The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-04 00:00:00

STAFTORD ASSIZES

On Friday William Booth Alas put upon his trial
for forging a note, purporting to be a promissory
note of the Bank of England, of the value of 1/.
atoinA the statute of 45th Geo. 111.
Mr. Jervis, on the part of the prosecution, ex-
plained the facts as they were disclosed in the evi-
deq ne.

The first witness,Dorothy Ingley, Wife of Rich-
ard Inglev, deposed that her husband used to
work at the prisoner's. She saw the offeers of
justice at the Boar's Head, Perry Bar, on the
16th of March last, and proceeded immediately.
to the house of the prisoner, and acquainted Eliz.
Chidlow, prisoner's servant, with the fact.
John Linwood, one of the constables of Bir-
mingham, described the manner in which the
house was blockaded, there being three doors in
the passage leading to the parlour, all very ifvong
and fastened with solid square oak and iron bars,
immensely strong, and the windows were lined
with wrought iron, and also barred, so that it was
almost invulnerable to the attacks of any assail-
ant.

The posse being unable to obtain admittance into
the lower rooms by reason of the doors and windows
being so strongly barri caded,and the windows of the
chambers being also secured by iron bars, &c. so that
they could not get in there,Chillingworth, one ofthe
Birmingham assistants to the constables, proceeded
up a ladder in front of the house. On, going up the
ladder,: he saw the prisoner in the chamber over
the parlour—he came up to the window—witness.
asked if he would let him in.--prisoner said -be
would just' now—witness then broke the glass,
and prisoner went to the middle of the room, and
witness saw him take Some papers froni
press that was fixed upon a bench in the middle
of the loom, the papers appeared to be the size
of bank-notes,--saw the prisoner put their into a
fire-place in which the,re was some fire. Witness
then ascended the ladder to the garret windOw,
and with difficulty for Ced himself through it into
the garret; and others of his party followed. Af-
ter he had entered the garret, he jumped through
a trap door into the room 'where Booth was when
he went up the ladder; hut Booth at the same
time went through another trap door into the
parlour below. Witness remained in the chain-
ber, and found burnt paper in the fire place. Three
other persons carne to him, and he broke the wall
over the fire-place, and took many burnt papers
out of the chimney—further up they found one
which was but little burnt. • The note was pro-
duced in Court, and sworn to.

John Lin Wood proved that materials for making
paper, impressing water marks, and for copper-
plate printing, were. found upon the, prisoner's
premises. _

John Ingley had been in prisoner's employ since
Christmas last. The prisoner occupied 20Q acres
of land.. Since he came to prioner,, the win-
dows of .the parititir and two chambers had been
strengthened. Witness was taken to Work in the
house about ten days before prisOner was'appre-
hended. .Before that time worked in the barn.----
Recollects -Dorothy ingley coming to the house
On the 16th—and that Elizabeth Chidlow went
and-rapped at the parlour door, hi consequence of
Dorothy Ingley speaking to her. ' Bocth 'came
cut, and said, " Good woman, what bother have
you brought here?" Chidlow said the winners were
coining. Booth said it was a d-.llic;—they thirst
not come there. Walked back into the parlour, and
called witness after him—gave him a small trunk
(which was produced)told him the things that
were. in it were done, and he .mnst go and plant
it on the far side the ground-7-tbe trunk \MI
locked—he dug a hole in a field and buried it ;
lie had- been directed ley the prisoner to hide
two copper-plates on the Tuesday before he was
apprehended ; wraps them • up in a cloth,.
and buried them in aditch; same day he was em-
ployed again to plant a single plate, which he did
in the same nianner. Mrs. .Booth also gave him
plates when prisoner was not 'present, which he
hid in the thatch of a wheat rick. Booth was
then in bed he had tumbled down a trap door
that morning, and hurt himself. Witness was
taken up on the Friday after the prisoner. He
immediately gave information, and discovered
Where the articles were concealed.

