The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-19 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, Sarr. 19.

WHtw IS to=day but in middling supplyi ahti
this tradt,uontinues very dull ; Barley and Mali
appear to sell more readily; old Rye rather lower,
hut ,the few new samples are very de,a; Pease and
Beans .sell 'brlskly, and rather at higher Flees .
Oats are,routh sought for, with many buyers, ttn
are talicimfrre,tdily at an advanc.e of full Is; per
quarter' since-our last ; Fluur has little clittetencc in
the prices.

Wheat 46s a 34S a
6dS at. Tick Beans -31 s• a 33's od
hint ditto -61 S a 62S 0.1 OatS - - 235 aiS i 4 2.7 N
Rye ' . ~,,' 30$ a 34s od Poland ditto' - At A 29 6:1
Bliley -30 s a as, 04 1 Rapt Seta - .
.331. a'36l
Malt - - sos a it. od i Fine Flour - , so., AO4 c.d
Whiter Pease . 46s a szs ad i SeOlids - - ,li6 ii Ps
Litalla - ' 3SS a 36s 61 . .

THR TtleArsts.--.-The Tragedy of P;scarre was
represented -again on SAttirday last Drury Lane
Theatte. As Pots was disabled by hoarseness
from performing the part of Rolla, it was under.
taken by RAYMOND, whpappeared in it last season.
~fie,trtacie no daring attempts at excellence, and de-'
serves at least the praise of respectable mediocrity.
Mr. H. iduss.ron .tonk. the part of 410/rx/s i°'
_the first time, The. Public ate 9 D well acquainted
with
,the abilities he possesses, that a detailed cri-
ticism. is unnecessary. In tfi..c.oerti passages he -ap:
pears to advantage, but there. is a solemn coldnes
in his general manner, that is, not odeulateti for,
, scenes of tenth:Ness. The Farce was The 4ollid
Child.

ltairNoLus, whose Muse regularly breeds once
a year, I* nearly /early with a •,ncw Comedy stir
Covent:Qatdon Theatre, He has been some time
in Waite, Sio that we may exped to me lii - new
Drama enlivened by the hainwirs of the Cambro.
Britons,

6ty 71,41 L EY.

DAY.--S4I:IIRDAY, &kir. 17.

Riterileit stood charged with aft iddiEfinentf
for that be, one the. 46th tiny of Peliiitary, in the
431 year of His Majesty's reign, was au officer and
servant of the Governor anti CoMpany of the Bank
of gftgland, and, ai such,' was entrusted with etc.
- twin eifetts of the .said:Ocivernor and Company, that
is to say, a certain paper, partly printed anti partly
writiti4 commonly called an &chequer Bill, ni
follows, N. 835, 5601...w.1ikh was.then and there
of the valtie of poi. and was therrana there.
unpaid, and utiatisfied titS the said Governor and
conipany,,the holders thereof ; and an.ither paper,
partly printed atrtl partly written, etmuronlv called
an Exchequer Bill, N0;'6694, for 1-06.61., which:
paper was belongirg to the sat,S GOVernot ati,f
patsy, and the money dac to them as the holderi
thererf f and another like.paper, commonly Called
an, Exchequer Bill, for toool. ; 'arid-that he, being
'such officer and servant, and so entrUited as afore-
etrid,.did, 'then and there, felunioudy ern.
bettife,, and run away with the said effects, so be',
lunging to the said Governor and Company, of the
yalue *5001., against the statute, &c.
The Beyond count foaled, • that -the Governor and
'Company of.the Bank of England liad advanced the
sum of sob!. on the credit of the first paper,*corn.
,monly coled an Exchequer Bill; which remained
unpaid to the sail Governor, &c. and the utl*r
bills4eret;set,4orth in like manner, and that the
Prisoner, being so entrusted ts aforesaid, enibeteled,
secreted, and ran a way :t id; such papeti, eotntoorq
called k:xchertier
The third chum was like the secnrmd, with the
difference only-of calling the bills 'Certain eifettc of
the Governor and Comoi:ny of the Bank of Eng.:
land, partly printed atisl partly written, comnionly
called Exchequer
The indicitnent c,ritained eighteen mints, vary..
log the mode of charge; as already stated, ,upon,
each of the bill.; which were ketfurth, none stating
them to he Excliequi.r Bills, but paper% partly printed
and partly written, comitundy called Exchequer
and certain cffecis belongi:l. to tie Governor and
Comp:ip of the Bank of Etigl.4nd.
- Upon ' this intlitiment tfle Prisoner was artaign-
eJj and he pleaded
The Jury . was called over, and a number of.
challenges were made on behalf .0f the Prisoner,
and a great number of persons were fined for not
appearing as their names were called. The Jury
being.sworn, •

