The National Register.
London, England, 1812-04-12 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Vv-ednesday, the Sessi4nl commenced before Mr. Baron Thompson.
Mr. Justice Bailey, the Lord Mayor, Recorder, &c.

FORGERS'.

LORD ELLF.NBOROUGH ANI) BARON THOMPSON ON THE BENCH.

Iriday, Thomas Flannagan stood at the bar indicted fur having felo-
niously uttered a piece of false and counterfeited paper, purporting to be
a five pound note of the Bank of England, knowing it at the same time
to be false and counterfeit.

The prisoner mod also accused of having uttered several others of
the same kind, which were simply mentioned as cir;:untstenees to sup-
port the indictment upon which he was charged.
Mr. Gaxaow conducted the prosecution.
. Joseph Mason, shopkeeper to a salesman In Houndsditch, szid, the
prisoner at the bar came into his master's shop on the lath day of Ja-
nuary, and bargained for a number of great coats calling himself Mr.
Jones, and that he lodged at the White Horse Inn, Fetter lane.
desired the purchase might be sent there, and also requested to hove 5
per cent. discount allowed for ready-money, which was agreed to. Vu
the following morning, the witness was dispatched with the bills o:
parch, and, on entering Fetter-lane, he met the prisoner, who said he
had been waiting for him an hour; but, instead of conducting him into
the White Horse Inn, he took him into the White Hart Inn, where the
witness drew out the account, which amounted to twenty-lour pounds
two shillings, in total, but with the discount substracted, was onif
twenty-two pounds eighteen shillings. The prisoner then pulled out 4
quantity of figured paper which resembled Bank-notes, and of these he
gave the witness two, which purported to be five potinOs each, rye
which appeared of two pounds value each, and three m Lich stood t.r
one pound value each, in the whole amounting to 231 seed took a re-
ceipt. The prisoner Rave him-some liquor to drink, and 'made him a
present of the two shillings which had been over paid. The witness
having some scruples in his mind regarding the goodnecs of the me:,
went into a hou,e in Monmeuth-street, and examined one of them,
which increased his doubts, though tlie proprietor of the shop, his ac-
quaintance, was of opinion the note was a very excellent one. The wit-
ness immediately hastened with them to the Bank et Enclend, where
Mr. Jackson, the Bank Inspector, declared them to be weedy forge:hos
and detained them in consequence.
John Fhoel, the Houndsditeh salesman, proved the prisoner to have
bargained with bins for the coats, which were disie.tched by his shupinan.
The ptesonei had nothing to say in his own t'.: fence.
Lord Eeeertsoitounn very ably summed t:p the evidence to the Jury,
who, without hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty of zaterin3 that
l&noit.in,‘; them Ito tefinwqd:
Four other indictments were registered in the Newgate Calender
against the prisoner for similar offences. He was a young man, tall, and
well made, and cleanly dressed, and conducted himself with the greatest
moderation and mildness. _ _

Neill Daltyi, a lame publican, was found guilty of forking and utter-
ing a seaman's will, purporting to be that at Charles Isaac, otherwise
Rhodes, late a seamen on board the Perseverance, who was drowned
in returning from New South Wales, on the coast of Peru, with intent
to defraud the next of kin of the deceased Rhodes. In another count
the prisoner was charged with faloniously taking a false oath, and there-
by obtaining 1161. the sum due to the service of the deceased Rhodes.