The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-07 00:00:00

roitGERY.

Yesterday Nathan Penniall, a gentlemanly dressed young
man, wa4 indicted for uttering a counterfeit order on Sir John
Perring, Bart., Shaw, Barber, and Co. for the payment of VW.
11h4. Ad. well knowing the same to be forged and counterfeited,
and with intent to defraud them.
The indictment consisted of several counts, one of which laid
the property as that of George Capper and Co.
Mr. LAW stated the case for the prosecution. The prosecutors
in this case were the partners of the respectable banking-house
of Sir John Perring and Co. in the city, and Messrs. George
Capper and Co. provision-merchants in Crosby-square. The'
transaction in question took place on the 23d of November last.
The instrument is a check on Sir John Perrin" and Co. pur-
porting to be drawn by G. Capper and nephew. When the
check was presented, the prisoner, upon his being 'questioned
by Mr. Matthews, one of the clerks, said he received the check
from a Mr. Purdy, of the Commercial Sale-rooms. He then
said that he was posting a bill in the Royal Exchange, stating
his want of employ, when a gentleman took him to the New
York Coffee-house, Sweetings-alley, when he inquired into
his abilities, and gave him this check to offer for payment.—
At the prisoner's request the parties proceeded to the New
York Coffee-house, when it appeared probable that the prisoner
had been there in the course of the morning, connected with
some transaction or other, as he believed the proprietor of the
Coffee-house would testify. The charge was one of a serious
nature, anti the question for the Jury to consider was, whether
the prisoner had been the dupe of another, or whether he had
acted in concert with him to concoct and consummate the in-
tended fraud.

Mr. Oliver Vye deposed, that he is managing clerk to the
house of Sir John Perring and Co. On the 23d ult. the pri-
soner came to the banking-house with a check for 231/. Ills. 6d,
drawn by Messrs. Geo. Capper and Nephew, who at that time
had cash there. Witness took the check, and some little
doubt arising, he placed it on their account, and proceeded
to the note. rawer, and took out 2601. He then requested a
clerk, of the name of Matthews, to examine the signature, and
he pronounced it right at first. While witness was looking for
the odd money, Mr. Matthews expressed some doubt, where-
upon the prisoner was asked whether he brought it from
Capper and Co's. He said no; but front Mr. Purdy, of the
Commercial Sale Rooms. Witness sent a messenger to Mr.
Cappet'a, and detained the prisoner in conversation. He said,
among other things, " I am afraid there is something odd about
this check." He then said, that being out of employ, he hid
;Oven the Porter of the exchange a shilling to post a bill,
but that not being large enough, he wrote another. Wit-
ness's suspicions were confirmed, and he desired the pri-
soner to give back the notes, which lie did without any de-
mur. The witness then • went on to detail the circumstance
relative to the prisoner's meeting a person on the Exchange.—
In the course of the conversation with witness, the prisoner said
that he had lived with Mr. Williams, tea-broker, in Jewry.
street, and that while he lived there an unpleasant circum-
stance arose relative to something at Williams's, the banker.—
Witness being aware that 2001. had been improperly obtained
from the bank, asked the prisoner whether he alluded to
that circumstance, when he replied in the affirmative.—lle
tben directed the attention of witness to the New York
Coffee-house, and said that in all probability the gentleman '
who gave him the check wax there. About this time lVir. Cup-
per arrived, who waited until an officer came, when they all
went to the New York Coffee-house. The, found, that al.
though the parties had no very distinct .recollection of the cir.
cumstance, yet they believed a person like him described by
the prisoner, had been seated in a particular room. Witness
...told the prisoner it was a case which must be investigated be-
fore the Lord Mayor. He expressed some surprise at being
detained in custody. The check had been in the possession of
witness ever since Mr. Matthews returned front Mr. Caliper's
on the day it was presented.
Mr. CTIRWOOD cross-examined the witness.
Samuel Matthews is an assistant clerk at the house of Sir
John Perring and Co. ; the evidence of last witness, as assigned
to his part in the transaction, was quite correct; witness had
heard that Messrs. Capper had lost a check for a different
amount—therefore he advised Mr. Vye not to take it ; Mr.
Capper declared the check to be a forgery in the presence of
the prisoner ; at the instance of Mr. Vye, witness went for an
officer. . _

---The prisoner, in his defence, made the same statement este
gave at the banking-house.
Two witnesses deposed to seeing the prisoner at the New
York Coffee-house, in company with such a person as he de.
scribed. One witness spoke to character.
Air. Justice BAYLEY summed up the evidence adduced.
The Jury, after consulting for ten minutes, returned a ver.
diet of Not• Guilty.

Si rum' Szsetotis.—These Sessions commenced yesteiday
by adjournment at Horeemonger.lane before Rabat Hedger,
Esq., Chairman, and several other Magistrates. The Grand
and Traverse Juries having been sworn, and the Chairman
baying. congratulated the former on the state of .the calendar,,
several cases were tried, but they w ere of no Public interest.