The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JAN. 15.

George Skehe, the Pimcipil Cl rk 'at Queen- •
square Police Office, indicted for forging four
receipts, the one purporting to be of W. Soulby,
for 361. Bs. for coals; one purporting to ce of
Staunton, for stationery; one purporting to be of
-- Downes, tor printing ; and one puriorting to
be of - Ryder, for rent due from the Public
Office, with intent to defraud Thomas Baldwin,
Esq. Receiver of the Police Offire,:.•
Mr. Baldwin stated in his evi:ence, that lie was
Receiver of the Police Office, and the prsoner -11:3
knew as the Principal Cierk of the Queen-square.
Office. As such Cletk, it was his duty to pas the
accounts of the Office, for the balance Of whielx
the witness u.ed to give him a draft on his b,n ker.
On the 21st of November last, he rendered the last
quarter's account due to the ptecaling, o:'.tober, and
he ch;:ged the sums stated in the above teceipts,
and produced these receipts as vouchers of EW3 hav-
ing paid the sums therein speCified. Those h m
were . accordingly allowed, and the balance paid Lim
on the footing of that account. It was-attorwa,ds
discovered that , those receipts ‘vete .forgeries, and
that such sums .were rof paid. .
The several parties were next called; whose mimes
had Leen forged, and it appeared that Soulby's elated
was only 171. 95. initead of dl. Bs. char2:-() ;
Dewnes's 41. 14s. instead of 71. ; St,iurnon's
Ryder's Were the right sums, but ti.eir sign‘ttures
were forged. On behalf .of the pr'sotiel, the Mar-
quis of rinntley, and a great nunter of rospecta.blo
“entlemett, gave him the highest chara6ter fur in-
tegrity and probity. r
The Jury found hitn qui/ty, bat recommended
•hint to mercy, on account of his rooter good Cha-
meter.

Mos. Conical' was inclined for forging and utter...
ing/medicine stamps, with itrent to 4frau.a the
Revenue. The prisoner was a tender of quack me-
dicines in Oxford-street, and tie wide-rhe adopted
was as follows :—The starryl he- used nearly re-
sembled genuine starnp, except that iu the circle
of the middle of the.stamp, uhich in the gennin
One contains a CI.OWD, and the amount of the duty
encircling it, he used the voids " R. Biooke, Bris-
tol ;" so that the ddiefence was cleat :upon inspec-
tion ; but lie afterwards adopted another method to
pass them off, for he eta out the circular pat be.
fore, it wa, pasied on the box or bottle, and that
seated over the .circular p.ut ttus et:t out ; so,.;hat
when on the box or bottle the labe;s,nt the stSipp
resembled a genuine °tic. The'Stamp
ingiutelligence of this frand,\on'tln. 3d of Decem—
ber, sent Vicary, the Officer, .w ho iparehed,h4
house; and found a great quantity of these trlrett
stamp 3.

Mr. ALLEY, Mr. CuttwooD, and Mr. ADOLPIILJ
submitted several objections ,to the Court,
,as to. the
fbrai ollhe indictinent as to the uttering, and that
•
it was not a forpry.

The Court thought the last objection a weighty
one, and reserved the case for the (Onion of Shin
Twelve Judges. ,The vbjczotion- was, 111,at the vit.-
riance between the genuine stami) and the forged
_one was so greaL,..that they did nuLresemble cu.'s
other, and consequently the one could not be said
. to:be a forgerpof the other, or an uttering of
,its
resemblance. -
The Jury found-the prisoner subject to
'this objection:

Priestley, John Rotinson, 'Wn. Goulding,
and Thomas Price, were tried, for 4stealir.i; from the
wine cellar of Matthias.Prime.Lucius Than!ei.P.
street,' 33. bottles of red port wine, value 31;
prope'rty.=-7Guili.y.

i

LATE 2111,711 DER,
IN THE NEIGHEuLtEHO.CD OF SHADWELE.

A-most important discovery has been made, with-
in these two d.tvs, which completely temoves every
Shadow of doubt respeCting the- guilt. of the late
Suicide, Williams. It was proved (*fore the Ma-
gistiates of Shadwell Office, that three weeks be-
fore the murder of Mr. Williamson and his family,
Williams had been seen to have a leing'French knife
ivitn• an ivory handle, that knife could never be
totatid.in Williams's trunk, or amongst anir of the
'Ploaths he left behind hint at the Pear-tree• public- •
ouch, The subsequent search to find that deadly
'lnstrument, .has been crowned with. success. On
Tuesday, Harrison, one of the lodgers at the,
Fear Tree public,house,' in searching amongst
Some'. old cloal'hes, foimd a blue jacket, which. he
Immediately recognized' as- part of ,Williams's ap-
parel. He proceeded to examine .it more closely,
lid, upon looking at the inside pocket,. he found
it quite stiff with coagulated blood, as .it a blood-
stained hand had been thrust into it. He brought
it down to-Mrs. Vermiloe, who irrmediately sent for
iupe, and another of the Shadwell Police officers,
to make turther.ses.rch in the house. Every apart-
ment then underwent . the most rigid •examination,
and after a search olabout and hour and a halt, the
office's came at last to a small closet, the one in
Which they discovered the &tied of- their pursuit.
In one corner of it there was a heap of dirty stock-
ings and other cloaths, which being removed, they
014,erved a bit.of • wood protruding from aniouse-
-hole in (he wall, which theyitninetfiately.dre.w outf
and at the same instant they .discovered the handle
01 a clasp knife, apparently dyed with blood, which
tlpbn being brought forth, proved to be the identical..
Prench knife seen in Willirins's possession before
the murders. The handle and blade of it were
suleared all over with blood. This important hi et
completes the chain of s!rong Circumstantial evidence
already adduced against the suicLie,

POLICE.

