The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-10 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(TIIIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
Michael Macdouough, a person of very respectable appear.
ance, was indicted for having, on the 9th October, 18'29, forged
a bill of exchange for 2004 with intent to defraud Joseph
Fletcher, Edward Fletcher, and John Myery Halls; there

were other counts charging the prisoner with the intention of

defrauding Robert Machin and John Christopherson.
Mr. John Myer Halls deposed, that he was in partnership
with Joseph and d vard ,rletclier, as Merchants and High rac:,
tors. The prisoner was in his coanting-hciiist„io Xionincligeft
lane, a short time before the present transactibh •;i .Peratili •
brought witness a letter on the 9th October, 1829, (now Pre::
duced) containing a bill for 2001., purporting to be drawn by
James Anderton ; he never afterwards saw the prisoner until
about a fortnight ago, when he was in custody, charged with ob-
taining
money under a false bill of lading, and also with this
offence. Witness did not know James Anderton, nor did he
ever make any advance of money upon the bill. The wit-
ness produced the bill. He did not see the prisoner on the
occasion of the letter or the bill. Witness's partners had pre-
viously advanced the prisoner 5001. The prisoner had since
shaved off his whiikers and adopted the use of a wig, but wit-
ness was positive that he was the peisim ivhb called at his, wit-
ness's office, just before the 9th of October.
Mr. Francis Dawson Watley, clerk in the house of Fletcher
and Co., stated that he knew the prisoner's person. Previous
to the receipt of the bill and letter, he saw the prisoner at the
prosecutor's office, but nothing passed then respecting the bill.
Witness had never seen him write, but had done business with
him upon AdmittPtl to,be In his hand-writing, par-
ticularly in the latter end of Septetni;er; •771rn be bought a
bill of lading, with his endorsement on it, and On wl-.Ail frit:
nest's employers advanced him the sum of 5001. The endorse,
ment on the bill produced was written by the prisoner; but he
did not believe that the bill itself, or the acceptance, was in his
writing. The letter which contained the bill witness believed
to have been written by the prisoner ; when he called at the
prosecutor's office, he had his own light hair and light whiskers,
but when witness saw him in custody a fortnight ago, he wore a
dark wig, and had no whiskers at all.
Cross-examined by the Prisoner---Had minutely compared
the letter with the indorsement on the bill of lading ; would
swear positively that the letter and the indorsement on the bill
was the prisoner's writing.

Mr. Edward Fletcher, one of the prosecutors, saw the pri-
soner at his counting.house in September and the beginning of
October, 1529 ; on the latter occasion he called relative to a pro-
fessed shipment of gocds, and not respecting the bill of exchange.
He never again saw him until he was in custody. Witness
saw him write his indorsement on the bill of lading, on which
witness advanced him 500/. ; witness had no doubt that the whole ' •
of the body of thetill for 2001. was in the prisoner's writing.
Witness had inquired for the supposed drawer, James An-
derton, and could find no such person. The letter was, in
witness's opinion, written by the prisoner. The bill pur.
ported to be addressed to Messrs. Robert Makin and Co., suer.
chants, of LiverpooL
The letter was then read ; it was addressed to the prosecutors,
and stated that, in expectation of the arrival of the ship
William, (the vessel by which the supposed goods were to
come, covered by the bill oh lading on which the prosecutors
had advanced 5001.), he would soon be in London ; that a Mr.
Coates, of St. Martin's lane, had undertaken to pay some money
for him to various persons, and, to pay those demands, he en-
closed the '2OO/. bill, requesting the prosecutors to give Mr.
Coates a check for the amount of it.
The bill was also read—it was at 90 days' date, signed James
Anderton, addressed to Messrs. Makin and Co., Liverpool,
end purported to be accepted by Makin and Co., payable at
Messrs. Dennison and Co., bankers. London.
In cross-examination, the witness said he found out Mr.
Coates, and subpoenaed him to attend ; he never heard of the
prisoner having suffered in his commercial pursuits by Ins,
postures practised on him. Never heard of the prisoners haVitig
been ill of a fever so as to account for the loss of his hair.
Mr. Gabriel William Meyer, clerk to the firm of Robert
Makin and Co., of Liverpool, stated, that the acceptance
on the bill of exchange, was not written either by
Robert Makin or of his partner, John Christopherson,
No such person as James Anderton transacted business
with Makin and Co. nor did he know of the existence
of say such person. Witness had known the prisoner for
nearly twenty years, in Liverpool, and the prisoner knew wit-
ness as being in Makin and Co.'s office. Prisoner's father lived
in Sligo, and he introduced the prisoner to Makin and Co. as
one of the firm of Morgan, Macdonough, and Co. The father
was in the corn trade. The father did business with Makin
and Co. but the last time the prisoner did business with Makin
and Co. was fourteen years ago; since then he had frequently
seen the prisoner in the streets of Liverpool, until about two
years ago.

