Star.
London, England, 1822-10-29 00:00:00

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TO CAPTAIN FOOT,
OW HIS MARRIAOE WITH MISS PATTIDT.

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Ricoh a /Wen for Wry
Tinvegh tits rough roads of
lifiy yea safely and happily los;
May the goieg sever bred,
Nor the tie be found wok
Not the Ate asti the Pawn i aqg

LLD .BAri.Eit SESSIONS.

Yesterday Fkury boy was pat to de bar, on a
charge of haying sold to John Jones fonrillver gravy-
spoons, with fotged and counterfeited Hall marks
thereon, well knowing the same to be forged.
This case excited considerable interest in the Court,
which was much crowded during the.trill. It lasted
during the greater part of the forenoon.
-The ATTORNET-GSVERAL stated the case for the
prosecution. It had, been instituted, he said, by the
direction of the Commissioners of Stamps ; and he
was sorry to observe that the offence imputed to the
prisoner hid of late become extremely prevalent. Jt
Was an offence not only injurious to the revenue, but
highly prejudicial to the fair trader, and to the Pub-
lic at large—to the trader, because persons selling'
Plate With forged marks were enabled to undersell
him ; and to the Public, because they were exposed
to the risk of receiving an article of inferior value.—
'The prisoner wasa working silversmith, residing in
Wilderness-i-o*, i2kiswellstreet. In the month of
Marcie, isgr,, be dealt with Mr. John Jones, 'silver-
smith, of thiStrirnd, to whotn he sold a quantity of
plate, amongst which were the fOur gravyespootis
mentioned in the indictment, for which he charged
/tlr. Jones
.the •UshaLdoty payable on manufactured
slyer. It was customary for -working silversmiths to
place their initials on the articles winch they manu-
factured ; but in this case he substituted for H.D. the
litters. H. F. and the Hall mark proved to have
been forged. Ho had also, it would be shown, sold
other artioles which were forged like Wise, and 'in
whicl) he had recourse to a similar subterfugeto pre-
vent detectioii. • - •
'John Jones Kai then examined, and steed that he
resided at. 339, Strand ; he slealt with the prisoner on
the 2d of March; 1821; and received the .bill of par-
cels, which vias'delivered to 11im with-the things fur-
nivhed. A axing Atherihings "'ere the speond men-
tioned in the indictment; u spoons whiC,h Witness
110 v: produced- were the same he hadreceieed the
prisoner:. A large soup-ladle, which he also pro-
duced, was another of • the articles received of the
prisoner. .1n the February before he plirchased. six
French dessert spoons of the prisoner, on which .he
also paid Vm the duty.
David Jones, a salversmith,residing in Broad-street,
St. Giles's, stated that at the end of 1820 he ordered
and'reeeived twelve.silver tea spoons•of.the prisoner.
lie was charged with and paid the usual duty on

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.these trons. - • •
John Denny swore that he wasjourneyman to. Mr.
•Krrconnbe, 11.8, Biackfriats-road. He had delivered
the two silver skewers and two butter-ladles, which
he now Iwoduced, to Mr. Meyers, as pact of the stock
in Mr. Kircombe's•postession.
N.-W. Kircombe, a pawnbroker, residing in Mack-
• -ft iall•road, deposed that- it was sometimes-the prac-
tice of pawnbrokers to purchase articles for sale. He
• purchased the stock of his predecessor, Mr. Phillips,
and among the rest he had three silver skewers, one
of which had been sold, and two remained. The put-•
• chase froin Me. Phillips took place in September.
. Joseph 11114 s sta;ej; that he formerly carried on
inkiness on. the premises now occupied by Mr. Kir-
combe. The prisoner formerly worked in his em-
ploy ; and made tlifee stewersilw wi►ness, none of
• wbich were sold, They all went with the stock to
Mr. Kircombe. . _ _ _ _ •

On his cross-examination he said that the skewers

*ere ntide in January,lB2l; lie had had no plate from
a person Darned Winton for the last two rears, nor
• fiom a person named Weston for the last three years.,
Irrthe stock transferred to Mr. Kircombe there aright
be ankles manufactured by Winton or Weston...He
did not khow what had become of those persons.
Re•examined in chief.—He never had any silver

spoons from Winton or Weston.
John George Stephens said, that he had purchased
four butter-ladles of the prisoner in the early part of
December, 1820. Ile produced the invoice which.
accompanied them. He paid the sum charged for
duty on'the articles. Witness had sold one pair of the
ladles, and ,he now produced the other pair. There.
were the letters H. D. punched upon them in faint
characters. At • the dare the prisoner brought the
-.ladles; he also brought a fish knife, which the witness
purcliased and now 'produced. He also paid the duty
on that article.
On his cross-examination, he said he had a running
acco.tint'with the prisoner. -In the invoice now pro-
duced, the articles on which the duty was paid were
Vamped. Witness is often ali,ent from his shop,
which was sometimes left to the care of a young
.boy.
The goods-now prot!nced were never out of his shop
since they were bought. Ile never pawned part of
his stock ; nor ever stated that he had received four
salt•spoons from the prisoner, and afterwards found
that he was mistaken. We had not within the last two
years offered to return the prisonerany goods that he
. had of him, if he doubted their correctness.
George Myles, inspector of stamps, deposed that
he knew the prisoner, Henry Day, to be a working
silversmith. After describing the manner in which
the silver plate was stamped, he said, that When
brought to the office, it bore the initials of the maker.
It was then assayed, and, if found to be correct, the
Goldsmiths' mark was put upon it ; and the King's
mark to denote that the duty had been paid. The
Gbldsmiths' mark was a lion and a leopard's head.—
The mark denoting that the duty had been paid was
the King's head. Plate is never seimped at the Hall
on which the workman's name is not impressed. He
was present on the 2Gth of September last, when the
prisoner was searched. He found a steel punch, which
it was necessary that witness should have. Four silver
gravy-spoons were handed to witness, and he said he
should not have suffered them to pass with the initials
in the state in which they were. The stamps on them
were all forged. The initials on the spoons did pot
correspdfid with the pUncb, The punch appeared to
have been applied twice in inverted order, and thus
the marks were confused. Witness produced some