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London, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

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VVm. Gould proved that he was employed by Mr.
Salt to engrave a portion of the plate, and that he saw
Rarouz and Mazeauz in communication with Mr. Salt.

Mrs. Salt the wife of the first witness prover' also the
communications between the parties.
Daniel Forrester, the officer, prov. 4 th,,t in cort.e•
sequence of information he reccived, he went on the
22d of October to Church-street, Soho, where the pri-
soners Ramuz and Maz3auz resided. An arrrange-
*ment had been made with his brother and Ballard, for-
merly one of the Bow-street officers, and they went
into the house and found Ramuz, Mazeauz. and Salt
standing together, and Mazeauz had a plate in his
hand, which he took from him. Upon a table in the
front parlour witness found a border plate and a pocket-
book and he asked the prisoners whether those articles
belonged to them and they said they did not.
John Forrester proved that he assisted in the appre-
hension 'of Ramuz and Mazeauz, and said that
when he told them what charge was made against
them, they denied all knowledge of the forgery.
Witness afterwards met the prisoner Rault in
Dean-street, and he went up to him and asked him if
he did not live in King-street, and he appeared not to
understand the question. He took Rault to the sta-
tion at Bow-street, and on searching him he found two
pieces of paper (impressions from the plates engraved
by Mr: Salt), in a pocket-book. The prisoner wrote
down his address of where he lived, and witness went
there and found some other impressions, and arso a Rus-
sian passport, and a certificate from the Alien-office.
William Ballard, formerly a Bow-street officer, corro-
borated the evidence relative to the apprehension of
the two first-mentioned prisoners, and added that he saw
Ramuz crumble up something in his hand, and he took
it from him, andiound it to be another impression from
the plate.

M. Antoine Baer deposed that he was chief book-
keeper at the cash deposit department of the Imperial
Bank of Russia, which was established at St. Peters-
burgh. He produced a genuine note of that Bank, and
identified the signatures attached to it. Those notes
circulated in every part of the kingdom of Russia. The
name of the Emperor of Russia is Nicholas, and his
title was Nicholas the First, Emperor and Autocrat
of all the Russias. The Commercial Bank was esta-
blished by the authority of the Russian Government.
The value of the silver ruble was about three shillings
of English money.
A witness was then called to prove that the prisoner
Rault lodged the room where the officers found the im-
pressions from the plate.
M. Louis Rowsell, a Russian merchant, gave evi-
dence of a similar character to that deposed to by
M. Baer.

This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. CHAMBERS then took an objection that there was
not sufficient proof that Rault took any share in getting
the plate engraved, and that he could not be convicted
upon the indictment preferred against him.
The COURT, after hearing Mr. Platt, intimated its
opinion that the case should go to the Jury.
Mr. PHILLIPS then addressed the Jury on behalf of
the prisoners Ranauz and Mazcauz, and submitted to
them that these persons had merely been the innocent
dup's of the prisoner Rauh-.
Me, CHAMBERS addressed the jury for Rault, ar.d
contmded that upon the present indictment he could
not he convicted, for there was not the slightest evi-
dence to show that bo had taken any part in the pro•
ceeding orgetting• the plate engraved.
Several witnesses were then called, who gave the pri-
soner Mazeduz and Itawaz a good character for ho-
nesty. No witnesses were called on behalf of the pri-
soner Rank.

Mr. Justice PATTESON addressed the jury and oh-
szTved that the present case was certainly of rather a
peculiar character, and the main question for them to
consider was. whether all the parties were acquainted
with the nature or the transaction, and whether the two
prisoners who applied to Mr. Salt to engrave the plate
in the first instance were aware of the nature of the in-
strument, and were acting in concert with the other pri-
soner, and if the jury believed this be thought the case
was established against all the prisoners.
In the course of the Learned Jadge's address, 'Mr.
stated that an important fact had just come to
h;s knowledge, and ILllard the officer was recalled,
and he stated that after Runtiz and Mazeauz were
in custody they give him information respecting R.►ult,
and told him where he was likely to be found.
Mr. Justice PATTESON then concluded his summing
up, and left the case in the hands of the jury.
The jury, after deliberating for about twenty mi-
nutes, returned a verdict of guilty against Rarnuz and
Mazeauz, but recommended them to mercy on account
of their previous good character, and acquitted Rauh.
Upon the application of Mr. Platt, it was arranged
that Rault should be tried to-morrow (this day) upon
another indictment, charging him with having the plates
feloniously in his possession.