.Proseeutitm was consiutied by the Bank Soli.
citur and by Mr, Geeeow, Mr. Ft etnt KG and.
Mr. GILES. The defence by Meisrs. CItU WTE-IE It
and LAVIK, and by Mr. Eit6laNE, Mr. St'fitaillt
BssT, Mr. KNAPP ,4fld Mr. GuturaY.
Mr. GARRU w opened the Case for the Prosecu.
doll; the circumstances of which are so fully before.
the Public, that a -diteiled acetieet of: them would
be tedious ; we sitall.therefore seleet die parts thee'
'are prominent, or new, Or. must interesting.—Mr:
GARROW observed,' that the present Inditttnent was.
founded. on an MI of Parliament., which passed
early in the . het. Reign, by which it was enacted;
dint if any Persoet meloyed in eny Office of Trust;
by the G ,vernot and Company of the Bank of.
„England, should secrete, embezzle,. or run away'
with any Property, or any &rid, Note, or .s:,euriryt
for Money or other l'Eff:tis of cite alnk of
England, he shall be guilty of Felony and shall suffer
dead', without benefit of Clergy. This was tht
Crime with which the Unfortunate Gentleman at the
Bar stood charged I anti of whose guilt the Prose.
outors undertook to satisfy the Jury, by ineontesti-
ble' proof. • cle olisereifed. that the Briioner had
been in the service.eof the Bank for twenty-five
years; anti until the unhappy lapse, ,for which he
was now to anSw'er at the Bar, and for which his'
life was et stake, he had aontidied himself in n
.ananner that- *as not only irreproachable, but. high.
ly meritoriuus ;
.he was also eminent for his. know.,
.ledge in the Business of -the Bank ; he was conse.
quently a Person in the Confidence of the Directors ;
which was elloosrunliniited ; nor was this matter of
astonishment to any person of reflation, for with.
but great conElence in -smile persons, it was ins.
possible that the Business of the Benk of England
could be careied on, such was its magnitude and
importance ; end 'Who was to, be trusted, if an in.
telligent, active, and upright person,. who had provo
ed himself so, by his coieluel for years, in an
fire of the highest Trust, having the care of Millions
of Muaeyi was , nor. He was Assistant Cashier,
:41eKt: to station to that incomparable person; Mra
Abraham Newland; but unhappily, from specula»
dons in the Funds, the Gentleman at the Bar kit a
victim ter his rashness, and he . appropriated Co his.
own use property of the Bank in Exchequer Bills,
entrusted to hit care. to the. amount of no less than
zoomool. It was the oraetice of the Bank of Log.
land to accommodate Qovernment and the Public
by pittchasing Exchequer Bills, which; when pur.;:,
. chased, are entered in a book, called the Biught.
book, and then they are brought in parcels from
the Cashiers' room into the parlour, where a Direc.
for is in wai'ing, there they are delosited in • en
icon closet; to which there are three keys, cads
It'ept by a Director, and that -closet Can never be
opened but in the presence of at least two Direc.
tom ._-The. Exchequer Bills, thus deposited, !levet
COO* out • from thence until they are relieved
' by Govetninent, so that they" can never again
come to the market, except by fraudirTeie
fraud was. committed by the Prisoner, at.ci be kild
appropriated too,oool. adually to his own use, Mod
secreted the •temainder. He employed an eminent
Broker and very intelligent man in the City, Mn
Ms)), to purchase 50,0001, in the three pet eclat
Consolse.lor hinvfor the. then ensuing Opening, as
bargain or. speculation ,for time ; that Gentlemeo
observed that the speculation was hazardous, on
account-Of the probable variations in the 'price of
Brock in the interim, and therefore required a ete.
posit'of & per cent. to corer. the difference, if there
should be any, upon the price of Stock. The. De.
fendent deposited with Mr. fish ehree Exchequer
Hills °Owed; each for this purpose. Some time
afterwards, Mr.- fiats recolWleti that th.e2tt bills
- had been bought by the Bank, and they -could not
be in the market again without sum-: fraed fle
therefore very. properly went to the )untaie head,
. to the Deputy Governor;
_inquiring iftltt the ha;

