Star.
London, England, 1822-01-11 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSION&

Yesterday John Lye was put to the bar charged
with uttering a forged £5 note, with intent to defraud
the Bank of England.
Mr. Serjeant Boamiourr, in stating the case to
the Jury, said. that in consequence of a gang of
actual forgers having been detected, about twelve
months 'ago, at Birmingham, three of whom had been
executed, the circulation of forged notes was greatly
checked. The Bank were now only aware of one set
of counterfeit plates, and it was from those plates that
the notes in the prftplt case, he should prove, to the
Jury, had been manufactured.
Harriet Goff, the wife of the Police-officer of that
name, stated that she had been employed by the of&
•cers to meet the prisoner. Oa the 11th of December
she met the prisoner at the , door of the Horse-shoe
priblic-hurise, in Goswell-street. She had not known
him before, but was introduced to him by a woman,
who said that she was a person from Kent, who dealt
in smuggled goods, and wished to be supplied with
ekrfiens (los ged £.5 notes). The prisoner went by the
name ot'Joe June.. He said he could get none that
night,: as tt was too late, but appointed to meet her
neat evening. She met Kinsey, the officer, and her
husband, at the Jacob's Well public-house, where she

WU. learchei, and nothing food spelt*. /NW,
then gave her a sovereign, Marked, and some silver.
in case she should want to spend money. She went
again to the Horse:shoe; and there met the prisoner,
vilso de-tired her to wait till he brought a £sArcot.
He soon returned/vith one, and laid it down on the
table. She toohttp the motel and laid down a sove•
reign, which the *Almon took up. 'The prisoner said
that the CID notes were better than the /C 5 ones, and
she said that if she had -any luck with the fives she
would take some of the tens. She returned to the
Jacob's Well, -and gave the forged note to Kinsey.—
She met the-prisoner again on the 17th, but he
ap-
peared.reluctant to sell her any more, saying,.lte
could lot serve her on that day, as the man wet not
in town who supplied him. On the 20th she taw him
again, but he was then so busy that he could not sup.
ply her, though she staid till night. He appointed
to meet her neat day, and being again searched, and
nothing` found on her, she was furnished with marked
money as before. She then went- to the Horse-shog
aid bought another ES tureen of the prisoner, who
delivered it to ber at the White Horse, in Brick-lane,'
Old"-street.• 'this note she also delivered to Kinsey.'
On the following.day, the 22d, she bought another]
£5 note of the prisoner, in a similar way. She met
him, for the last time, on the 27th of December,
when she Nils. again searched, and -supplied with a
marked sovereign, which was wrapped up in a bit at
a Lottery bill, of waist) Kinsey kept the other part.
The sovereign watmiarked with a K on the dragon
side. She then wont to the Horse-shoe, where the
prisoner, -at her desiic.brought her twoT.s triers,
but she immediateli.said she had changed her mind,
and would take only one: This she received, and
having soots after given it to the officers, the prisoner
was taken into custody. Witness identified the notes.
Cron-examixed—A woman named Mary Dow-
ling first introduced her to lite prisoner. She had
never before been employed in soliciting persOns to
sell forged notes. .
Re-examined.—The prisoner, when he first saw her,
said he could supply her with forged notes by fifty
or a hundred at a time.
John Kinsey, an officer belonging to the Town
Hall, Borough, stated that he knew Mary Dowling,
and had introduced Goff s wife to her in December
last, in consequence of something which the former
had told him. He then went on to describe the cir-
cumstances of the case, as stated by the last witness.
George Goff, the police officer, corroborated the
last witness's statement, and produced the sovereign'
wrapped in the part of the Lottery bill which he had
found upon the prisoner. He said he had had the
sovereign a fortnight.
Mr. Glover, the Bank Inspector, proved that all
the notes were forged.
The prisoner, when called upon for his defence,
said—" My Lord, all I have got to say is, that the
£5 note which was found upon me was put into my
pocket by one of the officers. I knew nothing of it."
A witness appeared for him, who gave him a good
character, and said he had known him for SO years.

Te CIII2I BMWS summed up the evidence; and
the Jury, after consulting a few moments, returned
a verdict of Guilty—Death.
William Rivers, a youth of 17 years of age, was
capitally indicted, for disposing of and putting away
a forged £lO note, with intent to defraud therxever-
nor and Company of the Bank of England.
It appeared, from the opening statement of Mr.
Serjeant BOSANQUST, that the prisoner, though young
in years, was an old adept in passing forged notes.
He had been suffered to escape from justice four
times through feelings of clemency ; but he grew
bolder each time, and now it was determined to
bring him to that punishment which he deserved.
Mr. Wedgewood, a stationer, in Oxford-street,
stated, that the prisoner went to his shop on the Ist
of December last, and called for some paper. He
looked at paper of different qualities, and having
bought the description he wanted, together with
some pens, he called for a bill, and said he had been
sent by a Mr. Scott, who lived at 44, Bedford-square.
The prisoner then tendered a £lO note in payment;
witness shewed it to the shopman of a Mr. White,
who lived in the neighbourhood. He pronounced it
to be a forgery, and the witness sent for an officer.
Witness, on returning to his own house, told the pri-
soner that the note was forged ; but the latter said
not, and that all was right. Immediately after the
prisoner was taken into custody, and the note was
put into the hands of Plank, the officer, the witness
having previously marked it.
Mr. White, another stationer in Oxford-street, cor-
roborated the evidence of the last witness.

