near there, and lie therefore sent the
boy back. He observed, that it was a very surprising thine
that he should have gone to pass a forged note, :.stowing it to
be forged, iu the neighbourhood in 'Aise lie had resided
tbr 13 years, and where he was known to the inhabi-
tants.

One witness was called to his charaeter, and the jury found
a verdict—Guilty.
FORGEOINI ON rate BANK or ENOLAND.—John Jones
was iudicted for having put away a forged 11. note on the
lOth of July, knowing it to be forged. with intent to defray d
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Ano.
titer count charged the prisoner with intending to defraud
Sarah Taylor.
Sarah Taylor kept the Bunch of Grapes, public-house, at
IT, Jewin-street. On the 9th of July, about 11 o'clock in
the morning, the prisoner came to her shop, and asked for a
quartern and a half of gip. A 11. Bank of England note was
tendered in payment, and he gave the address of Johnson,
Hare-court, Aldersgate-street. The circumstance of his
coming so far fur the gin raised her ..tspition ; .but see gave
the change of 19s. 6d. for it. Before the prisoner went out of
the shop, witness comnsturcated her suspicions to a Mr.
Ccrnish, who was there. As soon as the prisoner went out,
lie was followed by Mr. Cornish, and brought back in about
s quarter of an hour. Witness asked him what he had done
with the silver, and he replied, " It is no matter, .it is no
hastiness of yours? Mr. Cornish thought that it was a good
note, bet witness was not convinced, and still entertained
suspicion. She sent her daughter out twice, pretending to
send for change for the note.
Edward Cornish, a butcher, residing near the last witness's
house, was in the public house when the prisoner canoe in.—
At the request of Mrs. Taylor he went after the prisoner.—
When Jones came out of the public house he was joined by
anethermutn, and they both went down Aidersgate-street.—
They passed Flare.court, and in a court beyond it, he saw
the prisoner give some silver to his comßonion. Witness
immediately went up to the prisoner, and said; " I want to
know something more about that note;" the prisoner only
replied, "Search me." The coriopanion immediately ran off.
The prisoner was searched, and some halfpence, a comb, and
a knife were only found upon him.
John King, a cheesemonger, iu Wellington-street, Goswell•
street, proved that on the 10th of Hay last the prisoner came
to his shop fur some cheese, and gave in payment 11. with the
name and address of " Chapple, 22, Mitcheltstreet.:'
That note was a forgerhand it was traced back to the hand
of the witness.

Mr. Payne, clerk to4he magistrates at Guildhall, produced
the examination of the prisoner at the office.- He then as-
serted that be took the note of a Mr. Johnson, who stated
that he lived in Hare-court. The prisoner, upon being asked,
maid, " I do not live any where at present, I slept last night
is Draryslanr." He did not deny changing the note, but
said he was aware that it was a forgery. He took it of a Mrs.
Johnson in Smithfield market. On a subsequent esamination
the prisoner denied knowing any thing of Mr. King, and as.
sorted that on the IlOth of May be was at work all day making
halve's. He said also that be lived with his fiitlier, but re-
fused saying where be lived, fearing the circniastipice should
come to his earl.

The note WAR proved to be a forgery in nil respects by Mr.
Christmas, examining clerk in the Bank of England.
Some witnesses were called to contradict the evidence of
111 r. King, the cheeseisonger, but they entirely failed, and
the jury, with little hesitation, found a verdict—Guilty.
Richard Rennet war also indicted for having uttered a
one pound !Link of England note, on the 25th of August last,
with intent to defraud John Ricketts. _

Upon the evidence of Mr. !ticket ts, a grocer, living thWest
Smithfield, it 'appeared that the prisoner came into his shop
to buy some grocery. The showman suspected it wilA a. for-
gery, and went nut of the shop to examine it. The premier
immediately made off, saying lie would call ■gain for the
change.
An officer overheard the prisoner talking to a companion
relative to this transaction, and stating that be intended to
abscond in consequence. He immediately seized priumei,

and upon seen lung 1111111 rimisil another 11. note in Ins pos-
session.

A verdict of Gnilty was pronounced by the Juty,after a
very short cuo4d ration.
Stephen Galt *44 ettllVicif J of stealing, on the 22d August,
21b. of toa, 'be proper's- of Ilse E.sit India conspa,,y.
It a;speared upon the evidence of Jeremiah Watson,
mate of tile General Keidi East Indianian, that the prisoner
is an lEseise Olict r, stationed on boat d the vessel to prevent
the revenue tram lie.ng defrauded. kie observed a chest of
tea in the hold of the ves•tl b.uken open, and immediately
charged liar prisoner, who si slankling by, with committing
the ::._ft. Gate &silted the tact, but the tea will taken from
his possession.
Bei ig roes examine;, the witness confessed that lie owed
. some spite to die Excise ntlicer, and not rare jibe were
revenged, ...tit toe prtsom a %%as not the man.
Another vrainesol u.ss cosh I,who corroborated the preceding
testimony, and' added thrt Van prisoner said, s.hen the tea
wits foand upon bias, thut lie did nut intend to rub Al y Woe
.or deft awl tile rev- me, but to get a little tea for the break-
lost of th. exci•eat,
The Cotillion Seczeant, after the verdict wav pronounced,
..talti the prisoner that Ise had been found guilty of a nso•t
Lemons offence, and wouid be visited by a suitable punish-
TRITINDAY.

