The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-05 00:00:00

THIRD EDI 'ION.

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

WORCESTER RACES-THIS DAY,
EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
VISITORS' PLATE.

'Weasel
Parasseuse

Ten ran.
FLYING STAKES.

Pupil
Zara 2
Mousetrap

Fifteen ran.
SELLING STAKES.

Mountain Buck 1
Hypermnestra

Six ran.
GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE.

Wee Nell

Piff Paff

Ascot

STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP.

Sunbeam
Broomstick

Seven ran.
MATCH—Lady Louisa beat Agamemnon.
LATEST BETTING.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
4to 1 agst Canary (taken)
sto 1 agst Hartington (taken)
Bto 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (taken)
10 to 1 agst Socrates (taken)
14 to 1 agst Dulcibella (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
But little attention was paid to the Liverpool Autumn
Cup. After the result of the Worcester Handicap was
known, 5 to 1 was taken about Canary, and 100 to 4 was
laid and offered against Balham. Any advance upon Bto 1
would have been taken about Johnny Armstrong.—Closing
prices :

LIVERPOOL CUP.
sto 1 agst Canary (taken)
6to 1 agst Hartington (taken)
Bto 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (offered)
10 to 1 agst Socrates (taken)
14 to 1 agst Dulcibella (offered)
25 to 1 agst Balham (taken and offered)

THE ROBBERY OF BANK PAPER AND
FORGERY ON THE BANK.

MANSION HOUSE.
RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS.
Tbis day, in accordance with the remand granted by the
Lord Mayor, George Buncher, Robert Cumming, "William
Burnett, Ellen Burnett, James Griffiths, and Richard
Brewer, the latter of whom was formerly in the employ of
Messrs. Portd, were placed at the bar, charged with being

concerned with others in stealing, in August last, from the
mills of Messrs. Portal and Co., of Laverstock, Hampshire,

a quantity of Bank note paper ; and they were also charged

with being concerned with others in forging and uttering
Bank of England notes, with intent to defraud the Gover-

nors and Company of the Bank of England.
Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor to the Bank of England,
attended to conduct the prosecution.
Mr. Freshfield said on the last occasion the prisoner
Burnett said the female Ellen Burnett had tot taken a

criminal part in the case ; and as he believed, from repre-

sentations he had received from the police, that was correct,
he should recommend that she should be discharged from
custody.
The Lord Mayor said he had no doubt she had acted
under the influence of the male prisoner, and he saw no
objection to the course proposed.
The prisoner then left the dock.
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who appeared for Brewer, and

Mr. Paton, for Burnett, wished that all the witnesses
might be ordered out of court.
The suggestion was agreed to, and the case proceeded.
Mr. Freshfield said it was not his intention to make a

long opening statement ; on the contrary, she should only
state the nature of the case, and hoiv he intended to apply
the evidence to each of the prisoners. He had on the last

occasion aiplied for a remand on account of the prisoner
James Griffith, who was apprehended at Birmingham, not

being before the Court. He was now before the Court,
and it would have to be borne in mind that he had

been seized while actually engaged iriprinting forged notes
iu his apartment in that town. As soon as he was appre-

handed. he admitted his guilt, and said ho was ready to

state all ho knew about the matter.

The Lord Mayor asked whether the man was using the

stolen bank-Dote paper.
Mr. Freshfield said no, but he was using NV hat was

called roupee paper, which had also been stolen from
Messrs. Portal. All he proposed to • day was to go into the
case as far principally as regarded the prisoner.

