The National Register.
London, England, 1813-07-18 00:00:00

JUT.

Charles Stanley stood over from Arnit Sessions, being at that time in
a Ft ate of indisposition, and-was now indicted for felony at.O tOrgery.—
It :,ppearcd, that on the 11. h of April, 181'2, a parcel of notes to a con-
siderable N tvoulit, was sent front the banking house of Memos. Grant and
Co. at Portsmouth, to a house in town ; among them) was a Batik Post
13111 of the value of :nll ---,his Bill was numbered 344. and the in-
dorsement cm the back of the bill was forged.—Charles Miller, of High-
street, said, that the prisoner came to his house on the Ist of June, and
porchased a quantity f gold coin, for The P 4% went of which Le received
the Bank 1.1,,5t 11111 mentioned in the indictment. The prisoner said it
was quite safe, as he had received it in a parcel from Liverpool.
Samuel Richardson said he knew the Prisoner, and that a parcel of
roans were sent to jiobert tridy, which contained the Bank Post
Bill, but that the Prisoner d:d not know that the names in a e Bill had,
by a chemical prep:nation, been withdrawn, and others substituted.' .
Mr. Justice GUMS. in his surutinng up the evidence, .said, as the
Prisoner passed the 13111 without a knowledge of its being forged, the
Jury could not find him guilty. .He was accordingly acquitted.

SATURDAY. JULY 17.

FORGERIES.
Henry Pale was indiCted 'Orr feloniously having in his poscessign
certain papers imitating tite netes-trt the-Bank of-nigtand, kboWing
them to he forged.

The prisoner had, on the 24tim ot.Novembet last. gone, in com-
pany with a lady,. to the shop of Mr. Alvah), a jeseller, from
whom he purchased a pair of earrings value 18.'; he gave in pay-
ment a forged Banknote of 21., and received the balance, giving a
false name and a false direction. In the sameneighbourhood he
erettged, in like manner, another comeiterreit 21. Hoe in buying
eofft.e. Some time afier tixAtnotes found their Way into the Bank,
where they were stopped.* In consequence-of some private infor-
mation conveyed to the 110 w-street Officers by a Lady of the name
Mary Glover. She was sent in the usual way, after due -earth about
tier person, to obtain forged notes from the prisoner, which she
and on that evidence he was convicted.
William Itadrock was indicted for littering a certain forged
papcv called a Cheek, knowing it to he forged, with intent of de-
frauding Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, mad Co. of 5601. the amount of
Mr (*cull.
John Brady and -- Sylvester, alias Am Hill, were indicted
for being accessary to the same, before the fact, which makes it
equally penal.
Brady and Badeock were already under sentence of death for
another forgery on the same -Honse-, •anal thr.preseneimh-ctment
was framed with a view of bringing the charge home to Hill, one
cif the partners in that extensive swindling cotleern. •
The two well kown accomplices. RicliarfiOn'and Cook, gave the
rime detailed evidence of those nefarious transactions;which has been
for some time before the public, describing the share which Hill
Lad taken in them, and which was to procure ,ermine cheeks, as pro-
tographes on which the fal,e one were to he made by Cook, and re-
ceiving his share of the booty: •
Their evidence was cerroborated ittsome.particulars by other wit-
nesses, and after an able charge from Mr. Justice Gibbs, the jury
consulted a short. time amid found all the pri•oners Guilty—Death.