Star.
London, England, 1812-09-26 00:00:00

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D. BAILEY.

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The whole of Thtiti4.4 evening, and until three
loCk yesterday morning, was occupied in the trial of
1.• ma, Nugent. the money-lender, and two persons of
e name of Folkard, for a conspiracy ; and a more
portant or interesting case has seldom occurred.
Mr. GURNEY, the leading Counsel for the prose.
,ttion, steed the tics to the Jury, as they afterwards
•peared in evidence, of which the following is a
:et outline :
The defendant, John Folkard, carried on business
a silversmiih and jeweller, in iiie Surrey-road, be-
'Ten tour and five years, and was supposed to be
:.urishing and succe.sslul until Jitnuary last, when,
• the great surprise of many of his creditors, he ap-
, ared in the Gazette as a bankrupt. From some
rcumst:mces of suspicion, the bonajde creditors saw
was necesssry to unite together to get some of them.
ives chosen Assigness, instead of others who were
oposed by the bankrupt and his friends : after a Se-
re stenggle they were successful, and Messrs. Yowls,
emming, and Taylor, were chosen. These Assig.
ees, on looking over the list of debts proved by per-
• s who voted for the bankrupt's friends, saw seve-
d uliii.ll They suspected were fictitious; and con-
•iving it their duty to investigate the claims, called
the supposed creditors. One who was described
s a bullion dealer on Ludgate-hill, was no where to
found ; another named Bond, whose debt appear.
to be £l3B for goods sold and money lent, was a
•r shoemaker in Flees-lam; others were insolvents
only discharged frjm prison, and sn far from
aving the ability to give credit, or cash bills, as was
retended, were in the utmost poverty. The Assig.
ees waited on some of these people, and insisted on
aving the particulars of their demands, and threa-
ned to prosecute them if guilty of fraud ; when a
-Oman called the Baroness Mink witz, being alarined '
n account-of the part she had taken, went to the As.
tignees, and disclosed the gross frauds and artful I
rLontrivanccs that had been practised. From her they ,
earnt, that Thomas Nt4;ent, John Folkard, the bank-1
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lupt, and Wm. Folkard, his brother, had hired seve-
!al persons to prove debts under the commissinn, in
Order to secure the choice of their ep.c n friends to be
6ssignees, and afterwards obt.in the bankrupt his
rtificate : that bills bearing d.,te many months back
were fabricated as evidence of the debts, the stamps
lor which William Folkard rrovided, and to ::void
etection took care to have old ones, because, as he
id, the Stamp-office put a mark on their stamps
very month ; and it appear, d, that the reople mol-
s
ployed to perjure themselves by proving these false
ilebts received a X 1 neve each and A dinner : thee af-
ter the conspirators were defeated, and finding the ac-
counts would be buictly investigated, they, in order
to account for the Linos, determined to enter goods
ft) people who never had any dealings whatever with
the bankrupt ; and the names of those who had left
the c.ountt y or were ruaaways not to be-found
were selected, valuable at .icles were entered as if
told to them, and tie b inkrupt was this to endeavour
to blind his creditoi,., and secret his prrperty.
'These facts were all most satisfactorily proved by
panic. concerned in the conspiracy ; confi; met! by
witnesses, and natty corroborating circumstances;
particularly by accounts which' John Folkard had

'written for two of the pretended creditors to copy,
a Id give to the Assigness as the particulars of their
'debts ; 'and also two biters., which although dated at
(the, distance of three months from each other, evi-
dently appeared-to have been written on two halves
iof one and the same sheet of foolscap paper.
After .an investiption of ten hours, and a very
'able and impartial summing np by the COMMON SER-
:JJEANT, the Jury, without hesitAtion, prontAinced
)John Folkard, William Foliai-J, and 7 hums Nugent—
%rester day evening, Friday, the Court passed sentence
,ort the defendants as follows :—That John Folkard

be imprisoned two years, and during that time stand
twice in and op‘ n the pillory; that Thomas Nugeni be
imprisoned eighteen months, and stand once in the
pillory; and that William Folkard be imprisoned
'twelve months, and stand once in the pillory.
Thmas Mason stood at the Bar, indicted for having,
sometime in the year 1809, received the sum of ,EB.
ss. on account of Messrs. Day and Roberts, which
he had not accounted for.

