The Sun.
London, England, 1812-02-12 00:00:00

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.CRALIF/URD AND 23 ttADLEir FOR FORGERY.
The foiloving,i, a sketch of the circumstances of

the caie.

Stime time after
.the death of the late Earl of
Craufurd; ,the prisoner, John. Lindsay Craufurd,
supposing that a relation of the hue Earl had, lived.
as ste,.vard at Castle Dawson; thought that if he
could !)roi'e a propinquity to him, he might by that
means obtain the Earldotn, and certain estates in
Ayrsb;re; and for this purpose he repaired to
birnie, in Ayrshiie„ and, in the hands of a descen.
daut of a former fat-tor, he found certain lease 4
and. old letters.. These were transmitted bk,
a,trUsty messenger to Bradley, who, with the as-
sistance of Fanning (CrJufurd's two asiociates);'
deleted certain passages in the letters, and subset=
toted something relative to this James Craufurd;
and for the names of some of the witnesses,
wtre also deleted, that of Craufurd Was likewise
substituted.

Tne singular ingeriniT di.played in thesealfera-
lions, struck every one who had access to see the
papers, the h2nd-writing and colour of the ink being
not only most, successfully imitated, but the fabric
of the paper, though old and worn, was preserved
entire and uninjured. The papers had, in fatr:t„ sb
much the appearance of genuine deeds, that the
deception Was in part completelY successful. At
this juttaure, Fanning, to whose dexterity his as=
s ciates were indebted for the success of their plans,
wined King's evidence; and having made a decla.;
ration before the Sheriff, intimated to Craufurd's
agent the whole of the circumstances: In conse-
quence of F.tri&ng's information, Bradley and Crau-
turd were soon after apprehended, and the declara-
tion emitted by Bradley opened a scene of the most
deliberate fraud.

Several witnesses were called in corroboration of
the declarations ;• and the exculpatory evidence only
proved the good charaaer of the prisoners previous
to this transaction, and the bad character of Fanning
the witness, on whose evidence they were convid-
ed. The point chiefly insisted on by the prisoners
Counsel was, that as no' patrimoni,d interest was
affected, no crime was committed.
The. Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The
prisoners were sentenced to fourteen years banish.
merit.

On Monday evening, the Lady of Major Hodg-
son, of Moorhouse, near Carlisle, on entering one
of the apartments, discovered a! fellow w,ho bad
concealed himself under a table. .She immediately
ran out to call for assistance--in the mean tittle he
rushed-past her, and made his escape. There can
be no doubt that the fellow had endeavoured to
secrete himself for the purpose of plundering the
house while the family were asleep.
On Monday morning last, as Captain Campbell,
of the Tremendous, was passing over the Bridge, in
his boar, with a midshipman, and eight men, a
heavy sea suddenly struck and overset her, by 'which
uniurtunate incident three valuable sailors, James
Stewart, Samuel Muckford, and William Weeks,
were lost-to the service of their country. Capt. C.
with the remainder of the crew, "very narrowly
escaped a similar fate ; but the "accident being a 1...
most immediately perceived from the Bulwark,
boats were sent off to their assistance, and the
lives of Captain C. the Midshipman, and five men,
after struggling nearly three quarters of an hour
in the water, sometimes holding by the boat," and
at other times forced by the waves to abandon their
hold,. were happily saved.—Dock Telegraph. •