The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-23 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

FIFTH DAY-MONDAY, FES. 22.

Levi Cohen and Ephraim Jacobs (two of the tribe
of Israel) were tried upon‘the capital charge of hav-
ing feloniously disposed of, and put away, a certain
forged and counterfeited Bank Note, purporting to
be a Bank of England Note, NO. 922, and bearing
date the z6th of May, z 800, for the payment of
the sum of 51. to Mr. Abraham Newland or, bearer
on demand,' with intent to defraud the Governor
and Company of tbar Bank of England, well know-
ing the same 'to, be forged and counterfeited, c.
This Case, which was the.only one worthy of no-
tice that occurred in the course of the day, took
up a coksiderable time in 'trying its event.
The Learned Counsel (FIELDING), who stated
the case on the part of the Prosecution, very candid.
ly admitted; that the Witnesses, on whose testimony
(contending at the same time for their legal compe.
tency), the case principally depended, were as cot-
rupt a set of persons as it was possible for the ima.
gination to conceive. The Jury, therefoie, tinted
the circumstances establishing the guilt of the Pri-
soners, from the combined result of the whole evi-
dence, came strongly hothe to them, could not
safely convict.
John Jacobs, the first Witness, swore that the
two Prisoners, whom he knew very well, came . to
his house, near Whitechapel, on the 13th of jab.last-
and asked-him- if he knew two men named Symond,
and Ogden, who were then in Nei,vgate.lfe,answers
ed. he did. The Prisoners then asked if he thought
they had got money; and being answered in the
affirMative, Cohen took out of a pocket-book six .51.
and five 21. notes, appearing to be those of the Bank of
England; and desired the Witness tosell them'to those
persons in Newgate for 251. The Prisoners accom.
parried the witness as far as Necigate-strat ; after-
which he went into the prison, and sold the notes to a
man there named Ogden, for 251. Sy'rrtonds,who went,
by the name of Ikey Bull, was present at the time,,
and lent Ogden a great" part of the money, which he'
paid for the 401. worth of notes he gave him, The
Witness told them the manner he had come by them
was by picking a man's pocket a short time before.
When he came away &Dm Newgate, he met the. Pri.
soners at a public-house, called. the Blue Anchor,
when they gave him a 51. note, -ss. and two guineas,'
for his trouble. The Prisoners afterwards sent fur
the Witness to pass 401. worth of Notes more for
them ; and desired him to, get the 'little thieving
boy, whom he knew, to go and offer thein fOr sale.
He did so ; and he and the boy, _whOse name.was
Marks, and whom he knew to have been a thief for
two years, went to a man in Petticoar-lane, named
Jacobs ; but he refused to take the Notes, because
he said they were forged.
The Witness being cross-examined; by Mr. Ser-
jeant BEST, said, he had been once confined in Ntw-
gate, for stealing some raisins. He was then in
custody, having been taken upon the same charge
with the Prisoners. Symonds and Ogden believed
him when he 'told them, •he had picked a man's
pocket. They alSo knew 'the thieving_ boy very
well. The Witness had a father.in-law named
Wham Moses; hut he was called Ehant Gonnoh,
which in the Hebrew language signifies a thief.
James Ogden said lie was then -a prisoner in New.
gate, but ailed as turnkey to an inner ward. On.the
13th of January_ John Jacobs came to him with 31.
and 21. notes, amounting to 4.01. all in one pOcket-
book ; he said he had just picked the pocket of a lag.
ger (a slang word among thieves for a sailoi), and of.
fered the notes for 251. The witness immediately bor-
rowed zol. from Ikey Bull, and bought the4ol.worth
of notes, which he thought were • stolen, and good
Ones'. On cross-examination this -Witness said he

had been upwards of five years in prison for different
offences. First, he had been convided of assault.

ing a Con table, because he endeavoured to prevent
him from rescuing a man who had robbed a cart ;' in
the next place he was taken up for being concerned
in an affair on Saffron Hill, in which a man was
killed; and he was afterwards put into prison for
robbing a waggon.

Mr. Kirby, the Keeper of Newgate; said he had
a 51. forged note from Ogden, at the time an in_
quiry was made there about notes ; and Ogden
swore this was one of the notes he had from
Jacobs.

Martha Graves swore to the transa&ion of Ja-
cobs selling the notes in Newgate, such as has been
already stated. She said Ogden and Symonds

kept a chandler's shop in Newgate, and she lived
with Symonds, as his wife-7-Symonds is now under
sentence of death in Newgate. • She had formerly

lived with a man named Graves, whose name' she
adopted, and who was afterwards hanged. She
knew a man named Ward, who was transported,
but did not live with him.- It was six years ago
since she began to frequent Nen:gate : she had been
taken up once for being a misfortunate woman ; and
_ _

at another rime she was charged
/with picking
pockets.

Lydia Jacobs, the wife of the first Witness, swore
to the Prisoners-having come to her house, and em-
ployed him to sell the foity pounds worth of notes.
She also stated, that Cohen took away a young
woman froni her house, and kept in his service, in
order that she might not give evidence. of any thing
concerning the notes.
Rebecca Levi was the name of this young woman.
She said, John Jacobs sent her one evening to New.
gate, and desired her, to tell Symonds and Ogden
that the notes they bought of him were link notes.

Cohen aftelwa rds took her into his service.
Jacobs was again called to explain the meaning
of the word link. It signified notes that would not
go. But he denied haying mentioned any thing
about notes to the last ct•itness.. .

Wm. Marks,• the thieving boy, was next brought
forward, he said he received a packet-book with notes,
from John Jacobs, and went with him to Philip Ja-
cobs in' Rosemary-lane, to sell the notes, but he re_
fused to take them. This boy was Is years of age.
He had been a thief two years, but said he now •

meant to leave it off. Ffe hid been confined in New_