The National Register.
London, England, 1822-08-05 00:00:00

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BOW STREET.
NOVEL CA.4 or FONG Monthly evening. John
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be living lib Colllllilerlithle niBUCIICM, and whn.e ir.ddruce
iv in W04(1 runts, Ling.drie. %gas brum;lu brfutr Sir R.
King's, In lIIe CUrnitly of $4l 11011, now of Ilse I+iinciprl
otheri,.. 0:1 a WAIT4III, cltais,:ell wills •iillrtitsg
44itl as Is tot a re s.ssis rsrvii.l or argouianee
lOr Mucci, In thy astioi:nt sit I oi. I J •., r,-4 kiiss* ilia Ills
14.0 lit furi,td, %VALI wteul Lo slulisishl Wass Cl4l‘,d.

The circumstances moiler which this prosecution art..'
were as follows Clarke is a licensed victualler, and
some considerable time ago lie employed Brookes, wllO,
lie thought, was I • self an attorney, to recuver a summer
of debts for him. Among other persons whom lie star
employed to sue was a man named Sntlierlandl, who sear
indeloird to Mr. Clarke in Ike awn of 151. lOC, and the
latter having lir:scut that the money was paid, applied to
Brookes fits it, bit was answered that he most look to his
(Brookes's) employer for it, as he was only desk to a Mr.
Isaacson, who was alone responsible. Mr. Clarke hail nit
before heard of Mr. Isaacson, and said he employed
Brookes, and Brookes only, and to him he should look [or
the money. Bt nukes tensed to pay it, and Mt. (Ink,
mitt red au Icetion against him; to a hieli lie pleaded, tii.;
that he was hot lieble, ke being only tilt. clerk tt the et
torney eitiployrd to sue for the dent ; and secondly, chat
Cloche had received the money in dicers payinetits. Upon
the. Blot of the cause in the Cum t of Common Pleas, te•-
fore Mr. Jastire Pat k,lsaarson ars railed for the ileteoce,
and snore that Brookes was his clerk only, and to esea-
Wish the other plea of set-off, the instillment which eat
the sidiject of the present charge was put in eviilelicii.
It was a check neon Brookes's bankers, Messrs, 11011,„,11
and Stirling, for 101., and on the back of this appeared all
endorsement of several items amounting exactly to 51. Ithi.
which it was alleged was paid over to Mr. Clarke, and
which, *jilt the check Itself, emonsited to the Sala sought
In be recovered. Under this endorsement appealed the
name Clarke;' written apparently as a receipt
for the a hole . This 110(.1111101i was V ill ill anti felled
epos. by tit,• counsel for Brookes as a eimiplete aura, r to
the claim of Mr. Clarke; but on the pact of the latti.r, it
aas denied that he had ever received a shilling el the
money, or had ever seen the check ; and it was declared
that the signature" William Clarke" teas a forgery. The
case a cut to the Jury, aOh an observation float the
learned Judge alto tried it, that if they believed Ille
'moire to be genuine, there was an end to tile pinnuuJ 's
demand. The Jury found for the plaintiff for the fed
minium By an oversight, no application sets Ma'lC to
Mil 111 w check, atal it N.V. It-mined into the lie,. s.
Fill of Brookes. Subsequently, a rule nisi was obtained
in the Common Pleas, calling upon Isaacson and it 'ono
Ilaille'll Clarke, attornies (meter chose respc elk e names
Brookes had practised), to show cause ally they should
not be et rick off the rolls for permitting him to do se;
and neon Brookes, why he should not be committed for a
year to the Fleet, ler the act of parliament. for prat.
Ill• not belie: an attorney. Mr. Clarke, iu his affi-
davit, in support of that rule, swore that his signature was
forged, and that lie hail never seen the cheek in question,
until it was produced on the trial. Mr. (Nal ke's attorney,
anxious to get possession of this document, procured this
attendance, by s 1111111 l ons, of Bioakes and the other panics
before Mr. Justice Best, at his chambers, and upon a

