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In LANCASTER,
this morning of the
tle.ee' eftiSeqttence of the execution3l.4l2C
.11 14.
nut come into
.1 1
to
der,ittl4 en convicted on Fridaydaidnd Saturday last. forcmouurrt
ti..er. Justice LITTLE?)- LE
11;41 ten o'clock. The Court was very mofucvheryereoxrettenetsifya,
f 4 the trials of the persons .
ted at the expence o
t:Prieli and who were
prosecuted
Society of Bankers fort.
Itll4'ett):eeienetLiola'oir Fteecgaellrey',l":l whose solicitor, Mr. Gates, o.
t 4 t'artiestreet, London,. was i
conduct those prosecution
tketnent of the Asetzes to
attendance since the e?ins
15 Peteon.
Collier, 1
Sei!leN prisoners named Robert Kirkwood, John Stuns-
Campbell, James ,
it, , Thomas Liddy, Jo/tn • who was
'rep_
Viet ~1° Calvert, and
antiartin Collzns, .
11:1 last week upon ndictment charging limn witoli
fact to the uttering
df
fil ''g accessory before the
4erg,',4 Ashbourne bask-notes, by a
pc a Martin, the bwanr,manandnamaer-
h!ned upon several indictment',
licalviairnegingpletandeemd wisi..til,dat
Q,,(,)tal forgeries. The prisoners
~
Kirkwood,
Ct.'. to every indictment, four et them were remoee
keat the her, and the three prisoners
. H bert
at'd
3476, William Calvert, aged 60, and Collyer,Janienslietment
qtr. Were rut
eupon their trial, upon au
with
Jonathan
bodging the former prisoner, togethar wit
Cart (who effected his escape
laosft,tltaet
Crewe)-- with having, in the monthhosft December last,
for the payment
Oft 1301 ton, forged a bill
of
exchange,tirig to be drawn by Ben-
joilic sutra of 150/. 10e.
purp"irlanch„ter, upon Messrs..
4„411-feywood, a banker at ,
fo.sterinau and Co., hankers at. London,. also with having
eet_ acceptance l'',)esi the • tance on the said bill, p..urperting itnotlerie,ttltioe
40.eriterice of Meyers. Alastermatn and
_Co., with
sieerllli the said Messrs. Illas erm
'" te% • ee , .„„ei. The indictment. .
iand
Co., and
the
e
"tiier j4in'n e"
with hiving incited, aided, abetted,
e,. two prisoners
~...
She ,
'anselled and procured the said len ksvood and Dade to do
leinrnit the said felony. .
eresae, Sir
eeecution.
ee4itrri• the
. . G. A. LEM IN, and. Mr. HENRY
.
for the
1 I
cconducted the ease .
„,ekwood.
A r. orrtxneraer defended ,‘"
and
IV n
. of Calvert.
.Air. A-DR-rt:stioTN loPoiiiledatii•cetltedforthCe odlelyteenrc;e.
osecu- '
tiolleirt Conazeriay, in stating the case. fcoarsethhee
Pmrust be
illaieie observed that in order to prove 1.,e
Jury
as a witness
g it r the necessity of calling 'Ph)" ti
now confined in the
altttirt named James Wilson, who sit ' of Lancaster
ought. to
upon various'r 3:.h.atrigioes
j(:ifryforgery—a
4liasets whore he would frankly admiroborared
by
unin_
N.ive unlese his testimony was
C.)
include,
I ``Lthle evidence, for he was a participatorno in the crime
i'e'i,*hiett the pris'eners were arraign
jtel,
(Mr.
begged.
eitcje indictment with them.; but I
.vt, •
ke.„ ui'Y to bear in mind that in order toconveivcitdetlitleceproi.f
\ltt 'i it
made by
statement .
Wee not necessary that the
Li4'l4oa should be corroborated in every ,
detailed the facts
tvlet,h the Learned Counsel having,,to
f the indictment,
tkljed-
the propesed to prove in support the followinf; witnesses :
The prisoner
ki ~""'N %Lon I know the prisoners.
t1):".cod told n7e his name
by which I
„kayo '4lellec prisoneis are indicted by tie names
ames
was Horace, Kirkwood, but
with Calvet
tete,e',cnevn them. I was acquainted with Jonathan
eil'i`t ice the last twelve or thirteen years,
or eight
Yea,. 5r nine months, with Collyer seven
e lest surnint r.
