The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-04 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

FORGERY.
Satioviay Andrew Savage and Benjamin Savage
were indieted•for forging and uttering it note for
11. purporting to be of the Bank of England, with
intent to defraud the Governor and Company of

said Bank:
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened the case for

the prosecution.
J. Charles was taken up on a charge of dealing
in forged metes. After that be was employed in
detecting the prisoners by Mr. WeStwood, clerk
to the Bank Solicitor, and by his desire introthle-
ed to one Griffith. 'Before that, he had many
transactions with the prisoners respecting coun-
terfeit notes, which be bought at the rate of
10s. ficl. for a I/. note. After being apprehended,
dealt with the prisoners five times ; he deliver-
ed all the notes, to the number of 19, to Mr.
Westwood, On the 29th of August, he intro-
filmed Griffiths to the prisoners, at the Crown and
Cushion, London-wall, by appointment. An-
drew asked if be could be answerable for the
conduct 'cif Griffiths 2—and witness said :—" Do
you think 1 would bring hint to entrap you ?".;
—lie 'then asked how many he wanted'? Witness
said, font• for himself, and two for his friend, and
gave him 31, 3s. Both prisoners went out, and
returned within three quarters of an hour, when
A. Savage gave witness six forged notes. They
then parted, and witness put the notes into Mr.
West wood's custody_ the next morning. On
the 30th •of August, be met them again at the
same house, with two other persons, when he
;purchased six more for himself, and Griffiths
bought two. The other two persons also
bought forged notes at the saute .rate. When
the Money was pal& the prisoners cm Fled it away,
and returned in about an hour, and brought back

he money, saying, there mild be nothing done
hat night ; bat desired witness and Griffiths to
meet hin► at the Fountain, inthe.Minories, next,

night. Witness toll this to Mr. Wesfwood, and
he was furnished with marked money to the

amount tit 3L 33, in silver. In the evening Grif-
fiths and. witness went to the sign of the Grave
?Janice, with Foy, the officer, and an investigator
of -notes." Tilvti public-house in the Mint).
ries, and font there the two last followed Grim its
and witness to the Fountain. A.Savage, and another
man, was in the hahie; soon after B. Savage came
in, and asked how matiy-wriness wanted He
answered,'six ; for which witness paid him in the'
money he liad received Irani 'Mr. 'Westwood. The
prisonerS then went our,. anti Andrew came back
first, tout soon after Benjamin came, anti gave
witness six motes., and Griffiths twob and B. said,
"11 you want any more,
,meet me at the White
Swan, in Colensun-street, to-morrow, at 12."
Witness said, he did not think he should. They
then parted, and Griffiths anti witness went to
the. Grave Morrier, where the notes were deli-

vexed *to, Foy. On the 2d of September, they
met the prisoners again; and went to the Foun-
olo followed by Christmas, the investi-
gator. and Foy but-the prioners wile not there.
Tile)/ then went'to the Gal:ey Pole, in Rose and
Crown-court, where they stopped a little, and
1)90-on-isnot,* came in, and said, there could be
nothing- done till eight •at night. About seven,
the prisoners, Griffiths, and witness, went to the
Church, in Aldgate, where they. stood near the.
watch-pause; Savage asked bow many be want-
ed ?—And be said, four ; anti gave hint the money •
he had been furnished with at the Barkk. Bepja-
min took. them .to the sign of the Coach and '
Horses. In about en hour Andrew came to them,
and gave them their notes, arid they soon after
came all otti_ttigether., •
Cross-examined-7-1e was imprisoned on a charge
of uttering forged notes. The motive for giving
his 'evidence was to save his own neck.
R. G 61111115 confirmed this testimony. 'He cor-
roborated the evidence of Charles, as to his 'hav-
ing receive& the money to purchase. the forged
notes. 3. Foy took the prisoners into custody,
J. B. Westwood employed Charles and Griffiths
for the purpose Of detecting the prisoners.
Mr. Coav:roon contended that all the witnesses
were particeps crispinis, they having preconcerted
the means ut inducing the prisoners to commit
this 'offence.
Barons GRAIIAM and DALLAS were suprised that
such an Objection should be taken ; for these were
persons not partaking in any profit arising from
the offence, but, on the contrary, their design
was to detect guilty persons, and to preveut any
profit from arising out of it, to any one.
The prisoners made no defence. -
ligon-Gastism summed up ; and the Jury re-
turned a verdict, finding both---Guilty--Death.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, there were se-
veral other indictments against the prisoners ; but
;dui so satisfactory a conviction be would not
press their trial for the-other offences.
T. Cann was' also capitally convicted of a simi-
lar offence, on the evidence of Charles and Foy.
TRANSPOSINQ STAMPS. _

