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London, England, 1817-07-03 00:00:00

OLD 11.111J1; JULY 3.

The Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and of gene-
ral Gaol Delivery, for the City of London and County
of Middlesex, commenced this day.
Jame, Lind:au was indicted for forging, and know.
ingly uttering as forged, an order for the payment of
money (a Bank cheque), with an intent to defraud
Messrs. Paul and Sandby, Bankers.
Mr. Cray/non stated the circumstances of the ease
As follows :—The prisoner at the bar had been for sis
years the clerk of Messrs. Troud and Rose, Attornies,
in Serle-street, and was j)y them confidentially en-
trusted to pay money into his Bankers', and to re-
ceive their return cheques. About April last some
irregularities were discovered in his conduct, upon
which fie absconded; but at length it was discovered
that he had been very intimate at a Stable•keeper'c,
lin Carey-street ; and a le!er fell into Mr. Froud'.
hands, by which it appeared that he had deposited
'some papers at that place. Mr. Frond in consequence
took out a search warrant, and at Mann's stables he
found a bundle of papers, and among. them several
forged cheques, The one upon which the prisoner
now stood indicted, was a cheque, which was ori-
ginally drawn by Mr. Freud, on his own private ac-
count, and bore date when issued, the I;th day of
October, 1815. The date had been altered. as would
appear. by the prisoner, to the t7th September, 18W,
and was on the second time paid on the CAth of Sep-
tember. If, therefore, the Jury shotild be satisfied
Aid: the evidence as proving the fact that the altera-
tion was made in the hand-writing of the prisoner,
with intent to defraud, it would be their duty to find
the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Froud stated that he was•an Attorney in Serie-
street ; that the prisoner had bean his clerk for six
years, and was entrusted by him to pay money into
his Banker's, and bring back the paid chtettz,sa The
cheque in question being sbewn, he said it was a
genuine cheque, drawn by him on the 17th of Octo-
ber, 1811, to pay to Elizabeth, his housekeeper, ten
pounds. He was sure it was drawn on the 17th of
October, 1814; it tallied exactly with his counter-
part in his cheque-book. It had been altered to the
date of 27th September, 1816, and he was sure the
alteration was in the prisener's hand•srriting. The
cheque was paid a second time on the _'Bth of Sep-
tember, 1816, as appeared by his Banker's account,
And be was sure he drew no such chetve as the latter
date purported. Upon the discovery of some irregu-
larities in the defendant's conduct, the prisoner ab-
sented himself from his service about April last, and
he discovered that several forgeries bad been corn-
mined gent him. He er.•'eavoured to discover the
prisoner without success, but at length a letter fell
into his hands, witten by the prisoner to Mr. Mann,
a livery stable.keeper, in Carey-street. (The letter
was read, by which it appeared that the prisoner had
left some-papers with Mann.) He, in consequence,
took out a search warrant; and ltuthveu and himself,
with a friend, went to search Mann's premises, when
they found a bindle of papers cot cealerfin a truss of
straw, containing, among others, the forged cheque
iu question.

Idward Wilson and Mr. Gubbins. clerks to Srow
and Paul. then proved the payment of the cheque in
question twice, Erst, on the real date, and a secood
time on its altered date.

Mu. Mahn proved, that the prisoner brought a
bundle of papers to her house in April last ; he said
they were private memorandums of his own, -and
desired her to take care of them. She hid them in
the truss of straw.

Rutliven, and Mr. Warry, a friend of Mr. rroud's,
proved the Ending them in the truss.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, he had been (Tied
last Session for a similar charge, and acquitted, I and
be thought it hard he should again be tried tor the
Ike offence.

As the alteration was only !n two letters and a
Egute, one of the Jury men des►red to see the prosecutor
and the prisoner write.
The Learned Judge told them, tl'•at they could not
see the pri,oter write, as that might be to make bin)
give evidence against himself.
Mr. Justice Anaorr then statzel the whole of the
case minutely to the Jury. After which they with-
drew for above an hour, and then found the prisoner
—Not Guilty. He is to be tried again on another indict-'
meat, whicti was appointed for 10 o'clock to-morrow.
✓arses lleigAe was indicted for intermarrying with
Mary Halfpenny, his former wife being then
The prisoner married Elizabeth Dixon, spinster,
at St. Luke's, about nine years ago ; but this was
proved by Jervis Dixon, the father, who only knew
that the prisoner paid his addresses to his daughter,
and that they went out one morning to be married.
They afterwards lived together, and acknowledged
themselves to be man and wife. The latter diedi
about three years ago.
Felix Murphy proved the second marriage at Sr.'
Giles's, which was corroborated by Mary Halfpenny'
herself. She produced a paper which the clerk of
thc parish had given her as a copy of the certificate,
but she could neither read nor write.

The Counsel objected that the first marriage was
not proved, in the absence of the certificate, but this
was oper-terkd, and the prisoner wps found Guilty.
The second wile is a prisoner in Newgate, stand-
ing indicted lar personating a seaman's widow, and
receiving prize-money.
The following were capitally convicted :
Thomas Herrins, for a burglary, in the dwelling-
house of Thomas Cane, and stealing eicven pits, his
property.
Samuel Chapman, for a burglary, in the dwelling
house of John Hayes, and stealing two quilts, a
sheet, Ste. his property.
Jaw: Willie, for assaulting Matthew Witty on the
highway. and taking from his person tic) bank to.
kens, value 6s.