1,',:„,"i1d with Kirkwood
,C-1 at
Cell) er whom I first
t hieueltt me a letter from
Rochdale, an aboustinn•ht months ago
' 1 ut four or
Is lilev4 4,,lt„l'ree'ron, where lie was actiola4ein..t fAirmhis uncle.
E -ney transactions wets ' . •
to Collyer to the
t'l'ittnt' ago there was a suspension o. f intercourse be-
ate, - cite and Coryer. I lent monee
after
,ri__,,ne hi,
leteuet °f. 70/. as he was in distress
rut_ "u'dir'en he
got em ' ""Ployinent. Ile promise paye
About twelve or
titirtl)l"Yrrient, but he never paid me.
red 'OO ittotiths ago some time in 1829,
I then
ste I.l'ers• Collye -12 d to ask him for tent.
Pari
sew Cullyer.
11 ri4:l at the ThreelveC, wns lnn, where I
I went to Black-
-1 with his
llo'''' he Was enl)arrarsosed and could not leitdnl'ise
ll:let.?'; that he had been obliged to
e(edfi' endursernent, and to get have the
In about two
t4"ntl" "keep On" without doing s •
at the Thatched
cash for them ; that lie
lieu ll afterwards I saw Collyer
,d he thought
thet' Tavern, at Manchester, and he said
forgery. He
he 'ie should be obliged to resort
0041, tie if I could get him a banker'stolatei
he should go
tad Aare 5 aid that after doing that to his mind
~Te
said he
t ei I d I 'm for the moneY• n He did
stile il . presse a engraved,
"ctet t give it unlese lie resorted to forgery.
teeii: thet time mention any articular
y flettnaf plate done. C.
eeld ()Nes I told him
letter
rds sent a
bank on which he
oll)l,erdidaftneortwakno.wis
tell'i4tvert, whom I never saw before. This wwhaest
eighthe r I
in Qu'ic inontlis ago. I destroyed
he understood
NI. was handwriting. Calvert told me
k ew the con-
leer' "',4' bill going tobe done; that Inc that letter which was
tcd'e't tke letter which was given to hitnn, b •
r )wanted it
don e addrelised it to me, saying that Collyer
nut speak
to b•iverY much. I told Calvert that I couldi_ Collyer ;
d go and see
,tili,' ", Pon the subject, but that I
terl.'!'-' in a month afterwards
bill
\4,,l'hitai WitiNv Colleer, who then asked me
"t“ those bills
I weseir
theove.r,letnol3lack.
'lee }be lone. Collyer said, if he could ge or 3,0001.,
',11,,i0 ecluld get cash to the amount of two,
ld me seseral
tits then go to
to'Amerca. Calvert to .
done,
-151j1 that he intended go to America witlCollyer.
Ss b)'" prtned lee much to get the plate,.in
cie_
Net! tval afraid the bills which he had pe`
but eel woe,,,
el i be found out and he should he rniproettin,
Li I 4,i,'ain put h' r, I'ditl not get any money from
I,t.Z.e „atlshout allin nth ora six weeks afterwards Calvert.l
1444 l; 4'e a letter from Collyer on the same subject.
o.e,e-a'vect.l should not get it done unless Cully
ei
tell
'4lll ' z'ae some money, and Calvert said he would
'
•s'ee 1
•• C liver and Calvert
t° tier sv nit I Said. I afterwards saw o• svou'ld 1
Illte ti,r at 131ackrod but I cannot say positivelyln
tri't 4 t"4t W 55, lint I 'think it was last September.
t° arse cf last summer I saw Dade at his
.houssecin Sal-
alvert,
t`ely ''flerent times. On sonic of those time,
ttlgtie„'",4ec about fur ing bills. I have repeatedly been
tc11( ''''''; 15'4 and I were together, when conversations
44.7'14 to Out
'with Dade, principally about bills tttsyli"ces. Dade was employed to t, finish" the ni !It'd C )' " finish" that he was to fill them
,up.