healing, the learned Judge ordered that a copy of the
check Nomad be sent to 51r. Clarke's attorney the follow-
ing day ; and that by the nest Friday, Brookes slioold
produce the check itself at the Judge's el:Ambers. Ott
the Fiitlay. Brookes attended, and on being asked for
Check, he said, " he had taken advice upon the mattes.,
that he had been told he was atskwardls si: tinted, and hat:
been advised to destroy the check, and had destitsyrd it,"
or words to that effect.
Application was then made to Sir R. Rhone and Mr.
Halls to grant a warrant for forgury, boot it was objects-1
to, on the ground that it would be impossible to prove ohs:
case Without the production of the document alleged to
be forged. Mr. Hills (:larke's attorney, however, con-
tended that it would be possible, and cured many cases in
which it had been so decided, particularly one case whet it
a man swallowed a 101. note which he was charged with
forging. The note hail been presismsly int ntilied, situ
upon the trial the case went to the Jury, and he was se •
quitted, lint it was upon the mei its. Mu. 11111 having al.n
obtained the opinion of Mr. Espinasse Ailu,pliiis
in his favour. the warrant was panted.
Mr. Hill now produced the copy of the check, whir!'
was µrid to him troin Isaacson pursuant to
order, and asked a young man named Tomer, w hit :slid lie
was desk to Isaacson, if it 'Nisi. his ( I motet's) a ritioz.
Turner said, allur numb hesitation, it looked like his
writiog, bust lie did not recollect witting it. He was
pressed hard by NH. Ili& but refused to give any tithe I
answer. The copy was dated on the 1511 e of Jolty last.
Brookes, in answer to the charge, denied that any I,r-
gery had been co 000000 ilted, and accused Mr. ILIA of
gating this prosecution In avoid one which was anon! !.)
be c •iteeit against himself for pettory, sit sweat isi4
upon the trial of the cause, that he (lit °okra) had made
II cooties:atm (of what kind did nut appear) to lion at Ins
own office, where he never was in his life. Thal prOacen-
thin, however, would still go on, in spite of tills proceed-
ing. As long as lie ( Itrookes) had a ginned.
Mr. Hill bald the abuse of molt .1 inan as Brookes did
hint howl.-r. He was all aid of no prosecution himself,
and lie instituted this to rid SOCiely of a imisaitce with
which it liati twirl so long pi Meted. If the iiia4istrate
would commit the lit ibusier for re egaiiiiiialion, he pli dyed
himself to bring forward evidence still r Conclusive
than that already adduced, and a accuse of iniquity out
often equalled would tie expo.eil to public view.
A bill acknowledged by the olio k, Turner, to he a tilts it
by I was produced, and Sir H. Hittite, Oil Cuisinarill:; it
with the copy et the cheek, said they w. re crriasilly viral-
test by the sante prison.
• Minikes submitted, that without the production of the
due ttttt rut stated to be forged, the magistrate could lint
conintit him. He also droned Ilia! he had said before Mr.
Justice Best that he had di stotleti it.
Mr. have swum you did, and I sitall-:nkinims
the learned Judge himself to the Ohl Bailey to prose teat
tact.
Sir R. untie said he ehould commit the prisoner.
of
Brookes was accordingly comma:rod to the 11.diNe
Cm-rectum fur furtlirr exit ttt itt Atom -
MARYLEHONE OFFICE..
EITIta•ORDIN ARV CASK.— On Friday last a most cuttra-
°Military iiivesitgatiou took place at this u&ce, torture Is:.
tit itti :is and J. Bass lisl.oli, EsitrA. tiie west-ling manias
(rates on (tie bench. The paled:nil o:...cris at Niatylelitine
had issued an older cut* Haiti& for mule cioiln ag..iust
Joseph Wilfeed I'4l kiss, tau Whiniest Milli .'ii.
• 110, tile solicitor,and two le.lies, foiss wog disputod 111 e
chin ge made against him. 'lie parochial elite's liii.twg
pet n, site elialliiiialioll the leusaie and the usual ostiet•,
stir hasiug lirCullie Caul gedule the parish, son the ina•
gistratis haring mast these, pi ueee,eCil u. 1.1.4 J csaillin•li tttt .
Bann:ill Waite, ti•e young wutna.s. LI calls .1 540
poosesse4 a mast ill:S.:es:Avg rppcalantr,Oda out being
sworn, she pu.i..cui ont 7h.. :at sat .i.ti
Wil IpC failier of tat; ltaitil siez held !pa our.; **so