the Pritoner was brought before the Deputy Go.
vernor and a. wirthy and intelligent Magistrate,
Alderai to Watson, and examined. ...Mt. New.
limit Was present„,„,k questinn wil fit •to. that
43ellt1Calitrit in. the bearing of the Yrtsoner,
ther any. E•;chequer Bill bought: by the Bank could,
withoot• fraud come into ,circulation '?
The
answer 'was, Certainly: not. The same (location
was put to the Prisoner,„and •Itis answer was the
sitne. +le was then told there had occurred such a
thing, and that he had done it, which he denied;
but being shewri to him,' he said he bad had
,some
transadions foe' anothetr Gentleman, whose name he
iteelined to 'state at first, but -afterwards said it wits
• :Hosier, a partner in the house of Messrs. Ransom,
Moreland, and ; but that was a tittion; he had.
borriiwed 80001. of Exchequer Bills of That Gentle.,
man, but none of tKjs kind; and that was all the
transaftion between, them. Mr. Aslett was de:
sired to look if the Exchequer. Bills he had passed
were entered in.either of the bought books, of which
there are three ; he looked into two, and they were
not entered there ; an lion. Director looked also".
Mr. Aslett was desired fo look into the third-book ;
I).wctit ror it, looked, and said they were not there ;
he then went, and one of the Diredors looked, and
found the entry of thew all immediately, upon which
Mr. Aslett • hdving returned Was put into core Yne.
mew. 11e was tr;v4l at the last Sessions, and ac.,
quitted np,,it a point of LaW, because the Indidmenr.
agrins4un was shoettive., it st,atet the:;e
to ire Exceq,i•J Bills ; now it happenod, that in
1795, therc.beingran unusual nuinher,of E.:ett,-titter
Bills issued, it became necessary to give power to.
a Gentleman to sign for, and 'with leave of thr
Lords of the Treirtury,., instead of their being all
signed by, their Lordshil4 themselves. According.
ly• sni ASR of P,irliament was passed, empowering:
Mr. Jennings,
..t Gentleman in the Office of Lord
Grenville, •to sign Exchequer' Bills, This Act,
being limited in its duration, expired; and, by an
oversight, was not renewed. Mr. Jennings went
on as usual, dud Bills thus signed were issued, and
- the Bills the Prisoner Inld embezzled, were of this
description. An Att of Pailiament was afterwards
passed to make 411: Bills of this kink legal for all
civil purposes, With an, hUmane proviso, that it
should not aired, any criminal proceeding, then de.
pending. On the Trial of that Indictment, Mr.
Eitsictst, and the other learned Gentlemen. who
• were of Counsel for the Defendant, objeded to the
Trial proceeding,- :and called for the acquittal of
their Client, ai cl matter to which he was entitled in
point of Law, upon the ground that these papers
were not Exchequer Bills; that unless they we-re
Exchequer. Bills they were nothing; that the Ifro..
. secutors having chosen to describethem as'Exche-
quer Bills, were bound to prove'iliern so, or the
Prisoner must be, acquitted.. It was impossible to
prove them to be so, fur they were not signed as
the 'Law required, they were consequently not Ex.
chequer Bills. Of this opinion were. the Learned
Judges. upon the Bench, and therefore the Pri.
sorter .was acquitted. lie was detained for the
Civil Debt.; and the Governors and Company of the
Bank thought it a debt they owed to public justice
• to bring this Prisoner before the Court again, de.
scribing these_ Bills, not as Exchequer Bills, but
paters Partly titinted and partly written, commonly
called 'Exchequer Bills, arid,
.certain 'effeds belong.
ing to the Governor and Company of the Bank of
lone through all the circum.
stances of the ease, of which this is the'outline, he
said he should. proceed' to call the evidence, and he
was satisfied the.. Jury would do what jostiee required
'of theM,,berween the Public and the Prisoner' at the
•

