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London, England, 1820-01-01 00:00:00

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POLICE.
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FORGED RANK VOTES.
Yesterday Catherine Mattis sliss a respectable
lookiug visa( woman, was chested with passiug two It.
Bank of &island sissies knowing theta to be forgeries.
Fiances Kuboor, alts;owsintais to Me ors. Giesler tad Co.
funiers, Chespoidr, deposed, that between fuer and fire
o'clock on the ereititig of the 19;b of Dfensher, the Pri-
soner come to her empltryi la.' shop, and purchased a sable
ermine collar and ears, which ansoonted to elr. dd. and pre-
ss-wed a une pound Hank of England note in payment. She
asked lwr for her name and sables's, and she gave that of
Mrs. Smith, Clerkenwell dime, which Ilse witness wrote ma
the note, and gave the Pria9sirr the 'haute. The witness are
terwassts ants taineil it was a (Inger,. The bole saa nat..
bared 5,150, and dated October 19, 1819. The Prissiest
rain, again to her employers ahoy on the 30th Dec. at rigid
o'clock at nitlht, and pin cs::sed two swan stocks at is. eitebo
and pi misted a lf. note in payment. She asked her usiti
and address, nod she gave the same of Smith, but slid had
is lobos her address Tot witness wrote the 'mimeo( Ilkailh
on the note, and called in another sbopwonnin of the Yen
of Mary Webster to bring change of the note, on whkb the
Prisoner wished to take her departsire, nod laid AB Wield
call again fur Ilse change. The witness then nal/ burg. die
was not mistaken, that she preseestesl a note la heeds the
2911 i December. The Pronoun denied it, and said, she had
been in the shop before, hut while the was speak.,
kept stowing town do the sbopoloor, we irlaki the witness se.
eared it, mud called to the dertr, whit Web the Prisoner int*
easterly. She afters ards said she resided Ws the ',earth house
down Chequer.stl'ey, Whitreroas-rirrel. The witness IMP
certain that the Priousser was the prison from wheat she re-
ceived the Ant note. She knew her immediately on emoting
Who the shop us the 30th Dee. The second note she re-
formed from the Prisoner was numbered 10,712, and dated
Nuventt,er 21,1919.
Mr. Sitasiasu• Dobson, ronaithla (serving in..bia eon
right), of the Ward of Farringdon.Within, deposed, that
he searched the Prisons r, and nasty found on her Is. and two
pawnbrokers' duplicates, soil had slimed ascertained, Dm!
the last address she ease was the proper one, hat that her
Mame was Catherine Martin, although she weal sometimes
by 00 name of Smith.


Thomas Glover, one of the inspectors of the Hank, on
the notes helot produced, deposed that they were forgeries
iu every respect.
Alderman Magnay, the presiding Magistrate, at the in-
lance of he Solicitur of the Hank, remanded the Pri.oner
for farther ex imiustion until Monday neat.

BOW • ITR ZT.