notes,
Collyeran,
It
wit alvert knew that D ide was to finish the ll ltet,';nteallY agreed between us three
,tha.t)antkhe, forgeries
at INlan-
tti'lltes , committed upon Heywood 's I
.PO4, 11 It
. WRS agreed that I was to prof_.„,
.t._..,,r,
'lleste iYwood, and I e.:cordingly went to 2,l,._•cane'`u'il
4%4' IC 84W Dade, wham I wished to fetch
insure a bill
Ilteetir eYsvood's bank, but lie objected to doing and we
4er • td a eUtton.rnantlidettlter, named Andertons,n'th_e_br(o);
I 5 srale4:l4,w of Coll er to fetch the bill. I gave IS ,44'1.'ig" to AYnd 'ton to get the bill, and Dade and
e Sauk e to the Bank,
'-41Par'i d him et.
' but we did not go into
1111 h, With hien. We did not ertou fur wat.
tli 4 \),
e toll( wanted the bill. Whentell AndAnderton. came out of
ll'e Went to a public-house, where Auderton

produced a bill, drawn upon Masterman and Co., by
Langton (the banker's clerk), payable to Samuel Ander-
ton, at two months date, for the sum of lil. Ss. Ander-
ton endorsed that bill to to me, and I put it into my
pocket. The bill was dated the 24th of September. I
saw Kirkwood, for the first time, in August last, at my
house in Rochdale. During the month of October I had
conversations with Dade at Liverpool, as to what Collyer
wanted to have done, and I told him that he was to be
employed to fill the notes up, and he agreed to do so. I
saw Dade in the presence of Kirkwood, at Liverpool, at
the house of a person named Hartley, where I paid him
some money forsoaae former transactions. I engaged Kirk-
wood to get A nderton's bill engraved, and he said he would do
so, I told him to keep the bill a short time, as I did not
wish to have it done immediately. He said he would do
any thing for me in that line, and he agreed to engrave
the plate for 201. At this time I had got no money from
Collyer, and that was the reason I put off the engraving of
the plate for a short time. In November last I received
from Collyer the sum of 30/. in three ten pound notes, on
account of the expense of doing the bill plate. This was
at Chorley in the presence of Dade. There was a person
named Chadwicke with me and Dade, at Chorley, I
believe; this was on the 15th of November. On the
evening before Calvert introduced a person named Smith
to Collyer, Dade, and me, at the Three Crowns public-
house, in Blackrod. During the evening we had a con-
versation about bills of exchange ; I cannot say whether
it took place in the presence of Chadwicke, but cannot
charge my memory with the particulars .of the conversa-
tion. About six months ago Collyer chewed me, at his
uncle's counting-house in Chorley, a hill, which, among
other indorsements, had the names of Lord Balearras,
a man named Clayton, and the prisoner's uncle.
John Smith, collier, said he intended to have similar
indorsements en Heywood's bill. I saw that bill again at
the Three Crowns in Blackrod, in the presence of Dade,
who said that he thought the bills would do as well with-
out those nannis, but Collyer said it would be better to have
the names on the bills. At the Joiners' Arms in Chorley
I had conversations with Dade about the bills. On the
19th of November I saw Kirkwood at his own house in
Liverpool, and made the agreement with him to cut the
plate, and to- print twenty bills for me from the plate.
The bill for .17/. Bs. which Anderton got at the bank was
given to Kirkwood in part payment of the 20/., and the
mainder was paid in cash. I asked Kirkwood if he
could procure the stamps, and he said he would rather I
should procure them, but ultimately he agreed to make the
stamps, which he said could he done out of a penny-piece.