Tha first witness called was,

Henry Webb of the City detective police, who said, I
have been engaged in trying to discover the perpetrators of
the robbery for some months. On the 6th of Oct. I went
to Birmingham and watched the movements of James
Griffiths, who lived near Dudley-road, and was continually
watching his house and the fields he occupied. My residence
had a full view of his. On the 27th October, at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, I went to the prisoner Griffiths' house, in
company with Manton, another officer. We went in by
the garden, and burst open the kitchen door. Aftewards
we went into the room on the first floor. I went in
first, and then I saw Griffiths coming towards the door
with his sleeves tucked up. His hands were covered
with ink. Ho said, "Dont strike me, we chant resist." I
then told him I should apprehend him for printing forged
notes of the Bank of England. He said, I'm guilty. I
shall not resist. I'm not going to do as:others did—plead
not guilty." In the centre of the room I found a copper %
plate printer's press, on the top of which I found 21
pieces of paper on which was engraved a portion of the
words of the note of the Bank of England. They were to
represent a note for £lO. There was also one piece of paper
printed to represent a £5 note. There was a bed in the
room, under which I found 20 finished forged £lO notes
(produced). They were wrapped up in a piece of gutta percha.
At another part of the bed I found twenty more finished £5
notes. I also found a piece of paper with the water mark
of a 10-rupee note in it. Griffiths told me, with reference
to that paper, that it was a piece of the genuine
paper which had been stolen from the mills, which was
brought to him by a party to see what he could do with
it. I found also a copper plate for a £lO note of the Bank
of England. It was near a stove, and was quite warm.
There was neither date nor number on it. In the same
room I alsofound a similar plate for £5. I asked Griffiths if
that was all the plates he had, and he replied, " No, there's
some behind the door ;" and there I found three water-

mark plates and a plate with date and signature on it. I asked
if that was all, when he said "No, I have some more buried
in the fields," and if I would go with him he would show
me where. He said he had not printed many notes on the
genuine paper. He said he had only printed 150 a notes
and 20 £lO notes for a person named Boucher,
and 25 for another party. He said he had been
engaged printing notes over since 1846, and he had told his
wife that whenever he was taken he .houta tell all he knew,
as some one with whom he had been dealing had put a plant

upon him,
The Lord Mayor asked Griffiths if he wished to ask the
ri fu
been th
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rreplied
forn no. witness any question ?
hadGwere printed for a Mrs.
another The 25 notes that the officer said
Mainer.
William Manton, of the Birmingham detective force,
said—l accompanied Webb when he captured Griffiths. I
also found seven ten•.pound notes, and some paper cut to
the size of the plates. I also found a large quantity of

paper.
were printed.
which the ordinary forged five-pound Mr. Freshfield said it was only the sort of paper upon i
It was not connected with the
The witness then proceededP—Theiasenvwinegnit with the last wit-
ness and Griffiths to a field, taken two or three
measured some more
paces, the prisoner stooped
earth 14 forged note plates.
dano:ivnil:d pulled up out of the
b. pulled up six other plates.
paces, and near the sautuerasbep
They are principally lad
y, of the Birmingham police force,
r and signature plates.
George Philip
u aved plates, used i
thirteen a gr n. completing
I there found
said, I went with the other constables to Griffiths' house •
forged notes.
inspector of bank notes, said the note num-
Mr.d 23d January,l
862, is the note I
bored 9 , I
last evidence. The note numbered 31,109,
referred
t° in
Inyis a forged
just put into my hand, note on genuine paper.
It came into the bank two days ago through the Messrs.
M 3
71861111;nd date
13itroay. The a note, 83,1G5, found by Webb at Griffiths'
house is a forgery. The plate from which the impressions
of the other three forged notes is taken by that officer, is
that found by him without either date, number, or signa-
ture, in Griffiths' 100 Na,
By Mr. Lewis, on the part of Brewer—There is nothing
in the bank note to show the date of its manufacture. I
cannot tell when the forged note was manufactured.
Henry 13rown—I am the son of a carpenter employed at
Messrs. Portal's mills at Laverstoke. I worked with my
father until about 12 months ago, last Whitchurch fair,
June 10. I know the prisoner Burnett. I became ac •
quainted with him after Christmas, 1860. He (prisoner)
was then living at the Three Horse Shoes, at Whitchurch.
Mrs. Burnett first asked me to get some bank paper from
the mills. Burnett was not present, but he spoke to me
about getting the paper a fortnight afterwards. He asked
me to get some paper from the mills, but I refused. Mrs.
Burnett after that asked me to get some. At last I got some
paper. I took it from the mills, That is where the paper
undergoes the process of drying. I took three sheets which
would make six notes. It was what was called " plain
paper." I know that all notes above £lOO are printed on
.c plain paper." Burnett told me so, After I had got the