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impressions %With he taa loth- ftata the punch in I
inverse order. '— .
The other articles ;of plate were then produced,
and witness gave the evidence respecting them
as he had given Of the gravy-spoons.
,fte-declared
the marks upon them all to be forged. '‘
Cross-exarttined.--,There are four stampers in the
'office.' He never heard of anyone in the Hall being
dismissed for misconduct. Misthkes sometimes occur.
Believes a genuine stamp was never'mistaken for a
forged one. There was once an allegation of that
kind, but without foundation. After the plate had
receivedite stamp, it had to undergo-a polishing.
The tithing does tint deface the stamp, if done with
skill. Never saw it so defaced as to render it impos-
-sible to say; whether. it was genuine or forged. Wit-
ness had had islate produced which had made him
hesitate as to the genuineness of the stamp. There
are two. thanufacturers whose initials ire H. a The
manufacturer keeps the punch, and an impression of
it is kept at the Hall.
John Smith Stated, that it was his business to 'en-
grave the punch by which the stamp is impressed at
the Goldsmiths' Hall. Witness inspected the different
articles of plate, and swore that the King's head upon
them all was forged.
This was the case for the prosecution. The pri-
soner, when called upon for his defence, said, that
if the marks had been forged, they had been forged
•
without his knowledge.
Charles Wm. Day, brother to the prisoner, stated,
that his brother was extremely indisposed in the month
of December, 1821. He had been,ill for four months
before. The effect of that illness had been to disable
him from attending to kis business.
Several respectable witnesses were then called, and
gave the prisoner an excellent character.
Cartlidge deposed, that he was a silver spoon
maker. In his transactions with Goldsmiths' HA, a
mistake had taken place on the side of the Hall. It
took place last August twelve months. A warrant
had been islned against witness for forging marks on
plate, which turned out afterwards to be genuine.—
Mr. Myles was the Inspector.
Cross-examined.—Never had the plate returned.
It. was detained because it was mixed with forged
plate; The evidence against witness was not suffi-
cient; and he was discharged.
Re-etamined in chief.—To witness's belief, the
mark on the plate in qnestion is genuine.
Mr. Myles was then called up, and produced an
impression of the genuine stamp.
Mr: Justice PARKE examined him respecting the
eirctrnit4ice sworn to by Cartlidge. lie declared
shatalseilbfd been no mistake; Tlie plate is still in
the•King's7.varehouie as forged. In point Qf fact,
the:stalops on that..plate were forged.—The evidence
having* closed on both sides,
Mr. Justice _`ARKS summed it up for the Jury ;
who, after deliberating for about twenty minutes, re-
turned a verdict of.Ptilly„ but strongly recommended
him to mercy, in consequence of his previous v co-
exitellent character. . .

Mr. Justice PARKE told the Jury that their recom-
mendation should be attended to by him ; but he
thought it right at the same time to inform them,
that there was a second indictment upon the table
against him for a similar offence.
Neillalias Millar) Douglas was indicted for obtain-
ing £l9 from JOhn Curtis, under false pretences.
The following is a summary of the evidonee
the summer of 1819, the prosecutor lodged in 131ew-
ett's-buildings, in the same house with the prisoner.
Curtis wanted employment. The prisoner, scl:o knsav
this, told .him that his uncle, Colonel Millar, living at
Ilethnal-greeir, had been a Dilector in the East In-
dial-louse, and he offered to use his inflaence to oh-
tails a situation for - Curtis in that establishment.
Cuttis, as might be supposed, joyfully expresser' his
Approbation of the proposal. The prisoner, .in the
first instance, suggested that Cut tis should have the
situation of a messenger, but he afterwards sail that
be would endeavour to obtain that of a clerk. In the
commencement of the month of July the prisoner be-
gan to put in practice a cOurse of deception towards
Curtis. He drew up, "in his presence, several letters
to persons holding high offices- in the India House,
whom he begged to use their influence in order to
obtain for Coals a place in that establishment.. In
one of-these letters, which was addressed to a Direc-
tor, he modestly reminded his that his family had
given him six votes when-he was elected into his of-
fice. These letters, or memorials, the prisoner car-
ried away, in order that they might be signed by
" his uncle, the Colonel.", The. prisoner afterwards
informed Curtis that the memorials had been sent to
the individuals to whom they were addresed. On
the 27th of Julys 1819, the prisoner told Curtis that
his business at the'lndia House was all settled except
the payment of the fees. Curtis desired to know the
amount of the fees, saying that he would pay the7ii
if he could. On a fature occasion the prisoner pro-
duced a table of the fees, which amounted to the sum
of 41. 19s. 2d. Curtis produced a 4/. note, which the
prisoner said.must be sent to Mr. Hudson, a clerk in
thelr4st India House. The priioner made out the
.draught of a letter, which Curtis copied, and in the
copy he enclosed a M. note, and directed it, by desire
of the prisoner," 11. Hudson, Esq. East India House."
The prisoner, .with an appearance of candour and
fairness, declined to carry this letter himself, and pro-
posed that a friend of Curtis, named Holcroft, who
was present, should deliver it.. Holcri.:l did in fact
deliver the letter at the East India House, but it
never came to the hands of Mr. Hudson. This,
which appears a singular circumstance, could only
be accounted for by supposing that the prisoner,
who had made him elf intimate ,with the porters of
the East India Houtk, had contrived to steal it from
the person to whorls it had-been delivered. On the
4th of July a letter was delivered at the house of
Curtis by one of the porters of the East India House,
in his official costume, addressed to Curtis. This
letter purported to come from some official person in
the East India House, and stated that Curtis had been
appointed to the situation of a clerk ; but added that
his services would .not be. required till the 27th of
September, although it would be necessary for him
to appear before the Directors on the .22d of that
month to receive his inipstruCtions. This letter, which
was forged, the prisoner had prevailed upon one of
the porters of the India House to carry to -Curtis's
house, M order to give an appearance of authenticity
to the document. &only after cis the prisoner to!
Curtis that it was customary for a person when he
was appointed to the ors* of clerk in the India House