Genie Firmer stood capitally indicted for, on
the 20th of April last, at Westminster, fraudulent-
ly and feloniously tearing or cutting, or causing
to be torn or cut oil; a certain stamp, used in pur-
suance of the 55th of the King, and expressing
and denominating a certain 'duty of two-pence,
grahted by the said Act on every receipt for a-sum
amounting to 40s. mid riot exceeding 21, and
affixing the seine upon another piece of paper, to
wit, on' a receipt for 31. 19s. hi. contrary to the
form of the statute. - •
-The ATTOattillY.GertallAt. proceeded to state,
that the prisober'filled certain offices in the parish
of Limehonse ; and it could not be- stated too
early, that, except as respected the circumstances
kisOut to be laid before the Court, he had, through.
out his litb,'sustained a character unimpeached.
Tfie,charge was of a capital nature, and,, both as
it 'affected the• prisoner and the Public, was of the
greatest importance. The substanC'e of the of-
fence was; that he, being a Collector of Taxes,
did take front a paper *filch bad been already
used, sumps which had done their duty, and
applied theta to new receipts, which he was call-
ed upon to give in the course of hi 3 ditty, there-
by deli audiug the revenue of the amount of such
nets stamp, and. putting it into his own rocket.
The paper upon which'the indictment was founded
and from the view which he
was then
ktolefitb,et.ore
nothingiignl:vaa more manifest, thaw that

the stamp which it bore had not been impressed
upon it, but had been cut off some other piece
of paper, and had been pasted upon it. Thera
was behind, hovt ever, a still more important
question,
_namely, whether thii operation hid',
been performed with
,a criminal view, and for
fraudulent purposes. It was suggested, on the.
part of the prisoner, that even admitting that•
he had removed the stamp front one piece of pa'
per to another,. yet there was still no evideaca,
of fraud, for that,
in point of fact, the stamps
which were so, affixed were „cut off of spoiled
statues, for which he had paid. if this were really
the case, there was certainly an absence of frau-.
dulent intention : but whether fraudulent or nor;
it was a practice which ought henceforth to cease,
because it was extremely improper and discredit-
able ; and it was well known 'that he had it in
his power to obtain, by making-the usual affidavit''
at the Stamp-office, within six months attar his,
first purchase of the stamps, an allowance foe,
all which he might spoil. Nevertheless, he felt
it his duty tt? state, that its the course of his
avocations he bad occasion to know that stamp,t
in the burry of public business, bad been oi
off one set of slips and transferred to others.--
This, as he before said, however innocently ef-
fected, was extremely improper, and he trusted
would never be repeated. Under the circum-
stances of this case, the Commissioners of Stamps
had felt it their duty to submit the question to tilt
Jury, who, on hearing the facts, would ,be best'
able to judge how far fraud could.with jobt ice be'
imputed to the prisoner. ,He cetainly could only
prove the fact of the stamp- fitting aihked rile
piece of paper before him out of the ordinal',
course, but whether•that stamp had heco used be-
fore, be hd, no means of forming a judgment.
Mr. Baton CsaAHAst said, that the Court .014
highly indebted to the Attorney-General for the,
candid auti perspicuous manner: in which he 10'
stated this case. Upon weighing all he had s"3l'
however, considering the nature of the &fence
of the prisoner, and combining with that the defence
ceitence of his character through life. he Ore'
headed, even supposing all that the Learned
torney had seated were
,proved, that there still,
would he such a rational doubt of his intentrs,
being frandulent, boweVer culpable and intte,eo'
sive his conduct, that the Jury would feel it i"
cumbent to give him the benefit of that (limb!,
and acquit him. There could he no proof
doted that the paper from which the stamp 1,31:
beencut before hail been used, and it it ha
lit)!
been used, inasmuch as . the prisoner mist hav'l
paid for the stamp, he could trot justly be imi;
of fraud.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Said,
COAL' offer no evidence of the staml) hiving
used for any other purpose than that to which
bad been applied by the prisoner. q re'
Mr. GURNEY, Counsel for. the Pr."'"
marked, that the thing had been done so Opts 4
and with such an utter disregard to disg"!".
• for belicriag
secrecy, that there was nofoundation:
the intention of the prisoner to be dishonesr.cor.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM agreeing in this sugges 1 '
addressed the prisonei AieS.
certainici
do
considered it unnecessary to call veltoc
express
mg out the impropriety of his conduct,
not
be
a Lope that similar practices
t taw: so
racriorie to by any persons whatever in u
Not (Wu,'
- The Jury having found the prisoner
his Lordship ordered him to be discharged
, however,
ve “her de-
and after potweit
Several persons clapped, and ga.-
tf the trig ,
monstrations of joy at this issue
that if loch
upon which his Lordship observed,
Court, he
indecent ribaldry again disturbed the
i up sitogem
should order the galleries' to be locke(
they, were se"
The ATTORNBYA/RNERAL said the— b,is
r ;
veral other indietments.against the priso _,13
as he Ind no'better evidence to offer thenrisro'ro
the last, he should not press them. The Pluots,
was then acquitted on the remaining indict
and quitted the bar amidst his friends.