, .
Mr. . EasKl NT took an ohjea ion to the trial pro,
ceeding any further, alledBing that it -vas useless
to,go on, if it , should appear, that eliien if the,case
was -proved ag opened, the Prisoner would .be
entitled to hivacquitraf. Ilcre.lVlr.;EaskeNke
tered into a very elaborap: argurnent.tiion tits. sub.
jea. T.,.e main grounds on whieli he rested his
Ctient's case er,., :plat it wily LH down-
in: Hawkins's Pleas. of ,the Crown, th.it Bonds,
N',?req, pills, or any. other for the pay..
mt;nt of: money, were nnt suljvCts of larceny at
Common Law Thar before the•Stat'ute p 1 the isth
of Geo..H. the embezzling of the Mites or'imher
S'Jcurieies for money of the Bank, by any of their
Ofii.tts or servants, in trust,i 'ware- not
of indiCtreme fur Felony .: That Ai, .however,.
made it felony tin an) ierson entrusted by the Batik•
rfi prebetzle ; it. stated. 13f11S, NOtes, Wartants,.
liandi;, Deeds, or any. Sechrity for ,money or other
effe&l. Now these .papers'.ealled Exchequer Bills
were neither of these they were neither Bills,
Notes, 'Warrants,
,Bonds, or any, Secierity for mo.
ney, nor were they any cifeds. Itt a word, unless
they were Exchequer 'they were nothing. It
was true that another Ad of Parparnent passed to
nuke these' Bills valid for .all civil purposes,. but'
that J-ktt was the .same as if it - had never passed,
for this purptise, because it contained an express
proviso for that purpose—provided that nothing
herein.contained shall extend, or be construed telex.;
tend prejudice or affat, in any manner whatever,
• any prosecution 'now depentli,ng, so that the Legis.
lature,. as the same time. they made these Bills va,
lid for civil purposes, 'expressly excluded it from
oriminehipplication., Here was a Legielative wog.:
that
at the time, thtse Bills were embezzled,
they were. waste paper—yersorts,holding therriconld
not enforce payment, :nor could Government legally
pay them, because they were not legal Exchequer
Bills, for the Exchequer euas not the .purse of the
Government, but the purse of the People, and which
could only be opened by. the Itemsentatiiies of the
People. These bills, therefore,. were nothing, they
in Law were of no valne,,,and a Clerk of the flank
might as well be indided:for takint half a sheer of
waste paper, or the:. stump of a pen,i -as for stealing
ihcse bills. It had been held already by.the Judges,
that they were not Exchequer Bills, that they were
nothing. It wasinot braltering their description in
the. Indidment, and stating them, tabe papers partly
printed and partiy written, that eottlt3 alter their na.
.ture or value. In short,. this WAS the SatTletale as had
already been decided by the Learned Judges, and
she Prisoner might, have pleaded .that he had been
;already acquitted of, this charge, if it had not been
kr' the alteration of description in the India.
rii> sir. Ft) r these and ptherleasonswhich he,urged
with his usual!eloquenec,be subrpitteti that .his
C;ltent was entitled to his ac often. Ile disclaimed

however an idea: afeoinplaini of the !tanner in which
the honourable Genrictnett: of the Bank had ordered•
thin Pfoamition to he -eontiliurd.

. Mr. Setjeant Dist followed on the same side, and.
: observed, atitong other things, it was not the money
gained by the Prisoner,
,or paid by the Bunk, that
would give value to these bilk, for the intrinsic
value of a,thing is not altered: on account :of what
one man giVes and another receives for it any mote
than a gilt waich would become gold, because tine
man.sold and the other bought it as a gold, and paid
and received a price for-it as gold. . • .
. .
Mr. GARROW was going to argue on the other
side, when . .