IgARLUOROUGH-STREET.."•A SINGULAR CAS-U.--
A Gentleman, w'ho resides in the.neighbourhood of
Mary-la-bonne, New Road, applied on Tuesday
eveuing to the Magistrates at this Office for assist-
ance to recover a daughter, sixteen years 0( age, who
Lad absented herself frOni her home.. The young
'Lady had abSented her Sell during•the abs nee of the
father and.mother on Tuesday, accompanied by the
• servant-maid, with her aporel, append•rges, &c.
and, the parents immediately api,hed to theik'niece,
an apprentie or workwoman at a Louse in Sack-
Vie-street; accompanied by an officer. The niece,
et first denied herself, but she was at length brought
tf) the Office, accompanied by another female from
the house,- and on Mr. Brodie, the ),lagistrate, de-
mantling of them to disclose any knowledge they
have of the absentee ; they confessed., their
knowledge of the young Lady having gone a pas-
senger in the Liverpool stage with the servant-maid
Mai r-tvening for 'Liverpool, to proceed from thence
--tu Ireland. The. father immediately took a post:.
Chaise and four, with Warren, an 'officer belonging
In the Office,
.and overtook the stage, whilst the
PassengerS were supping .at Slough. The father.
aeited,his daughter, who.in tears Mrplored her fa-.
llier!s forgiveness, .and the latter conducted her back
tO Londstur., It appears that there Was no sort of
criminality whatever attached to 'the young Lady,
and her absenting herself from her home, was alto-
gether the work of female agency.
Utitok HALL.—Yeasegood Sleight, John Cotton,
and Samuel Flower, three young students belong-
ing to St. Thomas's- Hospital, who occupy the first
fitter in Mr. Pryor's house, were exami.ed before
Mr. Cotton stand; that they were
all three sitting in the dinning-room on Sunday
vening., when they were alarmed by.the cry of
• murder, apparently proceeding- from some person
near the door of the room where they were
sitting he immediately seized the tongs, and Mr.
Sleigh+ the poker, and tney were going to the place
horn w hence the cries came, but were prevented-
Pooceeding by Mr. F.owec placing himself against .
the doer of the room, and preventing their opening
ki they however removed him, though s ith great.
4litilculty, and this delayed them so much that lir.
1.)/cr was down in the shop before them, and the
v+llainsgone: Sarah Wilkins vas. lying in an in-
,,atlSible Slate, as already described.
„:Mr. Etower, in excuse fOr having so blockaded
lie 'door, said, lie had heard so much of the 'four-
' `'ers at R Itcliff-highway that fie was alarmed; and
ant khowiug how Many/villa-ins there might be in
the house, he'placed his baCk against the door to
ilrevent then etiering.
The worthy,Magi,trate expressed himself highly
Indignant at the pusdbnifouns conduct or' Flower,
which he -observedliad-alfowed time for the assassins
t 0 escape, and, had,probably prevented their detec-
, .

Mr. Cotton also !stated, that. on Friday evening, as
`'and, Mr. Sleight were coining out of .Mr. Pryor's.
iiouse, they saw a man looking round the window;
"t the time they cattle out; his hand appeared near
tfe latch of the shop-door, as if he weir about to
Inter, but be dreW back on perceiving them. He
lad a dark coloured cordutoy jacket on, was about
6 feet 7 inches high, and appeared to them-upwards
'if thirty years of age. This description perfectly
4greeVwith ihe'description given by. Wilkins of the
,
she saw loitering about the shop-door .on Sm-
lurday last, in the evening.
Sarah Wilkins has been attended by Mr. A.
Cooper, and we are happy to s 4, is-considered as
‘?utot. all datiger. r • •

About eight o'clock, on Wednesday evening, the
1)()tit-coach -which runs between Bristol and Lamp-
\lghlet's-1)211, was stopped by three footp ids, near
4111pi11•bridger who dragged the coachman from his
seat, and= robbed -- bed him of his money.--A man on
,
'letsellick coming up at the moment, they got over
the hedge, and effected their,escape.
Monday se'nnight,' bet Ween five and six o'clock
tp the eveniag, a daring attack was made on two
i.,3'uting- men-, returning- to Bristol over Brozdfield-
-"ownsfrom Wrington,_by
_two highwaymen.—
'Without -saying a word,
.they fired a pistol, which
missing :the yolung men, and startling their horses,
one of 'the highwaymen immediately' commence;l a
porteiti, sad again tired lie soon overtook theLind-
*Lost, who was not so well mounted as his com-
Panions, and after dragging him off his boese,- beat
inn) unmercifully, and lobbed WM.

IPERIAL PARLIALUEN2.77

. MUSE OF PEERS,

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15.
- HEARING OF APPEALS, Sic.
Vie LORD ..CHAN6ELCOR took his seat on the
Woolsack before three o'clock, and pursuant to the
Order of the Day, their Lordships proceeded to take
into consideration the merits of the various Peti-
tions from-parties,• praying for further time to lay
before the House the necessary Papers and Docu-
ment-s, in illustration of -their respective cases.
A number of the Solicitors and Agents attended,
and 'was e que;tioried:At the bar fespeeting the trial!)
of the allegations in the petitions and otherpoin'ts
connected with the subject.-