The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-10 00:00:00

hilt was paid. Time prisorset said st. *until tint oe,
enough, and as he had made the hill payable to the
TWitneB3 lie could not give- it to as y hotly else. The
witness then said Ise should. hake 101. which after
stone time the pri*Otler act e t The prisoner
then took a piiir tit Shtiet, and a pair of short stuck-
lags, Ile asked if the w.itness could make boots
Irons H measure taken by Windier person. The
witness told him he could, and shoved the pri-
soner how to measure, by drawing a leg on the
hack of one of Isis shop bards, and dotting the
ptaccs to be measured. 'lime prisoner said it was
prob,ible thest numtly of the officers would want
boots when the ship came round, and he would
recommend the Witness. The witness on the bock
of the same card cast up the..amount of the hocks,
kehich the prisoner bought, with the
101. in money, and- deducted it from the ;summit
of the bill, strewing the balance due to the pri-
soner when the bill was paid. The prisoner went
away, and the witness paid time bill to 11 kei
and Co. bankers., and in ten.days it was discover-
ed ttl be a forgery.• The prisoner never came for
the bahincc,.apd when he saw Ishii again be was
to custody.
The prisoner, in his defence, said the bill was
paid bins by a Ms. Lewis, but the transaction took
pbsce when they were alone, and he could slot find
Mr. Lewis, though he had caused diligent search
to be made after him.

The Jury found him Guilty, and his Lordship
immediately pronounced the sentence of ;
during which the unfortunate man's wife, who
had- been in Court during the trial, uttered .a
scream and fell almost lifeless.- She was carried
out of Court, and after some timexecovered..

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Jahn Ashbee, proprietor of a paper-mill near
Canterbury, was indicted for forging and tittering
the stamp used by the direction of the Com-
missioners of Excise to dentite the payment of
duties on the paper.
Mr. Sedeant ONSLOW, having stated the cir-
cumstances of this ease, called
the witnesses as
follows
Stride, an Officer of Excise, who surveyed the
mill of the prisoner, stated, that in conseqnence
of information he had received from a man of the
name of Chilton, foreman to the prisoner, he
searched the mill of the prisonerin order to ascer-
tain wheiher there were any forged stamps on the
wrappers ; he also went toeseveral places which.
he learned had been supplied by the prisoner with
paper, particularly' to a Mr. Cobb, at Faversham,
and other persons at Canterbury. The paper
being produced, he said the stamp was not ge-
nuine, and his signature on the wrappers, which
purported that the paper had been charged by him,
was not his hand-writing, nor bad he ever charged
it. The persons who had bought the paper were
then called, and proved that they had bought it of
the prisoner.
Thames .Chilton, the servant of the prisoner,
who was also in Custody. said, that he had made
the forged stamp ; that getting possession of the
Officer's stamp, he had made a model of it in clay,
and then cast three leaden ones, with which he
marked the paper ; and his master bad also fre-
quently stamped the wrappers with the forged
mark.
He was cross-examined by Mr. Entowiyil to
substantiate that he alone was the guilty person ;
but he pet sistcd that his master had also freqoent-
ly used the stamp, and Stride proved, that on
some of the forged wrappers there was also the
prisoner's hand-writing.
The Jury found him Guilty, and he was w-
inced to seven years' transportation.
STEALING THB DOLLARS PROM THE COROMANDEL

HOY.

Matthew Connor, John Drown, and John Curley,
were indicted for stealing 28 bags of dollars front
no board a vessel, called the Coromandel Hoy, on
the navigable River Thames.
The general circumstances of this case have
been frequently before the public, so as to render
a'minitte detail unnecessary.
It is known that, as the Coromandel hoy was
going down the River, laden with dollars for the
East I iltli Company, she was boarded in the night
by ten or twelve men from a boat, and seven
chests of dollars carried off, some of which were
afterwards (pond above low-water mark, and the
three prisoners were found possessed of a quantity
of dollars, which they could not account tor, ex-
cept, as they said, that they found them in the
The strong circumstances to fix them with the
actual, robbery were upon the evidence of a man of
the name of M:trtiit, and a winnanlor the name of
M'Farlane. The former said, that he was %raked
early in the morning of the robbery, by a noise in
the street at Deptford. Looking out of his window,
he saw three men carrying; or rather drakging,
a heavy chest along. Ile mike!! " Who's there I"
A voice said, " It is only old Martin," and he
thought it was Cunnor's voice; anti he heard one
of the men call another Mat, which is Connors,
Christian nante,7,-..The woman, Mqarlane, stated
that she kept a public•house at Deptford, and Con-
Dor had lodged- with her. Early on the morning
of the robbery, she heard a knocking at her door.
Site had been up late washing, and was just going
to: bed. She asked " Who's there I" A voice
answered, "It is only me, open the door." She
thought it was Conuor's voice, and' she opened
the door, when three men came in, bringing a
very heavy chest ; their faces were blackened,
and being then frightened she did not know
whether it was Connor or tint. She exclaim-
ed ,f .what have yoo broaght here, take it out
of my, house." They then went out the back
way and :took the chest with them. The next
day she found'some pieces of wood in the yard,
which she burnt ; and afterwards soma dollars
were found concealed in :I passage, near that
piece.. On the following evening he came to her
house in company with two men he asked if be
could. lay down till the tide served to go to Lon-
; she told him he might have his old bed.—
Ile end the two men went up stairs. Shortly af-
terwards there was a greet noise in the street ;
the constables, as she understood, were searching
after persons who,: had stoli:n the dollars. She
Went up to Connor and told him she did not like
the strange men with him, and desired him to leave
her liciusia. lie maid the ynetl were as good as