Mr. Justice LE 131.ANc observed,upon a question
• of ,Law in a case of so much importance its this, it
was quite right that if either party - desired it, for
the Court to save it .for,the.opinion of the Twelve
Judges, and his .Brother u;.on-the Bench, -Mr. Jus.
rice CHAMBRE, concurred. with.him in thinking, it
Would" he the better course .not to discuss it any tur.
ther.now, but to suffer the trial to proceed, and in
,the event of the
,Jury finding a verdid of. guilty,
the point .stated by, his Learnpl Counsel should be
reserved for the opinion of the Judges.
Robert,fiest,' El. Secretary at.tne,Bank, proVed
that-the'PiisOner was elCcted Clerk in the B.1(4 on
the 19tb of March, 1778,- and that lit khown
him ever since that .lie was appointed Assiat.
ant to,Mr. Newland., the chief Cashi;.r, on She 19th
4.4^ 'September, 1793, avdhe :seas Chtier
no the 17th of knotty, adverti,e4.l.as
such in the Lattion Gazette nn the 19h. of cite
month;, and continued in that capsetot, up tct
.the•
time of his apprehension. • .. •
Mr. Ahrahain liewlard—,' I ate principal Cashier
in the Bank.. 'The prisoner at the bar. has heen in.
my, office as cashier between tour and five years„'• and
a great deal of the money bti,iness of tire, Bank bas'
been entrusted to' his care. When the Bahl; bad
..occasion t purchase Exchequer. Bills, .either, Mr.:.
Aslett or myself was in the•habit of giving., orders
for the gayment of them, whether purchased in the
Market or. from GOvernment. When the Bank pur_
chased bills in the market, Mr. Aslett. or I. signed
the order for the payment of them. -Purchased Ex.
chequer-Bills are kept in a book apprnrriated to that
purpose. Sometimes one of us, and soinetimes the
other, entered.the bought bills in the Bought Book.
When hills are' bought . and entered in the. Bought
Book, they can never, -without fraud, come again
into the market ; they are deposited in an iron.
closet in an inner room until... Government relieve,
them. •. When Exchequer bills ate purchased, they.
are very often kept yin the care, of 'the Cashier for
some weeks before, they are depositettunder she-cart
of 'the Diretiors. When they were to be put under
the care of the•Diredors out of that of the Cashier,
sometimes 1 have done it, and sometimes Mr.Aslett.
On the :6th of February, Mr. Aslett did it ; he con.
veyed the Exchequer. Bills of that day from the
Cashier's care to the Direlors."

Cross.examined-by Mr. ERSKINE.-.-He said, the
prisoner.has_becn in a confidential situation in the
Bank a great number of years, in which he had daily,
opportunity of defrauding the Bank of•lwndreds of
millionb, if we take the whole period into conside,
rotion. Until this instance, I believe the whole of
his conduct-was entirely faithful.
It then appeared lay the evidence of Mr. Abra.
ham Goldsmid, .that his house sold to the Bank,
.on
the 3d of December,. ISO, 85,0001. worth of
chequer bills.

A number of Witnesses were then examined to
• prove that certain Exchequer in the marker,
particularly those in the,p issession of IVlessrs. Tern.
plentan,' Cole and Reed, amounting to 31,9851. Zs.
2d, were bought up .by the Bank on the 11th of
• December*, X 803, and the money paid over to the
respeOive. Qwners. • - •
Mr. Puget; ma., of the Rank Direaors; was then
examined: He sAd, it is the course of business for
. ate of the Diredorl always to be in attendance at
the Bank. • I was there- on the 26th of February,
and Mr. Smith, another Direclor was there alto., It.
is the duty of the DireCtors of diction to receive in
the pnriour, any Bills brought from, the Cashier's
Office—they were, generally brought 'by Mr„,Aslett.
The entry here is. signed-1 • toe, and I am. able to say
that this is•his hand-Writing, meaning the.entry. in
the Bought 11,14, and I can almost, positively say
that he_brought them in, because 'for some time, no-
one else brought any at that time : for of late I do
not recoiled Mr, Newland' bringing any, .certainly
floc while I was In attendance.._ The Bills are
brought in bundles inclosed in tab envelope ofpaper
marked on the outside—at the time -the parcels
are brought in, the book is brought in fin the
Ditedors to compare the Bills with the 'elo'ry alai e,
The Exchequer Bills, in' their covers, are drpocited
in ah Iron Closet, which has three KeYS- to it, and
separate Locks ; by the- course of the Barik, That
cOnnnt be-opened, b4t :in the presence' df two Di.
reethrs. I believe that "ail theitillitbrotight in, were
examined by myself and Mr. Smith, and derrespOnded
With the article to which we then signed,out names.
When-we have so deposited these hills, there they
remain until they are redeemed by Government.
Four seVeral.parcels were btOught in that day, the
test appears to be a parcel of zooicool. of the 'Sty-
lily cif 1802. .
Mr. Smith, another'DireCtor,. corroborat&l this
statement.

