The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-21 00:00:00

OLD BAIL E) .

FOURTH DAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 19.

THE RING V. GEORGE RICHARD WALKER, CHRISTO-

PHER TiODPS, THOMAS ROCHESTER, AND RICHARD

•
These persormwere indiaed for forging and Con-
spiring to defraud the -heirs of Major Richard Haw- •
tins, late:of the Island of Guernsey : G. R: Walker
_big charged with forging an. instrument purport-
ing to he- the last and testament of the said'
Major Hawkins, Richard Walker and Christopher
-Dodds, with subscribing the same as witnesses, and
'the other Prisoner with aiding aril assisting in the
offence.
Mr. Guntriy, as Counsel, for the prosecution,
of
ter a short exordium, steed the prominent faas of
the case,- Major Hawkins was a Captain in the Corps
-Of. Royal Engineers, and in his military charaCier
went to Trinidad im the month of April,lBo3, where
he died on the -ISt of. July of the same year. Ac-
`counts Were received in England of his death in the
month of Otl. 1803. He had one brother and' two
'nephews, one of whom Was a Lieutenant .in the
-Army, and the other in the Navy: both these young
Persons had ,been educated-at his-own expellee,: and
under his patronage wove recommended to the service
of their Country. The former had been employed
• with him at-the Fortress-of Gibraltar. Besides these
relatives, the Major had
,one natural child. Soon
-after the news had arrived- of .his decease, his con-
- - neEtions. learned that his Will in the possession
.of G. R. Walker:, and that steps were taking toprove
it in Doors'Commons. The contents then were.
enquired -into, and several 'circumstances conduced to:
'strengthen the suspicions at first entertained. Several
-errors appeared hi the wording. The Testator, although
"by rank a Major, was_only titularly Captain ilia Corps.
The Corps, itself, was denominated " The Roial
Engineers," whereas, the appellation-in the Will, was
His Majesty'S Royal Corps'of Engineers," and these
errors were wholly inconsistent with the habitual ac-
=curacy of the decesid,' 'By-this Testament, a few
.triffinglegacies were left to Mrs.Tatinel (with whoin
• the Major lodged in London) and some others. Be-
-sides this, 10001. was left to his. natural-daughter,
payable on the day of her marriage ; .and all the re-
mainder of his -property to the -mother of G. R.
-Mqlker, of whom the /relations of Major HaWkins
had' no -knowledge whatever. G. R. Walker was
made also Sole executor. This will' purported to be,
dated on the 26th of March, and to have been exe-'
• cuted in Dartmouth-street, at the house of one
Williana-Browning, and it was pretended that Brown-
, incr and wife had ,taken their departure for America.
On inquiry, it,appeared that persons under that name
' had netually lived in Dartmouth-street, but it would
-be seen that these:were no others than G. R. Walker
- :himself, a woman he kept, Elizabeth Hind-e, his
own mother,' and others concerned in the con-

. spiracy. •
• _ Mr. Henry Stephens, .a.Proelor,- ofDoetors' •Com-
!tons, proved, that the Prisoners attended to support
the validity of the Will.
• Major John Rowley, of the Royal Engineers,
said, that he had been acquainted with Major Haw-
kins before he went to Trinidad, and that intelli-
gence of his decease was not received, until some
time after that event took place, which happened on
the Ist of July, 1803. The Witness received a let-
. ter from Mr. G. R.. Walker, mentioning the disco.:
very of a Will.. Major Hawkins was a man remark-
able. for, his accuracy, and no dispatches or. other
- documents of the greatest importance were ever re-
ceived _without the whole of them being written by
himgell. On the Will being handed to tbe'box, the
'itness said he was positive it was..not the hand-
. writing of Major Hawkins, :•He had never heard of
-the person who was made residuary legatee, or knew
that the deceaSed was acquainted with any one 'of
the name of Browning ; nor Was Major Rowley ever
informed of- the Testator being acquainted with \G.
,R. Walker, swhen he was in Jersey, in Ow and
17'9.8. On 'cross-oaniination, he said Major Haw-
kins was only a Captain in the Royal Engineers, but
a Major in the ArMy by, brevel. L
Gexieral Robert. Ross, General Twriss,' Sir William
,Green, and Mr..Srnith, swore, that they were con=
&lent that the signature to the supposed. Will was
not the writing of Major 4--lawkins: they had seen
him write above a thousand times. . •
• Mr. Richard Hawkihs, nephew to the deceased,
,said, ,hat he was an Officer in the Arthy,' and had
,served. under his uncle the late Major. The witness,
.bad sat up writing with Ma jar Haw.k ins whole nights,
and could swear, that not a single letter in the stglia--
tuie, br any other part of the Will,- was his tticle's