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r 1 Thurbtlav
EXTIpTSIVR Rives Itolingair•—•Al - I'll
light last, about eleven o'clock, the Gravesrei,':
Luggage-boat, calle&the Hope, lying, at "ci.lutetil'
Erith, was boarded by some persons, Who l'ordo
ed the master and his mate below, and afte.rotor.
broke open the hold, and stole therefrom 1: 41
ter chests of tea and two quarter chests hare oot
the whole of which' they carried off, and
since been heard of. .10 k 00
SHAD Bill C ILL AY E119.--.-001.1t 1113 C °%.-iernOISP
Friday morning, a man with a basket oi '-oci,.
and having the appearance of a bricklaVer,' t611.-ore"
ed at the door of Mr. Turner's houie,'E4Agiven
road, and told the servant her master 119 Zr jo.
him orders to examine the copper flue. -je )Cl‘
cautiously admitted him, and shortly atter", iikon,:ret
c(laotonre,taortiheindtoioler, which he said was hi' 141 tile
withi some mortar ; the servant went t° 9141-stol
three
linen lree
they both departed, under pretence of gni'irthie,
sidozenirt
s. of!
akbainlitvieleaßs 11,
kitchenn iiititie silveri
(lc:vsnep(lor,:ovlievi sdi :lilt:I:I
civiosi
br,eakfast, baying previously demolished the
and left the mortar spread over the kitchen'
loco
FIRE.—On Saturday morning, about 6 °et'. ner,
a fire broke out in the house of a chair...PlP° wss
named Durant, at Bermondsey. The ace'
of
occasioned by the boiling over of a kettle to lh); a
which had been carelessly left over the litl:ij ais
tellow-servant. The shop, and all whirl' It
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apprentice, whilst, he went up stairs cor
tained, were destroyed in a short tiale'r, fat'
exertions of the firemen anti others, liti",lior
Innately succeeded in preserving the "w; 0.
house, which was detached front the ivorliiiWi

to
BIRTHS. f 19311
On the arAlt ult. the Lady of Kdiuund Feel, ECti• °
„ It
hill, Staffordshire, of a son,
On Wednesda ,v the iSth ult. at fiumberstolu"l,*l:l3st'
cestershire the Lady of Sir Willoughby Wotan
of FoIston:flall, Notts, of n son and heir. axiir/LA$l"
On Saturday, the Lady of Robert Christie, Esq.
of a ton.
-DIED. .01 sir -.‘
On the 19tb ult. at Cheltenham, Major-Genet
I.l°Ohnn ".Saittr.dea.By Ya4stt,imatitniiiireYr Totuatbiollgsn''leic'st: ill°lll' in t"
77th year of her age.

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