The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-11 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Arun. 11.

There were a good number of Oxen at market this morning.
but the trade was rather heavy, although lower prke4 we.e
asked. In Lamb and Mutton the supply was also, good.,
To sink the Offal,. of 111 b. per stone.
Beef 35 Od to 4s Od l Veal - s-fl 5d
Mutton 3s Gd to 41 4d I Pork
35 lid to 4s Oct

liainb ra Od to 6 Od.
13111AiV, TElt 1.0A14

Hay £3 lOs to £4 4s Clover £4 Os to £4 Ifs
Straw .1%1 lOs to 4.1 Os.

OLD BAILEY.

iFoualny.—This morning Charles James Ker..
foot was put to the bar, charged with uttering
a counterfeit order for the payment of 50/. 3, s.,
with intent to defraud James Mann, on the.'2lst ,
day of rebrnary last, at -Westminster. '•
James Mann sworn...:Witness is a riding-master at Brighton ;
knows the prisoner,, who resided at the Steyne Hotel about
Bor 10 days. The prisoner had hired several horses, and had
borrowed 21. of-witness; and on the 11th of February he klint a
rerson, who had before been in the habit of corning, for a, horse,
which was no returned, as expected. At midnight, not hearing
of the prisoner, witness set off for town, and arrived between 6 and
7 in the morning ; met the prisoner in Holborn, between liYartil
11 o'clock on the horse that he had borrowed. 'Witness seized the
'horse, and theprisoner was taken to St. Giles's watch-house.---
The prisoner was taken subsequently to Marlborough-street,
and at a public.hOuse opposite the Office he produced a Bill of
Exchange. Furzman, the officer, waif present. Witness went
over to the Office, and was informed that, as he had net dis.
posed of the horse, he could not be detained for a felony.
—Witness -went back to the prisoner, who proposed to
pay what was due. He was asked what means he had to
do so, to whkh he replied, that he had a bill Which he
would send to the Banking-house of Messrs. Idoya, anti
he accordingly produced a paper. The bill was found not
to be due, but thowisoner expressed a wish to have it pre.
vented for the purpose of seeing whether they woUld.4onotir
it. The prisoner indorsed the bill on the back. A person
was sent to Messrs. Jones and 4loyd'i with the and
the prisoner wax detained. The messenger returncd, with
an answer, that Messrs. Jones and„ Lloyd knew noting of it,
and in fact that the bill.was a forgery.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cuawoon—When the ri4iineuro.,
duced the bill he was in custody, and was aware that lie would
be detained until the messenger returned.
Furzman, the officer, produced the bill, on which hi raw the
prisoner write Charles James lieribot.
James Cowley Drake, a clerk in the house_ of and
Lloyd, stated; that Messrs. Ainsworth, Son, and Co., were cot,
respondents.of Messrs. Jones and Lloyd, and were in thethabit
of drawing bills on them. The bills were sometimes, togracd
for Peter Ainsworth, Son, and Co.' and sometimes for,} teintrd
Ainsworth. The signature on the bill in question was pot that
of Peter Ainsworth. Witness had never seen Peter .-Ains.
worth. Witness rather thought Mr. Peter Ainsworth was in
the South of France in the month of January, and wasinduced:,
to think so from the circumstance of his-having honouied bills
for him, dated Marseilles. ; .

By the COURT—There was a branch of the house .of Ains-
worth and' Co. at .Manchester, but that firm never drew on
Messrs. Jones anti Lloyd. • .t .
The bill was here put in and read by Mr. Shelton, andlound
to correspond with the indictment. . .
This closed the case for the prosecution, and the. Loom
CHIEF' 'JUSTICE infbmied the Jury that.the bill only charged
the prisoner with' an intent to defraud James Mann. .Now the
fact as borne out by the evidence was, that it' the bill had been
accepted by Messrs. Jones and Lloyd, the prisoner would not
have paid it to Mr., ann, but have raised money on it hyother
means. lie had conversed with his brother Bullock, whose
assistance he. was happy to have on the occasion, and they both
'concurred in thinking that the evidence was not sufficient to
convict the prisoner ; they therefore directed the Jury to acquit
the prisoner.
CHARGE OF CUTTING AND STABBING.— Itrnt. Marsha/1,
aged 49, was put to the bar on an indictment, charging him
with stabbing and cutting Mercy Hardy, with intent to kill and
murder her, or to do her some' bodily harm, on the 21st of
February last.
It. appeared • the prosecutrix had accompanied the wife of
the prisoner, who had lived separate for five or six years,
to the house of the latter, at ten o'clock of night, ..tvlsen he
came down With a sabre which lie flourished abouti .' They
had previously met him in the street and threatened to
come home to him. It also appeared, that the prisoner had
allowed his wife Hs. per weed for her maintenance. In
the cross-examination, it was admitted by the probeentrix that
she had taken up a poker. It was also stated by the watch-
man that the wile had " taken a drop." An offer had also
been made to settle the matter for n
The prisoner received and txcellent character, and the Jury
found him Not Guilty.