left Liverpool iu a day or twc, and went to Manchester,
and from thence to my house at Rochdale, where I saw
Collyer and Calvert; Collyer asked if Heywood's hills were
done, and I said they were not. He said he was afraid
it would be too late if they were not done soon,
and that he should wish to have Masterman's acceptance
on the bill. I then told him to get a fresh bill from Hey-
wood, and send it to London for Masterman's acceptance,
and he said he would do so. On the 11th of December,

I saw Kirkwood at Liverpool, where he asked me if I had
brought any stamps, and I said I had not. He went out to
look for some stamps, and in about an hour be brought
home two or three stamps, but they di.l not match. I
went and bought a 4s. 6d. stamp, and he agreed to make
a die from that. Kirkwood then produced two or three
sorts of paper, and I selected that which I thought to be
most like to Heywood's. He showed me the plate en-
graved, and I read it. The bills were ready on the fol-
lowing Tuesday, and were delivered to me in a parcel by
Kirkwood in the presence of his wife. There were 27
impressions taken from the plate. I left Liverpool that
evening, and went to Bolton, where I met Dade, to whom
I said that 1 wanted to see Calvert. The next day I saw
Calvert, Dade, and a person named Smith, when a
bill, drawn by Heywood with Masterman's accept-
ance, for IS/. odd, was produced by one of them.
The bill was in an envelope, addressed to " Mr. Doherty,
Chronicle Office, Bolton." Dade said he did not think
it accepted in the regular way, and his principal objection
was that the acceptance appeared to be written with ink
which .was neither red nor black. I knew Masterman's
acceptance, and I said that it was right. Dade put the
acceptance into a smell memorandum book. which he rmt
into his packet. Dace etas.fur what amounts the
stamps would be sufficient, and I told him from 50/. to
200/, according to the dates, and I produced a table of
stamps to shew that I was correct. I gave the parcel con-
taining the bills to Calvert, who was to keep them and give
them to Dade to be filled up as they were wanted.
Dade told me that Collyer had been with him on the day
before, and that the amounts for which the bills to be filled
up was agreed upon. I often heard Collyer say to
Dade, that if the stamps were sufficient he would have
the bills filled up for 3001. or 4001. each, but that
as it was, the bills must be filled up in sums of one hun-
dred pounds, and not more than two hundred pounds each.
On the 20th of December I saw Kirkwood at my house
in Rochdale, and he told me' that a person named Liddy
bad been taken up for passing forged notes during the
Liverpool election, and that Liddy was telling all he knew
about it. He asked me if I had any thing to do with
Liddy, and I said I had not. He asked me if my pre-
mises vet re dear, as it was likely some people might come
to search my premises, and I said that I had nothing of
the kind on my premises ; that I was always prepared,
and did not care who came to search. He said, that for
the future he should keep his premises clear ; but that he
did not care for any thing, as he kept Isis things in a piece
of wood, which any one might kick about without sus
!reefing any thing. He went to Liverpool, and on the
following day I received a letter from Dade, and I went to
his house at Bolton, where he told me that Cali ert was
gone to Blackred, with a bill to Collier. Whilst I was
at Dade's, I saw some of the bills, partly filled up, in a
little black oil-skin case, which lay on his desk. Some
of them were accepted. There was one bill filled
up for 150/. 10s. which Dade took out of the case to
show to a person named Smith who wanted to see the
hills that evening at eight o'clock at a public-house in
Bolton. He asked me to go to the public-house, but I
objected at first, as Smith was not an acquaintance of
mine ; but I at last consented to go. The bill for 150/.los.
and another good bill drawn by Mr. Heywood, were given
to me, and I put them into my pocket-book, which had
a good bill for 100/. of the Shaftesbury bank. We went
together, and having met Smith in the street, we went
together to the Red Cross public house, where I produced
the hills. Smith said he thought he could pay away the
1501. bill, and another for 2001., and having examined
them, returned them to me, and I plat them into my
pocket-book. Before we left Dade's house, Calvert was
there, and heard what passed between me and Dade. We
asked him to go with us to meet Smith, but he refused,
saying that lie was tired, and had to go to see
Collyer the following morning. After I and Dade
returned to his house that evening, there was a loud
knocking at the door ; I got up and opened the
door; four or five men rushed in, and one of
them seized me by the hands. I went and sat down on a
chair ; one of the men asked me where my great coat was,
and I pointed to the table on which the coat lay ; he
searched the great coat, and then came towards me ;
whilst he was searching the great coat, I took out the
pocket-book, containing the bills, and threw it behind
the ; I have often seen Dade write, and I am acquainted
with his manner of filling up bills ; be first traced them
with a black lead pencil, and covered them over partly
with ink,_ and partly with a composition which he makes
for the purpose. The ink and composition he generally
put on with a camel-hair pencil, but he sometimes used
the pen. I have ofagn seen him copying signatures. To
the best cf my judgment the filling up of the hill now pro-
duced is in Dade's hand-writing, and the engraving is a
copy from the plate given to me by Kirkwood. The
Shaftesbury bill, and the other good by Heywood, now
produced, were in my pocket-book when I was appre-
hended. - The good bill, by Heywood, has a tear in it ;
that was done by Smith, while comparing it with the
forged bill, at the Red Cross public-house.
