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London, England, 1813-06-05 00:00:00

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Yesterday 'R. Brady, 'better known by the ding
name of Oxford Bob, and E. Burkett, were indicted for
forging a number of indorsements to a Bank Post
Bill, for £5O, with intent to defraud Grant, Birby,
and Co. Bankers, at Portsmouth.

It appeared, that on the evening of the 11th of
April, 1812, a parcel of Bank of England notes,
Bank post bills, &c. to the amount of £12,000, had
been made:up at the Banking-house above mentioned,
for the purpose of being sent to London by the next
day's coach. One of the Clerks of Grant and Co.
.deposed, that there was a ,8.50 Bank post bill in the
parcel; but his own recollection could not enable him
to identify the bill in question when shewn him.

Mr. Birby, when hewn the bill in question, stated,
that he could still see traces of the signature of Mr.
Grant, one of the partners, which had been partially
effaced from it.

9. Richardson deposed, that he knew the prisoners
two years ago. He•had been concerned with them,
/ and a number of other persons, in committing various
robberies, forgeries, and frauds. About twelve years
ago, he was convicted of larceny, and was confined
nearly seven years on board the Hulks. In the month

of April, 1812, Brady called on—the witness, and
said, the Portsmouth mail had been robbed, and he
believed he could procure the. witness the property.—
The parcel was according left at his house, and
consisted of a number of cut Bank of England notes,
and Bank post bills, cut and whole. He believed the
Bank, post bill in question was among them ; there
was ope for the same sum. It was agreed_ that part
of the property should be taken to onefohn Cooke, and
the Bank post bill for £5O, and others, were ;etained
by Richardson, who took it to Burkett for the pur-
pose of having the indorsement, ,4 Paid Ladbroke
and Co. • Grant and Co." extracted. He left the bill

at Burkett's, No. 1, Riley-street, Chelsea, for some
days, and when he got it again, the special indorse-
ment m as evracted, and a blank indorsement was put
on it. It was then delivered to a person named Har-
ley, for him to get it negeciated. Burkett informed
the witness, some time afterwards, that it had been
paid away to a Mr. Miller, a silversmith, at White-
chapel, for foreign geld.
C. Miller depose a, that one Stanley purchased from
him, on the Ist of June, 1812, gold coin, to the
amount of £360, for which he received in part the
Bank, post bill in question.
The evidence for the prosecution being closed,
Burkett read a written defence, denying any know.
ledge of the transaction ; and commented with some
ingenuity on the character c,f Richardson. Brady
contented himself with a declaration of his innocence.
The Jury, after having retired for about a quarter
of an hour, returned a verdict Lading bah the pri-
soners Guilty—Death.
R. Brady was again pnt to the bar, charged, along
with IV. Badeoci and J. Hill, with forging and utter-
ing a check fee the amount of 8590, purporting to
have been drawn by P. tihrubh, for Messrs. /viagnay
and Pickering, with intent to defraud Mes4-s. Robarts,
Curtis, and Co.
In this case, also, Richardson and Cooke, who had

been admitted King's evidence, were the priucipal
witnesses; and the substance of ;heir depositions was,
-that Hill; being acquainted with a hay-salt-sin:in in
Whitechapel Market named Parsons, pro:tired horn
him three checks: one drawn by P. Shrubb, En- Mag.
stay and Pickering, for £9. 10s. ; one by Walker
and Sons, for £6 ; and one by Birchall and Co. for
£9. 10s. These were given at their meeting, in the
'Horns Tavern, Doctors' Commons, to. Cooke, who is
remarkably skilful in imitating any hand-writing,
for him to forge on blank checks, procured from the
Bankers by sending a person with a note in the names
of the persons keeping cash there for a few more
checks. Cooke took them home and executed them,
and broug:lt them to the Horns Tavern, when the
one in question was given to Badcock. Richardson
and Badcock then set off for Milk-street, while the
other party went to the Moorgate Coffee-house.—
When arrived at Milk.street, Badcock called a porter
from the corner of Honey-lane Market,and dispatched
him to Roba:ts and Curtis's house, to get cash for
the check, while Richardson, who waited at some
distance in order to observe the person of the porter,
followed him to Lombard-street. There he went to
get change for a country bank note, made payable at
that house, as a pretence to enable him to observe
whether the forged check was paid or stopped. Find-
ing that the porter- had been paid, he set off before
him, •and gave Badcock information that " all was
right ;" who then quitted the public-house to which
he had retired, met the porter, and received the
money. The worthy pair then joined the other part
of the junta at the Moorgate Coffee-house, where
they shared 43800, the successful fruits of two days
industry.—These circumstances received strong cir-
cumstantial corrobotation from a number of other
witnesses.

