The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-15 00:00:00

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AirlOC"Ty,
ATTO ARDEN ilia,ckcarbt, of
No: 37,' o:lwer,-street, Bedforn-scpatc,
brow; tit up in the custody of Hutt and Cimbrick,
two. very active-otlicers, and underwent another
examination on various charges of forgery,-to the
amovnt of ,everal thonsa-ml pounds The case
excited such peculiar interest thAt the Oiiice was
crowded at an early hour by bankers, merchants,
brokers, .and other gentlemen. Mr. IS'AACS at-
tended as Attorney for the prisoner ; Mr. ALLEY,
.‘ehowas retained as his Counsel, could not a.t.
rend, hz hAving a case at tire Old Bailey. The
Solicitor
.of the Bank attended in behalf of the

prosecution.:
Mr, Arthur Clirtnee, Navy Agent, stated, in.
addition to his former evidence, that•having been
informed at the Banking-house of Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smith, that Mr. John :lougan arrived
in town, And denied having any knowledge of
the two bills, one for 7001. and the other for
800/. purporting to he indorsed by him, and that
he said, the indorsement of his name, " John
bougan,", on both the bills, was.a forgery ; that in
conskrence of this intelligence, witness applied
at this Office, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, and lodged
infot nation against the pri,-o.ner, and obtailied,
a warrant to apprehend him, which cvarrant
was executed by Hutt an' Limbrick the next
day. When the prisoner Was taken into cus-
tody, tic said to Nxitties.s, that he was used ex-
treily ill ; u ituess answered. that Mr. Julin
Dougan was come to toWn, and that• be denied
haviug any knowledge of the bills, and that he
said his name. "John Dotigau,— the 'indorsement,
wa, aforgery, to ..which the prisoner replied, that.
if the•,bills were foriAeries, he knew nothing of it,
aslie uttered thew hi the saute state that he receiv-
:•:d them from Capt. Witne4S then told
the, prisoner, that if Captain 11aliiday was so
material H witness in his favour, if lie told hint
where he was to be foucd, he should be procured,
to which the ptlSoner made no reply, but asked
w•ittiess if the business could •,-oot he arranged, as
be had property to sceni=c it, but he did not say

what the property W
John Donau, of Teignmouth, Devon-
shire, in addition to his former testimony, said,
dint he believed the writing in the body of the
said two bills to be the hand-writing of the pri-

sons r; •
John Limbriel:, Police-officer, stated, that on
.Wednesday, the 29th of November last, he, ac-
gtimpanied by John Una, his brothrt officer, ap-
prehended the prisoner, and on searching him,
folinn the two hills-of exchange, now'produced, in
.liis,"po"sesiori; one tor 11001. and the other bill
-for 14001. dated Torwla , 22d September, 1815-,
.priyahlc.t t o John Dougan, Easel. or order, sixty
.days :after sight, and purporting to be indorsed by
him. The' prisoner, alter being taken ~into. CGS--
Salq, that -if the hills were had, that it niust
be that damned English Nabob; but witness does
.not know ‘iiio the 'instiller meant by that ex-

