The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-23 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY.

Yesterday F. J. Ri;,,anti,---I.llfieice, alias Garner, C. G.
Isselt, and B. Baker, were indicted with J. Collins (out on
bail), with conspiring to obtain false letters of administration
from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with intent to de-
fraud S. B. Bayward of 2001. lss. in the Navy 5 per Cents.
There were other counts in the indictment, which charged the
prisoners with conspiring to defraud the Commissioners for
the Reduction of the National Debt, the Governor and Coin-
pany of the Bank of England, and lastly with intent to defraud
his Majesty, to all of which the prisoners pleaded Not Guilty.
The prisoner Itigaud requested that the witnesses might be
ordered out of Court, which was done. He requested also that
Mr. Freshfield might go out, if he was to be examined as a
witness.

The REcoatirn said that this rested with the Court, which
would make no order to banish the Solicitor for the prosecution
from the Court. _ _ . _

Mr. Sergeant Bositx (WET stated the case' to the Jury at
considerable length. The Jury had heard that the prisoners
were charged with an attempt to defraud Mr. S. B. Bayward,
by the procuration of false letters of administration. Before
he called witnesses, it would be necessary for him to make
some observations on the case, as it took a circuitous route
before it arrived at the point when the false document was pro-
cured. There was a person of the name orCollins connected
with the transaction, who is a professional man, and who, on the
present occasion, was an active agent in the procuring these let.
tern of administration, but how tar he did it, conscious of doing
wrong, the Jury would say, when they heard the evidence
which he should call on the part of the prosecution. A num-
ber of letters and affidavits were prepared by Collins—some
addressed to nigauti, and others purporting to be the oaths of
certain persons whose residences could not be found, although
the strictest inquiry had been made. There were a variety
of sums standing in the name of Mr. Bayward, in the Bank of
England, so that the persons who obtained the sum of 2001. 15s.
named in the indictment, would also have it in their power to
procure the other sums there standing. The Bank being aware
of this were bound to make strict inquiry, and that inquiry led
to the present investigation.
A great number of witnesses were called to substantiate the
above stated facts, whose examination lasted to a very late hour.
—lt was altogether very uninteresting. The charges against
Rigaud, Issett, and Meeke were fully substantiated, but those
against the other prisoners were not made good.
On being called upon for their defence, they all declared
their innocence, and Rigaud complained of having been put a
fourth time upon his trial for alleged offences of which he had
already
Recorder commenced 'summing up the
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reeted an acquittal ; and put it to the Jury to say whether there
was any reasonable doubt to warrant the Jury in a similar ver-
dict with respect to the other prisoners.
Ills Lordship concluded at one o'clock this morning.
The Jury retired, anti on their return found the prisoners
Rigaud, Issett, anti Meeke, Guilty, and Collins and Baker Not
Guilty, but at the same time the 'Jury begged to remark that
the conduct of Collins had been extremely indiscreet.