The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-20 00:00:00

1301'!' rCt.

Bow-s•rttr.nt.On Monday 'evening, a veung
man of eery: genteel \ appearOca, went -to th6,-Cocil-
streeteoffee-honse,• Stribd,-din'ed, and drank a hot-
Ile of wine after v.hlch he called f-tir his bin, and
inpayioent were the waitef•a supposed 10.. Bank-
tiwe. Mi. Cox, the landlord, not having change,.
desired-the waiter trr return it to the Gentlethan, and
to ask I3im for a smaller-note. Tnis he did, and the
Gentleman replied, he had none smaller. 'Mr. Cox,
in .sonsetience, sent a porter to get change, who •
went to. Mr. Burnell, the-grocer, in the Strand. Mr.
liOrnell, alter- ekamini-tig the note, di4eiit'ereit it to
be to one that. had been traced toltira by the
InspeOw or the Bank a feW hours before;and
had been altered from one to ten. This indite-est him
to send for' Mr.'Cint, to whom tie communicatechthe
circumstance,:andi pointed out the alterations made in
,the note. ,They then went to the Gentleman in the
cOffee-yoopa, and informed him of the discovery ; he
appeared 'ext reinely surprised, said he had taken it of
a Alv. kit:4llles, of Bathy•from whence he had just
arrived pretessed .himself to be a Gentleman,. anti
offetedlo give another note in payment, and refer-
ences, as to whom he. was, of the first respetability!..••
Mr. Cox thought he
.had better not settle such •
liuSideis.'•himself; and proposed that.therShould
before the Magistrates ,at •Bow-street ; the,.:Gentle-
man hesitated at this proposition, observingobat: he
had an aipoiniment at• that. particular. ton.!, which
he-wished very much to keep ; he proposed to Meet
them rhere, alter he had aiteuded to a; -Mr, Ceti,
however, did • not agree to this, and urged 'bins to
go• then to the Office, being very near, adding, that
the ihvestigaticie would. not take. many :minutes : at
this he appeared displeased, and said lie kneW where
the Office was as well as he did. • lie walked there
of in; Own accord,. affecting a deal of coesetinencet-
On the charge against im.being lira .e‘k:iown,
Anttiooy took him into a room to search hint, and
found a pocket-book, containing a five, 3:two, and
a one pound Bank note,. with three seven 601.1611 gs
pieces. A t.eket for. the • Montreat Asseiobiy,. for

die present year and the•next,. upuu H 111.11 two 4X-
perimenti had been tried for 'making the w.>rds
" ten" in imitation of those u.,e.1 4,n-the Batik notes,
in the body of the note, and at tile Ktt corner, With
the black ground, to. use whicl: rary to law
for any business, except by. the Bank i L
Iu his coat pocket he found a- loaded pistol,
While Anthony was searching hiM, n he
spoke, he appeared to. have a great impediment in
his speech, and the Officer desired him to open his
mouth, which he refusen•rodo, on Anthony
Seized him by the wind-pipe, .tnrced hint.to.
his mouth, and took Irom it a,parcel of paper% winch
proved to be tour notes of a similar description to
that he had offered to Mr. Cox, uut untini,h-
ed state. The large word ONE, at the 101.i.and
corner, had been taken oti bra composition Or some
other process, &A the outlines of the word TEN, si-
milar to those made on Bank Notes,, was sGbsiituted.
Thu word TEN in the body of the Notes was Cum-
plot.) alki art " s" was added to:the word pound,
equal to the engraving,. but, the word ONE at the
top, of the Notes was,not ►aken oft:
_ _The .Yet caner underwent an examination betore

Mr. Re, A The 114)ke tit ii.cn tie littried ,Mr,,Cpx
was producekti bad beep cut in two, tt.routh .the
word oxk, at,the.top of the note, and joined toge-
ther by'a thick piece of paper,, and three water—
part, where the worn
ut thun was put on the
wie was, at the top of the note, to prevent any
appearance of the ouliteration ot.the word. ,'Very
person who sa v it observed, that the) should have
tartan it witholt suspicion, as did Mi. Burnell, had
it not been for the circumstance 01 the 10,-,i ter of
the Bank Inning traced one to ha% e 'passed ihrough
his hands, and pointed out the alterations,. Atter
the Inspector oFthe Bank had been with Mr. Bur-
__

hell, on Alondsy afternotiu, he called tipou. Anthony
to give him infolthation of the circumstance, and
describe the man who was supposed in be uttering
them.' On the Prisoner coming to the Office, An-
thony found hint to: answer the description given by
the, Inspetior, and which was the cause of his
seataing him in such a particular manner, sus-
, peeling that he had something concealed in his
mouth.

