The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-28 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, FEB. 27.

Charles Taylor, a very intelligent-looking boy,
only twelve years of age, was capitally indicted for
uttering a bill of exchange for 1751. with a forged
acceptance, he well knowing the same to have been
forged, with intent to defraud Messrs. Ladbrooke
and Co. bankers.
The prisoner was found Not Guilty, no evi-
dence being offered, and was discharged from the bar.
Ann Myers, a Jewess, 50 years of age, and
Daniel Myers, her son (who has absconded), were
indicted for forging and uttering, or publishing as
true, a bill of exchange for 4881. 2s. 2d., purporting
to have been drawn by Ann Myers upon Messrs.
Parker, Walker, and Co., and accepted by them,
with intent to defraud Jonas Levy.
Mr. BRODERICK stated the case. The prosecutor
was a clock and watchmaker, in Bevis Marks, St.
Mary Axe, and the prisoner was a rag merchant,
trading to some extent in Carter-street, Houndsditch,
and it was with pleasure he added, she was a person
of unquestioned respectability till the present charge
was brought against her. The Jury would direct
their attention to the charge of uttering only. On
the 6th of September, Daniel Myers, the prisoner's
*son, called upon the prisoner Levy, and asked him to
discount the bill which was the subject of the present
indictment. Mr. ,Levy accompanied Daniel, Myers
to Parker, Walker, and Co.'s warehouse, and from
what the prisoner said was led to believe the bill was
genuine ; he, however, did• not rest there, but ac-
companied Daniel' Myers to his mother's warehouse,
and there, in the presence of the prisoner, he had a
conversation, from which the Jury were to draw
their conclusion, that the prisoner published the
bill with a forged acceptance, knowing it to have
been forged.
Jonas Levy was sworn—He confirmed Mr. Bro-
derick's opening, and added ; I went -on the 6th of
September, with Daniel Myers to the prisoner's
warehouse, in Carter-street, Houndsditch, where I
saw the prisoner in Daniel's presence; I had the bill
in my hand, and I said " Mrs. Myers, your son has
brought me this bill to be discounted; it is drawn
by yourself on Walker, Parker, and Co., for 488/.
2s. 2d.; is this correct ?" She answered me—
" Perfectly so; we sold them a lot of pig-lead for it,
and if you wish to be further satisfied, Daniel will
throw open the book and show it you." Daniel
then opened a book which was on a desk, and turned
over to a date in July, and pointed to an entry of a
transaction between the prisoner and Walker, Parker,
and Co. (The prisoner, pursuant to notice, produced
all the books.) The entry corresponded with the
date and amount of the bill. I told Daniel Myers I
was quite satisfied, and I took him over to my house
and discounted the bill for him by giving him ano-
ther bill, which I held, of Messrs. Parker and Co.,
which came due next day, and the remainder in cash.
I was induced by the representation of the prisoner
and her son, to discount the bill, which I afterwards
discovered was a forgery.
Mr. Justice GAZELLE said, the Counsel for the
prosecution had not evidence to carry the case fur-
ther against the prisoner, and there being great
doubt whether the prisoner, who could not read or
write, might not have misunderstood the prosecutor
when he was speaking about the bill for 4881., es-
pecially as there had been another transaction relat-
ing to a bill of Parker and Co. of a different amount ;
and under such circumstances, it was very proper
that the prosecution should be given up, especially
as the prisoner had borne a good character up to this
affair, and as it was very possible she had been de-
ceived by her son, who had absconded. The ac-
quittal of the prisoner would not clear her son from
the charge.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Not Gulity."
The prisoner was in a state of insensibility several
times during the trial; and when conscious of what
was passing, she clasped her hands together, and
with her eyes closed, appeared to be praying. There
was a shout of applause outside the Court on her
acquittal being pronounced.
Alex. Ephraim Shorter, whose trial was post-
poned on Saturday, was charged with knowingly
uttering a forged 51. Bank of England note, with
intent ti defraud the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England.—Guilty—Death.
AN EXTRAORDINARY TRICK.—Wm. Shelton, a
man of elderly appearance, was indicted for stealing,
on the 14th December, eight mourning cloaks, value
201. the property of William Haldigrave Parker, an
undertaker, in the Whitechapel-road. Verdict—
Guilty.
Thomas Riordan, a middle-aged man, of respect-
able appearance, who had been remanded from last
Session, was indicted for having unlawfully inter-
married with Ann Barton, his former wife, Ellen
Roberts, being still alive.
The prisoner paid his addresses to his first wife at
her father's house, in Dublin, in-1799, and her mar-
riage was solemnized on the 19th of November in
that year, according to the rights of the Protestant
religion. The prisoner continued to reside at the
house of his father-in-law for four months subse-
quent to the marriage, after which period he left his
wife, and came over to this country, 'and in May,
1801, he married his second wife at St. Georges,
Hanover-square, with the full sanction of her pa-
rents. Under the impression that she was his law-
ful wife, she continued to cohabit with him for the
space of twenty-six years, and during that time she
bore him the unusual number of twenty children;
only three of whom are now 'alive. About five
years ago, in consequence of information which Mrs.
Riordan's friends received, Mrs. Le Gresse, her sis-
ter, came to London, anti discovered the place of
his residence, and on that occasion the prisoner con-
sented to allow his first wife half-a-crown a week.
This arrangement being accepted,- the prisoner was
permitted to enjoy the society of his second wife
until three or four months ago, -when the circum-
stance of his first marriage' came to the lcaowledge
of Anne Barton's relations.,;airdr_they imtumrpately
caused him to be taken-into custody. •
On the part of the defence, it was sat up that the
prisoner was a minor at the time of his first _marri-
age, and also that the marriage was solemnized with-
out the consent of his parents. Ws sister likewise
deposed to 'the fact, that six months prior to the
date of the certificate of the first marriageohe pri-
soner slept at his father's house, and it was there-
fore impossible that he could have consummated the
marriage.
The Jury found the prisoner " Guilty ;" but
added, that he was under age at the time of his
marriage. •
1111'. ALLEY—Arid doyou say, Gentlemen, that he
married without the consent of his parents ? as that
will hereafter raise a point for his Lordship's con-
sideration.—Foreman : We do not say that.
RECORDER—But I wish you to add your opinions
as to that fact. Do you, or do you not believe, that
the prisoner married without the consent of his
parents ?--Foreman : We do not think that he was,
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A circumstance, in its nature truly tragical,
occurred, we understand, in the neighbourhood of Tip=
perary a few evenings since:—The daughter of a respect-
able farmer, a few moments after she had ken married,
complained of indisposition, and withdrew to an adjoining
room. In a short time soine of her friends, who had gone
to enquire after her health, were horror struck on perceiv-
ing her in the last stage of mortal existence, having burst
a blood vessel. She bled profusely from the nose, and was
soon a corpse ! annmel