Crosseexamined by Mr. COTTINGIIAIt--I was Com-
mitted to the Castle of Lancaster in January last, upon a
charge of forgery, but I had no thoughts of " splitting"
until I was told another person was going to inform, and
I thought be might lay it upon the wrong persons. I
don't think that man could implicate me, as he did not
know the part taken by me in the transaction. I at first
persuaded Collyer against it; but I took a part in the
transaction in order to get the money that Collyer owed
me. I never forged a bill, but I was apprehended in Liver-
pool about nine or ten years ago upon charge of forging
a bill. I was apprehended in 'Manchester upon a charge
of having a 1/. forged note in my possession, about five
years ago. In three months afterwards I was again taken
up for another forged banknote. I never had any thing

to do with base coin, but I was once taken up and tried be-
cause ten bad sovereigns were found lb a roam where there
were near a dozen men with me. I was tried at the New Bailey
and convicted of that offence upon false evidence. I was
tried before that time at the New Bailey in Manchester,
and was convicted for concealing 500/. from my creditors,
when I was made a bankrupt; I could not conscientiously
keep the money which I was advised by my friends to
conceal, and I told the Commissioners about the 500/. I
have as good a conscience as any man now.—(Laughter.)
If I had concealed the fact I could not have been con-
victed; the evil was in toy telling the truth to the Com-
missioners. I was imprisoned three years in Lancaster
Castle upon the first conviction, and I had two years in the
New Bailey, Manchester Session, the second conviction.
I never had any thing to do with gold repeaters; I never,
to my knowledge, got from any person any patent lever
gold watches which belonged to a person named Taylor, in
Liverpool. I swear that I never was at the Angel Inn, in
Dale-street, Liverpool, with some watches, which Mr.
Taylor, of Liverpool, charged me with stealing. I knew
a man named Myers, but I don't know where he is now.
He was taken up at Liverpool about the bill for which- I
was taken up. When I paid Kirkwood for engraving the,
bill, I believe a person named Campbell, who is a
prisoner in this Castle, was present. My conscience let
use keep a part of the 30/. which I got from Collyer.—
(Laughter.) I thought I was entitled to keep the
10/. out of the 30/. for travelling expecces. I should not
have " split" if Collyer had not " split" first. I. don't
think this matter would have been brought home to me.
I have been always charged upon false evidence. This is
the only matter of forgery with which I was ever con-
cerned. I should not wish to throw the rope round the
necks of the prisoners, but I expect to get off myself. It
was not a sense of justice that induced me to give evidence
against the prisoners.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRAND-I was made a bank-
rupt in 1316, and was tried the following year. I got
out of gaol in 1320. I swear that I cannot tell the Jury
in what year I was tried the second time, but to the best
of my recollection it was in the year 1321 or 22. I swear
that I cannot recollect in what year I came out of prison
after the second trial. I lent the money to Cullyer after I
came out of the New Bailey. Since I came out of the
New Bailey I had ahacon store at Manchester, in part-
nership with a person named M'Clachly. I first became
acquainted with Dade in this Castle after my bankruptcy.
He was a very gentlemanly man in his manners. I after saw
Wade filling up bills for Collyer, brit I never sow him do
bills for any body else ; I don't think I ought to answer
whether I chewed any forged notes to a constable at
Bolton ; I was examined before the Magistrate as a witness
against Kirkwood, but I did not in the presence of Collyer
state any thing about him.
William Smith, the person who procured the bill with
Masterman's acceptance, having been put into the box and
examined upon the voir dire, by Mr. Cottinghatn, as to
his belief in the existence of a future state, said emphati-
cally—" I believe in a future state—l believe in a Supreme
Being, and in a future state of rewards and punishments."