Yesterday was the day appointed for the
mina respecting the robbery of Messrs. tlskepeace nad
itirker, silversmiths, in Seelemtreet, Litieuslies.tun.fields, to
bia wee., six aad seven bombed pounds, in
silver plate, which haul been received is pledge by several
pawnbrokers; and the insist question to he derided was, Its
being found in the possession of the pawnbrokers, and their
liability to be compelled to restore it without the thief b:iug
in custody.
At one o'clunk Mr. Birnie, the Magistrate, before whom
this impart:sot questiosi has been under investigation
some weeks pat, called On the ense, •t which time the
(Mice was imeersively crowded with simersiniths, pawn-
brokers, and others interested in the question.
The Magistrate first tailed upon Mr. John Harker, the
plainer of Mr. Makepeace, to state the uature of his chin ge,
which was to the effect as shine described, that they had
hero robbed of silver plate in the amount of between 6 and
7001, and, (cum every information he had received, be had
reams, to believe who the thief was, and his suspicion was,
that it was Cheers Bloke. a young man who had been shop.
man and clerk in thew service. Upon this information being
taken upon oath, Mr. lltritie arose, and hound Mr. Harker,
is the usual recognizance, to peusecute the law with cffeet
against Charles Make, in the penalty of 401. which Mr.
Harker very tradily ackisowledged.
A pawnbroker, whose name we understood was Robinson
addressed the Magistrate at some length in illgliiieliiioll4/1!
his own conduct and that of his bretbreu in the business,
of iiiwitliroking. He denied that any concealment of the
stoked properly had been used by him ; if he had, he
should have considered himself to have committed as rest
an offence as the thief in this transaction, and that he should
have thought himself equally halite to hold up his band with
the thief it) take his trial at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey.
Mr. Plante, the Magistrate, observed, that a great deal
haul been said said upon the subject of a quantity of plate
which had been stolen from the premises of Messes. Make-
peace and Harker, siiverstnltha, in tierlemtreel, Lincoln's
Inn-field', and also 34 great deal hail been said by the gen-
tlemen of the law as to a search warrant which had peen
issued, and in coiesequience Ilse property was found on their
promises, and the legal right of its being retained by
them, or restitution of it bring made to the pawnbrokers.
He wished that the decision tool fallen into abler hands,
upon such ao important subject to the parties; however, as
the quell ion was before him he would decide to the best of
his judgment. As, allosson had been made to a case which
was before him about a year and a half since, respecting
some shawls and veils whirl were stolen, and foetid iu the
plinienlion of a pawnbroker, in that case 1143 search warrant
had been granted, and lie did nut cousider it to apply to the

present case.
The worthy Magistrate then said, that all who beard him
might underdone, 'spun what he was about to decide, and
that it was agreeably to the Art of Parliatnent, he proceed-
ed to read the whole of the 13th election. He (the Magis-
trate) was decidedly of opinion duo the property ender
diteoesion ought to be restored to Messrs. Makepeate
and Hasher, from whom it had been stolen, and fooad in
the pnmessiosi of the pwnlirolte, a, who, he confessed, be did
sot think had used due diligence in receiving such • gran.
lily of valuable plate from a woman, shill turned out to have
rev, • false account of her 'sum, who she was, sad her
resblenee. lie admitted that the pawahrokers bad need
so concealment of the property after it bad bees traced
to them. He was sorry iliat his decision would pot pawn.
bruhera to very great inconvenience, bat they meet he -
rncre cautious in future as to bow and from whom they re-
ceived property is pledge. He, sitting there ass guardian
fur the public good sod protection, must make an order is
the lust way he could. He hoped Messrs. kiakepeace and
Harker world exert themselves fur the apprehension of the
thief, even to as outlaw/Iy.
One of the pawahrokers exclaimed, that it was • cons.
plete miuspearditic of fetosy, as well as is soother case,
which was positively and repeatedly denied by Mr. Make-
.
Peace.
.111 r. William% nip the part of the pawnbrokers,
spisat the delivery of she silver 'Melee foetid in the
possession of the pewahrokers, by duplicate% whirl" hid
hem givea.br Blake, the aloseoaded mad suspected thief,
except dierwevediestified. The Magistrate stated, that It
was sot kir wieh that. the amides should be retuned 'to
Messrs. Makepaace sad Mirk', for some time ;MLitt's' Mr.
Williams gave notice to the officer is whose the
phi. was, sot to return it to Makemeaceasd atter; agree.
able to the opinion of the Commit torierst.
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A litter from St. .Battitoloturvit's states, that
during the late hurricane in the West ladies, " tie.
dead were washed out of their graves; entire b
skulls bones. and coffins, were ecru, flo.atiag plldll
the waves of the sea."
Yesterday a Court of Directors sins hoblet,*
Emit India House, when the.under..measiagiad
menders took their final leave of the Quark *Vs
sinus to deporting for their respective dteilsitaSamso
via—Captain T. F. list.roacirrom. /is,: Cap-
tain F. Cattsasset.t., Astell; awl Cep,. 14. A.
DIIIIIIIIO,IID. Cusfle Huitig—fee Swipe - .tom
China. The &liaising Csptaina
conninnid ar their respective slip‘,
M. Hants:Tau, Ihthing—for mod. ism;
and Captain A. 11. CAMPBELL, Driarel'erk-..
fur Madras and China.

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