Mr. Thomas Bisit was next examined.---He said,
,
gi I am a Broker hitgily.conceri4d in theptirehast
and 'sale of Government Se7curities. •1 know Mr.
.Aslett'; he made application to me on thetcf.th of
March last ; he wished :to know if '1 would make
purchasei in stock for him, for .tliat' he and -his
friends inten4d to have-a Speculation. I told him
at the time I thought there ivOuld be a great varia,
lion in the stock; that' there 'might be large dif.
fetences to pay,
.Which matte it a matter of Isattard
lie, said he -would give me security. 'He came to
the again the neXt'day and gave me an order. to boy
50,0001, Consols, for the approaching secontit: It
was a purchase fortime. He asked' me what the
.difference might be. I lOW. him in all probabilitt
Sor 6 per Cent. He then said he would give tne
30001. in Exchequer Bills, which-was a Sictitity to
cover any loss that might happen upon the sale of
the stock ;' in consequenceOf Whiehi he'dcposited
with ire three Exchetieer"Biils of Joc o!. each._
Looking at the he prOved• them to' be the
same that the Prisoner had given to him, anti which
wart (.m1 nr rho 12;IL, nri eh. ./11.

bruaty, and included in ti4:accutTrit- entered in the
Bought Book. The stock viras.bought and sold three
times, and
.ill4;qnsequeuce of circunistanee growing
out of .this transklion, I went to the Bank and re-
lated It.'' • •

Mr. Winthorp, the Deputy ,Goyernor. of: the
Bank, said —Mr..l3ish laid before me circumstances
which led. me. to Wish seeing Mt. Aslett. On
the 9th:of April, about twelve or one o'clock, from
circumstances which led to more than. suspicion, I
sent for Mr..Aslett, and Mr. Newland came also.;
he being asked the mode of our keeping our Ex..
chequer Rills, which I knew perfedly, but :ask-
ed fore certain .reasons and a particular purpose,
Mr. Newland answered.and described, the mode as
it is. IvaOced, Mr.. Aslett also, whether it was

possible, after Exchequer Bills came to him, or re.
moved to, our parlour, whether-it was possible, I
said, for these bills to come nut again ? He said,
he believed it was not possible. I then told him,
that nevertheless it appeared to me in proof that
there were such bills out, which had.been purchased
by theßank and were the property of the Biok,anti
that I would go a step further, which was that I
was, very sorry to ,say, that. he, Mr. Aslett, was
suspeCted of being the.cause of their being so
,out.
I asked him if he knew Mr. Bish Ile said he
did. I asked him, whether he had placed any Ex,
chequer Bills.; in the hands of Mr, Bish ? He said
he had, taut that they were not the property of the
Bank.. He wai then asked whose property they.
were ? He hesitated at first. to ,name. the. person,
bur he very shortly after Wards did. He mentioned
Mr,. Hosier. I think then. Mr. Watson told
I think it. my duty as a Magistrate.to,inform you,7
that you are not obliged to answer any question,
the answer to which may tend to criminate your-
self. Mr. Bish then came inw the room, and stat_
to us,' what he has stated now to,the Court.--
That he was de,ired to go into a speculation for
so,oool. which he had decliried mi.account of the
risk that. Ms. Adett (4E :red, to deposit, 30001. as
. a security, when Mr. Watson told Mr. Asiet t,,that
he was under the necessity of
.comtni oink him.—
We had the Bought Book in. order. to see whether
the Exchequer Bills which Mr. ,Bish produced, were
really our,property, Mr. NOW.lakld these..---
We searched two books, anti could no; find the en-
try.of them. MN r. ewland said there is another.
book,. and you should have that., Mr. Aslett went,
and returned with -the third !book. . Mr. Watson
looked at that, there foutrd the entry of,the Bills:
and number directly. .Mr. Watson then. told Mr,.
Aslett he,must commit him to. the Poultry Cprupter.-
Mr. Aslett. cbjeCted :to that •becau e the. matter
would thereby become public, that it would• be in
the Newspapersibut that if he was sent-tothe house
Of a friend, he had no doubt that be on Monday
should be able to clear the matter up,
On Cross-Examination..4,:Mr. EasKlNE.—This
Hon,,Gentleman said, that Mr, Aslett was- a map of
such general good.manners, so civil and complaisant
to all the world, his knOwledge so great, and his
integrity apparently so.en tire, thatliis charatlet was
very high—unquestionably he had the Opportunity,
of committing frauds .for long- he
had been,in the habit of stich transactions' as these,
I do not know.—As' to. suspicions, I befie've.
none were entertained againbt his honesty, ,cer..„
mainly. norne by had cOnlide.nce in Lim an
extent almost uolioppded, and, I believe, sn had the,
other Pircaors—not only for Itie 'integrity, but
also his knowledge :tnd capacity in linsines's ;foe he
knew more. of the business of the Bank than any
other man in it except Mr. Ness;land Himself.
Mr., Alderman Watson ;concurred in the state.:
meat oaf the DeputY, governor.
It:then appeared in evidcrice that a parcel con-
mining the rei....linder of the z00,0001,' Exchequer ,
Bills were found in the de:‘: of Mr. Aslett, the
'outside marked zoti,pgol. and that lie had borrow-
ed 80001, worth of Exchequer Bills-of HoSicr,
a paytner in,the house of Messr.s.,Ponsom, MOreland
and co.i,but these were EXclieWrßills nor bought
by the Bank, th'at Gentleman baying; nothin..4 to do
with them,, and never h,t I ;illy other triiii,a.Thous for.
Exchequer Bills with Nlr. Aslet

