Star.
London, England, 1804-04-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

FORGTRIII3.—On Saturday Ann Hayner and Sarak
Ifibiley were capitally indie.led for forging and uttering
a Barik Note for the payment of 21. with intent to
defraud James Cawdor and others. The prifoners,
who aged in confederacy, uttered feveral forged notes
at the houfes of different tradefmen, and gate falle

places of abode. On the zBth of February—they went
to the fhop of Mrs. Cawdor, grocer, Bloomfbury,
bought various articles, and prefented a two pound
note in payment. Mrs. Cawdor, fufpeeling the fame
to he a bad one, gave it her hufband, who carried it
to a neighbour, and difcnvered it was forged. On its
being brought back, the pr if ine: Whiley, whofe real
name is Fofs, faid the took it in change for a 51. note
at a checfemonger's in Brewer-Circe!, where the had
bought frame pork and other articles, and left her
addrefs, No. 3, Charlton-place, Somer's Town.—
Mr. Caw dor, after refilling to give the nose up, made
enquiry about the prifoners, and found out that they
had been palling forged notes at feveral fhopketpers.
Information was therefore given to the Magiiirates,
and the prifoners were traced to Soma's Town, where
they were apprehended. Thirty fie pounds were
found on Whiley in good notes, and Haynes had alto
I four or live pound, in !liver and gold The faasne-
ceffary to prove the littering were fully fubtlantiated,
and the Jury found both prifoners Guilu—Dratb.
Whitey was a decent looking middle aged woman,
the mother of an infant.

Henry Fofe, the hufband crWhiley, alias Fors, pre-
vinnfly conrAed, was indift.!d for felontnuily having
in his pofl4,lan fcrged Batdr. Nctes, contrat y to the
Statute. it appeared in evidence, that in cenfequeuce
of information received at the Bank, officers were fent

to the ptilnner's houfe, a chandler's (hop, in White
Horie-alley,Cnw-cra:. Above•flairs they found the
prifoner's waif coat, in the pocket of which was a
forged 21. note ; the pi ifoner was not then at home,
but came in while the fearch was making, and being
apprehended, he recruited to have the numbers of
feveral good notes which had silo been found, to the
amonnt of 331. It was then difcovered he had com-4
munication with Mrs. Simpf:,n, who lived in Fetter-
lane, and had occafionally been employed to attend
the prifoner's (hop in the abfence of his wife, when
taken into cullody : to her houfe the officers there-
fore went, and upon fearching her drawers, they
found an Ode, written by Peter Pindar, in which
were wrapped up fifteen notes, all forged, and exatt-
Ily like the one previnufly found. Mrs. Simpf.-.n pre-
tended to have tv. knowledge of them, and laid the
parcel had been given her by the prifoner to takecare
of as lace. She had never opened it, and was ignorant
of the contents : the prifoner, on being taken to Bow-
fireet, was interrogated by Mr. Fteil.field, Bank So.
licitor, where he endeavoured to account for the note
found in his poifeffinn. by laying he had it from a
glaii-cutter's boy, who lived in the neighbourhood
of his (hop, and ufed ocrafi: rally to come for beer,
Scc. He difclaimcd any knowledge of Mr,. Simplon,
or that he had ever given her any notes to keep ; the
evidence. however, pr.-.vtd his having been at her
houfe, and the faet being istherwife clearly brought
home to the prifoner. the Juicy found him Guilty.—
Tranjportaliew.
.Thomas Edwards, a decent looking young man,
was indiacii f r 10:ging and uttering a 21. Bank
note, with intent to &hand Marfball Spinks.
The Prifoner, who is a bright engraver, refiding in
Charter-honk lane, on the 23th of February lift
went into the (bop of Mr. Spinks, a pawnbroker in
Barbican, kft 3s. as part of payment for a gold feat
ticketed in the window one guinea, and fhortly after
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returned with a 21. note, which, on being prefented
in payment Gtr the fvtl, WAS fufnetted by the (hop-
man to he a forged oar ; the Prifoner was therefore
dked where he got i:, and lovcral other queltions,
dorirg• which he went out of the Chop: inquiry being
madc at Ole Rank, the Forme' y was afcertained, and
the Pti!(11:f•T %%A% taken heron: the Bank Solicitor, to
whom he noted that he had received the note and
five othrrs from a
.I:.‘v, of whom he had bought
lom Cot in exchange for a tel.
nt, : the notes he had taken were paffed to different