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London, England, 1858-02-27 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRI MINAL COURT', Feb. 26. wapxyr mgwq.—(Tbie' Dale

OLD COURT.
(B fore Mr. Justice Wightman.)
Just before the adjournment of the Court late on Thurs-
day evening Edward James Salter, alias Holmes, de-
scribed es a sailor, was placed at the bar to receive judg-
ment.
The prisoner had pleaded guilty to four indictments
charging him with uttering forged 101. and Bank of
England notes, and there were a great nu giber of other
similar charges against him. The mode in which his ope-
rations were effected was of a very ingenious character,
and well calculated to throw traelemmea off their guard.
It appeared that he was in the habit of going about in a
handsome hired brougham, with a servant in livery, him-
self being very well dressed, and on many occasions assum-
ing the character of a clergyman, to the shops of trades-
men and to inns sad hotelF, and at the former having
purchased seme article of the value of 2/. or 31., he paid for
it with a forged note, and his appearance and the name
and seldress given by him having the effect of entirely dis-
pelling suiseicion, ho succeedet iu almost every instance in
passing the forged note and obtaining his change. The
last attempt was made at an inn at Hounslow, where,
having pail his bill with a forged 101. note, he started in
his brougham for town, but it happened by chan .e that
a bank clerk was in the house at the time, and he asked
to look at the note, and he at once pronounced it
to be a counterfeit. A messenger was immediately
despatched on horseback after the prisoner, and he
came up with the brougham and found the priconor
fast asleep inside, probably dreaming of fresh schemes of
plunder, atal he was given into custody. The prisoner, as
above stated, pleaded " Guilty" to the whole of the indict-
ments preferred against him, and it appeared that he was
convicted of felony in 18 and sentenced to be transported
for two years, and had obtained his liberty under a ticket-
of-leave.
Mr. Justice Wightman having observed upon the in-
gen,ous character of the offence of which the prisoner had
been guilty, and the necessity of protecting the public
against such proceedings, sentenced him to be kept in
penal servitude for 18 years.
John Carroll, 33, a Post-office letter-carrier, who had
pleaded Guilty to two indictments charging him with
stealing letters containing money and valuables, the pro-
perty of the Postmaster-General, was also brought up for
judgment, and sentenced to be kept in penal servitude fur
eight years.
Joshua Valentine Hollingsworth, 34, was charged upon
four ineictments with forging acceptances t bills of ex-
change with intent to defraud, ant also with obtaining
money by false pretences.
Mr. Giffard, who appeared for the prisoner, said that he
would plead guilty to the miler charge of obtaining money
by false pretences, and he believed that the charge of
forgery could not be supoorted. The prisoner had, to
doubt, made false representations with regard to the bills,
but the acceptances were really genuine ones.
Mr. Bodkin, who with Mr. Sleigh prosecuted on behalf
of the Bankers' Association, said that this was a case,
unhappily now too frequent, where a magi carrying on busi-
ness induced men of straw to accept ladle for him for a small
consideration, and then passed these bills away as genuine
trade bills. ani got them discounted at the bankers as such.
The signatures, however, being genuine, although utterly
worthless, he was of opinion that the charge of forgery
could no• be supported, and therefore he proposed to con-
sent to the course suggested by his learned friend.
Mr. Justice Crompton sentenced the prisoner to 18
months' imprisonment.

COVENT GARDEN.

Only limited supplies of fruit and vegetables were on
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