The National Register.
London, England, 1808-11-13 00:00:00

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fraud, which has seldom been heard of. The prisoner cohiptain-,
ed of it having been stated in the newspaper" that be had repre-
sented himself as an Irish merchant, Which he denied-tuttil
was rensi.ided of it. To detail the various fresh charges would di! ,
our whole space. The prisoner it was most completely proved
by several witnesses, was a partner in the fraudulesft.fiins
at No. 12, Sherbone-lane. He was proved to have Welt a
party concerned in the very !akin of the suprosed counting ,
house, and was seen constantly in company with Geo. Chaters,
not yet in custody, and another man of the name of Turvey, Who
bad lodgings in a garret at No. 2, Tottenham-place, St. Pan-
eras.
The bills given by the prisoner for goods, &c. of almost
every description, are incalculable, and most of them are for large
sums of money. In some 'instances the prisoner was the drawer,
and at other times the acceptor, hut always the uegociator of 1
these fictitious billsos hich purported tobe pa.‘ able at the firm of
Ryan and Chaters. The plan re-orted to generally was to pur-
chase horses, chaise, &e. of gentlemen, coach-makers, and
others, and the animals and articles sa purchased, were imme-
diately sold at repositories in half a dozen together. It was
also contrived, in purchasing jewellery and othi r expen-
sive articles, that the prisoner after pleasing his
.fancy, left
one of these had, bills to be inquired into in the course of two
or three hours, when he would call again, and during this
interim, it was carefully observed, that some of the s
ling fraternity should he present at the counting house,
where the bill was payable, and to carry on the fraud the better,
the ledger was banded down, and the bearer df the bill was in-
formed it was a perfect good one. An opinion would not he
hazarded to what amount these frauds have been practised,
since August last, 'by various arts. A coach-maker, in the
neighbourhood of Tottenham Court Road, was so pleased with
the Prisoner for a customer, that be drove the Prisoner's horse
in a chaise, which the latter purchased, to try it, and after paying
for it with a !Sherburne Lane Rill, the Prisoner informed the ere-
&Anus tradesman, that in a few days lie would give him an insicr
fora handsome chariot. The swindlers, it appeared had al-n
practised their arts so successfully, as to borrow horses fri.m
gentlemen
_to n loon they had succeeded in introducing thenisel%
to convey away the very chaises tbeybad obtained with these
bills. The office, was •itif in) tOpioal.-with aeousations, and the
bad bills wore innumerable. The Magistrate remanded the pri-
sinter asain for a future day': The prisoner conducted himself
with impertinent effrontery-daring the hearing.

_At Bath. thpi.ady of Aubrey Pere Hunt, F.sq. eldest son of
Sir Vet* Hunt, Bart. of Curr.►h, county of Lituerick, of a son
and heir. 4.•
MARRIED.
Tuesday, at Ealing. by the Rev. Coulston Carr, Captain John
Hardy Godby, of use Royal Navy, Miss Bell, of New Grove
House. •.• ••

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On Tueslnv. the Bth iiht. nt Speen, Berks, Miss Calcrart,
eldest danghk r attic late Lieutenant-General Ca'craft.
in Portugal, of a wound be received in the battle of the 17th
of August, Lieutenant Robert Bermingham, of the 20th regi-
ment.

PRICK OF STOCKS, PUBLIC FUNDS, AND OTHER,. SECURITIES.

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