VORGERIII‘ ON TON Berm op EricLANp.—.lo.eph Tnr.
Tier • at to ltie bar, tinder :ill indictment eitar"ing him
ith titierctl i tot god 11. nnle, k 00%%ing.r, It to be roigrd.
Tia• prtsuner. a 300.ig 1111.111 agtal 21, lii<Oc,l of the Court
that he might be a,lo.ra l to ;rime' It" t"t"'or Plea of
ot goqty to Ihi offense, i'l"'"1"1 guilty to thy
;minor of It.twitig the How aii P.'S' ...Ital.
The jiff:. stile ducal.ii W the Jude I:/ action the pri.
auncr ,„,thu Ihwge oh altering, anti he was 'tinkled to
plead guilt), to the at,Alot' agency.
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Tho„,sce,ev..l4,o id, William Quin, aged 92, and J.
Volt', aged. 17, were tlicu ne‘erally rut U. ..aeloar, and

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were allowed to retract their former plea of not guilty, to
the major offence, and to plead guilty to the minor offence.
They will all, of course, undergo the tenteoce of 11 years'
transportation.
William Sadler. aced was Indicted for having in his
not.session a certain forged and counterfeit haok.note of the
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, knowing
it to be forged.

Thomas Denham, a shoemaker, residing is Dean-street,
Westminster, deposed, that on the 160. of
.July, about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner Caine to his shop to
buy a pair of shoes. The pike was 45., and in payment
a li. note was given t.y the prisoner. The name and ad-
dress written ate note up witness, uuskpr the direction
2f the pris- were,
me;, wiiii.,;;
.tscller, at Smith's, 10,
St. C-t.r.cges..place, St. George's-row, Cheisea-.."-
John Silvester, an officer, proved the apprehension or Me
prisoner. and the Jury found a verdict—Guilty.
Edward New, aged 18, was put to the bar, charged with
the capital offence of uttering forged notes, bat at his re-
qnest he nes allowed to withdraw his plea of nor guilty,
and to plead Guilty to the minor offences
Joseph Longwood was next brought up,. and charged'
with the capital offence of putting away a forged IL bank
note to John James, with intent to defraud the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England. The prisoner is only
20 years of age, and notwithatandiug the advice given to
him, he persisted in pleading not guilty to the major of-
fence.

Mr. Sergeant Bosanquet, in opening the case ea the part
of the prosecution. observed that this was the last case of
this nature to be tried by a London Jure, and he should
have been glad if it had been the first. there was but two
eases of fergety which remained to he tried oa the Middle-
sex side. He proceeded to call his witnesses.
Joseph Wild was, on 14th July, sbopinaa to Mr. James, a
hosier dud haberdasher, living at 72, Holborn Bt irlg.t. On
14th July last, the prisoner sj the bar came to his master's
shop, between 11 and 12 in the morning, and asked for a
pair of stockings for 24. Elisahedj.Bollatid, the sliepwoman,
strved Mtn, and he bought two pair of them. The prisoner
gave all, note to her, and she immediately gave it to wit-
ness. He asked the prisoner his address, aud. he wrote
upon the note, "Smith, of Goswell.street.'.' lie observed
upon the face of the note, "Jackson, Grub-street," and npou
the back, "Smith, Piper street." The note was given to
John James. the nephew of Mr. James, to go to the Bank to
see if it was a good one. Witness asked the prisoner where
he obtained the note, aud•he replied that lie got it from a
gentleman outside, who told him to boy two pair of stock
Inv, He detained the prisoner, telling him that when the
lad returned he should have the stockings and the change,
if it was a good note. The prisoner observed that the lad was
gone a long while, and wished a constable to lie sent for to
search him, as he was in a hurry. Vl'ituess then asked the
prisoner where lie lived, and he replied, at Mr. Theobald's,
shoemaker, Thatnes.street. Soon after the lad and Mr.
Christmas returned time the Bank, but previously witness
' went out into the street and saw a boy waiting outside. He
brought him into the shop, and the prisoner immediately
said "I don't know him." Witness. then asked the boy
whether lie knew the prisoner, and the boy said that he
thought he had a little recollection of him, but was not
certain. When Mr. Christmas came, the prisoner and the
boy were taken to Marlborough street. The prisoner had
previously said that his mother lived in Charterhouse.sqoare.
The evidence having proceeded thus far, the prisoner
expressed a wish to plead guilty to the minor offence.
Mr. Baron Graham asked whether the prosecutors assented•
to the proposal.
Mr. Sergeant Bosanquet Rid. that he wasextremely happy
that at length the priauner bad beea induced to plead guilty
to the minor. offence, and he telt persuaded that the prosecu-
tors would willingly accede to the proposal.
Mr. Baron 4raltain addressed the prisoner—" Voting man,
your prosecutors have very humanely allows d you to alter
your mind even at this late stage of your trial. I do not
wish to influence your mind, but I really thiuk it would be
better for you to reta act your former plea."
The prisoner immediately pleaded Guilty to the minor
offence, and was removed frcm the bar.
Mr. Baron Graham expressed his 'satisfaction that the
young man just taken from the dock wield not be numbered
among those unfortunate individuals who had already been
capitally convicted of a similar offence.