The National Register.
London, England, 1811-10-27 00:00:00

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which money had been paid, and should have a receipt stamp -
upon it, it being signed by the defendant, acknowledging t e
receipt of the amount by the word
o"
settled," with the defend-
ant's signature annexed; this he conceived as a traud upon the
revenue, and could not be received as legal evidence. He ur-
ther objected to the evidence of Mr.
paids he could not
specify in what description of money he the defendant,
whether in dollars,_ bank-tokens, or the legal current coin of
the country, contending that in order to support the indictment,
it should appear that the defendant was paid in the current coin
and no other.
Mr. Gu Rig EY as ably contended, on the other hand, that this
was a mere adjustment of an account, and didt
not
defendrequire a
stamped receipt, and that it being preyed tha the ant
was paid in money was sufficient to sustain the indictment.
The Court was decidedly of opinion,
that the weekly return
was legitimate 'evidence, and ought to le received, and that the
indictment was sufficiently sustained by the evidence before
them.
in examined, stated, that the defendant
Mr- Arnold being aga
revious to his apprehension and
called on him the Sunday p
asked him of what he stood accused ? he answered, that he
should know all in due time, an
thing about ad the intervie
mistakw termie.nated ;
but the defendant did n
Mr. ALLEY then addressed the Jury on behalf of the defend-
ant, urging the impo,sibility of so respecv.hle a man intention-
ally committing bitch a crime. He years in the ser-
vice of the Drury-lane Theatre, with an tiuitu'7,eached character,
and he could not but conclude this matter 'funs. have originated
in a mistake; nor could the Jury convict him upon so slight evi-
dence. He appealed to their feelings, whether they would con-
sign to ignominy and disgrace, a man who had lived so long re-
spectably, and he the means of tearing him from the bosom of
his wife and family.
The CHA IRMAN having summoned up the evidence, the Jury
retired for about quarter of an hour and then brought in a ver-
dict of Guilty.
He was next indicted for a similar fraud in charging three
nights work in the same account, for a man of the name of
George Franklin, an assistant scene-painter, upon which he was
also convicted.
There was a third indictment for a simiar offence, committed
on the preceding week, but the Learned Counsel for the prose-
cution would not press it.
Mr. Co NEY then addressing the Court, said it was bat jus-
tice to the proprietors to state, that Mr. Arnold had detected
the prisoner in similar frauds two years ago; but on expressing
his contrition he was forgiven, and reinstated; that some months
ago he was again detected, and again forgiven; but finding these
frauds continued rd committed to an alarming amount, he felt
it necessary to appeal to public justice.
The Learned CHAIRMAN, in pronouncing the judgment of
the Court, exratiated on the necessity of making some signal
example of offenders of this kind, not unly for the sake of the
public, but ever?), tradesman would be at last plundered in this
way with impunity, He then sentenced him to sewn years
trassparta:ion upon the first conviction, and judgment was res.
Rited on the second.
POLICE.

Bow-STREET --A notorious character, called Old Pullen,
was this week taken into custody, on a charge of robbing the
Aalisbury coach, in travelling from thence to London, Tuesday
aunight, of a paper parcel, to the amount of about 801. in Bank
notes, and a check on the Bank of England, directed to a
clothier's it, Cateaton-street. The check stolen, drawn on the
Bank of England for 371. was presented and paid on Wednesday
morning about ten o'clock .by a man, calling himself John Marr,
and residing at No. 40 l'unhill-row ; but, on enquiry, no such
person resided there. On the investigation, it was f,.untl im-
possible to make a case against Pullen. He was therefore
discharged on the zsstirance that he would appear again on
Thursday, to answer any charge that may be prt ferren against
hint. On which day, however, the old fellow, to avoid the
recognition of hi' person, s..nt the Soiiciior who was an-
swerable for his a; pearance, to say he was in the neighbour-
hood, and would attend if the Magi-trate wished it. The gen-
tleman from ..aiisbu i.y attended, and produced ale: ter front the
coachman who drove the coach out of Saiisbury, wnich stated
that the plat es or Pullen anti his two companions were take n at
the same times aria that the old man. meaning PO le n, paid or
at their fares. This was a contratii‘tion of Pullen's statement,