Joseph , Chinn; headborough of Birmingham,
roved the finding of the tru►ik'and plates. They
were notes of different value, 'purporting'to be
the Bank of England, and to a large amount.
There were besides 13 blanks, with the Bank of
England water mark. .
Several constables proved the discovery of'Va-
rious materials used►in making paper, and copper
plate printing, ivhich were produced and sworn
to in Court.

William _ BrUfg,es and William BreWer, paper
and paper-mould.maker;3 to the Bank of England,
proved that part of the.bills"folind in the trunk
were made frOm the mould which had been pro-
duced.

J.. 11. Harper, engraver to the ,Bank of Eng-
land, said the note for which the prisoner was in-
dicted, was hot the impression of a'genuine plate
was fraudulent in every respect.,--The date
of the rote for which the prisoner was indicted
was July 31, 1811, (exactly one year on the day
of his trial).

The prisoner's Counsel,took several legal ob-
jections, which were over-rifled. • -
The Learned Judge occupied an hour and a half
in summing up, and gave a luminous detail of the.
eVidence. He explained to the Jury,
.that if the
persons in Booth's 'employ worked by his orders,
-it was exactly the same thing as if his own hand
had traced every 'line upon the bill. The Jury
with very little hesitation pronounced a verdict—,
Guilty. •
he.prisoner was afterwards found guilty upon
four other indictments, and received sentence of
Dealt. .

I!,lizabeth Chidlow,. •for aiding and assisting the
said Wm. Booth in forging'Bank qf England Bills,
trans/'t rted 14 }.ears.

There is some disturbance in the Operatic world
between DIDELgT, the Ballet-Master, and No BL$,
one of the Dancers. The latter was engaged, but
has, it seems, been .dismissed; or, at least, is never
employed, and he represents this treatment as the.
consequence of his Oeing a native of Great Bri-
tain, alleging that the former gnly gives eacou-
rag,eruent to his own countrymen.

'COUNTY AssizEs

-CARRICKFFAIGi.YBSATUEDAY; JULY 25.

TRIAL :'OR MVRDER.
Montgomery Brown. staiiti indicted foi the mur-
'der of Charles Moore, at Belfast, on the 3d of
September, 1811. This trial had been pu oir
AssizeS, on account of the absence of a material
witness on behalf of the prisoner; and ari applica=
tion was row made to the Court for a similar pur-
pose upon the affidavit of prisoner, but refused by
the Judge. ,

„ .
Counsellor 3LCART-NEY stated the case on
half of the prosecution, which is developed in the
subsequent evidence. He stated, that on the 3d
September, 1811, prisoner was captain, of a vessel
then lying at the quay of Belfast. Deceased was a
respectable victualler -in Belfast, and prisoner came
to his shop to purchase some meat. 'Deceased had.
been married about a year before, and a young
child, the fruit of such marriage, was then in the
shop; and deceased taking up'the child, asked pri-
soner, ” Was not that ‘a fine fellow :?" Prisoner
answered, " Yes,to be the child of an, Irish b—,
Deceased replied, " Why not by an Irish as well es
A Scotch b—?"' ,Prisoner beinti,.. a Scotehman,
prisoner replied, "'He would make him repent
saying that." Deceased then turned away, not
expecting so fatal a result, when the prisoner
seized a large knife, which lay in the shop, and
stabbed the deceased in the back of the loin of
Which wound he languished for a few days, and
then died.

Bamitel Arrot sworn—ls a surgeon, lives in
Belfast, knoWs the house of Carrol, a butcher ;
knew Charles Moore, deceased ; saw him in wit-
ness's house on.3d Sept. last; he had received a
Very deep incised wound, through the thick part
of the hip ; conoeived it to be a very dangerous
wound; thinks he lived till the ninth day; at-
tended closely ; has no doubt but it was the said
wound which caused his death ; Surgeon Purdoa
and witness dissectedthe body, and found it mor-
tified inward!y.
Examined by the Court:—lt appeared to be a
dangerous wound at time he first examined it ;
the bleeding was extremely'profuse at first, but
that being stopped, he appeared to be recov( r -
ing, till within a. short time of his death ; tl e
mortification was no doubt occasioned by he
wound, but the immediate cause of death was
that mortification and a second hemorrhage took
place. •

