The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-20 00:00:00

FORGERY' OF PRUSSIAN DOLLAR NOTES..

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111ANAiSEIrfaAAC GOULDSON7 otnerwise GOLDSVEIN,
was put to the bar on an indictment, charging -him: with having
feloniously forged and counterfeited divers Prussian notes, pur-
porting to be Treasury notes, for the payment- of one dollar
each, of one of the Ministers and Officers employed in the
service of Frederick 'William 111. King of Prussia., 'with in-
tent to defraud! him, the said Minister, Baron Altenstein.—
We stated yesterday. that there were no Tess than twenty counts
in the indictment, in each of which the charge was laid, dif-
ferently.
Mr. LAW opened the case for the prosecution. •
Mr. BOLLAND addressed the Jury, and stated the facts of
the case as afterwards sworn to by the witnesses. The pie-
sent prosecution was instituted under the 43d of, the late King,
which 'subjected the prisoner, in the event of being foutuf
guilty, to transportation for 14 years. In the month of
of the Present. year, two persons, named Lobb and. Simeon, ap-
peared at Berlin, and issued a quantity of the fictitious paper.
Being detected, the King of Prussia, having found they were
manufactured in England, and in order to put, a step to the
deterioration of the currency, SimeOn was sent to England in
company with another person, the Inspector• br the Pollee of
Berlin, for the purpose of bringing the Manufacturers to: justice,
and Voy, the officer, was einployed. In the course -of hiaoh-
SerVations the Learned Counsel took occasion to clear the Cha-
' rider of Mr. New Man, the 'gentleman who ePoraved and
printed.the notes,. from all suspicion of havirw.participated in
the fraud, he being merely employed to make a copy of the
plates, for which lie was paid '3Ol. and the regular sum for
printing thew_ off.
Vim. Newman is an engraver, and resides at 2/, Whitegate-
street, in the City of London ; knows the prisoner ; had a coin:.
munication with him in March or the beginning of April;
had known him twenty years; had never done btishicss for him
before. _ _ _ _

