The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-03 00:00:00

POLICE.

'MA NSI ON HOUSE.—E9nopoi.—Ygsterclay a man
named Jones.vVas charved before the •Lonn MA;roa
with fAottiously forging- and uttering a cheek IZtr
gol. itpon the Banking house of Messrs. Barclay and
Co. Lcrchard.4treet; purporting to be the check of
Messrs. Petre, find co. naerchants, in Bearbinder-
laite; the 4f Which was paid on Friday last;
and afterwards-received, *es appeared in evidence, by
.the Prisoner.
The wittlres‘gesexatnined in support of the charge
were, first, tile Teller at Messrs. Barclay's Banking-
house, -who'pro•Ved that he paid the amount of
rhia c:lcck, at abOut half past two, o'cloCk on Filday •
list, to a little boy, in fonr twenty-pound notes::
and a .ten-pound twte; and that in a, very short
-timeafterWards, this boy came back to the Milking-
house, accompanied by a yoting man
.now present,
who said, that from a circumstance Cbmnaunicated
to him by the boy,TelatiVe to the payinent of this
draft, lie siispeCied. the house was defrauded of the
Money, :and therefOre he *had, -brought back the
boi hckv he came by the draft; and the
explanation he gav :led to the Prisoner's appre-
.

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George Davis, a boy about fourteen, Stated, that -
When passing, through Nag's-head-court; • Grace-
,church-street, on Friday last, after two o'clock,
he was met by a 'man, Who, after asking him some •
questions, gave him a paper, and• told him if he,
would go and receive the money for him at a house
in Lombard-Street,-Ie would .give him a shilling
for his trouble. The boy agreed, and was shewn by
the man to the house of Barclay and Co. The man
also told him to come back to him .with the money
to the Corner of Nicholas-lane. The boy went
and received the payMent ; -refutned,as he was de-
sired, but did not find the man. He then Werit
back towards'the door of the Banking-house, When.
the man came tiplo Mini, and asked hiM if he had
received the money. the boy gave WI the notes
and received the promised shilling.'lle 'then went
to his maSter`3 shop, and told the :eircuinstance to._
a young man there, named Galbiny, who brought.,
him back to the Banking-house:, where be explainz'd
.what had.passed. On being told to look round to
see if any person present was the man, he immedi-
ately pointed to the PrisOntr-Sones.
Mr. Petre, of the•house of -Pette -and Co. stated
that their house kept cash at the Bank of -Barclay
, and Co.. bat denied having issued the -01. draft in
Nuest ion. ,
Mr. Whalley, a boot-maker, proved, that the Pri-
sonet Was-,employed by him 'as a Colleeting Clerk,
to ,get in, his bills froM his iCtistoeners. He had,
some short tune since, received for him, amongst
other notes,. in payment' for 'bills he "furnished, a
check of the house of Petre and Co. upon the
house of Barclay
,and Co. 'for 41. 143..0, It was
received on a•Thursday, and paid to him on a' Sa-
turday. evening. When he paid it in, -it 'was after
banhing.7hours ; and, on the nest Monday Morning,
the prisoner was seat to the Balik, and received the
cah. The Prisoner Was apprehended at his hoUse
Saturaay•evtming.

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