The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-31 00:00:00

VOIOZRY.

John Bambrough, a respectable master shoemaker, and
Anthony Bateson, an attorney at law, were then given in
charge upon an indictment for forgery.
Both prisoners' were defended by Mr. John Williams
and Mr. Alderson.

Mr. Archbold stated the case.—The prisoner, Barn
brough, had a long intimacy with some persons of the
names of Everett, Forsyth, and Faikons, who were
stewards or -managers of a Benefit Society, and in the
course of intimacy, pressed tlign to.!.advance him 100/,
from the funds of the society, kept in what is termed the
" boa." They declined, unless upon good security, and
upon interest. Bambrough quickly obviated this difficulty,
saying he would give the best security. One oetwo sub-
sequent meetings were held upon the subject, and the
stewards agreed to lend Bambrough 1001. upon his bond,
Dr: Tulloch of Newcastle, being his security. This was
upon the 15th May last, and as it was necessary to
have the instrument drawn up by a professiOnal
man, some dispute arose as to who should be appointed ;
but at length it was settled that Mr. Anthony Bateson
should be employed, and that the persons named should go
with him and Bambrough to Dr. Tulloch's house, to be pre-
sent at his signing and attesting the bond, to all this Bam-
brough agreed, and declared his intention that everything
should be fair. Bateson accordingly prepared the bond,
and upon the 17th of May, himself, Bambrough, and the
others, were preparing to go to Dr. Tulloch's, when Barn-
brough objected, saying the Doctor would not like so many
persons at:his house, and proposed that he himself should
get the signature ; they all, however, objected to this, and
he was then satisfied that they should accompany him ; but
on the way he again hinted that the Doctor would be dis-
pleased, and prevailed upon the stewards to wait at a
public-house, while he and Bateson obtained the Doctor's.
signature. , They accordingly did go, and in a short time
retarded with the tond signed ; Bateson, in answer to a
question, saying it was all- correct ; and in the course of
the evening the 1001. was paid out of the Society's box to
Bambrough, and the bond placed there instead, and Batt
soil received a guinea for drawing up the document. 'ln
a day or .two after, an enquiry was made into the transac-
tion, and it was discovered that the bond was a forgery.
Dr. Tulloch's name being in point of fact wrongly spelled,
being Bengani Tullock, mstead of Benjunzin Tulloch.—
Further enquiries were instituted, and an apprentice of
Dr. Tulloch's, named Brown, proved, that on the 17th
Bambrough came into the shop and enquired if the Dr.
was at bode ? receiving a negative, he said it was of no
consequence, as he merely wanted a pen to sign an inden-
ture, and producing a document which the witness said
was exactly similar to the one produced, wrote upon the-
counter desk, something (what, he could not say) upon
the back of it. Application was t 403 made to the Magis-
trates, and some of the stewards Went to Mr. BatesOn's
residence, and asked him if he had seen Dr. Tulloch write
his name on the bond. He replied, I saw him sign it.
He was then taken into custody, as was also Bambrough.
The signature of Dr. Tulloch was proved to he a for-
gery, but the Doctor- was not called, as by the strange
anomaly .of the law, although a man can give evidence, if
he be robbed, against the robber, yet he cannotbe admitted
as a witness to prove that the signature of his name to a
forgery is forged, as lie is a party liable to be proceeded
against for the recovery of the. amount. This was the
case for the proseeution.
Bambrough made no defence, saying he left it entirely
to his Counsel.
Mr. Bateson, upon being called upon, read a descriptive
-narrative of his connection with the business—declared
that he had been merely applied to as an attorney, to draw
up the bond, and had done so, as the witnesses had de-
applied to him, and could not have had any ,motive on
Scribed. He knew nothing of the transaction until they
earth for the commission of a crime which he, as a
professional man, must know would prove- so fatal.
After he had parted from the witnesses on the bridge, he
went to the house of Dr. Tulloch, and Bambrough per-
suaded -him to give him the bond, and to wait outside till
he took it to show Mr.-T.—he did so, in less than a
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Mr. Justice Park summed up, and gave his opiniql that
Mr. Bateson had been deceived. _

The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, against tim-
bre*, and Not Guilty against Bateson.—Some of the
Jury burst into tears upon jhe record being Imie against
13ambrough.
Mr. Justice park passed the awful sentence of the law,
saying there wax tie earthly hope for him.