Henry Pardon sworn—is a surgeon; lives in
belfast; is staff' surgeon of his Majesty's for
in that district; held that situation in September
last; was then called in to attend Charles Moore,
deceased • had seen him that morning in go ;c,4
health ; then saw him in surgeon Arrot's shop,
lying on his back, with a very- large wound above
the nip hone ; appeared" to be made with a sharp
instrument ; could not reach the bottom ot it
with his finger ; had occasioned an immense effii,
sion of blood; did not at first know deceased.,
who was so altered by loss of blood ; saw body
opened after- death, by Surgeon Arrot ; wound
was six or seven inches deep ; a very large a'r.•
ter; was cut; deceased survived wound a few
days-; witness attended, and-prescribed for him ;
has no doubt that wound was occasion of his
death.

Tlicirna.s Sloan sworn-=Tormerly kept a public-
bOUSG in Belfast ;* knows prisoner 3 remembers
of September last; has known prisoner these 20.
yeaTi past has sailed with him to Scotland as a
passenger ; was used well by him; , saw prisoner
in houseof Wm. Carrol, Belfast, on 3d Sept. last
Carrot' knew deceased, Charles Moore; 'Carrol
1.-vas hi, father-in-law ; they were both victual-
lers or butchers ; about three o'clock, When: he
saw prisoner' in Cartol's shop, buying meat, anon
they man was with prisoner, appearing as a sailor,'
belonging .to prisoner 5 Mrs. Carrol was in the'
kitchen ; witness in the shop, 'and called her out ; ,
the kitchen is behind the shop, and a door between
them; .she came out, and sold prisoner some beef,
and prisoner went away, and called again. in
about three quarters of an hour for his account ;
Mrs. Carrol gave witness 'lod. to treat prisoner,
and sailor, and self, to a glass of liquor a piece ;
witness did not see beef cut up ; witness went
into Tim: •Spellane's and treated them; each had
half a naggin of spirits.e witness then returned
into the shop, and, was cleaning it up ;
,prisoner
:did not return for' three quarters of an hotir ;
Witness was absent, with prisoner about ten mi-
nutes; and ratii behind the counter when ;prisoner
returned, and asked for his account ; witness,said
Mr. Carrot was' out, and witness could not give
it ; prisoner then turned ronnd, and looked over
the half-door, towards ,Charles Moore's house,
Who lived opposite ; Charles Moore came over
from his own door to. Carrol's shop; Mrs. Moore
bad her child in her arms, and came out of Cairol's
house, (who was her father) and passed through
the. shop towards the street ; she went out of
thealOor e 'deceased then said to prisoner, " That's
a line child ; heard no previoqs• conversation
-between them; prisoner Lid, " That was a fine
child for a.- long Irish to get;", deceased re-
plied, " Why hot an Irish as well as a Scotch ,
.1)--L?" 'prisoner said, " I'll- gar you rue that
word ;" deceased then came into the shy, p,
and came round the .counter ; behind with wit-
ness was 5 prisoner asked Witne.ss what he was
about ; who replied he was amusing- himself-5 pri- •
soner then turned 'about as if to go back again; the
counter was on the right hand side of the slip
going in; only one glazed window and one opera
one in the shop, 'one on each side of the doer; On
deceased attempting to go out, prisoner met Lle.-
ceased, having a dismal look in his face, and a
_large knife in his hand, which deceased retreat-
ed back ; it was a knife used for cutting up beef-
stakes ; it belonged to Wm. Ctrrol's 'shop; was
near as long as witnesses arm to the elbaw ; wit-
ness had previously left said knife.on the cou.nter3
deceased had then nothing in his band ; deceased
had turned about very smartly, but as he did so,
prisoner run the knife into him in the hip, or
part of the thigh ; would know the knife again
the knife was now proJuced, whict withess iden-
tified on his oath ; deceased then shouted "flair..
der ! murder ! save my life, Tom Sloan, or I am
a dead man." Had known deceased from a child;
never saw him in better health thantvp minutes •
before he received the stab ; prisoner then threw
the knife away, which passed though a pane of