writing.
The forged„ Will was now read, in which. an_ an-.
.
nuity of 301. a-year was" gtven to Mary Taffnel 5 the
like grant to Charlotte,' the daughter of the same, by
• Major Hawkins and further; 10601.• on the day of.
%ler marriage, :Or when she should arrive at the age of
2.1 years. The-remainder cf the property, of which
'the Testator might die poSF.essocl, 'was left to 'Eliza-
teth• Hinde. After enumerating 'several smaller
IVrajOr klawkins-appointed his trusty and
worthy friend George Richard. Walker,: sole Execu•
,tor to -the, last Will and Testament.
The different 'allegations' were then read by 11Ir.
SHELTON, the. Clerk of the Arraigns, from .wbich it
appeared that-the Prisoners, in tboir depositions; at
Do6tors' CoMmons, had sworn, that.,-on the .f..6th- of,
March, 1803, the deceased Came to the house of Wil-
liam Browning, No. 28, Dartmouth7street,Westrnin-
stet-, with whom he was on terms of the greatest inti-
inky 5. that, -after some Short conversation, Major!
Hawkins told Williatn.Bqwning-that he had his Will
with him, ready prepared, as, lie was going out upon:
foreign service, and,recLuested Mr. Browning, and a.
Gentleman there, of the name of Rochester, to witness;
it. This, however;they both declined, as they were?
going out of the kingdom but Mrs. Browitig,m her:
owuname;- being:then present, attested it. Soon after
the, Instrument had 'been signed and witnessed;
Richard Walker ;and
.Christopher Dodds entered 5'
and, being asked to join in the attestation, they,
'after sortie demur, complied, the Major having-again
retraced his • name With The pen in their presence.
The deceased then delivered the Will in, an envelope
to Mrs. Browning;; telling ;her that, it was his last
'Will and Testament, to which he had appointed his
dear friend, George Richard Valker, of Guernsey,
sole Executor. •
,

Mr. Wm. Carr said, he had been at 'the heginnino-
of,the- transaction Attorney to Mr. George Richard
Walker, and lie bacLnever heard him mention the
-name of Browning, nor dig his client tell him who
Browning w at the time they perused the Will.
together, he had likewise neve`r been informed of
the situation of Eliiabeth Hinde,.the Residuary Le-
gareeson the face of the Will. • • -
Elizabeth Rudder said, she lived at N 0.28, part
mouth-street, and had resided. there for five years.'
She had-seen three of the "Prisoners before. She
knew- them all- bi]t Christopher Dodds. • George.
RiChard Walker lodged at her hatise, and 'passed
under-the name of Browning. She remarked' that
he was„ deaf. -On her cross-examination she said,
that the Prisoner, who lodged at her house 'with, his
wife, was ye:-y Much altered ;--:-but she was • almost
sure it was the same Man.

3.VlaryWoodfOrd deposed, that she lived at No. t.,
-13 rook-street, Finsbury-square.' She had -seen the
Prisoner, G. B. Walke'', before; his wife, wider
the name of Browning, took her lodgings-. The
Prisoner was deaf, and used'a trumpet. ,She
remarked any of the other. PriSoners. .Being cross-
examined by Mr. KNApr, she said a, 'woman of the
name of Hinde lodged ~there with Mr:and
,MrS.
Brownin.. She said s she could riot swear,-• but. she
,:believed G. R_Walker to be the man.

