The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-29 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

1l ilLiam Broad was tried on an indiament con-
fitining three counts —the: Ist for forging and coun-
tcsrft,iting a. otte-prund Bank
.of England note, with
intention to defraud- the Governor and Co.. of that
bank ; tlie 2d for .feloniously-disposing and putting
away the same with the like intentipn ; the 3d for
Ale same offence, with. intentionsqo defraud one
Edward Pear,:e.

Mr. Serjeant LENS,, the leading Counsel- for the
Crown, havictb abandoned the charge contained in
tie
tir‘i count, the two points of inquiry were, whe-
ther the. no!et it question:was forged, and whether
it wai utt,,,ted by the prisoner knowing it to be so._

'.The first. witness called was EdW:Pearce, who
stated that he kept the Pack Horse. Inn, at Laun-
ceston ; that about nine in Ilternorning of Thursday
tl:e 17th of May last, as he• believed, though he
could" not swear positively as to the day, the ptisu-
ner came to- his house with his 'brother

13road, a blacksmith of that plade, .The witness_fur-
t.her stated, that, he had known the prisoner for
eight years or more, as a husbandman in the service,
during.all that time, of a. Mr.„ Hendy, a farmer,
who lives near Launceston 5 but did not know then
yvhether he was in or out of service ; adding, .onThis
cross ekaioination, that the priioner and his bother
did, some business together while they stayed at his
Louse,
.-aua i bad he saw a 001, check on the Tamar
.Bank in One of their liands ; that he had been well
acquainted, with the prisoner; and had always cOnsi--
110red,him a .sobt.r,- honest man

Bragg stated, that atter the note'. had b-en deli-
yered to him by Pearce,: as before-mentioned, he
showed it to Mr. (..:tomins, of l3odmin, and returned
at t Pearce, in constquence of what_had'passed be-
tween Mr. Commins and himself.
Elizabeth Williams was then called, who de-
scribed herself to be the mother of Sarah Spry,' whose
:husBand kept, the Horse-Dealers' Inn, at Laun-
ceston, and stated, that the prisoner came to 'that
::house in the afternoon of the 17th May, with his
briither, --William Broad, whom she -knew, not:
being acquainted with the prisoner ; that they bad
five or six pints of beet-there ; and when- they were
about to par' the reckoning, the prisoner desired
• her .to chatige a bill' for him ; that she said she
could not c.bai2ge it, but that on his declaring that
he rrnisi hav'e change or- he could -not pay for the
she it above Stars.i.tO her daugHer.
'Sarah .Spry, who on, her examiAtion stated, that
on her corning down stairs- she ainformed the- pri-
soner, thars-be-cnuld not change his bill (which was
a Orte--ip6Und Bank of England note) but was after-
Wards enabled to do so by the loan of 75. from her
servant, 'anddeducted ls. Gd. for his and his bro-
ther's reckoning from the change ; that she. gave it
on the following day-• to- the wk it ness, • Bragg, who
returned it in the afternoon of the next Sunday :
and that siheskept it till, the 35th of May, when she
gave it: to.Mr: Ley, the Bank Inspector.
On Ater 'cross-examination,„ she said, that, she did
--but justilknoif the prisoner, but that she well knew
his brothrr, • who lived in Launceston, 'and: was re-

• 's'petled thcrr, ; and that she all° knew that they
had reepeetable relations who were resident at Ply-.
mouth (wheie it api?eire:l that the prisonerhad-been
working sortie time as a boatman in the discharge
of a prize-ship), or in its neighbourhood.
. Br.igg was called- again, tor the purpose of, con-
: -firming what the la,t witness had. Stated respealing
the deliveringof the note to him, and his re-deliver-
, ingof it to her ; but as this note was not the sub-
jed of the charge under consideration, his re-exami-
nation was iispensed•with.
James Salter, a constable of Bodmin, proved that
theprisoner, who was then.a private in the 2d,regi-
moot of Local_ Militia• (then, on permanent duty
there), was. starched in the custody of witness, in
the presence of. the Mayor of that place. ;. that the
Magistrate informed the prisoner of the charge
which had been laid against him, and inquired if he
• . had any notes about him ? He said he had one, and
in taking it out of his pocket-hook, he drew Out
another, both of them being Bank of England notes.

On his erbssexamination, lie said, that the prisoner
appeared to be much confusedwhen he took out the
not, s. . .

• Mr." John Ley, to whom all the four notes were
shown, stated, that he had been an InSpeetor of
notes for the Bink of England for twelve years, and
those h had been delivered by the prisoner.to,
the witnesses, Edward Pearce and Sarah • Spry, as
well .as one of- the two which Were found on the

prisoner's person, ;were forged; that he was..well
= acquainted. with the hand-writing of the persons by
whom the same purported to have been signtd 'and
• er.tete3, and that their signatures were forged ; and
Ilia. those three forged .flutes were" all impressions
.from the same plate; and the signatures in the Same
hand-writing.

identity of the notes produced with those
which the wituess6 had spoken of, was clearly

The prisoner, . being called upon for his defence,
said; that he had taken,Bank of .Eugland.notes of
several persons, ..whOm, he, named, at different
places ; and be, called, as. witnesses to ins cha-
ratter,

Mr. Haidy, his
.(Qrrner master, who gave him a
ery excebenf one for his cwidu4ll during the seven
or eight years that he remained in his bervice ; add-
ing, that-the tnisc.”.l-,r, when he lived wijh him, was
Cot abie- to write or read,

• Broad, the
...prisoner's. brother,- proved,
that the Uusiness on which they ,had met at Laun-
cesron, was tie settlement of the purchase of the
pri,otter's Mterest-in an. estate.
.G. B. Kingdon, EsT,Mi:.'for in the 2d regiment of
Cornwall Local Militia, bore testimony to the good
conduct of the prisoner, as a soldier in that corps, as
welt aS in another corps in which the witness had
been .an effiCer,•