„ Joseph Day, the prosecutor, said, that he and Mr.
Roberts kept a glass and lead manufactory, and they
employed Mr. Mason to receive money on their ac.
count. The sum mentioned in the indictment, was
due to them from Jeremiah Pilchard, which, during
:the year 18C91 was paid to; but not accounted for
nor entered upon the cash journal by the prisoner.—
Afterwards, the prisoner ab.sconclrd, and he had not
peen him for a long period of time. He did not 1
think of prosecuting him, but happen:ng one day to
Ivlason, he received such piovocation as
.ditermined him to enter the present prosecution.
'Mr. Roberts, partner with the prosecutor, said,
that Mr. Mason had paid fifty pounds into their hands
since the year 1809. For his own part, he never
approved the present prosecution ; Mrs. Mason was
• an able embroiderer, and executed work' for Mrs.
Roberts within these few mmiths to the amount of
£B. 145.. which he had paid for.
Jeremiah Pilchard deposed, though lie did not pro-
duce the receipt, that he had paid the sum of £B.
56. to the prisoner dining the year 11309.
On behalf bf Mr: Mason, many respectable public
characters were called, who deposed, that they knew
him ford man of scrupulous honesty and unimpeach-
ed integrity for many years, and solar from having
absconded at any period, they had been in the habit
of eating My him at his own house •in 11,u ssel-street,
Bloomsburyaqiiere—of meeting and conversing with
him in the streets, add of witnessing his exertions as
a public teacher of education in several public semi-
uaries ; they also knew tfiat he was admitted to teach
in respectable private families, where he was re;
garded as a•nian of considerable genius and untainted
honesty. He *as always to be found, his person
had never been denied admittance to them.

The Jury Unai!iinously, and without hesitation,
Acquitted Mr. Mason, when a spontaneous feeling of
approbation rose in every part of the Court, to the
gratification of the fiteuds of the prisoner, now
prisoner no longer.
A Spanish sailor stood indicted, for having stolen
a £lO note, and a coat and waistcoat, the property
of captaiu raw. Tkc CaßtAin proved that he had

lost the property mentioned in the indictment, attd
suspicions falling tip*the prisoner, bis trunks seem
searched, when the wlaole was found again. The
prisoner in ddence said, that on Ms arrival in Lon-
don, he was anxious to dress himself according to
the fashion of England, and accordingly f urchased
the coat and waistcoat afterwards taken from his
trunks, from a merchant, who gave him change for
a £2O note. It was impossible for him to discover
where he had purchased these clothes, for he had the
singular unfortunate happiness of not being able to
know a street next day, which he had roamed the
evening before. The pocket-book, which the prose-
cutor proved to belong to him, he had found on the
top of 'tower-hill, and deposited it in the pocket of
the coat which he had purchased. The Jury found
him Guilty, and he was ordered to be detained, on
charges of having committed robberies to a great ex-
tent at Bristol, and on the River 'flumes.
The 'Bowing were convicted of felony t S. Bat-
terson, for stealing a pint pot; J. Tapley, for steal-
ing a table-cloath ; G. Truman, for stealing a pair of
breeches ; R. Oaks, 'or stealing a lump of sugar;
Maiy Ryder, for stealing two silver spoons, a £lO
bank-note, &c. J. Walker, for stealing a quantity of
sewing silk ; Joze Surbant, for stealing a chaise and
some harness ; Mary Squires, for stealing three
pewter pint pots ; D. Holly, for stealing a pair of
shoes ; Elizabeth King, for stealing a counterpane ;
\V. Kirby for stealing a quantity of oats ; Harriet
Roberts, for stealing two pewter pots ; J. Holmes,
for stealing two shawls ; Elizabeth Henly, for steal-
ing a pewter pot ; Eliz. Parsons, for stealing a piece
of printed cotton ; J. Griffith, for stealing a saw ; E.
White, for stealing two planes ; F. Jarvis, for steal-
ing four hats ; Sarah George, for stealing two
tea-spoons ; W. Groves and C. Davies, for stealing
a time-piece ; Ann Spencer, fit stealing 43 dollars ;
Elizabeth Callaghan, fir sealing four geraniums and
a myrtle ; Ann West, fur stealing two c tps and two
habit shirts ; J. Brames, tor ste ruing a cispper ; Ben-
jamin Levy, for stealing two cotton gowns; Isaberla
Thompron, for stealing a frock ; J. for steal.
ipg two Liarikets; T. Norton, for stealing a chase ;
and Esther Peel..., for Sat:ding a war:clt and twenty
Irilii.;gs in money.
The fo;lowing w,re acquit!. d, vii.—D. Peers, T.
Dunn, R. Barnard, J. Pat,. rs-n, J. Mould, Marg.
Grogan, Elizabeth Pullen, Ann Walker, and Sarah
Glover, alias King.