Cross-examincd—Prlsoner's father made consignments of
grain to Makin and Co. and it was usual for Morgan, Macdo.
nough, and Co. to draw for the proceeds, or in some instances to
ship goods in return.
Mr. William Coates, of St. Martin's-lane, had known prisoner
for three years; he knew there was such a house as that of
Fletcher and Co. ; he took a letter directed to them, at the re-
quest of the prisoner in October, 1829, but could not swear it
was the one produced. Did not recollect whether prisoner
stated for what purpose the letter was to be sent.
Cross-examined—Did not recollect that the prisoner re-
quested witness to get any money from Fletcher and Co. Un-
derstood the prisoner had been embarrassed, and that he was ar-
rested by Mr. Nightingale, a tailor, and committed to prison.
Prisoner was released upon signing a deed of assignment to his
creditors of all his property in Dublin. Witness attested the
deed. Understood the prisoner to be a particular friend of Mr.
Dawson, M P., but never heard he lived in Mr. Dawson's
house ; witness might have interfered in elections, but was not
in the habit of negotiating for seats in Parliament.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The prisoner was then placed at the bar upon an indictment
charging him with defrauding the same prosecutors on the 30th
Sept. 18Z, of 500!. by means of a forged bill of lading. This
case was proceeding when our reporter left.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, APRIL 9.

APPEAL. AGAINST AN ORDER OF AFFILIATION.

TOE OFFICER, OF bT. MARY, HACKNEY, RESPONDENTS,
AND JAMES MONTAGUE, ESQ. APPELLANT.
(Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.)

The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Marriott) gave his opinion. The case
was not one of ordinary importance, or one of private im-
morality. Either on Mr. Montague's side or the girl's, there
was gross, wicked, and diabolical perjury. In his opinion the
girl could not have endured such repeated examinations and
cross-examinations, were she not supported by truth. There
was another remarkable fact. Mr. Montague went to the mo-
ther of Ann Dyer to tell her to take away her child. He, on
that occasion, asked, " Did she find out the father 2" and was
charged by Mrs. Dyer as the ruin of her daughter, when he
ought to have been her protector. What was his reply ?
" Oh, good God in Heaven, is this brought against me ?"
She looked in his face, and said,—" You should have
thought of him before." Yet, to that woman, who
charged him thus, who parried his question, and returned
it as a dagger into his breast, he afterwards sent his neice Miss
Turkington. A conspiracy was asserted to have been formed,
but it was was without an adequate motive. At to Dean, if
the inquiry was not continued, the law of perjury was at an
end. Unhesitatingly, then, he pronounced Mr. Montague the
father of the child, and voted for the affirmation of the order.
The votes of the Magistrates were then collected and declared
to be—For affirming the order, 14; for quashing it, 1. About
six magistrates declined voting.
On this announcement there was no marked sensation either
way in the Court ; if any, it was one of slight surprise.
After some discussion, the costs (given against appellant)
were fixed at 50/. ; eight voices being for 501., and seven for 301.
Mr. Montague immediately paid the money, and in much excite-
ment declared his intention of indicting the parties either for a
conspiracy or perjury, as he should be advised.

NEW PEERS. —A countryman met one of
his neighbours the other day, and seeing that he was gaping
for political news of some description, accosted him thus :
" There is every reason to believe we shall have a new batch
of Peers immediately." " How so, how so ?" said the other in
breathless expectation, " Because I saw a jargonelle in bloom
yesterday I"—Scotsman.

STEEPLE CHASE.—An exploit of this sort
was achieved near this town yesterday, between a !flare, the
property of Captain Baxter, rode by Mr. Grice, of Sundorn, and
a horse of Mr. Jones's, jun., of Shelton Cottage, rode by Mr.
Davies, moister, Frankwell. They started from a place called
Feather-bed Lane, and scoured across a rough uneven country,
taking various tremendous leaps with facility, till they reached
the Old Heath, where the mare won the match cleverly, with
the horse close beside her. A great crowd was present.--
Shrewsbury Chronicle.

ORDER OF THE DAY.—(By Buonaparte
when First Consul.)—" 9:2d Floreal, 10th year.—" The greno.--
dier Grobbin has destroyed himself in' consequence of a love
affair. He was otherwise a respectable man. This is the
second event of the kind that has happened in the corps
within
a month. The First Consul has directed, that it shall be In-
serted in the order of the day of the guard, that a soldier ought
to know how to subdue sorrow, and the agitation of the pa.s-
- ; and there is as much courage in enduring with firmnes,
the pains of the heart, as in remaining steady under the grape-
shot of a battery. To abandon one's self to grief without re-
sistance, to kill one's self in order to escape from it, is to dl
(torn the field of battle before one is conquered.
(Signed) " BUONAPARTE, First Consul.'

11111 TII S.
On the 7th inst. at Brighton, the Hon. Mrs. George Dawson
Dauer, of a don.
On the 7th inst. at her house, in Sidrnouth-sreet, Regent-
square, Mrs. Charles Roworth, of a daughter,

MARRIED.
On the 3d inst. 4 17, Ainslie-place, Lieutenant-Colonel, the,
Hon. George Ralph Abercromby, son of the Right Hon. Lora
Abercromhy, to Louisa Propel, youngest daughter of the Hon'
John Hay Forbes, one of the Senators of the College of Justice.

DIED.
On the •.2.1 inst. in Percy-street, Charles NVilliam Pegler,
in his 30th year.
On the 10th ult. at Charm I)hiJrouth, Dorsetshire, aged 62, 8"
relict of the late Major Ballmer, of Lymington, Hants. 0,1
On the Bth inst. Elisabeth, Wife of Mr. s. P. Ealt, of Is ~

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