Mr. ANDREWS submitted to the Court, whether this witness
stood in such a situation as to aIIOW of his testimony being
received ?
Mr. Justice lticna.nansosi decided that there was Iss:.l.le:"._ •
tion to receiving the evidence.
Re-examined by Mr. LAW.—The prisoner, on coming to'his
shop, said he had a little engeaving for hiin to do, and li/calked
the specimen. The copy now produced was one of them. ' On
being asked what it was, the prisoner 'it was a Prussian
ticket of admission. The only word witness twirl make out on
the specimen was the word " Current," and on the .Witnese being
about to say,'" for what ?" the prisoner replied, " Gad bless my
soul, do you think I am gong= to give you any thing wrong.
You know me very well." Witness then entered into. the en-
gagement to do the plate: The number Wail notsrestricted, the
prisoner saying he would have 30,000 if they could be done in
the' ime mentioned by hint, but which Witness did not recollect.
He then undertook to do 10,000-ir the tirne,.teliich would cost
about 301. This included the plates. The prisoner was to pro-,
vide his own paper. The paper was included in the estimate,
which was about M. a 1000. The order was executed, and
10,000 copies were .struck -off. The order was completed in
about a fortnight or three weeks, and theprisoner superintended .
the cutting of tfiem, and took them away at various times.—
There were.three plates, but the note only required two plates.
After the copper-plate engraving was struck off, there was a
line of letter-press inserted at the bottom in red ink. The wit-
ness identified the plates now produced; one was the first plate,,
and there were about 7 or 8000 struck from it. The second
plate was the front of the notes, and stood the working of the
number throughout. The third was the new plate. The line
of letter-press was set up by one of the witness's men by the
direction of the prisoner. Witness, in the month of August,
received a fresh order for 5000 more, which the pthimer said
was a " shipping order." The last number was struck off from
what remained in the possession of the witness, and same fresh
paper furnigied by the prisoner. When l"oy, the'oflicer, came
into the shop, 'a number of copies were lying about to dzy,. open
to public view. While the work was in progress, the prisoner
Called at least 30 times on the witness. A paper now produced
was an impression struck off the plates by direction of the pri-
soner. The, different impressions in the indictment were'struck
from the plates produced.-
CrOss-examined by Mr. .ANDlit ws.—Called. the prisoner by
the name of Goldston. Did not say the tickTts were admissions
to a Theatre. The prisoner did not say he wanted a proof for
approbation. He took away several at different times. Wit-
ness thought he did take them away.for aPprobation. Has
known the prisoner 20 years. Engraved his shop bills for him.
The types are English type.
By a Juno-.—One of the plates was completely worn out,
and had been sent to the smiths tc he beat out, the witness
having intended, to. have it repaired. •
By Mr. Justice Ricuesupso);—.Did not understand either
the German or the French language.
William Richard Newmank—ls the son of the last witness ;
knows the prisoner very well. Ile corroborated the testimony
of the last witness, as to the prisoner interfering and cutting the
'edges of the. notes, and suggesting alterations.
David Brown, 'a copper-plate printer, employed by Mr.
Newman, remembered seeing the • prisoner frequently at
his master's house, frequently while the order was going on ;
• had seen the priionertrimming the 'note While the order was
-going on.
Tirnoeity Nolan, an Engraver employed by Mr. Neiman,
remembered seeing the prisoner on his master's premises.
Mr. Sniitherthan, foreman td Messrs. and Co.'of Maid-
stone, paper makers, produced the moulds from which thoptiper
was made.,
' Foy, the officer, proved taking a quantity of' paper from the,
premises of Mr. Newman, which he produced.
Mr. Newman identified the paper as that furnished:by the
prisoner.
Mr. Smitherman re-examined—Commenced in February to
. make up the paper, arid sent up 1000 ; afterwards rect:isreit an
order to alter it, and the prisoner came in company With alio;
ther person, and selected some paper as to substance, and some,
as to colour, and also directed the water mark to be'made more
perfect. The witness identified the paper produced. lie exe-
cuted about 26,000 sheets, each being for double notes; heard-
the prisoner Say that 'some person (a planter) abroad wished to
use them in lieu Of money.
Cross-examined by Mr: ADOLPHUS—The person in COlll-•
pany with the prisoner spoke tohini, but witness did not know,
what language it was ; they conversed together in a -foreign
language; had never seen the person in question since they came
on that day to the mill, which lie thinks .was the 20th or '2lst
of March.
JoiniSchinidt was then sworn, as interpreter to the following
witness. •
Augustus Wen. Eckert, is inspector of the police-tit Berlin; it

was the duty of the witness to insp•tct the dollar notes, with a
view to know if they were 40%1 ; a rot,:. row ino:luced-ras
an-original and .gefiiiirie' note:for the pa:,inent of one dollar t- the
other one handed to him is a false one,: had seen a ntimbir of
notes shown by Foy, The officer,' which were 'all IMS.e'; in the
month of May several..fews wcretalten ur in !.lint Wistnegs
arrested Lobb' at Laipsic ; Sinitod Was Lien "custody wit-
ness and,Simeoncaine to England'on the -Ioilrof •
CrosSiey'amincd by Mr. AN not, know of
Simeon having received any Ltter of recorrithendatitni• to:the
prisoner. Witness put a lettcr in the post-office at Hamburg,
directed to the prisiiner; 4itness' receives` arid eNtents oilers
:from the Treasury of Berlin relative,to: those notes. Baron
Altensthin is a Minister of the King 'or and the notes
are payable at Berlin, Breslow; 4nd, lonings,hog. The nanie
of theliing of PraSsia is Yrederick William ; has nothing to
do with the office from which the notes--issuedi. there was' no
one here frOM the office from which they issue, but witness re-
ceives. instructions from the Treasury ; the notes are *current in
Prussia, and every one who presents them can, receive. money
for them ; the notes are received in payment of duties and ,for
money ; has seen money given for theme hundred times ; there
is no.deduction made when motley is given for them.; they 'arc
.calledin Prussia " Treasury Note" or" Receipt:4j The notes
are not alone rectivable in payment of Government duties :
they are current throughout the kingdom ;- it is money issued
ly Government ; the genuine note produced was petfect-in all
its parts; they are not Government receipts denoting that
Government has received so much only ; every body will
take them.