The witness then proceeded—l am a reporter for two
Manchester, and one Bolton newspapers ; I have known
Calvert for twenty years—l know Howarth the constable
of Bolton—l was employed by him in the course
of the lest year to detect Culvert and others who
were engaged in passing forged bills and notes.—
On the Saturday after last Doncaster race,, which were
held in the month of September last, I saw the prisoner
Collyer at Bolton, and he told me that he could procure
forged bankers' acceptances to any amount, and asked me
if I could dispose of any. As I wished to detect the
passers of those forged notes and hills, I said I could put
off some of them. He asked me if I was acquainted with
tradesmen in the town of Bolton? I said I was ; he said
a friend of his was in difficulties, and intended to go to
America after he " made a stake." He said that he
thought if be and me laid our beads together, we might
make a thousand wounds. He wished me to write a
note to Coll) er at Blackrod, that he (Calvert) had been
to Rochdale, had seen W.'s wife, and that she told
hint W. was at Liverpool, but that she expected W. would
cross the country and see Collver at Blackrod on his way
back Calvert and I went to Blackrod that night, and we
saw Coityer at the Three Lrowns public-house, but we had
no particular conversation thee.
~ ,„„,[ to , "
higher up in the street, and a conversation took TIM
about forged bills of exchange; Collyer said be could pay
them in that part of the country under the influence of the
name of his uncle John Smith, and he produced a pocket-
book, and took out a returned bill with the name of John
Sneith as the drawer and indorser. The bill produced is
the hill. He said he could imitate Smith's hand-writing
so that nobody could distinguish it; I thought lie pro-
duced the bill in order that I might compare the signature
on the bill with his imitation of it. During this canver-
sation, Collyer and Calvert spoke frequently of D. and
W. as the persons who could procure the bills; Collyer
said he could [ ay the bills away as he svas settling his uncle's
accounts, and where there was a balance against his unclehe
would pay one of those bills, and receive the difference. They
asked if I would go to America with them, and I agreed
to do so, and to pay away some of the bills in Bolton.
On a Sunday in November I went to Blackrod, where I
siw Dade, Wilson, Calvert, and Collyer together. Collyer
spoke in private to Wilson. A person named Chadwicke
was introduced to us, and we were shown up stairs to a
room. When we got up stairs we bad a conversation
about the law on bills of exchange. Wilson was telling
us how parties who drew false bills of exchange were
punished by law. Calvert then told me that Dade was
the finisher of the notes, but he cautioned me not to let
Dade or Wilson (who has been examined as a witness)
know that I knew their names. Collyer said lie was in
great difficulties', which commenced by his having ae.
cepted an accommodation-bill for his brother-in-law, who
had not met it, anti that he was obliged to draw bills
upon bills to keep it up ; that he wanted Master-
man's acceptance, in older that Dade might be able to
copy it, and he gave me 181. 10s. to get a bill of ex-
change at Heywooa's, which I was to send up to
London for Masterman's acceptance. Calvert was pre-
sent at this conversation, and it was agreed that the reason
to be assigned at I'leywood's for getting an acceptance was
that the bill was to be paid away in Ireland. Collyer
asked me if I could suggest any Irish name, and I sug.,
gested the name of John Doherty. I communicated those
conversations to Howarth, the constable, and to Mr. Wat-
kins, a solicitor, and clerk to the Magistrates of Bolton.
On the day or day but one afterwards I went to Hey.
wood's beak, and procured the bill of exchange in favour
of John Doherty at two months. I told Mr. Heywood's
clerk that I wanted the bill in order to detect some for-
geries. I sent the bill up to London for acceptance in the
letter now produced. (The letter was put in and read.)
By return of post I received the bill accented. It was
in a letter addressed to " Mr. John Doherty, Chronicle-
office, Balton. le-moors." The letter produced is the one
which I received from London containing the acceptance.
(The letter was put in and read in evidence, and also the
acceptance of 181. Bs., which was found in Wilson's pocket-
book.) The letter from Ithsterman's was dated 13th Dec.