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staled herself to be a single woman, and now residing in
the workhouse, where She was delivered of this child
&mitt two months sin( e.
The following curious crosa-examination then took
place by 31r. Hot, he having previously submitted that he
could shake the el edit of her teal imony during this truss.
rx•nuivation; —She stated herself so tie a single a #####
wad her name is Hamoili White, which li tete site retained
sitter het birth, with the C‘Celitiiiii of a shut tittle, when,
li• 'it in a state of pi egnancy, she reptestaited her name
to he To el., wishing to be .Itought a mart led w Oillati.
Tiii, was the mil. time she passed by another name; she
never was known by the Millie of Willi:whs. nor had she
Went by that name. She hail seen Mr. Pai kilts for the
first time in Ily•ie l'Ark, and she could not say haw many
times „he hail 'ern him. She had walked with him about
Ibis time I welveniontlis ; she saw I • on one of the even-
ings of last Aligns!, be.ween 8 and 9 o'clock, in Hyde
towards Kensington Gardens site could littit recol-
lect the date it the month; she was is service, and was
not ill the hi bit of pit king sip gentlemen. 31r. Pat kiwi
bad given Ilk horse, on which lie was riding, to his ser-
vant, and walked away with her ; she had never told any
person that it Was 011 the day of the Qtiven's flute' al ; she
did out recollect being told by the pap (whist officers of St.
Nlargaret's, Westminster, that she was unworthy of credit.
lit answer to some questions fi 0111 the magistrate, she said
that she only weal by the name of Jarvis in coimetpience
ill her bentg pregnant.
Hill then observed, lie could clearly prove that the
••liiig wuinen was totally tmerorilly of coedit; lie could
.itenv her statement to her tare, and that Wu limn the
eSiJrnce of respectable witnesses. The learned solicitor
was about to call Ina witnesses, when
Mr. Palkins said, lie wished to examine the witness,
and in answer to neverat of his gnesuuus, she teplied, her
father listal in Lissom-grove, and was mimed %Vbrtr, and
now goes by the mime of Williams ; lilac is stained White,
and was limelight troth Wistindister to Mar)le butte parish.
Mr. Hill, Atte' a very short conversation, proceeded to
cull his witnesses, to disprove Hernial' White's story.
Mrs. SllllOlOlOl, a lady residing in St. Nlartin's
Church-
yard, being called and sworn, stated, she hail known the
female who hail lived in her house fur about three weeks;
bite, on cunning in, represented lieuelf as a married wo-
man. Several gentlemen had called oil her, and she
piloted out a Mail, who appeared about thirty years of
age, as her husband. She stud lie would protect her, and
punish those w Ito lidtilited her. The witness only knew
her lay the 'lame of Jet Vie, which name she said was her
hush:soda'. ; about six months since all this happrieed.—
The winless had known Jarvis call 1 timea, and in
consequence of some unpleasant circumstances attending
the young wunian'a residence at ••sitness's house, she was
oaliged to leave it. She since That time hat/ seen the in-
fant, and the young WOM4II said, Don't you think it is
very like Jai Via." —*Elie witneu seeing the child to bo of
a dark complexion, replied—" Yes it is; but why do you
want to se ear it to Mr. Pal kills T'—She replied, " Why,
lie is better able to support it 111411 poor Jarvis, who is
unly a p.m cot
Co osn-examieed.— Hannah White told her she hail seen
Janis, and also had where lie lived, and what
was his situation. Site bad seen him at her house as late
as nine o'clut Is, and has heard Win call when she was in
bed. The first night Hannah White came to her house,
Jarvis came and claimed her as his wile; they certainly
had the appeal duce then of roan and wile. Site (witness)
never knew ot ally man remaining chit the plisusier all
night. J.irsis hail, at one tune, entered witness's lied-
rouito, and out seeing the woos. said, " %Veil, !Oise 114u-
'alt." 'l' lie witness then coining forward, he begged her
pardon, excusing lomat-II by saying that he thought lie was
iii Mrs. Jarvib's 11'00111. 1% ditess then lit-hided the 111111e$
and uraeriptiotta of several gentlemen who hail called on
Hannah While elide she lodged in Witness's house.
Minitel' White was then called and le-examined. She
said it was her brothels that had called on her; she did
not know any person named Jarvis; all that the other
witness had staled was liaise. tier brother lives with her
lather at Lesson-grove.
After some commit:aeon it was agreed that her brother
should he brill fur, iu order to be contrunted with Mrs.
tsimmons. Alter a very great delay a young luau was
bi ought in, sod Mrs. S. declared lie was out the person.
This was denied by the young WOlll4ll, who said several
other prism's had called on her.
Another lung discussion, must immaterial, followed.
31r. Griflitha then said, this case was easily determined on ;
the matter rested entirely upon the young woman's credit, amid
Thal must he shaken to make any alteration in hia decision ; if it
it was as she stated, a cue for the levying of the orders was
made out ; the mystery of her nut going in her own Denbo Was
clearly made out ; she did not wish her situation to be made
known, and from one or two circumstances during the in•esti-
r,ation, her testimony might be shaken ; as to the fact of her
being milled on by the name of " Alias Hannah," that did nut
look like her being married, and from all the circumstances he
stiuuldcomiider that by sending this case to the sessions, the
Justice of it would be wet in every shape. 'There due credit
would he given to his testimony, and the case would be di,.
posed of. Under all these circumstances, be certainly was fur
making the orders.
31r. Rawlidson was of the same opinion. The case at the
sessions would be disposed of by competent authurity, that of a
loy;ber tribunal.
31r. Parka's was willing to abide by the decision of the
mazistrates.
be parochial ollicer then put in his bill of charges for the
eapeocea incurred, and said that the highest claim for weekly
showance was as. but the parish would take the saw of 4a. per
week.

31r. Parkins then entered into the usual reengnisances. to
appear at the sessions. lie should dispute there all the CaSeb,
teen the expences.
The Magistrates made the order on him for 4s. per week.—
1 he perms then quilted the Aim