By Justice Rfcir'Afteisoer--Baron D'Altenstein was-Finance
Minister at the time the notes were issued; the signature of the
Minister is engraved on the notes.
*John' Schmidt then translated the note. The front eris'eL-
" No.-1576. ' Treasury note or receipt for one dollar in tur-
rency, according to the•standard of 1764evalued in all deals
in full." - " ALTENSI'EIN.
On the reverse Treasury note or reeeipt'of one dnitttri--441k"`"'
currency. Office of Realization of Ciurenoy; '
The note is wholly in the German language; there ie a.ereent
and Sceptre on the note, and the initials " F. W. 11." fork re-
derick William Rex.
The forgeries were then ehewn to Mr. Eckert, anti he ilia
they resembled the genuine one.
Mr. Schmidt was again called.
By Mr. AnciteirtiS :--The . term in geneial for a promis-
sory note is "Schuh Schein." The term for a receipt " Sehein:.- -
Peter Simeon knows the p Has et the ;bar. as known
hint for nine years; came to England with Mr. Eckert : saw Vic
prisoner on the folloWing day ; told the prisoner he had been
sent by Mr.' Lobb for the 5000 notes respecting which he ctb?
Prisoner) had received it letter, and that he (the witness) hen
the money for them. Witness was present when Lobb ga
the order for the notes. Had seen theprisoner at several tunes
give Lobb Prussian notes, at No, 43, Lant-street, in the Bo
rough rough: they were like those now produced. The prisoner al'
ways spoke German to the witness, and that was the language
of the instrument. The prisoner said before lie could give tOC
notes he must have 51., which the witness received from FQ,Y.
the officer, and. gave the prisoner the next day. The prisoflex,
then undertook-to furnish them: 1-Vbenever the witness went
to the prisoner, he was searched by the officers both before by
and when he came back. The first time witness received
1200, and the second' day 2100. ' On the day the prisoner *es
apprehended, witness paid him 101. It was the satire money
that Foy gave hiin.- Witness lad been kept in custody in Prus-
sia
for "some time, and was now on his penile.
By Mr. Justice Ricamensoie.—...When Loble gave the Erie
sorter the order for the notes, he gave him an original Prussta3
note.
John Foy, the officer, bore testimony to the last wit;'^®s
coming to this country, and to his (the witness) having WO
Simeon the money to purchase the feigeries, and then taking
the prisoner into custody, and findin.g the said money on hit"'
Witness asked the prisoner where the plates were; and havi,,r4
previously ascertained the fact,. told him that they. were 'itt
Newman's. Witness also said that he ehould send the prisac",
to'the office and search Newman's house .' • to which the hat.tc''
replied that he would. not find them, but if. he would let hint g;'
he he would produce them. Witness then went to Mr. Newnia-
and found.two men at work with the plates, and a quantity of
notes in various -states, some partly worked off, • others w10"1
finished, and sonic) paper wet down for the purpose of worki4g.
He also found the letter-press now produced. . s,
Thomas 'Ct.:mutts, an officer, stated_ that he ivent. with Sneer"
house of GOulditon,-and that hesearched him irarnediat,,,i
before he went into the house. Witness waited outside, but
not lose sight of Simeon from the moment of his coming.out
the house until he gave him into custody. Witness vint.t,„
second time and, as on the first occasion, brought out a quanta„',
of the forged notes. He corroborated the former testimony ,
to finding the notes.
Cross-examined—Was not near enough to know what pas.
between
the prisoner and Simeon in 'the house.
Christmas 9LIVt the prisoner arid Simeon in contliAr-V
le
several times, and had also seen the prisoner go- several tuner.'"
Mr. Newman's. .
Mr. Eckert and Mr. Schmidt then compared efe
teat the forged notes,, ankthe former declared tie the,
perfectly alike. They were false notes.
l
Tine closed the prosecution. • •
Mr. PLITT
that it did not indicatetcank so
obiebeettaonptrooitnhiessi
onrdyi7 clnmoteie n tan on
order,
re:rotf
trt.
Odertaking to pay money, inasmuch as there was no ntlL,,,t t
any party profnising or •undertalang. to pay, or any
erderee on the ieee of the instrument in question, and t
was not within the statute.
e§sMers. BOLL
ryas, Made to represent, was current ifi Prussia, tlteTeitn's_. of
- -tits aLti.sthSter..inco
enntieinrndeedia,, twhahticahs
the
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ohcaudinpe
nr otyientl4.,_Ye4l4:ti

