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London, England, 1809-07-15 00:00:00

office on the I:.3tii of January. It had all the ap-
pearance of an Office of businesi, and a person busy .
at.the desk among hookS., &c. There he had a'
long conversatio❑ with the .Defendant Pont-114in,
who said there would be no doubt of his having the
appointment to the office of Cbast-Waiter in the
Customs—there were 24 of them—that they were
well known-to be of that value, that is, 6001. a-year.
" The next question was put by me," said the wit-
ness, " Through whose vacancy the thing became
saleable•?" Pollmann answered, that he could not
tell me. The next question I asked was, " Through
whose interest it -was to be obtained ?" Pollmann
hesitated, but said, " through the interest of. a
Lady:" I then asked, " How the money was- to
be lodged -?" Upon which Keylock, who. bad not
joined in the conversation before,. produced a paper
writing, which he took out of the desk (it remained
with him) -and said' that was the form of the
note their bankers gave them when money was
lodged with them for purpOses., I just
saw. the paper; it purported, to be signed by
Sykes, Snaith, and Co. Ido not.kr.ow it was of
the hand-writing of any one of their house ; I
asked him "to copy it, which Mr. Keylock did,
leaving blanks in it for names, &c. It ran thus---
" I beg to inform you, 'that A. B. of
&c: has given us instruclion to pay to
you or bearer; the Sum of . on his
being appointed to provided

such appointment takes place within
and with his instredions we are ready to comply."
I then asked if the transaction was real ? Keylock
said, " Certainly, if you .are ready with the mo-
ney.". I then asked, if they had many applications
tor the situation ?—Keylock answered " Innumera-
ble." I then asked if Lie would insure to me the
refusal ,of it ? Keylock said, " Yes, if you will
lodge, a small sum of money." I said, f' 'How
much ?" He said, " A few pounds—ten pounds."
I said, " I will, if you will give a receipt for it.”—
The boy was then, sent for a stamp, which I paid
for, and then he gave be a receipt. The receipt
was then4ead as follows::—,

" Received, January the 13th, 1809, of Mr. L. Hesse,
the sum of ten pounds, as part deposit for the purchase of
a Coast-waiter's place, which is to be forfeited if.he does not
make the deposit up two thousand pounds in two days ; or
to be returned, lithe place be not granted in t wo;rnOriths, on
our interest.
_ _

"•POLLMANN and KEY LOCK."

Pollmann then .said "I. will go about it to-day,"
and came with me to the door, which he opened to
me, and said, " You know that if the 20001 deposit
is not „completed in two.days, the to!. will be ours,"
to which I assented. 'The witness then gave an ac-
count of his calling the next day on the same par-
ties, and his going with them to the banking-house
of Messrs. Sykes, Snaith, and Co: and of.the inter-
view they had there in a back room with Mr, Wat-
son, one of the Defendants to this prosecution, and
one of the partners of the firth of that banking-house,
where and when the remainder of the 2000 i. that
is 19901. was paid by Mr. Harvey, a friend of Mr.
Hesse, as the consideration money for the purchase of
this supposed vacant office ot Coast-Waiter of the
Customs of the Port of London, upon which the
'following receipt-was given

" Received the i4th of January, 1809, of Mr. L. G.
Tesse, the sum of 19701. to be applied agreeably to instruc-
tions contained in hts letter of this date, marked A. For
Messrs. Sykes, Shaith, and Co.
" Signed by Mr. WATSON."
Tire instructions to which this receipt referred
were direEted to Messrs. Sykes, Smith, and Co.
" You will please to pay to Messrs. Pollmann and Keylock,
the sum of 19901.. winch 1 hav,e deposited in your hands
upon and if that event does not take place in the
course of two months, then you are to repay the 199,1. to
the bearer of this receipt, winch you have given me," &c.

After which there was a receipt given to tie
ness at follows:

" Received, the 14th of January, 1809, of Mr. L. Hesse,
the sum of 19181. to be applied agreeably to instruaion in
his letter of this date.

" For Sykes, Snaith, and Co.
" JoHN WATSON.,.

After this a letter of instruaion was sent to
Messrs. Sykes, Snaith and Co. from Mr. Hesse, as
he proved. It was dated the 14th of January, 1809,
directed to Messrs. Sykes, Snaith and Co.
" You will please to pay Messrs. Pollmann and Key-lock
the sum of i,9901, which I have deposited in your hands,
upon my being duly appointed a Coast-Waiter in theCustoins,
in the Port of London, within two calendar months from the
date hereof; and it that event does- not take place in the
course of two calendar months, then you are to repay the
1,9901. to bearer licreof, of the receipt of which you have
giveu to inc. for the said sum of 1,990." , reciting the receipt.
Then stating tins order to be irrevocable. The wit-
ness then gave an account of the various interviews
which he had with these two Defendants, Pollmann
and KeyloCk, in which he introduced the scene
which he-and these two Defendants had with Mrs.
Harvey, 'another of these Defendants. The wit-
ness, and Mr. Pollmann and Mr. Keylock, the
two Defendants, met at the Cannon Coffee-house ;
of their going to Mts. Harvey, the other Defend-
ant, at a house in Crown-street, Westminster,
where they had a conversation, in which 'Mrs. Har-
vey admitted, that she was engaged in this business—
said that the Duke of Portland was acqUainted
with all these matters—that the Duke of Port-
land made the oath which the person who took
this office -was to take—that the Duke knew that
the oath was broken every day—that the Duke of
Portland got 20 or 30,0001. a-year by selling these
places. That was the substance of all that passed on
that subjea at that interview. That afterwards, the
witness, Mr. Hesse, called on the Defendants, Poll-
mann and Keylock, at their office, when Pollmann
said to Mr. Hesse, he was to attend for the purpose
of receiving instruaions, saying he should have his
office very soon, and on turning over his papers,
Pollmann said he found a card as follows—" Poll-
mann and Keylock, Crown-court, Threadneedle-
street ;" on the back of which card was written—,
"" Little Water Wood-Farm-office, Cannon-street,
2 months, C. W. I. Lan. W. Tower-street, W. 3
\V.—This was to express the meaning of the duty
of•rectiving instruaion, which was attached to the
office which Mr. Hesse was to fill, and which
these Defendants, Pollmann and Keylock, explain-
ed, by informing Mr. Hesse that his period of in-
struaion to make himself fit for the business would
be four months ; but that for a few dinners he
would be excused and reported tit in two weeks,
&c. Mr. Hesse thee pressed the Defendants for his
appointment, or a return of his money, and at last
discovered that he Was completely deceived, there
being no intention that he should have either; but