Mr. READ asked the Prisoner what be had to say
Vol- himself ? He said his name was. Richard Holmes,
but he declined saying what he was, where he
or making any defence to the.charge—butollered to
and unexceptionable bail to any amount, which; of
course, could. not be taken ; and he was committed
for further examination.

It is suspealed that he has not given his real name,
and that he is, of a respeCtable ;

Oliver,' re..GUILLIIIALL, APRIL 19--....117i11it/171
SpCtBpble-looking young man, was charged befOre
'Sir WiLLIANi CURTIS, with attempting to pass some
counterfeit shillingS at. the shop of a Mr. Thoinas
Clarke, Linen-draper, Ludgate hill:
kappeared that Olivor went into the 81.op'at seven
o'clock, last evening,' to buy six yards Of 'printed
• dotton, for which he gave seven shillings in silver ;
three- of themproved to be bad ; .on which the shop-
man gave them to the porter to have them cut, and
the porter, being a constable, took the Prisoner-into
custody. •
Mr. Oliver gave a very satisfaCtory account of
himself ; said he had 'been a linen•draperin Lon-
don ; about two months ago he let his- shop, and
went to Chatham, to dispose of,his.stock ; that yes-
terday morning he came 'to town, to 'pay a 'bill in'
the Bank for 00.; that he had to en it up; when
he came to town, he had 121. in silver, which he
had taken at Chatham ; he had purchased different
articles with it, afid,,when he came into Mr. Clarke's
ahOp, he had fifteen
.shillings in silver, halt;a-gninea
in gold, and :86Th-shillings piece; when the
shopman said three of the shillings were bad, he
titlited to' exchange them, but he reftised,- cut the
shillings, 'and insisted un his being-taken into ctis
tody. He declared' he did not know the shillings
were bad. On 'Mr. Clarke's desiring to know what
'other money he had, he voluntarily handed him his
inkse, which contained the money before-described,
and the promissorynote whiCh he had just taken
up at the Bank, of Mr. Marsden. Hit observed,
that it Was not probable that he could be a person
4:01 the 'description supposed by Mr. Clarke, having
just t, ken up his own promissory note fut. ts9l.

t • Sir WILL4AM COATIS asked 'Mr. Clarke had he
no other reasons for his suspicions of Mr. Oliver
than those he heard I Mr. Clarke said he bad no
other. On which the worthy Alderman expatiated
largely on the impropriety and danger of taking
away the liberty of a respectable tradesman, for such
he con.idered the Prisoner to be. How dangerous
would it be it every man in business were liable-to
be taken into custody as a common felon, for re-
ceiving bad money,; and then paying it away,!.! If
such was-thelaw, no,man's.-liberty would be spfe ;
his own would not, for a great deal of gold and Ailrcr
passed t hrough hands,
,and he. did
,not doubt but
his Clerks had often both tal'wn.and paid cotimer-
leit money. innocently ; and it would- besevere if his
i-ersoo teas to. be .pun into jeopardy for it. Thk
Mr. Clarke had acted ,exceetlingly improper in the
business, and had made himself liable to an action.
Mr. Clarke said he would not have pushed ti,e‘busi7,
its so far, only his porter, .who was a youstable;
told him :he, as obliged to prosecute, Which made
him think that. he would be offending against the
law if he had not.

Sir WM RTIS said, from his knowledge of Mr.
Clarke, he did n. t think,lw, would. be guilty of so
intich n.ljn,,iticv,,bot he otigl), .to, ha‘e.foihnved the
diCtates.pi iris own mind inste.rd_oi listening to the
advice of oo:timoii: porter ;. t.lrere was not the le4st
imptitation of, guilt_ to be .attaches; to, Mr. Oliver,
and lre4.elt extremely sorry he bad. been placed in
such a I.aititill •
Two Ladies• anti Gentleman, attended to give
();i‘,Qr it character, ‘vi,ich Sir NVII.LIA4 said rras

pxprs.ied his sorrow -fiz, t4p
tioti, and Otfereu 10 pay :any p. noes • Mr. Uiive.i"
had .this prier wa, rviuied. , .