Plank, the police-officer, identified the note, and
stated that the prisoner, when taken to the watch-
house, said he had received it from a man at the
Horse-shoe, in Goswell-greet, who went by the name
of "John." Witness went at an early hour the next
day and apprehended that person in Bell-alley, Gos-
well-street ; but when brought before the Magic.
crate, there being no evidence to implicate him, he
was discharged.
William Wales, another police officer, corroborated
the evidence of Plank.

The servant of Mr. Ward, who lives at 44, Bed-
ford-square, proved that on the Ist December there
was no such person as Mr. Scott living there.
Three other persons were called, who deposed to
the prisolier having passed two forged £lO notes in
Oxford-street, on the 19th November.
The prisoner on one occasion, represented at a sta-
tioner's shop that he had been sent by Dr. Outram,
of Hanover-square, to purchase pens and paper.
Dr. Outran being now sworn, denied his having
seen the prisoner before.
Joseph Clementson, a silversmith, residing in
Angel-street,. St. Martin's-le-Grand, deposed to the
prisoner having tendered him a forged £5 note in
the month of March last, when he came to his shop
to purchase some articles. Upon that occasion the
prisoner was taken into custody, when he gave his
name William Cooke, and stated that he lived as an
errand-boy with a Mr. Adams, who lived in Comp-
ton-street, Clerkenwell.
Robert Williams, a baker, residing near Finsbury-
squate, deposed that he gave the prisoner change for
a forged £1 note on the 30th January last, when be
purchased two loaves at his shop.
The several notes were produced, and proved by
the Inspector to be forged.
The prisoner made no defence, bneprayed that his
life Might be spared-
Mr, Justice &seem= told him it did not rest

with the Coat Co anted mercy tin hits. llls-Lora•
ship then ~capitulated the evidence, and. the Jery,
without hesitation, found
the prisoner Guilty. but
strongly recommended him to mercy can account of
kis/Guth; as did also the prosecutor, who was spies
on to speak at great length on his behalf, when Its
lea interrupted by the Court.
Jobe Crook was indicted for cutting and stabbing
Mary Anne Nelson, with intent to murder her, or to
do her some grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutes being sworn, said she knew the
, and lived with him. She was nussrigd to
L'ilr:orut be bad another wife living. , She went to
his 'lodgings on the $d of Deceninee, fur a child
which shelsad by him, who had played the truant;
she found the prisoner at dinner with his daughter,
and the child with them : she asked what business he
had to harbour her child from- his school? and he
told her not to come there to kick up a riot ; she said
she would not trouble him if he would let her have
her children; he told her two or three times to go
out of his room, and she said she would not until she
had an officer to take him up, and get justice of him.
He called her a prostitute, and she said she was not
until he made her one. He then turned round to his
cobbler's stool and came towards her : he pushed her
out, and when they were on the stairs together she
felt herself stabbed. He had previously taken some-
thing from the stool, but she did not know what it
was. She fell on the stairs, and the prisoner fell upon
her, but she did not recollect whether he pushed her
down. She was stabbed in the bowels, in two places.
The prisoner's daughter and witness's children then
screamed out, and she was rescued by Thomas Lee,
the landlord's son. Before this there was a loud quar-
rel between them, and she told him she would have
him tried for bigamy. She stamped and raved about
the room a good deal, and refused to leave it when
desired by the prisoner. She was very passionate,
and she thought she aggravated and provoked him
as much as she could. She told him he wi.lied to
bring her children up as thieves. They were, both as
passionate as they well could be; but she never struck
him nor threw anything at him, nor threatened it.
Thomas Lee found the prosecutrix and the pri-
soner lying at the bottom of the stairs ; he thought
they were fighting, and he tried to part diem, in
doing which he saw that the prisoner had a knife in
his hand. Witness laid bold of him, and took the
knife out of his hand.

W. Read, jun. an officer belonging to the Hatton-
garden Office, found the knife, covered with blood,
on the prisoner's stool. The apron and stays of the
prosecutrix were produced, and found to be cut in
several places, and stained with blood.
The prisoner put in a long written defence, in which
he threw the blame entirely upon the violent and pas-
sionate conduct of the prosecutrix ; and stated, that
the wounds must have been inflicted while his wife
(the prosecutris) and himself were falling down the
stairs, as he had the knife in his hand with which he
had been rating his dinner.
Two women gave the prisoner the character of a
kind and humane man.

The CHIEF BARON summed up the evidence, and
explained the law of the case to the Jury, who con-
sulted for a short time; and then acquitted the prisoner.
Chief Baron RioßAans--.46 Prisoner, before I part
with you, let me repeat the advice given you by Lee,
namely, that you in future govern your passion."
Read, the officer, said there was another indictment
against him for bigamy, and he was ordered to be
detained accordingly.

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