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secured, and on search being nude, sortie of the stolen'
articles were found. They then went to the barracks,
and Smith and Brooks were taken into custody. An
extensive search was then inside ; Galvin gave up the
watch and seals, which it appeared he obtained from
Smith ; and a large quantity of the plate and uni-
forms was afterwards found in the possession of
Thornton, Brooks, and Smith, against whom the evi-
dence was quite clear ; but it did not materially af-
fect Walsh.
Mr. Justice BEST summed up the evidence with
his usual impartiality, and adverted to the want of
substantial evidence against Walsh. His Lordship
also observed, it was for the Jury to consider whether
the proof of burglary had been made out against Gal-
yin, who might be viewed in the light of a receiver.
The Jury, after a short consultation, pronounced
Thornton, Smith, and Brooks, guilty of burglary;
Galvin guilty of receiving the watch, knowing it to
be stolen ; and acquitted Walsh.
His Lordship then, in an impressive address, passed
the awful sentence of Death on the three first pri-
soners, and sentenced Galvin to twelve months im-
prisonment in the House of Correction.
On the civil side the entry of causes is also small ;
only 23 were entered, two of them Special Juries ;
and, judging from the empty state of the tOwn, none
of them appear to possess any interest. The Court
was occupied the whole of yesterday, and nearly the
whole of to-day, in the cause of

ARNF.LL E. FOWLER,
which was an action to recover the value of 80 sheep
which had been purchased at Appleshaw fair, near
Andover, and driven to Bulstrode Park,`in Bucking-
hamshire, where they all in a short time died of the
rot. The plaintiff averred that the sheep must have
been affected with the disease at the time of the pur-
chase, and called witnesses to prove that neither
during the journey nor at Bulstrode had they been
fed on wet ground. An equal number of witnesses
were called to prove the soundness of. the sheep at
the time of sale, and the question went to the Jury
upon the point of credibility. The Jury, after being
very elaborately charged by Mr. Baron GRAHAM,
retired for about an hour, when they returned a ver-
dict for the defendant.
The other causes tried were either undefended, or
for trifling shop accounts, possessing not the slightest
degree of interest.

BOW-STREET.—Wednesday night, as J. Basely, a
hawker, was passing over Wimbledon Common, he
felt hiMself suddenly attacked from behind, and a
handkerchief drawn over his eyes ; he was then
knocked down, his pockets rifled, his pack taken
away, and he was cut and stabbed in the fate and
several parts of his body. He supposed three men
were concerned in the attack, one of whom exclaimed,
" Cut the —'s throat !" 1k fainted with loss of
blood, and when he came to himself the ruffians had
fled. His groans speedily brought three of the horse
patrol, who were passing, to his aid, who rode off in
different directions, and overtook three men, whom
they yesterday brought to this Office ; but Basely
could not identify them, nor was anything found on
them that could tend to their crimination. The patrol,
however, said, they saw no one else on the road ; and,
from the manner in which they were stationed, it was
impossible for any ono to have passed unperceived.
After a very long examination, two of them, named
Tuck and Carpenter, were remanded, and the third
was discharged.
A young man, of most respectable appearance, was
put to the Bar, when Mr. Cass, a malt-factor, stated,
that as he was passing through Old-street-road, on
Wednesday evening, he was attacked by five or six
fellows, who knocked him down—the prisoner was
one of them—and tried to get his watch, but the
chain broke, and he only got part of that and two
seals. Witness seized the prisoner, and held him by
the collar till the patrol came up. The prisoner, Who
was greatly agitated, said he was coming along the
road, when he beheld Mr. Cass on the ground, sur-
rounded by five or six men, who ran away. Mr.
Cass then got up, and he asked him if he had been
robbed ? to which he replied, " Yes; and you are the'
man that did it," and seized him by the collar. The
prisoner protested his entire innocence, and handed
his card to the Magistrate, by which it appeared he
is a respectable-tradesman in Shoreditch. He called
a neighbour ing tradesman, who bore testimony to his
character, and said that the landlord of the house
where Mr. Cass had been, told him he was tipsy.—
One of the patrol also stated that Mr. Cass was not
sober. Mr. Cass, however, firmly denied this, and
persisted that-the prisoner was the man. The pri-
soner's friend then left the Office, and in a short time
produced a host of respectable persons to the charac-
ter of Ore accused ; and Mr. Brume admitted the
prisoner to give bail for his appearance on Monday..
MA RL801101.7611-STREET.-1 esterday, a Mr. Goals-
ton, a Jew merchant, of High-street, Shadwell, and
Mr. irilliam S'ewsnan, a master-printer, of Widegate-
street, Bishopsgine, were brought to this Office, in
the custody of Foy and Clements,, charged, at the in-
stigation of the Prussian Government, with being
concerned in committing a forgery on their Bank to
a great amount. The Prussian Consul, together with
several persons connected with the Police of that
country, attended, and the Office was excessively
crowded. Mr. MAINWA RING, the Magistrate, was
occupied nearly the whole of the office-hours in hear-
ing the case, and several persons nearly connected
with the Bank of England also attended to hear
the evidence, which was in substance nearly as fol-
lows:—It appeared that, for a length of time past,
the Police at Berlin discovered that numbers of spu-
rious notes, of the amount of three shillings, cur-
rent in that country, were in circulation, and it being
impossible that the inventors could carry on their mal-
practices in Prussia, they were quite at a loss how
they could possibly originate, until at length a fo-
reigner, who was in league with two other persons,
cone of whom was a Prussian banker, was appre-
hended and carried to prison for uttering several
thousands of these forged notes. The parties were
examined by the proper Authorities at Berlin; and,
after being confined in prison six weeks, one of the
parties—the foreignerexpressed a desire to reveal
the whole of the plot, on condition that he might be
saved. This was consented to ; and he informed the
Government, that the most extensive arrangements
were made in London for the purpose of forgeries,
and divulged the whole system, and the manner in
which he procured the forged notes from (as he al-
leged) the prisoner Goulstonr who is a jeweller. Ar-