-Robert Eddington was then called; .but before'he
proceeded to give his-evidence,- he observed to the
Court that he had been seized-upon and put in irons
as one of the parties,
,and very ill-used: he therp-
forehoped, that if his testimony to-day should'differ
from what he had s‘vorn-before, the Magistrate, a'
proper allowance would, be:,made for -the disagreea-
ble situation in which he was placed. To thiS
Lord ELLENBORP6GIT replied, that the Witness-.
would not 'be in 'the least danger if be spoke the
:truth, andendeavoured to obtain the ends of Justice.
The -examination vas then . commenced. ,The
Witness now said,' that he had known the Prisoner,
G. R. Walker, for a number of years; that.in xhe
month of July, .1304, he received a letter from Ro-
chester, to be conveyed to Walker, and that in cdn-
sequence he called upon him and delivered it, and
in return procured One for Rochester. On the next
morning the Witness breakfasted with' the 'Prrisoner
G. 11. Walker. 'He afterwards 'went arrain to his
lodgingS:, He there saw' G. R. Walker, -Rochester,.
and another Gentleman. Rochester took him up
• stairs, and shewed him the Wills Upon which the
Witness smiled, and said that it was liewly written.
On one side of the Paper was -" -R.' Hawkins," mid
on the other, " M. G.-Browning," v-hich were not
yet dry. Rochester then Offered the Witness five
guineas, apd at a fUture time a hundred, to keep. the,
Secret. --,"The next morning he saw Rochester again,
and the subjea of the Will was renewed, when Ro-.
Chester told- the Witness, " I hope you do not go
away with the idea that that is the original Will, it
is only a copy. " Some time after this. meeting Ed-
dington saw Dodds upon the subject, with G. R.
Walker, at the Saracen's Head.. The fOrmer held
up the' Will to the window to examine the- water-
' .mark of the paper,' and to see if it corresponded
with
,the date of the Will, and then observed,

".-This has every appearance of a good Will. I have
known many, Wills, in my long experience, proved
at Doi•lors' Commons where there was no -Witness

at all 3. but if yon like to have two more Witnesses
added to M. G. 'Browning, I will procure • some to
sign it." Eddington was positive the Will then ex-
amined was the same which . Rochester had sheen
him a day or two preceding, and which 'was-newly
written. The Saturday folloiving was appointed by
ROchester and Dodd's for obtaining- the Witnesses,
and,adding the attestation. On.'the day appointed,
all the Prisoners (excepting Rochester) and the Wit-
ness attended in Brook7s-treet, when Rich. Walker
and Christopher Dodds signed their names under
that of M. G. Browning;. the former at the same
time remarking, that.Dodds understood the matter
much better than- lie di& being a- man of the law,
and that hevelied entirely upon him. The Witness
was afterwards sent down
,by Walker to Newcastle,
in order to purchase coals for the•Barracks.—Dur-
'nig a long cross-examination by Mr. GARRow, no-
thing material appeared, excepting that the Witness
`had frequently said
.to different persons: that he
would lianat' Walker and the whole Barrack Board,
as a set of d---nd rascals.'

-.Upon the Prisoners being called upbn for their
Defence, .

George Richard'Walker said, that be was deaf;and
had not been able to bear the evidence, and could
not therefore give any 'satisfaoory. answer to the.
charge brought against hnn. The other Prisoners
also left their case to their Connsel:

Mr. Richard Hawkins ,being-. recalled, "'aid, that
the amount of his uncle'i property- at the. time
of his death was 5 0001, in the ,Three -per Cent,
ConsOls. .