After a patient and. able summ.i.7 up by the
Learned Judge, the Jury returued a verdict—Brady
and Badeock, Guilty—Deiab; and acquitted Htll,
who was remanded on another charge (1 forgery.
Cooke declared, on his cross-examination, that be
had formerly been a hosier, but had fur the last twelve
years been engaged almost entareiy in nefarious trans-
actions like the preLent.
Twelve were convicted cf felony, viz. T. Long,
W. Marley, T. Jones, J. Kean, Mary Rubetas, Rich.
Walker, C. Game,, W. Thompson, and C. J. Coop-r.
kr baying in their pi.ssesion certain foq,ed L.ink
„notes without law e:.cuse; W. Duffy, fi).
a pocket-book, crartaining t'.vo £1 barik notes, t..,
priii:erty of T. ; T, Davis, tor sic..ling. a .C 1
Bank note, the property of ,Lc .Earl of Wilton ; and
Su,anna:r Davis, for steali:i J. 31• in money, the pro-
perty of Catherine Thompson.
And Sarah Fell was acquitted.

Thursday, in the Consistory Court, Doctors' Com-
mons, before Sir W. SCOTT, HUGH DOHERTY obtain-
' ed a sentence of divorce, a metua et Moro, against
' ANNE DOHERTY, his wife, for adultery.
Yesterday the drivers of two Deptford coaches
;were fined by the Commissioners ; one in the sum of
"Cis. and the other 20s. for refusing to carry a Gentle-
man and two Ladies from Deptford to London, on
;Monday last, without jut receiving the double fare
tor each person.

GUESTONLIN 111 i:DICINES.--CASB 85.
To Mr. B. Guts!, No. 9, GrtatSurrey-smet, foot Black.
friar's-brid;c.

Maid-lane, uLot Southwark, March 8, 1818.
DEAR Si R—Wfvt I conttmplAte on the won.
derful cure which year es h.: cc performed= me„
I let I *lnv:lt'd. irons of havin!! it made puiJlic as possible.
in the y.ar I i,6,; I broke my kg two eiherent times In the
same week, and it was so badly set a: to oblige me to walk with
ntv knee ou a wooden kg le r six years,-the first three of which
I tried saveral of the most eniinent Sill geons in London, the last
of siliom was Mr. Ashley cooper, until he promtunced site in-
corable, which v. as in the year I sort. I then begged of Mm to
my ire answer to which he okwrved, that amputation
would be the Orath is: me, tin refore he declined this operation.
In the year I Sl2, yon having cured my bristlier of a most dis-
tre..s ng Lead-ache, he recommended me to you: I attended on
icy wooden leg, when my leg measm cd one inch and three quar-
tets less than the other—it was cold at lee, and had been so for
the last live years. Nutwithstaud ug this, I had no use fur my
wooden leg on the second day. he sixth day I finally left off
my cruichoi, being capable of walking with a stick. In about
three months i was compleatly cured, and have continued ever
since as well and as upright as ev. r I W 43. But what seems to
me still more strange than this, is, that this leg now measures
the same size as my other, nor has it ever been cold since the
first week of using your Lotion and taking your Pills. My
singular case :s well known to nearly all the people in Henley on
.1 hames, and to more than a thousand people reeding within a
quarter'of a mile from your house, where Moe ; an be assured it
can never be forgot by me m lung as i ant capable of recollectioo ;
and am, dear Sir, your himble servant,
NotO,Mali-bna. . WILLIAM DOWLING.
(4se SG las futurckaper.)

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