The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-15 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

William, alias Caleb, alias Bishop, alias Atkins
Thomas, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, for
final examination, on the charge of pa,sing two ten
and two five pound forged notes.
In addition to the evidence given on a former oc-
casion, Mr. John Castle, proprietor of the City of
Salisbury publice-house, in Lock',-fields, deposed
that on the 23d of last November the prisoner came
to his house and asked for change of a 51. note, which
was given to him.
Mr. NORTON—Had you any previous knowledge
of him? Mr. Castle—Yes, sir, I knew him as a cus-
tomer, and .1 wrote his name and address on the note
as he gave them to me. A f-w days after I discovered
that the note was forged, and went in pursuit of the
prisoner, but could not find him.
Mr. John IVtn. Fedge, a grocer, carrying on busi-
ness in Crosby-row, Walvvorth-road, said that on the
24th November the prisoner came to his shop and
purchased some articles, for the payment of which
he tendered a 51. note. He (witness) gave him the
change, and bent the articles, as directed, to No. 36,
Queen's-row. Two days after he paid away the note,
but soon after it was returned to him, stamped
" Forgery."
Mr. NORTON—Can you identify the note you pro-
duce as the one that had been given to you by the
prisoner ? Witness—Yes, sir ; I identify it by the
name and address given to me by the prisoner, and
which I wrote on it at the time.

John Fellows, a ropemaker, residing in West-
street, Walworth, said that on a Sunday evening,
about seven weeks ago, he was at Mr. Jeffery's, a
beer-house, in East-lane, Walworth, and the prisoner
was also there, and asked him to get change fir a
101. note. He (witness) consented to do so, and
took the note to the Sir William of Walworth public-
house, in the Walworth-road, where he got change.
He took the change, which consisted of a 51. note,
four sovereigns, and twenty shillings in silver, to the
prisoner, who up to that time was a stranger to him,
and he had not seen him from that time to the present.
Mr. Charles Cleridge Howland, proprietor of the
Sir William of Walworth public-house, deposed that
on the 26th of November last he changed the 101.
note he then produced for the last witness, and wrote
his (Fellows's) name on it at the time. He paid it
away on the following day, and soon after it was re-
turned as a forgery.
Police-constable John Harvey, 14 G, deposed to
having taken the prisoner into custody on the night
of the Bth inst. He at first denied his name, but on
his telling him he should take him into custody for
passing 51. and 101. forged notes, he said he did not
know anything about it. On his way to the station-
house, however, he said I have been made the dupe of
others, and have lost 45/. by it, and I'm glad you
have come, for I'm sick of it. I have been out of
the way for five weeks.
The inspector of bank notes at the Bank of Eng-
land pronounced the three notes produced, as well as
a fourth (a ten-pound note), taken by Mr. Edington,
landlord of the Artichoke public-house, in Church-
street, Camberwell, whose testimony had been taken
on a former day,-to be forgeries, and the prisoner
was fully committed to take his trial on each of the
four cases.

A number of persons who had taken similar notes
from a person answering the prisoner's description
were in attendance., but were unable to identify the
prisoner.
The constable Harvey informed the magistrate
that he was not surprised at the parties not being
able to identify the prisoner, as he appeared com-
pletely metamorphosed, from having shaven off a
large pair of whiskers, and so altered by the change
as to render his recognition somewhat difficult.