•-• Colotiel,M(K'enzie, Dr. Scott; Mr: Crawford, Mr.:.'
Richardson, Mr. Unstick, "Mr. Stanbank, aHd Mr.
Dunt, all
.deposed, that Robert EddingtOri.'-during,
the "transactions they had had with him, had be,
hayed in 'a -fuost dishonourable Way; and :was, 'not
worthy- of belief on his oath in what he had stated
that day. • - •
- Louis Brotillez, Thomas Beck, Charles `Williams,
and John Henry Brodier,• gave the Prisoner, G. R:
Walker, a good chai-ader.
Charles itodley, William Armstrong, John'Mord-
ley, and William- Lacey, spoke to the charaaer of
the Prisoner, Thomas' Rochester., The other Be-
- fendants called no witnesses. .

,Lora ELVEEBOROUGH slimmed up the evidence at
great length. He observed, ,that from • all the cir-
cumstances in .the case, there was strong internal
evidence,of the fabrication of the Will.. Gentlemen
m
of the most respeaable chara&ers who had seen
Major Hawkins write a thousand times, asserted in
the most positive terms that, the signature was.
forged, and not a single witness was called' for' the.
Prisoners to assert the contrary. It was diiikult-to
believe that the deceased should-leave the whole of.
his property to persons who were alfiloSt utter.
strangers, when he had near 'relations to whom' he
-was attached by the most engaging ties. . Under all
tI facts in the case, there -caul(' bO:no doubt tlnit-
the - Will was fabricated, and 'then the question
would be, by whom was it forged ? On this point
it appeared that there was ,no other .person in the
Nyorld
.who went by the nairw.of RroWning conneaed
with the case; -but G. R. Walker, whose wife Or

FRREHOLD DAIRY. FARMS, NF'AR EP?ING anct

. _ WALTFIAIVt Alll3l Y, ESSEX.
T 9 BE scnn. BY- AUCTION,
By. :Mes"srs..HOGGARTiirifi.THILLIPS,
(Successorsito Mr ,SA.11:1:II),..

. •
At Garraway's,. on Friday the 16th of May, at Tv‘,cl ye
o' Clock, in Four Lots; by Order pf tie Trustees, under the
Wiil of Wril. Cowling, Esq deceased, • •

Lot .1.
,A N Eligible FREEHOLD FARM,
Ring Fence, called II Llls/TERS' fIA,LL'; con-.
taming together upwards of Seventy A-cresof excellent Mea-
dow and.: rable Land, itugood co ltivatipti, in a beautiful part
IA the Country, with delightful prospects, twenty Miles
from London, two.- from Lpping,' and tix from Waltpatn
Abbey, in the County.of Essex, with a- substantial Farm:.
House, Barn, Stabling, Cow-house, and,Out-buildings,
excelletitsrepair, Garden,- Orchard, "&c. isethe ocelipation of
Mr. Joseph Appleton, whose Lease expires at-Micifitimat'
next.—Lot 2. X very desiratrie Freeliold'Farm,called Peace:
cocks, situate.a short distance from Lot-r, in the Parish of
Epping containing upwards-.of Twenty-one Acres 4rl fiat
Arable.and-Pasture Land, with a Farr;-house, Yard, Barii";
Stabling, Out_ buildings, -Garden, Cottage; lett ta Mt.
George Ellis,' whose Lease will expire at Michaelmas next..
Lot 3. Whitehall Farm ;
.comprisingiour itclosures a. rich
Land,, containing together'upwards of Seventeen Acres, near
.Lot, 2, with a Cottage and Garnen —Lot 4. A very improv
.able Dairy, Barn, delightfully situate in the Parish of Wait.;
har=t Holy Cross, with a Cottzige; 'Barn; Stabling, and Out-
buildings, containing together upwards of Sixteen Acres, of
which about six are,Copyliold, of excellent Land, within a
Ring Fence, also in the -occupation,of Mr. Ellis,vhose LeaSe-
expires at Michaelmas next. • • -

To be viewed with leave of the Tenants, and Particulars
ilia& six days prei!eding the S:4le; at .the-Cotk, Epping ;
White Hart, koniford ; Four S vi;,ans, Waltham Cross; Black
- Boy, ChelmsfUrd ;- of Mr. I{3Whinien, S.dieitot,_ Old-South
Sea House; at Gerratvay's ; and ct Messrs. Hoggart and Phil-
lips-, No. 6z, Broad-street, Royal Exchange.

