The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEEINESD 4.Y EVENING, FEBRIJARY 4, 1863,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

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OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Wightman.)
CHARGE OF FORGERY.

Herman Stiller and Marcus Stiffer, two foreigners, were
indicted with forging an order for the payment of money
with intent to defraud the Bank of Poland.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Sleigh appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Metcalf for the prisoners.
From the pening statement of the learned counsel, it
beenapp in Ldonis
earedothnatinotoe time,vembe last,wrent to h
firstthteeshop pp of Messrs.risoner,wh Tuerohad
and Field, engravers and lithographers, in the Minories,
and produced two tickets, and asked Mr. Tuer if he could
manufacture a ticket like the one he then held in his hand.
Mr. Tuer said he could, and he then asked Stiller
what they were, when he replied, " They belonged to the
Society of Poland, that Polandwas in a state of insurrection
and they were going to have a new king, and that was the
reason that the tickets would be required and that they
were equal to our promissory notes. The prisoner left the
tickets and afterwards called for them, and said he
had heord from his father that they would not now be
wanted. He brought some other tickets with him, and
asked Mr. Titer if he would engrave more like
them. He said he would, but suspecting they were
money, told him to call the next day, when the prisoner
Herman called. He told him he would do them
in the manner ordered, one h ndred copies of each
colour. The prisoner called several times to see how the
work progressed, and impressed upon Mr. Tuer the neces-
sity of the tickets being done, so that no one could tell them
from the originals. On one occasion the prisoners came
together and examined the stones for which the impressions
of the tickets were, and expressed themselves satisfied. The
two prisoners called again after that, and Marcus expressed
himself dissatisfied at the ticket not being done, as he said
his friend was going to Poland, and he wanted to take them
with him. The tickets were promised on a certain day,
and when the prisoner called Mr Tuer gave Marcus
62 tickets, with which he left the shop. A detec-
tive officer of the City police, named Scott, was waiting
close by ani saw the prisoner Marcus give the tickets to
Herman, who took them under a gas light to examine them,
and while they were thus engaged the officer came up and
asked them what they bad got. They appeared as if they
did not understand, but Herman eventually said he had got
the papers he held in his hand from the printers. Sect
then told them they must come to the station house. He
took one of the prisoners, and Brett, anDther detective, took
Hen, an.

Mr. Sliwawski, chief of the cheque department of the
supreme direction of the Polish Landholders' Association,
said the notes of the corporation circulated in that country
under the sanction of the Imperial Govrnment, and the
papers put into his hand, which were those found on the
prisoner, Herman, when captured by the officers, repre-
sented bonds for the payment of the half-yearly interest of
the Landholders' Association, but they were all forgeries.
The jury found the prisoners guilty.
Sentence deferred.