The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-22 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY,Seri. 20.

FORGERIES.

George Pearson was indicter for forging anti
counterfeiting a wairath or order for the..payment
of 2251. Witt intent to defraud Williams, Aloffat-
and Co., Bankers, or Nathaniel Atcheson.
[The particulars of this case have already ail...
reared its our Police Report,]
Baron GRAHAM summed up the evidence, anti
the Jury retired for half an hriur„.and then re•
turned a verdict of Guilty—Death.
‘Vben the verdict was given in, the prisoner
clapped his hand to his heart, and said, in a broken
voice, " 1 ant not."

Joho. Partie was indicted for forging and ut-
tering a - check for 4001. with intent t'o defraud
John Brenchley, C. Bt,cket, and George Rich ;
and Williams;Motfat, amt Co li of theravesemi
•
Bank. The • circumstances ',Lave been already
•
.stated. The Jury found the prisoner .(lailty—
Deathi btu strongly recomniended bin) to mercy,
on account of his youth (be being only 19 years
of age), and his former good cbareicier,; in
which recommendation they we! e-foined by Mr.
Rich, who manifested the deepest e‘notion at the'
unfortunate situation in which the prisoner stood..

ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY IN BATTERSEA FIELDS;
—Dr. BURROW'S.;' of Gower:street, having; on:
Thursday, visited an insane lady, in the country,
whom it'wtis judged expedient ilninediately to re..
move to town to he under his care, die was plocett
between two female attendants in a post-ehai)e,
which ,preceded another, in. whicli,was the Doe-
toi, accompanied by a. relati‘te of the unhappy pa.,
tient. Tossing -through Battt;rsea-fidds, dbotit
JO O'clocli, the first chaise, the night being very
dark; got the start of the Second, when it was
stopped by some footpads. 'Suddenly, t
one at each door, presented pistols, and with via-
lent imprecationi demanded the money, &c. of the
passengers, while another fellow stood at the
'horses' heads. The insane lady, who is of mas-
culine form, having her feet at liberty, with a ye,'
hement,,voice and gesture ifistantly bounded out
of the open door, and in her leap overthrew the
robber on that side 'of the chaise. The sudden-
ness of the action, the strange figurje and vocife-
ration Of the patient, the shrieking of the. femal
'attendants, and, perhaps, the coming up at•this
moment of the other chaise, so disconcerted and
al-armed:he footpads, that they proMptly decamp-,
ed without effecting their purpose ; 'arid the lady
being replaced in security, the party proceed with,-
out farther molestation. •

EXEcuTioN.—A n article from Meadville, in
PentisylYariia, of the lst nit., says—" On Satur-
day last the sentence of the, law was execnted,inn
George Speth Vanholiandt, ,for the, murder of
Hugh Fitzpatrick. Early in the morning a large
concourse of people assembled at and in the vicinity
of the prison. About ,12 o'clock the unhappy
wretch was brought forth.. lie proceeded to the
place of execution, a distance of half a'n]ile.,.
ftiot; and ascended. the platform, elevated 10 feet
from tite ground, with firmness and composure.
He had repeatedly declared it his. fixed determina-
tion. if be could, to break _theneck of the person--
appointed to hang bin. Firm in this resolution,
at the moment the hangman was preparing to f:0-,
ten the fatal cord, the criminal sprang at him, and
suddenly precipitated him from the platfortn, and
then leaped from it himself. yrm,' sail
he, "'did I not tell you so ?' and then addressing
himself to the guard, said, had it not been 'for
the d---d rope I should ha*le Jumped on trim'.'
Having re-ascended the platform, and the halter
secured, he was told by the Sheriff if be had any
thing to say, then was the time: He observed,
I am an assassinated man ; I am innocent ; I die
for a crime committed by another person ; I have
nothing more to say ; if Mr. Alden chooses to'
speak, he may." A short but impressive address*
suds then made by the Rev. Mr. Alden, arrd doseti
with a most fervent prayer to the Throne of Grace
in behalf of the unhappy %yield]. ' He was then
asked, Are you ready, George ?" Yes,' said
he, ' My time is spent, may God have mercy on
mrsoo,' and was immediately lainiched into eter-
nity. It is supposed that not less, thath 4,000
people were assetubled 'to witness- the solemn
scene."

INAur).-,-,A woman of genteel appearance-, who
auswers in all respects the description of the pev
so'n who defrauded, the milliher in 'Red Lion puff-,
sage, and others, pretending to he upperservant
in a family,,has been taken intacustody.at Sbore-4
ham, for, getting goods by fratA.ylent pretence;
from Worthing, and other places in Sussex ; pre;
tending to be the waiting woman of different la-
dies, as best stilted her purpose. Persons are
gone from London tO identify her.