' FREEIIO4I3 FAMILY RESIDENCE',
With about Twenty Acres of Land, on Enfield Chase Green,
commanding pleasing Views in two direcaionii.,
TO BE SOLD 131 AUCTION,
By Messrs. HOGO-ART and PHILLIPS,
{SUccessOri to Mr. SMITH),
At Carraway's, on
,Friday' the , 16. th of May, at Twelve
o'Clock," unless in the mean time an acceptable 0114 be
Made,' .

rrHR- HOWSE presents a regular Archite&ural
Elevation, is uncommonly welt built, and contains, on
an elevated, Ground Floor, the Notlowing Suite of lofty
Rooms, viz. NhandsoMe Hall with marble dots, Breakfast_
room r 7 feet ,by 16, Dining room 2.5 feet by -18, Drawin
'rooin z feet by 17, Library 17 feet by 17, a spacious Kitchen
with .Ciosets, and a Butler's Pantry; on the Chamber and
Attic Floors are four large and six less Bed-rooms two
Dressing-rooms, and one Store.room : the principal Rooms
and best Bed-chambers have Marble Chininey-pleces There
are two Staircases with landings. and a lower Ground-foor,
containing Larder, Dairy, Store-rooms, and Cbal-rOom, with
capacious Cellars for. Beer, Ale, and Wine; detached Brew_
house, harder, and Lodging-room; roomy, Stable-yard, two
Coach-houses,,Stabling forsix Horses, Flay-chamber, Grana-
ry, Pigeon-cote, Piggery, Poultry houses, &c. ; 'Back-yard
with other Stables • and Cow-houses; Drying-yard, Melon_
house, Fish-pond,- and spacious Green-house
,31 feet by -I.y.
with Kitchen and. Pleasure Garden well laid out, Orchard.
.Approach-court, 4c, Containing around the House about five
Acres of Land, well ornamented with lofty Forest ,Trees;
also' about eighteen Acres of Land lately taken from the
Chase,. in two Closes,. furnishing beautiful Building Situa•-
tions, where a number of tine Oaks have been preserved.—
The Premises are amply supplied with Water, at a sinalter-
pence, from the New River, which, passes in front a few
yards beyond the Approach-court. The Neighbourhood is
highly respectable, the Roads good, without Toll-gates, anal
the Country plan resq ite and healthy. •

Printed Particulars at Garraway's.; and of Messrs. Floggatt
and No. 6z, Broad-street, of whom may be hM.
Tickets, without which the Premises. cannot be viewed ;'arid
with".--them (as the family'of the owner resides in the house)
only on Mondays and Fridays, from. i i tOI3 'o'clock. •

MANOR, MANSIONIIOUSE, and FREEHOLD FA,
• TATE, near BOS'T'ON.
TO BE SOLD
.BY AUCTION;
By Messrs. HOGGART and PHILLIPS,
(Successors to Mr. Smith)
At Garraway'§, on Tuesday, the 2.7 th May, at Twelve., 1111.,
less an -Acceptable Oiler is in the mean time made by Pri-
vate Conin},

ARING-FENCED, FREEHOLD ESTATE,
paying no Tithes whatever ; consisting of Brothertoft
Manor, Township, and the entire Lands thereof, near Boston.
in the.county of Lincoln, together with a valtiable Estate is
the parish of Wyherton,:cpntiguous, having a Mansions house
with the customary Appendages for Use and ornament, with.
sundry .Farrn-houses and Cottages a Horse-mill, new Steam
Engine for sundry operation's, Granaries, Corn and Straw-
. Barns, Sta Wes. Cow- houses, Smith's and Carpenter's Shops
and all sorts of farming Conveniencies, with Nine Hundrea
and T.tventy nine Acres, more or.less, of 'unconiniOnl'y rici
Land, interseled by a Turtipi;c.eroad,..bottnded•by two .sepa-
Tate Navigations, with Wharls-ar 'the two principal Barns.
aryt a Coal .Yard in each Navigation. The prt-%enpney Kental
of the Lstate is upwards of 'I vo Thousand_Three Hulidrel
Pounds per annum.

