Star.
London, England, 1818-02-28 00:00:00

_JMINATION OF THOMAS LIMBRICK,
MORE TN OF THE HOOFS OF

COMMONS, AT NEWOATE.

dad after the statement was made before the
Committee in Newgate, relative to the Blood-
. Plot, Thomas Limbrick was called in and ex-
L The following is an accurate report of the
proceedings:
you know a man of tlatname of Forney?—Yes.
long have you 1160,6 hint ?—Three years.
to been in trouble?—Yes.
massy times has he been in trouble? —I cannot lay how
times. I never bad much acquaintance with him.
was in this place about 14 mouths ago?—ido not recollect
I have been very slightly acquainted with him; ooftirtker
seeing him in public-houses where I have been.
• did you consider him to be?—He is a plasterer.
I you ever known him in any other character ?—I have
him as a thief, and picking Porioses. I never knew be had
passing notes; he has not worked at his business for some
- first time I became particularly acquainted with him
or six mouths ago. There was a man of the name of
constable, and pateole in the Strand? he was taking a
the name of -*rmheld, who he supposed was going to
into some place, and this Finney was there, and Annheld
taken; and one Isaac Mailing, Bean said, attempted to stab
with a knife, but got away. This Finney was taken the
evening. sether be was going along with them I can't
do'oot think he was. He was taken to the watcbiouse
row along with the girls; and I got him discharged, in-
( his having to find hail; and when he came out, I said,
may as well tell ins *bets Isaac gkiiiing is." He said,
meet me this evening, I will take you to a house where
We went :he was not tic* We went the next evening,
took him.
was charged with Finney and two girls before )Ir. Birnie?

was your reason for interfering to get him discharged,
the girls? What were your motives for" it ?—I had a()
i for it.
f did yogi speak to the Magistrate—l did not.
tasid Ton did.—To Bean.
said jest now you got him discharged. You spoke to Mr.
, and you gave him some reasons, of course. What did
r?—l got him discharged, by speaking to Bean. I said
ay as well get him discharged, as he has done nothing.
must have had friendship for him?—No further than
him occasionally.
you state any communication you had with Filmy in the
aof November last?—l saw him the beginning of Novena-
he came to me, and said, " Ton, I know some people who
isassief bad notes." I said, "Do you?' He said, " Yes."
"4 If you meet me this evening, and bring another per-
-a you, at a public-house, I will 'hew them to you.' I
appointed to meet them at the Northumberland Arms, Great
Russell-street ; I met him at five o'clock ; I had my brother with
• said he had not seen them. He went away, and appoin-
next evening ; he came the next evening, and said he had
. them; the third and fourth evening be said the same
after this I did not see him for— I should imagine it
be a week. Then be came to my house one morning ; I
breakfast ; he had some breakfast with me, and he said
were come to town, and that if I met him in the evening,

.st probably we might see them. I met him again that eve-
shag—iso, I am telling a story, he did not come that evening,
and I did not see any more of him till he came to me on the sdth
November. I cannot ay whether it was November or Oc-
..cr he came the first time. He then went away, and came to
Office, and said to Vertue a young man there " Have you
a Limbaick hirer-- Which of them?"—" thy," said be,
Thomas 1 want."—" Yes," says he, " he has been away about
A hour."—He said, he wanted to see me very particularly,
got a dog for me. The young man said, " I dare say, I
find hint; and be came down to the White Hart, in Vere-
reet, to a person of the name of Hart, and said, " Tom, here's
tatnebody wants you," and then I saw it was Finney. Finney
nta on one side, and said, " They are going now to pas.

