The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-05 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, DEC. 3.

FORGERY.-George White stood indicted for '
forging the acceptance of a.person named Charles
Larkin, to a Bill drawn by 'Alin, and for uttering
the same, „ell knowing it to be forged. .
Mr. Joshua Russel, of. Ely-place, Holborn.,
proved, that the prisoner was a farmer residing
near Rochester, and had come to him in the,..inOnth
Of July last, stating that he was in want of 39/, 10s,
for a particular purpose ; anti .that he bad a Bill
in his possession to ,that amount, drawn by him
upon Mr. C. Larkin, ;of • Rochester, and accepted
by that Gentleman, which he requested, witness •
to discount.. Witness gave him, a cheque upon
Mr. Collins, his Attorney, for that stun. This
Bill witness placed in the hands of Mr. Collins,
who lodged it with his, Bankers. On its.becom-
ing.due, it was'presented at the*George Inn, in
the Borough, where it was made payable, but no
- provision .was there made for it. in consequence
of ibis circumstance, Mr. Collins immediately
wrote a letter to Mr. Larkin, stating that unless
the Bill was paid forthwith, he would proCeed
law for the.recogeyy of .the amount. • This Was on
the sth of October. By return of post, Mr. Rus-
sell received a letter from the prisoner to the fol-
lowing effect Dear Sir, 1 have seen Mrs.

Larkin, who states that Mr. Larkin is not at
borne, and she is consequently unnepared to meet
the 13i11 which you were so good as to dis Count.
Mr. Lakin, however, she say's, will be at home to-
morrow, when he will:immediately -forward the
amount by post. • I must beg yotrtherefore to stop
proceedings against--. Mr.. Larkin." There were
other letters subsequently written by the prisoner
to the same effect. On the 14th of October .the
prisoner called upon witness, and acc,ompanid him
into•the . parlour, wkere he said, ‘, My life is in
your hands. Mr. Larkins has been to Mr. Collins,
and stated that the Bill which yini discounted for
me is not his acceptance."'On enquiry, this
proved to be the case; and Mr. -Larkin po'sitively,
'decfared that the acceptance was not in his hand-
writing, nor did he know any thing of the Bill.—
'The prisoner was in consequence apprehended;
and on searching his desk, the letter directed by
Mr. Collins to Mr. Larkin .4kas• found there., How
it had got into the prisoner rs possession, thele was •
'no-means of discovering. , - -
Mr. Collin proved the 'receipt 'of the Bill from
Mr. Russell; and the return of it to him from his
';banker's dishononred. . - , -. ..
Mr, Hidse, of the Rochester Bank, proved that
the acceptance' to the Bill was not Mr..Larkin's
hand-Writing. .
. , . .
The 'prisoner in his defence said, that at the
time he drew the Bill he was in great distress,
and expected.an execution in his house. -He drew
the Bill upon Mr. Lakin, 'and gave it to his Wife
-to get it accepted. She returned it to him- with
'an acceptance upon it, which he had no reason to
doubt was the aceeptanae of Mr. Larkin. - He
said he had witnesses in town yesterday to prove
these factS, but they had gone away, he knew

not why. • .
, the
Sir SIMoN LE.BLANc.having summed up evi-
dence, the Jury retired to consider their Verdja,
and after_ an absence of half an hour, returned and
pronounced the prisoner Guilty—Death.
bTEALING IN A
.DWELLING-HOUSE.-Illanuel
John ‘"vas capitally indicted for stealing in the
dwelling-house of Francis Cornitivo, Bank Notes
to the amount of 1661. -hitt was Acquitted;
True bills have been found against Powell, the
celebrated necromancer, . and Burton, who *as
wounded in attempting to break and enter a linen-
draper's shop in Piccadilly; The trials are fixed
to take place this day.,