The,liffcrvA,t Gent!cote)) tvho had sold or lent
Stock to Mr. Aslett, “..,a 17, other' xche.
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; tlu.r Bills of the ,same kind, tlrlt is, which had
been bought by the Banl;, hot they did not
_know.
it then,. gave account a the trAnsdetiot's, amount-
; ingtOztv.ilt. ,utu h:sides aiready.,itared:
:I:he Deputy &)vcroor; bei;,g! exaMilwd again
said, that.such was. the sonfldonc:e they all Ind ;n
Mr. Aslgt„ that he lta3 becnientriisted
,ro cl:pustt
the•Exchetitier in the Iron close; itlt# tficy
had been examined by the I)ire6fOrs; 'but that.Croz.
set he believed would, never li,ii e been or* v:vitfr..
out the presence Of at lc:ist two Diretiors.
'two or, .three Clerks of the Bank were br;.-,ught
forward to :give wilt ru;,pei't certitn.
Jxchequer Bills, whichwtre suppoz,ed to have,fiesn
' duly, pla`eed in the stroll hc», in the Governor;'s,
patiour—,—The lists of sevetal,ol these 85 sigr!led by
the Prisoner (who, generally littnight the Lois into
the paAour} were read by ,the Co'unsel for the pro_
SeCuthm,, and tallied by,the Clerks.
One .of these Witnesses was cross.examined by
the:Prisoner's leading COunsel,-(Mr.
roped tOithe manner of proceeding in paking the
entries, whether the entry was made as a copy of
the hill of •parcels, or from an ocular inspeaion of
the bill itself.', H particularized the minute reaped_ ing the bill 2494., on the 33 of Deccm' ber 1202..
• .To this question the Witness alluded to replied,
that he-could not positively swear that the bill was
ever.io possession of the Bank.

The. same-question w;4' put with rested to tite
bill :No. 835, and an answer nearly to a similar
effea 'Avas returned by the Witness.
_ .

Rispefliog the bill No, togs, however the
answer was different, the entry was made from an
ill
he
;311::03.:QntPno:nt
tbtihlc°leillni.po7tfriileett I.lll)eeexs
bills
:edevdilifhny'se
e. locEd:00.
ye_waosimiol to
iptoca
virt
li
The bills (orginals) which were set forth in the
iili !Ai 3pecificationii.
by the Prisoner's Se'tlll7
tkreiia
?or, Bowers was brought forward to prove that.
nom: of, the three Bills sPecified in' the intliftln' ent
• .
were, amps those lent by L-1049, to thr