In-essioo. .
Mr. John Dongan, and his clerk Mr.-Samttel
provt.(; the indorsement " John Dougan"
on;the two found by Hatt and Limbrick On
the prisoner, to be, d also forgeries, an not of the
hand-writing,of Mr. John Dougan.
This charge being dis;:ased- of, the next charge
against the prisoner was, for Int eriii;; a forged Biil
of Exchange for the stun of 1200/. dated Tortola,
the 7th of. July, 1815 i, payable to the order of
John Dongan, Esq. and 11)itte payable at the house
of Anthony Maekenrot, Esq. London, at sixty
days after sight, and indorsed " John Dougan."
Mr. George Oppenheiwr said, he is, "3s mer-
chant, and lives in New: Broad-street ; that, oft
the 26th of actober last, he received the above
mentioned : bill front his broker, Mr. Richard
James, in payment of fifteen tons-,of hemp
sold
by him on witness's aebount, to Mr.God.eu
tier ; before taking the said bill, witness made
inquiry respecting tl;e indorSer, Mr. John-Don-
gnu, at the banking-house of Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smith, who he learoed were Mr.
Dougan's bankers, and front whom lie -le;trned
that Mr: Dougan was a very safe mark, hate they
refused to cash the bill, not having received ad-
vice to that purpose front' Mr. Donau. Witness
passed the bill at the hank of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd,
and Co. and paid the difference between the hill
and the fifteen tons of hemp, which difference
was near five hundred pounds, hack to Mr; James,-
to be given by him to Mr. Godeu Skater.
Richard James said, he is -a broker, and lives in
Hampstead, and at N 0.76, Broad-street, and was
employed by -Messrs: G and M. Oppenheimer to
sell some heMpon'their account : that on the 25:11
of October last, Mr. Goden Shiffner called at his
counting-house, and informed witness that he was
commissioned by Mr.-John N. Hardy tiepurchast
some hemp, and the tootle of payment he proposed
was the -hill ahove-mentioned, and referred him
to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, for inquiry
as to the indorser, Mr. John Dorgan : Witness
infornied Messrs. Oppenheimer of it, who, alter
making the necessary inquiries respecting the bill,
and" receiving satisfactory inforputtiou concerning
the indorser, authorised wiwess to receive the bill
in payment for the hemp. The next day, 0ct.26,
Goden Shiffner ea.,letton -witness and bought
15 tons of hemp, on account of Mr. trardy,
which amounted to near 7001. for which he gave
the bill alluded to in payment, and he received the
difference between the
.said bill and the price-of
the hemp, which N.vas near 5001. .
'Goden .Shiffner, a broker, of St. Michael's-
alley, Cornhill, received the bill of. exchange for
12001. now produced, front Mr. John N. Hardy,
to pay for the 15 tons of hemp to the last wit-
ness,• Mr. James, which cat:,e to near 7001. and
front whom he received the difference between the
bill and the hemp, in a bill for 4201: and a cheek,
which together amounted to near 5001. and whien
witness paid into the hand of Mr. Harvey. •
John N. Hardy, a broker, in George-yard,
Lombard-street, stated, that about the beginning
of October last, the prisoner, Mr. Anthony Mack-.
enrot, called on witness, and informed him be
had a bill of exchange,. for 12001., for which -he
wished to. buy some goOds, but-tlfat the. hill was
then in' the hands of Mr. Kinnear, of GovCer-
street, Bedford-square. The prisoner then wrote
by witness to Mr. Kinnear for.the bill., which let-

Vet vri,tles•-!' red to Z+tr. Kinnear, at
connting-howsr, 'Martites•latie. au.l r
ncss vcrcii the hill to the prisoner, Mr. MAck-
eterot. Abont.the 2.oth Of (-)etober, the prkoner
gave witness the bill, and commissioned ()lin to
purchase any species of goods for it lre thought
best, and which bill witness paid (or tl:e 13 tons
of imnp, which amon-ted to ablint 701)1. and Mr,
tioder h:,:t the difference between
the, said hilt and the hemp, which difference was
near 5001. 0001. witness carried to th.e.,Cre-
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dit of the prisoner. Witness afterwards,disposed
of the hemp, and also carried the aniount to the
account of the prisoner.
The Connsel for the prosecution questioned the
witness if he paid the di'fferent sums received, by j
him to the prisoner, or if those sums were still in
his hands. The Magistrates objected to the wit-
nes answering any such questions there as they
had nothing to do with the chargeof forgery. 'The
creditors were to look to that.
Mr. John Dongan deposed, that he knew no-
thing of the bill now produced ; the indorse-
ment " John Dongan" on the back of the said
bill is not his hand-writing, it is a forgetv. Wit-
ness has frequently seen the prisoner write„ and
he believes the writing in the body of. the bill to
be the prisoner's hand-writing.
Samuel Hicks, Clerk to M. John Dong•aO,
knows Mr. Doi:gall', hand-writing, ha 11111 f,
fluently seem him w ri:e ; the indorsement .y John
Doltg n'. on the bill now produced, is not of Mr.
Doligazi's hand-writing. •
The prisoner wits committed for further exa-
mination, to :answer 'to any fresh charges that
may be brought against him. • '
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