I put the bill on the following day into Dade's hands, in
Calvert's presence; Calvert knew what it was I gave to
Dade, who inepected the bill very narrowly, and said the
acceptance must have been written with a pen which had
been at first dipped in red ink ;
Dade put the hill into his
pocket. Wilson, who was present at the time
gave in-
structions to Dade as to the amount which a 4s. 6d. stamp
would cover. On the following Sunday I saw Dade,
Collyer, and Calvert, together at the Britannia public-
house in Bolton, and Culiyer having asked
the what
amount of forged bills I could pay away, I said I thought
I could not nay away more than two ; Calvert said he had
no connections to whom he could pay any of the bills ;
Collyer always said he could pay a number of them away.
On the day the prisoners were apprehended I saw Wilson,
Dade, and Calvert ; Wilson spewed rne, in the presence of
Dade, a forged bill for 150/. lOs., drawn by Heywood and
accepted by M
e- asterman ; Dade had agreed to bring me
the bill in order that I might compare the acceptance with
the
good accepted bill, and I did so. Whilst 1 was com-
paring the bills I accidentally tore the good bill.
The bills now produced are the two bills shown
to me on that day, Wilson took the bills and put
them up in a leather pocketbook ; this took place
between seven and eight o'clock in the evening of the 22d
of December ; after leaving the public-house, I went and
informed the police, who were in readiness, and we followed
Wilson and Dade to Dade's house.
Cross-examined by Mr. Annasox—l was not present
when Calvert was apprehended ; I have been in the
employment of the police since August last; I have been
fond of horse-racing for the last twenty years, and I
have laid some
wagers on horse-racing my lan wager

Howarth, the chief constable of Bolton, proved that he
employed Smith on the 30th August last, to detect the
prisoners, and that Smith gave him information from time
to time until the prisoners were apprehended. Dade was
searched, and the letter now produced and addressed to
" Mr. John Doherty, Bolton-le-Moors," was found in his
pocket.
The paper written by Collyer was put in and read, and
was to the effect, that he saw Dade on one - occa,ion
" finishing" a 101. Bank of England note.
Joseph Baker, a constable of Liverpool, proved having
seen the prisoner Kirkwood and Wilson together at a
public-house in Liverpool, in November last. Kirkwood
kept a provision-shop in Byrom-street, Liverpool, and he
afterwards removed to Redcross-street. I searched his
house on the 20th of December last, by order of Mr.
Miller, the chief police officer of Liverpool, and found
engraving tnolq, a small press for taking impressions, a
slab for grinding paint, some dabbers used for putting ink
on copper-plate, some stones used for grinding down plates
after they are engraved, some tin boxes, some colours for
making ink of different colours, and some instruments
which engravers use for tracing letters on copper. I pro-
duce those articles. Kirkwood was not then at home. I
searched his house again on the 23d of December, and
found the leg of a !Ale (now produced), in which there
is a place hollowed out, with a lid fitting close in. In the
hollow part of it there was a gold watch. I also found a
copper-plate, crossed, " G. and R. Kirkwood, provision-
merchants." It is not unu'ual for an engraver to have
such things i❑ his house. I know Kirkwood has a grown
up son, but whether or not he is an engraver, I do not
know. That son is big enough to be an apprentice. I
did not hear any body say that a man named Rourke oc-
cupied the room in which the leg of the lathe was found.
I know some mechanics in Liverpool who work at their
trades and keep shops at the same time. The prisoner bas a
wife and two daughters, who are big enough to mind a
shop. Kirkwood was not at home when the second search
took place, but he was not taken into custody until the
26th of Decemiler. He was apprehended at his own house.
He seemed to have just come off a journey, and refused to
say where he had been last. There were six police officers
searching the house, and I think the people in the street
knew of the search. We detained, for an hour, a man
who lived in the house, but whose name I don't know to
be Rourke.

Re-exatnined—The press was found in a carpet••b3g
under the bed, and the other articles were found in dif-
ferent parts of the house.

By the JUDGE—If a person wanted to use those things,
or to remove them out of the house, it would be more
convenient to have them together than scattered in dif-
ferent rooms.

Mr. Garnett, of Liverpool, solicitor, produced a paper
written by Kirkwood during his examination before the
Magistrates, and handed to Mr. Garnett. The paper was
PutiNß,l.zwititiiintaminettge.Valikrptffinithi-rro -.,..
take you to t'!e engraver, sieve-maker (paper-maker),
printer, and seller of the Bank of England notes?"