•
QuEu.N-Sauitaa.-7--Yesterday Airy Mg wood was
bripa..;ht • op., ,41)iir.2ed ou stopicion of stealing a
valoiMle diamond rin,,, the, proprty of Mr. ..liar-
wood, as Chelsea:, wlfh stated ,that the Prisoner came
to his ',bop on 'he, 17th of March last, and after hay.-
looxed, at verious. articles, requested part of them
tk• put away' for her, as she I hat, afternoon was to
receive 201. and :would come the following day, to
pay for thou ; in the mean while the•rin4 wio 411ifi-
Aog, and front her not returning .according to pro-
mise, s:ron.stispielon-tell upon her. 'On Monday
1:Ist Mi. Harwood accidentally met her, in . St.
James's Pat k,. she endeavoured- to avoid him and
etude oft but. was soon, secured. Tice. prisoner
made n'o defence, and was committed far another
hearing.

MA i.Bancivcii-STREET.—A brag of 6iners and
.
titterers of, base money have, for some time past, in
fested•,the shop-keepers of -this metropolis, and by
an unusual deterity, in taking change, have con-
s;Jll.l into circulation a considerable wian-
tity f counterfeit coin of. 'esariotis
Yesterday mit! t!, 'hyvs. e;•pre,i,l4,4s. on .the
(falling herself Hawkins,
alias Slillit.w;
.was Oron;!,t i;tfore the Sitting Magi-
stratc, charged with at different times and
places, counterfeit seven-s.:i.:liG pieces: It arpear-
ed that the Prisoner (a very
•young woman), in mak-
ing ianatl purchases .from str.p .keepers; alWays re-
quired cpange of a guitt..:4 or. a', ound note, and,. in
examining the chaq,e, contrived to introduce this
base coin in returning •a, part it. Sit,
thi, artifice at two or- three shdps 'in Oxford-street,
anti was at last delet9cd and taken into custody..---
A man (who as yet has escaped-the vigilance ot:the
Police) sometime 4 aitellded her ort.those occasipos,
and played off the same trick upon the unwary
shopkeepers at other tidies they pretended not to
know cch of her. The Prisoner, during a in-
v:.stiga;ion, condnaed herself with the greatest colF,
&fence, 'positively denied all the • fads •alltged
pgai: st her. She Was "renianded for a timber eke.-
minatiOn.

*UNION-HALL.--On Monday Redman Carr was
brought up, charged with stealing two gallons of
brandy from 'Mr. Oild, of High-sireef, in the Bo-
rough c by whose ,sta:rtnent it appeared, that the
Prisoner, in company with three women, went into
his shop on Saturday last ; and that. having cc,a-
Ilion to go to the back pal t of. the house, observed
-Carr going out with a ca,k which was tilled with
brandy, and was .intenck! to have been sent by
Turner's wavgon, to a Ir. Simmons, at Ripley.
The Pi isoner was committed fOr trial, and the party,
hound over ti prosecute,
John. Polton was also brought up, charged with
stealing a pint pot, the property of Mr,
at .the Ship, in, titackman-weet who stated,_
the Prisoner came to his house, and called tor a
porter,rand whilst he was tit dirineK, went
away, and took the pint with him. To the siid
charge the Prisoner made no defence, and was aim-
mitted tot:,tritd.

.Umos-FlAt.n. Yesterday John Poston was
brought up,.charged with.having.noder a false pre-
tence enticed a young lad named Dickens, who is
employed as art errand boy itt the service of MG
Sell°ley, a bookseller in "Paternoster-row, to • a field
near.Battersea, and there -taking from him .Bank. of
England Notes amounting to 2ctl.. It appeared by
the satement of the young lad, that on Monday last
a Checine was given to him drawn by his Master
for 201. to get cashed at- Sir Matthew,Bloiham and
Co, bankers, and having done so,_ he on his return
home its Cheapside was at-costed by the Prisoner,
who' inquired of him if he bad nett lost sotne,bank
notes, on which he 'tipstanly felt his pocket, anclpol-
led them out in his presence, and having told them
over found they were all safe. The Prisoner then
informed him.that he had a new suit, of clothes
which would tit hint, and were at his service, if he
chose to go with him then for them this offer . the
lad very readily accepted, and was , induced to go as
far as Battersea, when, in a .field neatly adjpining
that: place, the Prisoner insisted on his giving .him.
. wilatmoteL he had, which he accordingly,did,,and
afterwards went algpg with the Prisoner to the Star
„and ,Garter public-house; during. their stay. there
the Prisoner. changed part of the notes, made the
lad drunk, and then took the opportunity of gettitig
away. As soon as the lad bad corns:, to his senses'
he informed the landlord what had happened, and
411'46111) was imMethately matte: The Ihsoner
was soon apprehended, and, on
~his being seatched,
there wrre found in his possession bank ,

other m atriolntiog to t%l. 17c. 71
'lord corroborated the iatter part of the aboti statet
me.it. The Prisoner ma4e no deteme, athd wai
committed fo- another examination.

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