71IE MARKETS
SNI I 1'11171k4.1), September 25.
Beef 5s 2d to 6s 21 1 Veal Gs tid to 71 8d
Mutton 5s 2d to 6s 4d 1 Pork Gs od to 74 Od
Lamb 156 6d. to 7s. 6d.
Beasts, shout 570—Sheep and Lambs, 6,450.
Caves, 220—Vigs, 320.
PRICE OF HAY AND sTRAW IN SMITHFIELD.

Hay 41 Ot to 51 5a New Clover 61 04 to 71 7s
New Flay 01 Os to 01 fe Straw 21 et to 21 lei

NEWGATE AND LEADENHAI.I. MARKET.

Beef 4s 4d to AS 4d Veal 51 Od to 65 R 4
Mutton 4s 84 to 5s Gd Pork Gs 84 to 7s Cd

Lamb Ss. 4d. to Gs. 4d.
PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW.
ST. JAM CS'i.
Hay 31. ss. to 61. Os. Oil. Hay 41. Os. to 61. OS
Itraw 21. 2s. to 21. 14,. d. Clover 71. Os. to sl. 06
Straw 11. iss. to 24 Ss
PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET.
Bap. Pockets.
Kent 41 10s to Al Rs Kent 61 6s to 111 lls
Sto.s.ex 41 Us to 71 Os SOSSei sl Os to 91 9s
Essex 41 lOs to 71 104 Farnham 111 Ils to 141 Os
RAW lIIDES.

Best Heifers and Steers ',per I Ordinary es. Od. to es. ^_dd
stone) 2s. Bd. to 33. Od. Market Calf 17s. (hi. each
Mit Wit hes 2s 4d. to 2s. Gil. English Horse 13s. to 15s. Od
Lamb Skins 2s. Od. to 3s. 44. Shearlings 23. Od. to 3s. Od.
PRICE OF LEATHER IN LEADENHALL NI4I4I2KET.
Butts 2.5t1 27d Calf Skins 36d 40d
Ditto 2bd —d . Ditto 38d 46d
Nitrate's's Backs 24d 26d Ditto SSA 45d
Dressing Hides 2t.(1 21d Small Seals 331 36d
line Coach Hides 214 234 Large ditto, per cioz. 120 s 180 s
Crnpliides for cutt. 214 234 J Tanned Horse Hides 19.14 2.1 d
Ditto 191 214 (oit Skins 34s 82s.
PRICE OF TALLOW.
St. James's Market 5s Id Town Tallow 87s Od
Clare Market 5s ld l'eilow Russia 880 04
Whitechapel Marktt .5. 01 Whitt ditto 00s od
per stone of 81b. -- Soap ditto 5.15. od
153 24 Melting Stuff 72s od
Average 5s Old Ditto rough _ 43. tits to 45.