May-be viewed by applying to Mr. Seton, the -p`rintiplt
Tenant : and•Particulars.had Thirty Days previous to the
Sale'of Mr. Thirkill, Boston; Newthmb.
printer, Stamford ; Mr. Hodson, pi-Liter; Cambridge ; 'Mess.
Butbage and Co. printers, Nottingham; -MesL Itastisoll'and
Co. and Mr. Peck, printers, Hull ; at Garraw.ay,'s,; and of
Messrs. Hoggamand Phillips, 6z, Broad-street.

To TROMAS TAYLOR, Esq.• -
Sir, . • . No. 9, New Bridge-street, London.
ICONSIDER it but an ac'sof justice due to the
merits of your EA K PATIWc PILLS, to, com-
municate to \you_the following Curd which has recently been
'Perthrined---by them: An Acquaintance -rif mine, by the
breaking out of an old Venereal Complaint (attentled,bv
complication of 'disorders arising therefrom), was redrieet4
ai-
mosc firit a skeleton; and althoul,r,h he had the best meelicat
--advice whicheotO be obtained; and tried a variety of Patent
Medicines, nothing could lac procured which seemed to suit
his case, or to do Mtn any. service : he remained f.t' a most re.:
-duccd and pitiable situation for two years, unable to follow
his profession, ,and-scarcely able to walk or • even to stand on
his legs ; in fati no one who knew:him ever supposed it pos-
sible for him to_rieover. He was advised at last to try your
1-cake's did so, adhering Strictly to the diretions
given with them.- He had not taken more than two boxes be-
fore he found' an alteration forthe better: - this encouraged
Mm to proceed, and by taking a few_ boxes more he found
his appetite. and strength gradually return, and is now as
healthy and stout as-any man You are welcome,
' Sir, to icier any person to me for a confirmation of the above
account it' it shOuld be donbted.

I any, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
Library, Volkstone. • - • THOS. I'URDAY.
•
Prepared artd Sold by the Sole Proprietor,
Taos. TAYLOR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons,.
London, at his 'louse, No. 5; New Bridge-street ;
Where, aftei- a constant residMce of more than. Forty Years,
in, a practice particularly -diretled to the Cure of Vette-
.real CoMplattits, and those incidental to the-; Parts-of
-.Generation in both Sexes, with that inviolable secrecy
which Metz •of -his Profession should always'observe, he
. • flatters himself, the advice and assistance he grAtuitous-
ly zdministem tp. Persons taking.this Medicine, will be
• esteemed-- by kdiscerning public, as an advantage seldom
to be obained, and void of ambiguity.

Al.o Si)id, by his Appointment, for the convenience of
thosediVing-at a distance, at the Perfurner's, No. 35, St. Al-
ban's-street; Pall M;rdl ; 'the Toyshop, No. 103, Oxtimi-
street ; Mr. Disborouglfs, No: 7, .fistr-street-hill;. Mr,
Baxter's, Soufh-bridge, Edinburgh Mr. M' )onald's, G las-
gow.; Mr. CallWelVs, Dublin ; Livefpool;
Mr. Atkinson's, Manchester ; and by one _person in every
considerable Town in Great Britain and Ireland, in Boles
of only zs. gd. each, Sealed up with fuil aniPplain direc-
tions, whereby persons of• either sex may:care themselves
with ease, sreed, secrecy, and safety.

N. 13. Every,l3Ox•sold.in Great Britain is sealed-up' with
a stamp, on which,•by ravonr• of the Corniiii sioners,, is print.
ed, at the. Stairp-ollite, ." T. Taylor, No;. 9, Newl3tidge,
street,". to imitate which is I,elohy,• and all others are'ciattn.
• ..
terfetts. •