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Mr. Cumming.

Thomas Vann, otae of the ootistubb's of Sr.
11-uke'P, ♦oohed at few (lays before the Piton per at
the bar was apprel.emied, winch wits on the 27rli
November, ilwon2la the whole of lialdoin'►-var-
dru►, and could taut heat oh auk• person or the baffle
of Contains.

V.iii.abellt Pel:Merton stated, that the Prisoner
came to her "hop, I, boomoger-Orret, Si. I.lthe'o,
on the 4,1) or of Nncrml,er la.t, anal lianOst
some lohacra, :sugar, and othrr articles, which castle
to 2.. or J. mid gave her a salami! 'tote to eliatie.e.
The address ha gave was " %Vito. Cleaver, 5, Rich-
mond-street," which she wrote on the woe, hut
knows she made a tuiMake in ontittiteo the d jig
Itichniond.—LThe note wax then lauded to wittas.
which she identitied.l—it was returned iu about
three days, and in about a week after it was foutwl
she had taken another, on which her husband in a
ite a ',anion tore the first. A small bit appeared
wanting in the head of the mite.
The Prisoner, on the usual question heitig put,
said the is itinmi had never seen him at .i I er .bolt.
Wm. Pemberton, husband of last witness, identi-
fied the nole—tore it in anger, the piece belonging
to it was mislaid. His wile,

Elizabeth Pemberton, WWI again called, and
stated that she inquired in Riciimond-street, and
could not herr of Amy perm' called Cleaver there.
Isaac Russet lives at 5, Ricl d-Ateet, and
did on the 4th and sth November 14%4—Prisoner
never lived there:

Mr. REYNOLDS observed to the Jury, that the
tort note was not the one on which the indict-
ment was founded.

John Loess, boot and shoemaker, 83, Paternos-
ter-row, Union-street, Spitalfields, deposed, that
the Prisoner at the bar parsed a I/. note, which he
afterwards discovered to be forged, to hint, un the
Ist August last. He identified the noir, having at
the time written on it the address given hum, " Win.
Clarker, 17, Clerkenwell-close."
John Lees, an Inspector of the Bank of England
for above 20 years, examined the note on which the
iniiictinent was grounded, and pronounced it to be
forged in every respect. The paper was not the
Bank paper, the water-mark having been iinpreArtl
on this after it was made, niereas in the other it
was formed in the weaving: the plate was nut the
Bank plate. The signature purporting to he that
of Jas. Staples is not his hand-writing; in this the
date line was engraved, in the genuine note stereo-
typed, all the letters being fixed on one block. On
the whole, he had no doubt that the note was a
forgery.
He then inspected each of the two other notes,
and declared his conviction that each of them was
forgery.
One of the Jury then addressed Mr. Lees as fol-
lows :—" The question I am going to ask has been
suggested by the appearance of a note torn, and
apparently much worn. Is it not possible that a
note may be worn and defaced so much by use ay to
obliterate or render it difficult to distinguish the
characteristic marks ; or may not that effect• follow
from the applical of a cliyinical preparation ?"
Mr. Lees—" I can't take upon me to pronounce
on what may happen."
Mr. Justice Houtoirn—" Is any,of these in this
condition ?"
Mr. Lees—" Not one, I am sure."

Mr. Justice FioLitoYD—" Have you ever seen •
genuine note in which you could nut distinguish the
cfwr•cteristic tails ?"

Mr. Lees—" Never ; some might require H more
careful rumination than others, •but I never saw a
genuine note in which the distinctive marks were
nut after some time perceptible."
Edward Staples, the signing clerk, said he was
quite clear the signature to the note iu the indict-
ment was. not hi. hand-writing.
Sarah Eglinton lived at '.t Baldwin's-gardens, the
6th of • November last ; the Prisoner at the liar did
not reside there, nor uny person named Cummins.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The Prisoner being called on for his defence,
said the witnesses had made up a iitnry against
he was innocent, and threw himself on the mercy of
the Jury.
Mr. Justice HOLIWYD read over the evidence,
and charged the Jury,' who ilia few minutes found
the Prisoner Guilt'.
Ha was then indicted on the capital charge, but
Serjeant BOSANQUET, with the alloirence af the
Judges, not bringing forward any evidence, lie was
of course Acquitted.

Williwn Sutton 111114 then put to the bar, and
asked by Baron WOOD. whether he wipheil to with
drew his plea of Guilty to the * r offence ? He
replied not. He was then, p►o forma, imlieleti on
the capital felony, and nu evidence being produced,
Acquitted.
John Mullins, Henry Townsend, aged 17, and
✓ohn Morris, aged 33, severally snood to their plea
of Guilty on the minor charge, and were Acquitted
on the other, no evidence brill; brought forward.
John Kingston, Jeremiah Hr, feri, William
King, and Dacid O'Hara, being put to the bar,
ai,iivred their determination to withdraw their plea of
guilty, plead nut guilty to both indictments, and
take their chance of trial on both.

Mr. Serjeeut HosANQuET read en affidavit of two
persona, to the ithiers, of a ntaternd witness against
O'Hara, his trial wss accordingly postponed till
next Se.sino. The three others are to be tried ou
Wednesday (this die)).
Mr. Serjeant BUSAPIQOET daid he wished it to he
understood, that in any remarks he had thrown out
in the course of the (1,,v, or presionsly, on the mo-
tives of those of the Prisoners Who had withdrawn
their plea, lie had not meant to attach the slightest
imputation on any officer of the pri►on. lie did
not know who had• advised diem to that course, and
was ilWarr they had 'Much consultation and debate
among themselves on such subjects.

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