After further corrohotative evidente
gone through; the rtrs)nei-W.I'S. called uierri tJr hii ,
Idefence,, Jie said, ‘, My, Lord., -I beg leave tu.
leave it to ir*y. Counsel."
Mr. Eito: Ng slated, th'ile.Were many Witnesses
attending, Who. Cotild-g!vA ri*.srisoner eharaeter
of the highest kind but iti&itit quenee of what Int('
already tratlSpired oti `that: held from' WitilesSes .)
•
the
Part of the rniSecution, fie,sbdtdd.deent it un..
'necessary to trouble the Court on that:head.
A-kW observations were then interchangedte<
tween the Leading Coitus:Lon both sides, respetting.
the legal authority of Mr. Jennings at the time ta'
sign the Bills in question; this was‘-admitted in de:
negative by the Counsel for the Prosecution—imit
he contended that question had nothing to do. with
the business then under consideralioh.
Mr. Justice LE BLANC then entered upon' his
Charge to the jury. He set out with describing
. the nature of the Incliament : which, in substanVe,
charged the Prisoner with, char he bei'ng 3n Of-
ficer and Servant of the Gaverhor and CoMCompany'the Bank of England.; andas entrused se'
certain effeds belonging to the' 'said, Governor ant/
Company of .th'e Bank Of Ehglaiid, did feloeiouslY
secrete, embezzle, and purloiii certain pipers, put'
porting to be Exchequer Bills, and particularly thre'e •
pape rs'appearing on' the face of them thhC Exebequet
Bills, 'viz. 7a piper numbered z 694 rtirrrtin4'
to bean Exchequer-Bill for moo!. one other Paper,
for,zoool. all the effeds,
numbered 835, for cool. and a third, numbered io6i.
Governor and :CoMpany. of the Tank of England:
The Jury would, for. the present, take it as the
that the Bill =
question are within tile Jew.
and belboging
lug of the ACI ; and if3t appeared to them, from tb.e,
evidence they had heard, that the Prisone't tiitl
bezzle, Secrete, or take away thes:itm. for his9""'
to the said ,
•
use, then it consi ituted tLat off..ttee which was nva°,
felooy,liy a •Fei.ll A,:t of Parliament. ,
points the jure would take for gran;e'l at the "t°7
set.
With re'Peci to the'ohketitins in poinr of Ltwo
urged on behalf of the Prisoner, were theyi•o"--1
be "Ed: he would have the b Hefts Of than
after. In: •the present instance, it would be th-
d,tity of the Jury to enquiie whether •the Papers)
&c. char&
speeifitcl, in the Liilietmint
were, as staied, the inopertv of the atnie'ol Eng-
land ; Whether the Prisoner, such Officer or Ser.
want, was intrusted with them; and whetha he
did, as laid to hi; cflarge,..sectele,. etnhezriej '64r
take away, and convert his ow„ use, the
or Eireds 'queltiob•-• 1• I I 1e6L10,-
, ane t toey4wou.,,
frorma consideration of the Evidence. Hi's:lol44u!
then entered into a detailed recapiriffarfor(ortEe"gS.r
,•lence which- had been adduced. 'This he asts-sed intol
different beads, for the farther. illustration of the Coe.,
a. - •
ant Litre inn•of the Jary,;:is ifitidi'ing to -the disitntt
charges in the Tildiettnent -By the first they.ll/01;`
would see by-what means and through :whateh:inP;ll I
the Bills in'question became the property tlf:l"'l.'..
Bank: By the second they would see the Pr"tiC,aetc-
the Bank with respell to Exchequer Rills, and m
manner of disposing of diem until redeetk4 IV
verninent, and froth thii head of ev
appear the share the Prisoner -had in thdse trai,si,;
aftions, and what his dutiesivere, and by the 11„'i,',4!",,,
how-the .PfEiorter had disposed of-two of the
specifically charged' in the Ituirietrne:nreanit'lla."'
third 801.14as:found in the poiiessiont,ftbe Pets
namely with a number of other. Mills in his desk, It`deld
it'was broken ctOnfor.the purpose of searching, "„.•
which should have been -duly deposited iti chi sir°,7l,-
closet of the Comlipany.-. From this evidence f•ntf
would decide, Whether the Prisoner' did .seer':::
embezzle or purloin far ltis own u;e 111;.1
all or -any of the'Biiii-stated'in the Intli:lo.'iiar'
Ike catted them, then, Bills, as therniust f.itneet
appellation. The point of' law its that
would be decided hereafter. Lord.,!iip
the slight variation in the aceno eject)
the Prisoner's examination, By .:alt. Wilithf."l.ll?,p4::
By Alderman Watson, in regard.. to th.e Pts
rt in
,'
heintsent out the room, 0rd,.!1-
certlon.accouht hooks ; taking this in thenv'
the"""ble eras it all it would aine.utit to was, ',ll'tva;,)
Prisoner seas affikied.an opportunity (io,:h
which he 'did not- make use., of) of e'"i'av-13' -11,
, die
get away.. 1-ie .otaerve,l, that witli'reseect
ths
Prnsibility of ettor or Mistake oi) the rt.,- t'
stn
Prisoner,. though.such might_ be in nle
one or two yct scarcely r)ssit)ie.,.7f
eould fe! ,10,1 with. "srret, to so large a nutn!.,
-I) 'beery tested to,the (If
•soner.. With--respect to :cluir.tclet, it
"'
eessary'. to say artyi..thie.e, Mar. wit tt the Jul
heard from softie of the Witties'se4 tor the f rietre
Tli.ey would con Sider, diem it ter heintein
as the case of -a ion whothaddong.
merits -of A cott'fi,l?l,l.;;;l. 0.; I qtel „,„1 '.0f'10,5"1 ,
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