The National Register.
London, England, 1821-09-23 00:00:00

ILD BAILEY SESSIONS.

MONDAY, SEPT 17.—The Coart and avenues leading to it
wee crowded at .m early hat— this morning, the gream.t anxiety
be tig manifested to witness the wm. :•:winey Barnard
Turner. At ten o'clock the prisoner, who is a vet y wenteel lurk i tut,
in at. was put to the bar, but being lame. wes tiesired by Ali.
Justice ltietwnlson to he aeconotte lated with a seat.
The walieuttent was then read; it charged the misoner with
mokin” and counteCeitinw a eettli., receipt fir 1,0431. in
t ename of John Peon, with invent to tleOaud Sir Hobert Ptel,
BAIL and the Governor anti Company of the Bonk of England.
There were throe other indic.ments of a ler stater() fur din.
ferent large sums Mummy.
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Mr. Sergeant Bo.,7ntitiet and Mr. Boland conducted the ease
for the prosecutor. Mr. Gurney, Mr. Alley, AD. Adolphus,
a at Mr. Wilbootts, the defence.
Mr. Sergeant Dowaneuct stated to the jetty, that the prisoner
at the bar was a clerk. of the set Viet: of the Bank of England,
and employed in the Nati 3 per Cent. tete!, and up to the rate
that this transaction took place his eolith vers had no reason to
doubt his integrity. The charge against hint was, that he hail
forged, or that he had disposed' tuna put away, a receipt for 1,0451.
knowing it to be forged. The receipt isv ()tweed to be a receipt
for the purchase money of ce..ain stoat. in the name of John
Penn. which had been g:ven by the prisoner to a person named
Starling. John Perot was entirely a fictitious personage, created
by the pi isomer at the bar for the nu. itose of tnis fraud ; fur it
would apnear that the prisoner at tne bar was the only person who
negoeiateu the mica stock, who a :messed the transfer, who save
the maws, received the produce of that stock, and appropriated
it to his "woo use.--it was necessary that he should traton the
jolty that Si, It. Peel was a considerable pronrietor of stock rs
the Silty 3 per Cents., and owls us stood crettited in the kalger.
On the 2ralt March last an entry was made trunsfet.'ong 10,0(41.
from Sir Hobert Peel to John Penn, of Itighttate, which Sir
Huber. never transferred either by loonsele or lay .tis attorney.—
Tools aas not discovered till the month of May following. warm,
oa a reference to the trarafer b. A, is wa., foetid that two leaves
had been temovel from it. Au investigation took place when the
whole was discovered. That the two leaves of the transfer book
IF.Te destroyed design was clear, because the pages wets erased
and altereu, one. in order to keep the account of So, R. l'eel
taut :itct in the ledger, an alteration was male in a soon of 4,04*1.
ta his erctbt, by putting a tigore of t before it, so that it stood
14,1 mac. An attempt oas been made to alter the tigeors in what
was called the primary book ; but as thew was a implicate and
to Oplicate of that not kept Within the wo"s of the bark, and there-
fore not within the reacot of any person employed in the Five per
C: at. offices, that attempt appeared to have been given up, and
the utigmel thiures restored. Ile shot's' en" a oerson who
knew the ;mistimes hand writing, and who would swear the
writing on the erasure was the twitener'a hand writing. He
should prove that Si, It. Peel nestle no transfer of stock on the
20th of Ma h, and it woold be trite clear to the jury, that was
it fraudulent transfer effected by some person having teems to
the books of the office. ife should prove there was no John
Penn of Highgate. The prisoner only had witnessed the transfer
made by him. No broker being present, the prisoner had him-
self asked Starling it' be wanted of Navy Five per Cont.
aid received a cheque fire the amount, which was rid by the
bankers in 13 notes, of which no less than 12 were traced as being
jaud by the prisoner for his iota pu' looses. lie (Ser-
Front liosauquet) was prepared to go ;too the detail of moot' as to
the whole 10,00u1., but he apprehended that if he proved the
fact. he had stated retnceting the receipt of t,O-1,1. in the Pane
of Penn to Starling, tae je-y world have no tlifficolty in finding
a lie instiument, which the p.:soner had made, or at least
uttered with a goihy knowledge. He adverted to the pl:eaner's
attempt to escape utter h.:ing taken into custody, as a token of
bolt, r 'ld then proceeded to r^'lhis witnesses.
Different clerks in the Moot were called to prove the facts rot
stated by the ]carped cotonsel, after which

