The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JULY 14,

CNSE o FORGERY.—An application was flail
inOrning Made tri the Court, by Mr. ALL'itY. for
the p'rosectstion, to postpone the trial of Robert'
woseod until the next Sessions. The prisoner,
it may be recollected, was nonsuited in the Court
of King's Bench last term, in seeking to recover
the amount of a certain promissory note, for 7'2511
purporting to be signed by Fortunatus Crisp, that
note being proved not to have been in the hand.
writing of that person, and the prisoner was int-
mediately afterwards taken into custody, and com 4,
mined for trial. The affidavits for putting off the
trial being agreed to by the Counsel on both sides,
the Court granted the motion.
HIGH TRLASON.--- T. Collett, D. Reordaltrand J.
Quin, Were indicted for feloniously and traitor-
ously coining and counterfeiting the legal silver
Coin of the realm, called Shillings. The prim
did
Esnit,igelrissitsi.t'teuillgritsleh.metA),nairindterninnaebtleer
sworn to explain to them and to communicatts
tno.aatirtaicccu,lrattiei
iheir. defence to the Court..---Two of .the witnesses
for the prosecution were called upon their re.cog-
nizanceS but did not appear, and one only was
in Attendance.
Mr. Justice Pais., however, stated, that accord.
ing to a particular Act of Parliament• which madat
the present charge an overt act of high treason,
the testimony of one witness as to the particular
fact was sufficient in point of law.
11.1 ‘ol,liiillsitatinltle'l.lllacycl(trli
eh ewewitatson nthoeffi2c7etri;
Hay last to a house in Angel-alley, Moore-lane,
Cripple late, accompanied by two persons namett
Brock and Pelham. Here they ascended a two'',
pair of stairs. room, where, hearing a noise, they,
rushed in at the door, and round the three pri..
sailers sitting upon the floor at work, rubbing
shillings with a white composition. N quantity'.
of other fieces of the same pretended value lay
scattered about, and there were also shears,
hamtners; cloths, bottles of liquid (aqUafortiw
in particular), and various other articles used in:
coining found in the room. On the persons of
the prisoners also were found some shillings its
finished state. The whole of the prisoners;
through the medium of their interpreter, steel
in their defence that they were poor labourers;
and that on the clay they were apprehended, they
had gone in search of employment to the,o4ak
market-place. Here after remaining sonic hours,:
without earning as melt as would purchattatho"
a meal, they.weri! accosted by aman,' mai° ,e,oe'l
:
(piked if they ~heft for a job. They relw
yes ; and be took them to the house oilers
ititleY a seta themnd to work upon 00
having were fount,
placed then!
shillings, at the same time teaching them how'
,
to rub them. During the proceedings in/ this
case, it was announced that the actual per
son who employed- them had been just oPPre's
headed and lodged in prison. Several ntaso"
gave them a goqd character. Mr. Justice lark,
in, summing up the evidence, observed, that haw.
ever
to be
iirrtuiult,e the situation of the pristrterf
it not alone from their ignutimee*
but their having, according to their own accounts
become the tools of a desigitiug and wicked per"
son, still their own participation in the crime
Could not operate in preventing the due adwini"
tration of the law. Their conduct and character
viould be matter of consideration in another

place.
The Jury' immediately. found the prisOne!
Guthy, but recominended them all to mercy.
The Judge assured them that the recommends
lion should. have full weight ; and if the prisonelp
'bilnuld he found to have been made the dupeg "
another party, as had been represented, their
cast
Should meet every attention that could be a'
forderl.
lionse SrTEALING.—John aged! 19, "g:
capitally indicted for stealing, on the sth of Jona
last; at Pinkleion, in Leicestershire, a mare Va"
hied 301. the property of Mr. John Porter. Y'
appeared from the evidence of theproseeutor, Lilt
Other witnesses, that on the evening of the -Aar
previona to that stated in the indictment, tbe„
:mere in question was locked safe in the stable, all"
the prisoner was the only stranger seen about ther
Premises. Onthe following morning the mart; w'as'
inissinr„ and upon investigation it was found th't
the stable-had been broken open. The prisoner was'
afterward; seen upon the road to London with tho
mare, and upon his arrival there had offered her
`fOr sate in :he name of " John Jameson," to a
Mr. Webb, for 121. The contradictory accounts/
however, given by the prisoner, of his possogioni
,on
the liorsf.,, vt.t;g7triwho'
excited suspicion
and he a as
No imam) however, apn,hring to
ceel.i cl
51 :inrne r y /chewed his chins,
to the mare, and
..atng the tigke'the point. dtv*,
pitting, intlanatioa.•' • • • •bn
•13‘ I;eeeived of the to
berg • an 4 thc 10oseentor having reached
Obllk
di,t'prisoner, in presence
~
another Feront 1)0, subsciitteht to his secoluk
arrest, coafessid the fact, mid offered to
,comprfl:
raise the matter if possible. Several WifnesA.c,s,
proved the foregoing fActs, and there was
inconsistency on the part of the prisoner.ln Ii
defenteThe Learned Judge
_having sunonol
the evidence, the Jury, without liezi:,ttion, foutnk
the' prisouer Guilty—Death.

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Last week to boats belonging to i - °lt
in4r, orle of %%hid) fmtntlered tier the
ti.
FrAlleet fnur Mel) outtiVe were ti..owiles

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