The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-24 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

MONIIAY. J %N. 18.
T. Watson, a lad only IS years of age' wascapitally
iu-
dirted fir uttering as trite, knowing it to befalgell, a It. Cot,.
ssith intent to defraud the Ulm:mut and Company of thi-
/1006 01 Etlajttild.
)Ir. 4rrit'Allt BUS:111(illOt observed, that lie was happy hi
wow, it rn iris p..wer to state, that eat ry thing which euniii
be "gze.,ted for the prevention of forged hot wits now in
the rooise of operation. A Committee formed of the moat
scientific men that this or any other coontry was Capable. of
p ro:lite,noc,wvre prosecuting their labours, Mali theoreticill,
and piactirally ; and 411010110 it was not for hint lu
aatiri-
losle to what ratent their success would he complete, yet
the public would shortly receive the fullest information limns
the subject, by tile pit tilication of their report t lie hoped
the result would be favourable, and Ito duabt cotlld be ei.•
tertained that as the House of Commun. had now assembled
some icing devisive and satisfactory wonl.l be curried into
execution, to prevent eon 1111 l 40.11011 of ts offence The i-
is the luel who wie so often renompletl
sumer, it appeared,
by the Lord Mayor, under a hope that he would aToril
senteinforniatiou likely to ieall to the detection of those by
ultra' he had been employed. Its this, however, unfortu-
nately, hi. Lordship was disappointed, and it was considered
expedient to put him uu the icsne of his trial fur life. Tha
prisoner went into a .dr. Petioles. a Rioter, and purchased a
quantity often, in payment fur which he gave a 11. note,
%aid' was afterwards discovered ha he a forgery. Sum,
ti or afierwaida he tend ..red another, and gave several
fictitious UA111(44 and addresses, and inquiries having here
made at oh tile places to whirl) he gave reference, and
none of them provide to he correct, lie finally said he had
found the omit. These facts were proved circumitantially
by the respective witnesses.
Mr. Lees proved ghat the notes produced were forged.
A Jatryabso wiaked to know if the aotes were of the -
sane date. .

Mr. Lees said they were not.
A Juryman welt 14160114 to know how the dates were
tnaiP!, when both the noses came from the same plate.
Mr. Lees replied, that was eat of his province ; but he
should suppose that a slip plate might be put in with the
date atter the rest of the-note had hren made.
Toe Foremast liere handed in a note witliont a signature,
and wi,slied to know it Air. Lees had seen many of that de-
scription.go eat of the bank.
Mr. Lees said, be lerstuod that several of that kind
kad.goure ant by accident.
'f Le Foreman asked if it was a genuine one.
Mt. Lees said, lie had no doubt of it ; for lie had seen
several of that kind which bad gone oat by accident.
Mr. Watford, counsel far the prisoner, wished to know
if Mr. Lees itad, in the course of ins service in the Bank,
seen notes so well executed as to deceive even the Luvec-
tut v. . .

Mr. Lets said, noilonbtettly Ire had .
Mr. Reynolds ;irked Mr. Lees in what state those notes
Caine in.
Mr. Lees observed, that he had not seen all that had come
in; lent lie dad seen seine quite new, and some quite wuru,
yr iwi. had escaped the observation of the• inspeettts s.
Mr. Reyttelde asked if tie had any idea of the number of
such notes ?

Mr. Lees replied, that he ha I seen .an average account
of the Number of notes which had ,been received for three
years by the "tank, awl amongst then were tiO or 70 which
the Inspectors had passed as genuine. Here the comer-
Istioa ended, and the prisoner being called on for his de-
fence, said he received the notes front Showell, who was an
evidence against Deem on Saturday.
Mr. Jii.tice Holroyil summed up, and the 3ely, after re-
fit In; for nearly an 'tour, pronounced the
Death, hilt recoimuended bins to mercy on account of hi►
youth, and betieitug bias to be the dupe a some designing
villain. _ _ .

The prisoner's real name is T. Dennison.
Mouth) N . was indicted for uttering three 11. forged
notes, with 'meat to defraud the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England.
It appeared by the evidence, that, on the 94th of De-
cenilier, the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. Sluleock, in
JohnStreet,aud purchased some bread, butter, and cheerio,
which came to 3s. in payment of which she tendered a note.
which immed out to he forged. Site gave her name and ad.
dress " Mrs. Jones, No. 1, (heat Saffron Hill." She also
vi eat to Mr. Brown, a publican in Golden Lane, and changed
manlier forged note, and gave her name and address '• Mrs.
Juauson, 72, (.lolden Lane'," and finally, she passed another
to a grocer, in Lamb Street, Spitaltields, and gave her
name Mrs. S tewai t."
The prisoner in her defence said, she was not themoutan
she was taken to.be.
Mr. Justice Barron!' suutrued np, and the .Jury found the
prisoner—Guilty—Death, aged 20.
D. 0'1141.4 was indicted fur having a forged note in his
possession, kilo% ing it to he so.
The prisctier had gone to a public house, io Drury Lane,
and (Jarred a forged 11. mite, in paymeut tit some liquor;
but he had given hot real name and address.
111 his defence the pi isNier admitted that he had offered
the note in ,question, but said that he hod got that sod
smother front a 111411, who said he had found them in the
buret, kll.l nobody having advertised them, lie felt himself
entitled to sell them. Tue Jury found him Not Guilty.
He was arraigned upon the capital charge, but the cosine
set foe the Bank did not offer auy evidence agaivat him ; he
was consequently acquitted.
Wesley end Howe, the two miscreants who were sentenced
to 12 mouths imprisonment, at the Mi,ielles ea Sessions, for
an offence of a de:cstahle 'intuit, were placed at the bar,
and arraigned capitally for the lull perpetiatttm of that hor-
rible crime.
Mr..Adulphas, as counsel for the prosecution. stated to the
f.',eart and Jury, that iu consequence of what ()emitted some
few days shore at the Middlesex Sessions, the perish of Mary-
-14-hanne. whom he led the honour of representing, bad
considered it necessary to prefer a bill for the myttal mleme
against the two prisoners at the bar; since that, how ever, he
had mint carefully perused all thu evidence *Am: could be
brought against the pier/arra, and the result of that induced
him tolielteve that it would uc insufficient to convict them
vapitakly. He had thought, tilt:TH*las., that it would be better
to spare the eerie the Court and Jery the pain of listening
to a detail so otlious.and revolims to Mimeo nature. 1-1,•
ehohlti, under these eta mintstAnces, decline utfecing any evi-
dence.
The Verdict of Not Guilty VAS iimuediately recorded.
Mr.Juittes turieugli uuseryed, that ;11111 •led resit Ail the
efflpointious .against Use prim:mere, and; he agreed
:t:irk the

TILE NA'rICINAT. ItEGISTER.'

Learned that thr eapit•l Charge eoillti out be nu•
lie had !beryline, in Ilia upiuino, done right in far•
herring to go into a detail so repugnant to every Inman
_ .

The prisoners %acre token from the Imr, and it %eat witii
great difficulty th. officers could impure 4 the feelings of
indignation towards these wretches by au ex,
:ninety clouded clout