The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-15 00:00:00

Joh* iPcdsoa, a fashionably dressed young man.
wA. Owls put to the bar, and permitted to reliant the
plea of Not Geilly he put in on Saturday last, to
the nilnor Aimee. of having a forged note, pur..
wa11.% to be of the value of I/. in his possession,
knowiite it to be forged, sod to substitute the pies
of Ceiq.
He was now indicted on the capital offence of
littering the same note, knowing it to be forged;
but Mr. Serjeatit BOSA QU LT declined, on the
pivt of the Bank,aildsicing any eridriicr in support
of the capital indictment, he was accordingly aw-
l:pitied of that part of the charge.—The plea of
guilty to the minor offence exposes the Pri.ouer to
fourteen years' transportation.

Bodoni* Tatham Willis was also suffered to re-
tract his plea of Not Guilty ou Saturday. to the
ssssss or offence, owl to substitute that of Guilty.—
The capital charge was then withdraws,.
Thomas Omen was suffered to pursue precisely
the same course as the two last Prisoners.
Thema Williams .issith was indicted for utter.
in:; a forged Bank cote, ;importing to Ire of the
*slue of 11. knowing the same to be forged.
Mr. Serjeant BOSANI/URT Stated the case to the
Jury. us it was deluded in the following evidence:
William Haines said he was a linen-draper, liv-
ing at No. 8. Eilgiside-road. On the evening of
the 1711 i August last the Prisoner came to him,
and wanted to pbrehase a handkerchief, priFe 2,1.,
and teoilered in poyment a 1/. note. Witness
looked at it and said it was had ; he theft offered
another. which oitisess believed to he good. Wit.
nese asked him hia address, still retaining the forged
note; Prisoner said lie lived in queen Anne-street,
and that his mime was Thom** Williams. Wit-
ness then said, that as there were so many forgeries
in circulation, he must go with the Prisoner, and
lee if his address sus right. They went out ac.
cordiality. lint nn the way the Prisoner run olt.
The forged note now produced was the same which
bad beets tendered to him in payment by the Pri-
soner ; he marked and retained it at the time. Be.
fore the Prisoner rail off he said lie got it at the
Groen Alan and Still ; he afterwards said he got it
alt-ulltr...
The Inspector from the Bank. as well it the
Clerk whose mime was written on the note, proved
the fact of the forgery.
The adilretisr. giseu by the Prisoner were also
proved to be raise.
Tait Prisoner produced in his defence—
Mary Aim Davis. un uotortunote female, who
said, than she gave him a note on the morning of
the 17th of August, bolt she could not say whether
it was the site now in Ci.tirt.
Mr. Justice BATLEY summed up the evidence
to the Jury, who returned a verdict of Glilly.
Was. Byrne was inilicted„fOr uttering, on the
ifilli August, a forged Outs, p wurting to be of
list
the value of 1/. with intent t fraud- the Go.
senior and Company of the Ban f England.

Wm. Speechley said he was I butcher, residint
in Pulteiley.court. Westminster. On Sunda
nun .... 4, the 10th A iigust, the Prisoner came to
iirils's shop sod pus chased a leg of mutton,
he gave a IL nate in payment 1 he sail I,- ripe
isms Brown, 6, Givesiis-court. and this *Weis wit,
nes* put on the note immediately. The rime ho*
no Court was the same. Worm iliseuvered !hilt
the mite was a forgery on Tuesday, and, on in-
quiry in Green's-court, he could find no such per-
son as the Prisoner. The Prisoner came again to
the shop on the Sunday following, to buy a leg
of Fun,, for which lie gave • pound 'tote, hid
said his name was Child, 6, Green's-court. Wanes'
remarked, th it he had changed his name since the
prece.ling Sunday. winch lw denied, but at length
admitted that he had chasiged the note there. The
Prisoner asked to see it. Witness then said, he be-
breed the mite he offered the second time was
forged ; he, therefore, refused to take it from the
Prisoner, and deinooded payment for the first bad
time. The Prisoner said he would change it if wit-
ness came home with him to Greets'.-court. On
going there, the Prisoner looked greatly confused,
and could nut point out the euldrrsi of No. 6,
which lie gave when he passed the flute. lie then
winded witness to go to Crown-court, but he re-
fused, and took him into custody. When an
officer Caine. the Prisoner was searched, but they
could hot find the other note which he offered in
pa) meta of thus leg of lamb on the same morning.
Tie address given by the Prisoner as his place of