Legislature must be taken. to have contemplated instrun• the
the nature of the insttinnent- produced. lie contended that
words on the note were an undertaking to pay, and that-anY P!'ift;
spn holding the genuine note cotild obtain money for it at Lo
Treasury, of theiingdorn of Prussia.
Mr. LAW also tontended to a 'similar effect.
.objection, and the
The Co utur.overruled the prisoner.berag
called on for his tlefence, said he had been enticed to do 0.1,
had dente by peiron who assared him that he'yould be d"111
nothing
.wrong, and 'that distress drove him to accede tt!ito
Several persons -were called to character, who
Rroposuaon, in order to relieve the wants of a suff6ring
water a very. good one. witb.
Ma. Justice Ittuwartusolt summed up, and the .retry,
out hesitation, found the prisoner, Guilty. cut.
TticistaS RULE was capitally convicted for malicious-I)
Ling and stabbing Robert Maunders, with' intent to rob
gave tbe P -

INFM1101)8 ACT OP CRUELTY: On the'-'"ht
of
Saturday, or early on Sunday morning wee"
some brutesin human shape, entered thelfteld.Oe-
cupied by Mr. T. GREEN, in Bache Poole Lan
in this city, and'in the most savagemanlier ept
with.a sharp instrument, the chests of a fine Mai°
' and filly to the length of nearly twelve inches'
the poor animal,•as might be.expected, bled 10°-
fuse y. We are lorry to say, the inhuman periT*
trators of this detestable act are not yet discover.;
ed., but we hope means will be adopted for
t
aprehension.—(Clsester Courant, Sept. is.)
p littleaftir seven o'clock, yesteral
morning, a lire broke out in a back 'apartment °°
the ground-floor of the house of E. J. Ev4.l'`,l
Salt provision warehouse. 46, Great Saffroti-h"
which destroyed the entire of the": back premises'
with all the furniture, bedding,.&c.
Sarah FletCher, alias Mary Payne, '
oru` i
ted for
execution on Tuesday next, has beenresP
two months. .
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si(Ainteyß,irchrignntifd
'aSi'ilarrtigeTi'terth. the
• BIRTHS.' , i A c-5
At Madras, ou the'l7th March, the Lady of Capt. Mastqueer'it
of a son.
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• MARRIED. sat',
AO,-...dinbArgh; oh the 12th instant, ffir. Andretv Thon" air,.
.surgeon, to :Mary, eldest daughter of INIr. 'William Tro(1"
builder. _-.--".
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fa
13th istant, the Lady
o. 010
1)1ED. , not,
At. Versailles, on the-9th inst. in the (19th year of htn.p,,,tcr:
an aneurism tif the heart, 'after a few hom's illness!!”,°."To-erit cg
Addenbrolte,- Escr.,formerly Major -in the 44th l''et:Alallott'
foot,-Gentlethan 'Usher to her late iNlaj:::-,..-,y Queer' ,liglott"
Equerry-to her late :Royal Highness the Princess, '4„iiiibricss
atl'retained upon the Lstablishrnent" of his Royal '''''
the Prince of Saxe Coburg. • ' :
On the.l6th instant, at his house in Hanover-street/ 'll°
ver-square, Lorenzo Stable, Esq. -aged 10-years. Ain-
Robert Heel, in
ir.
On the tith instant, at his housc, at,ll. 31iddlee.- ,c ',
the /14th year of his age,4-one of the 01,,-5
lia,bitants .uf. that village.
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