notes, and I have heard them say they arc going to a Ivo.
s sloop at the corner of Newport-street, St. Martin's-lane;
take another person with you, and go directly ; you will see me
coming, and I will point them out to you." I went to the Of-
fice immediately, and seeing there was no one there, I went to
the Bunch of Grapes, and took Smith with me. We had been
down St. Martin's-lane about ten minutes. I was Walking, and
I saw them coming. I knew them very well by sight. Kelly
and Spicer were together. I saw Kelly leave Spicer at the cot.
net of Long Acre, and looking over to the shop where Kelly
went in, I saw that he tendered a note ; I could not see what it
was, bat I saw notes pass between them. I crossed over to tell
Smith. He was in the way, and Kelly came out. He crossed
over directly and joined Spicer, and they walked together; Fin-
ney crossed over to me, and says, " You may depend upon it,
t....ey have smashed a note, and go and take them." I said, " We
cannot take them in this dark place ;" and directly after, I saw
something pass from Kelly's band to Spicer's.
Recollect yourself. Did you not go over to Pinney?—No.
Then I beard Kelly say, " Come along, it is all right ; or words
to that purport. They then went down Mercer-street, and along
Parsonsatreet by the brewhiiuse-, and when they came into
King-street, I said, " Here is a good light, and mind they do
not throW any thing away." I went and took Kelly, and Smith
took Spicer. I opened a shop-door' and pushed him in and
searched him, and found 18$. in his pocket. The paper cap be
had on he pulled off, and tucked it into his bosom, and he had a
white apron on. Smith, instead of watching Spicer, as he ought
to have done, walked along King-street with him, and as he went
he ;.It him fumbling at his pocket, and thought he was taking
something out of it. Ile pushed him into a butter-shop, and there
be searched him and found five it notes, which 3lr. Bradley
identified. There were some women Smith brought into the Of-
fice the next morning; there stere three of them taken into cul-
t tidy (they lived in St. Giles's) for having a quantity of notes about
them, and upon making inquiries, they had picked up a pocket.-
b sok at the door of this butter-shop with, I think, seven 51. notes
in it. They had passed five; they had bought great-coats and shoes,
a d other things besides ; and they acknowledged picking this
baok up ; and it appeared it was picked up when Smith caught
Spicer fumbling at his pocket. The women were examined three
or four times, and committed to the House of Correction; but
Mr. Westwood had them discharged. Two or three days after
Kelly and Spicer were in custody, Finney came to my house in the
morning, and asked " Is Limbrick at home r My wife said Yes.
She said to me, " Here's a young man want's you about some
business, the young man who was with you before." I said,
" Come in." He walked in, and staid and had breakfast ; and
then be asked me, " Can I see my girl," I forget her name. He
said she was pulled up last night for passing a note in Cranborne-
alley. " Why, says I, " you can't get an order without going to
Mr. Westwood to the Bank. You must have an order from him."
He said," I wish you will go with me :" and I went with him.
Did you go in a chaise-cart with him ?—No, never.
Did you walk to Bank-buildings?—Yes, Mr. Westwood said
h could not give an order. Says he, " She will be examined to-
morrow at one o'clock, and if you come up with Limbrick you
may see her." And he appointed to see me then, and L have not
seen him since.

Ad you not know that there were strong suspicions at that
moment that be was the person circulating the notes?—Never ; I
charged him with that most particularly.
nave not your brother officers given you that information ?
No ; they did not know who gave the information.
Can you recollect when Finney was introduced to Mr. West-
wood, whether Mr. Westwood knew him?—No.
He did not at that time say " I know something of Finney ?"
—tic), of course if he bad he would have detained him.
How much has Mr. Westwood given you ?—He gave me '2O/.
and Smith la Mr. Westwood said, " I should have given you
Wt. as well as Limbach ; but the Bank think you are not entitled
to it, as you did not do your duty as you ought to have done.—
There would have been a complete conviction if you had not al-
lowed Spice' to throw the notes away which those women picked
pp.' When I came out with Smith, I opened the note. and said,
" Smith, as he has given you only ten, I shall give you five more."
What did you give to Finney ?—Nothing at all ; not a farthing.
After that I went to Mr. Westwood, and Westwood asked me
Limbrick, when shall you see that young man, Finney r says
be " I have some strong suspicion that he has been passing bad
notes himself."
What tints was this ?—Before Kelley and Spicer were tried ;
they said he had been dabbling in them a good while ; he asked me
whether I knew any thing of him? I said, No. We endeavoured
to find Finney. We went to Westminster directly, and intended
to take him to Mr. Westwood the moment I caught him.
Have you any recollection about what time that was ; bow

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