Mr. Kaye, solicitor to the flank of Ergland, swore 'hat on
the 9111 of .May last he saw the p.:soner, and several tra”sfer
books were shey a him, and he was quesa:oned. Ile was sent
for by the tli-eta ion or the Governor, Deputy Cavalier, &e. and
came v.:th Foy the police officer and Mr. 7.lm.is. He had left
the B, ^'c. When he tame. the IPA transfer that was terned to
was CULL of tile 21st of March. Witness uskul Vitt who the Mr.
Smith was whose name was subscribed as has 7ng u:tnet,.... I the
transfer, and he rented, that he was of the Stock Exchange, but
not a member ;—teat he attended at the Rotunda, that he did
not know where he lived, and *hat he knew hhn only Ly attending
at the Rotunda; that he was a yoting man about 50; and that lie
had accepted his identity before. Witness then sotati to 'lie
transfer of the ft3tl of Marti', from John Perin, of lii6liso,re, to
James Parkins. This was also attestsl by the meaner, and
identified, like the other, by J. Smith. Witness anted who Mr.
I'enn was, and he said he appeared to be about 50, and that he
(prisoner) had known him two or three years. He was introisuced
to him as John Perri ; but lie did not recollect by whom or when.
lie slid not know whether Mr. Penn had any transactions in the
hinds betbre these trans:a:ions. Smith, as Ida looker, rune to
identify Penn---Strith had transacted business with him before,
and he knew him as a responsible and royectable broker. lie
sullied, that lie thought Smith was knows) to Mr. Campbell and
Mr. Salisbury of A per tent. office. Witness then come Ito
the other tionstitrs, and was asked rs t 1 some blots which appeari.
on the nantes, and he said lie knew noth'og of diem; that they
were not made before the b. dc left his hands; if they had, the
launders would have hem oaten over twin. He said there
were stork receipts I.,ieeti when the transfers were made. He
said he did not know where Penn tive.l (Amu by the mu y in the
baaks. Ile eonsiderti Penn a.s a man who old turtle his fortune,
and was the most of his money. lie saw Smith the
week byline. Tae stock hid been atantling in Peon's mime only
a short ante. Ile did nut k now whether he witness, 1 the trans-
fer himself or not. He had knowa Smith four or five years, but
we never in his company in pirate. Smith was regalriy hi the
habit of attesting tray-fors. Ile hail generally seen Smith in the
mitkile of the Rotunda. Ile thought Smith had not a box ht
the Rotunda a itli his name. I's;Noller told hint that the name ot
Penn was written differently in the different transactions, and he
stud .• Yes it was, und he obset red it himself at the time." He
was then desired to withdraw, and in a few minutes he was te-
cal hal, and told that he would not be iseimitted to ga home, but
Ice might semi. He WI.; then given in charge of Foy. Shortly
ant:minis witness went t t the ptisuner ut St. Bartholomtw's
hit-piral by his desire, anti when he cone there lie said diem-
stances were much against hint, and lie wished to make a can •
niuniction upon the hubjee,t. Witne s said lie cati'd receive no
confidential communication, and that he most communicate eve./
thing that passed to his employerti. The prisoner then said he
had bum uncial and ill advised by a set of rascals, and had lost
a Attn.t deal tit money. Witness saki, how ran that be, when
when you have sold the stork and get the money ?" lie said he
hail, but lie had paid it to that rascal Penn. Witness said you
know very well there is no such pepain as Penn. The prisoner
renwincl silent for stone I"Ilt, cud them changed the subject,
oh .ng that he laid been masted tend defrauded by one S mind
'Totter, whu had absamdial The a 4:toss said, r' yes, it does
appear by a book ....ul at your hott•e that you have had large
looney transactions wait hint, and he said he had." He then
Palmated aititet to altow hem to be lemony' from the Ito-pied
Pr his rota house, but he was told lie twist go to cuutinement.—
tine s then asked him how lie t aeld be so desperate as to leap
front a two pair of stairs ~.dew, and be replier, "If you could
know the angoisli and distress of mind I was in you wovid nut
WO/llier Al II." Witness bid u subs, quent interview, but nothing
material occurred.

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