The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-07 00:00:00

OLD 13A.ILEY.

Saturday John. Lenzere was capitally indicted far
forging and uttering a .21. note, purporting to be.
of the Governor and Company of the Bank of
England.
}.Jatnuel Dickins; a Bow-Street Patrole, deposed, -
•-that in consequence of directions he had. received,
he met the prisoner at the house of a person, nam-.
eel Marris, in King's Arms-court, Whitechapel.
Nothing:passed: then ; but in the course of ten
minutes, the prisoner called witness out, and they
went ,to Brick-lane together, talking.Of horses.
Witness said he was a dealer in horses.. The pri-
soner asked-what he wanted, to ‘vhieh witness an-
-swered, " some ones." The:prisoder said he had
got no " ones," but -he had pine " 41170. g." Wit-
ness- said that would do, and they walked to die
King's .Head, and the prisoner told him the
persons in the tap-room were his partners. - The
prisoner then told the witness, that:if, he could
fitut a place worth breaking Into, he (the witness)
should have his regular share, and not be seen. in
it himself. . The prisoner then left witness in the
tap-rlom for about two hours; when he returned
and beekoyed witness, out. They walked about
forty or fifty yards, till they came below some
paling,• Nv hcr e the prisoner
_gave' the witness four
21. forged note, for which witness gave him /11.
7s. Witness-was to have more such notes in a
day or two. Some. time afterwards hi saw him in
Whitechapel-road, and the prianier asked him if
he had got rid of them. Witness said; " only of
two,". and asked him if he had got any more
which the prisoner replied he had got plenty of all
sorts. On the 25th witness- met him again, when
time 'witness and another officer took hint, into
custody.
R. Glover, 'an Inspector of: Notes at the Bank.i.
proved all the four to be forged.
Several respectable: persons gave the prisoner a:
good character ; some of them had employed him
in his profession as a weaver. Verdict Guilty—
Death.

Sarah Ahnstrong,Sdrah Butter, and Henry fsaiws,
were indicted for feloniously anti traitOronsly co-
louring. certain metal blanks, so as to give them
the appearance of ctrtain of the •current coin of
the realm, namely shillings and..sixpences.
It appeared from the evidence, that the two fe-
male risoners (mother and daughter) lived to-
gether lit a 'back-room in Church-lane, Spital-
fields. In consequence of some law:MariOn,
Shepherd:and Sapwell, two of the City Constables,
took them into cuStody,. and in their lodgings
found a considerable quantity. of bad money, a
'bottle ofaquafortk, a quantity of cream of tartar,.
a blacking; ball fOr taking off the extreme bright-
ness, and a piece of flannel- used in rubbing off the-
blacking. Armstrong told one of the officers
that she had once left off the trade, but had been
obliged to. resume it again from extreme distress,
having to other Means of supporting herself, her
child and mother::, Isaacs was in the habit of'
vi-
siting the female prisoner every. week, and on his
eoming again was taken into custody—there were
found on him seveval uncoloured Is. piece's, shil-
lings, and sixpences.—When called on for their
defence, the two females denied any knowledge
of the man, but did not deny their own guilt ;
as. for Isaacs, he said he was as innocent H 4 a
lamb.

The Jury, after an able and impartial summing
up by Mr. Baron CrnAtfAm, retired for about half
an hour, and brought in a verdict, finding all the
prisoners guilty.; but recommending Butler to
mercy, on account of her extreme old age.