Mr. Heywood proved the 1501. 10s. bill to be a forgery
in every respect, and identified the accepted bill for ill. Ss.
to he the one which was drawn by his house.
Mr. Joseph Langton, late agent at Liverpool to the
Bank of England—l think I have seen the prisoner Kirk-
wood
before. I discounted the bill of 171. Ss. ; I dis-
counted it for the prisoner, and he signed his name, "J.
Kirkwood," on the back of it. I have no doubt the pri-
soner is the man for whom I have discounted the bill.
Cross-examined—The prisoner's son was pointed out to
me, and I swear that it was not for the son I discounted
the bill, anti I swear to the best of my knowledge the pri-
soner was the man.
Samuel Hoxley (a Quaker), a partner in the house of
Masterman, affirmed that the acceptance on the 171. Sq.
bill was in his handwriting. The acceptance on the
1501. 10s. bill is not in the handwriting of any person
authorized by our house to accept bills. The other in-
dorsementsJoshuaßuttersthe on the bill were proved to be forgeries.
Thomas Houseman Higgan, the Governor of the Castle
at Lancaster—The•person named Jonathan Dade, men-
tioned in this indictment,. was ill my custody, anti made
his escape out of prison last night, by cutting the bars and
scaling the walls of the prison.
Harriett Wilson, the wife of James Wilson (the ap-
prover), proved having seen Kirkwood at her husband's
house either on the 20th or 21st of December last, but she
would not swear that it was not on the 22d December.
Mary Marnock, a. servant at the Spread Eagle public-
house, in Rochdale, in December last, proved that she saw
Kirkwood at that house on Sunday, the 19th of December
list, and that he slept there that night.
Cross-examined.--There are plenty of persons who come
to our house, but it is out of toy power to tell the faces of
all who come there. The ostler told me that the day was
the 19th of December. Howard, the constable, threw
some light on the date. Joseph, the ostler, told me that
the day of the month was the 19th ; be told me this on
my exim.ination was taken. Joseph did not count
fingers to tett me the day ; Joseph is a scholar, and
.‘'ilmitl
Bacon, an
n (Laug l
engravert er .)
from London, swore
that the press found in Kirkwood's house appeared to him to
have been used to impress the Government stamp on the
back of country bank notes, but it was not well calcu-
lated for that purpose.
Cross-examined—The appearance on the inside of the
top of the press from which I form my opinion might be
certainly produced by another instrument than a Govern-
ment stamp.

James halsall Proved the apprehension of Dade at Li-
verpool on the 13th of December, on a charge of issuing
forged notes.

This was the case for the prosecution.
For the prisoner, Kirkwood, it was Fubmitted by Coun-
sel that there Was no evidence to show that the bi:l of ex-
change which was the subject of this indictment was ever
in the possession of Kirkwood.

His
ORDSHIP was of V opinion that there was evi-
dence to go to the Jury.
The prisoners having been called upon for their de-
fence,
.Kirkwood said :—•` My Lord, I think Wilson has
failed in the chief part of case. He swore that he
gave me twenty pounds in Liverpool, and that he was
with me drinking at Hartley's public-house, but he has
not called any witnesses to prove that. Is it likely, that
if I were with him at that public-house, that somebody
would not he called to Drove it ? I deny, my Lord, that I
ever got the bill for seventeen pounds discounted ;
and at the first examination before the Magistrates,
Mr. Langston was not able to prove that I was the
person for whom ihe bill was discounted, and he did
not swear that I was the person, until he compared
my signature with a letter written to my wife from Bolton.
My name is Robert Kirkwood, and I never in my life
signed my name James Kirkwood."
The other prisoners said they should leave their defence
to their Counsel.
His LORDSHIP was occupied upwards of two hours in
summing
up the evidence, and the Jury immediately found
all the prisoners Guilty.
Thiss which
case truecuHis LORDSHIP said he' should not pass sentence until
cocbpililes occupied
been ieen
thfeoun sitting(l
after the trial of the prisoners upon the other charges
upon
of the Court to
nine o'clock at night.