rinEements were accordingly's:tilde, and several ofl
thel'olice accompanied this foreigner to London, fer '
the purpose of apprehending the patties, and Making
a case out against them. The evidence of the fo-
reigner went to set forth, that he and a petson named
Ludd, who is at present confined in prison at Berlin,
were for a length of time connected together as traf-
fickers in these forged notes, before they were appre-
hended ; and that, a short time ago, they received
(so witness alleged). 5000 from the prisoner Goulston,
with which they went over, and which were circu-
lated through the instrumentality of an eminent Prus-
sian banker. Witness said he paid the prisoner £lO
a thousand for them. The witness stated that on his
arrival in London, he went to Goulston, is an agent
from Ludd, to procure 12,000 of the notes. The
prisoner said he had not got them, and he could not
furnish them, in consequence of owing the maker
£lO. Witness gave him £5; and it was so arranged
that he should call for them on the Monday evening
following; and prior to his departure the prisoner ex-
pressed his apprehension that the witness had brought
the Prussian Police with him: this he denied, and
quitted the place. He went on the ensuing evening,
by appointment, and received 12,000, and afterwards
21,000, which he delivered to Mr. Foy, of the Bank;
Mr. Foy, an Inspector to the Bank of England, on
his oath, stated, that on receiving information of the
forgery, and it being suspected that notes of the Bank
of England might be issued from the same quarter,
every effort was made to trace the affair to the bot-
tom. For this nurpose he, in company with Cle-
ments, one of the officers belonging to this Office,
watched the prisoner Goulston, after the last witness
called on him, to Mr. Newman's, the printer. On
their arrival at his house, in Widegate-street, Bishops-
gate, they entered, and seeing Mr. Newman and his
son, asked whether he was not printing something
for a man named Goulston? He said he was. Wit-
ness desired to see the plate of one of the notes which
he produced. He was conducted up stairs to the
printing-room, where he found two men at work at
the printing presses, `making the notes with all pos-
sible speed. Each side of the note is different, and
there were two plates—one man was printing one
side, whilst the other was finishing. (Here the plates
were produced, and caused much curiosity.) Wit-
ness found various papers for the purpose of making
the notes ; a great quantity were made ready for
issuing, and others were cut ready for printing, all of
which he seized. On a minute search being made,
nothing was found to sanction a belief that Bank of
'England notes were executed there.
August William Eikorn, Inspector of the Prussian
Police, who was assisted by Mr. Lewis, as interpreter,
stated, that the notes produced, which amounted to
several thousand, passed as three-shilling dollars,
and were drawn on the Prussian Bank. They were
all forgeries.
. Mr. Goulston, in his defence, said that he did not
think there was any crime in selling them, especially
as they were made in England, out of the jurisdiction
of the Prussian Government. He maintained that
he had committed no offence.
On Mr. NIAINWARING asking Mr. Newman what
he had to say, be replied that be was not aware of
his having committed any offence; he printed them
in the course of his business, without inquiring what
they were intended for. He did not understand the
Prussian language on the note. He was a respecta-
ble man, and was employed by various Public Offices;
and not being in want of business, it was unlikely
that he should accept of the printing of these things
if he knew it would be a crime.—The Magistrate
thought it rather extraordinary that he had not made
inquiry. Ile answered, that he thought they were.
admissions for some place.—The Magistrate said that
was unlikely, from the great quantity that were
printed, and he felt bound to commit them.—Mr.
Newman requested bail to be taken; he could bring
forward the most respectable persons.—The Magis-
trate said he had but one course to pursue., He re-
gretted it much, if Mr. Newman was led into it. He
would order every accommodation for him, but he
should remand them.
lIATTON-GARDEN.—P. Nally, a tinman, in Union-
street, Somers-town, was charged by Major Coch-
rane, with stealing a patent tin burner out of one of
the lamps in Guildford-street. About six o'clock the
preceding evening the prisoner and a tinman of the
name of Robinson, from Deptford, were drinking at
a neighbouring public-house, when the conversation
turned on the construction of Lord Cochrane's patent
lamps for burning spirit of tar. In order to decide
the dispute the prisoner borrowed a pair of steps,
went to one of the lamps, and brought off one of the
tin burners, on which he was shortly after taken into
custody. In defence, he said, he was well known in
the. neighbourhood to several persons who saw him
take it, and that he meant to replace it as soon as
they • had examined it. Major Cochrane contended
that any thief might plead a similar excuse; but the
Magistrate was of opinion that there was no feloni-
ous intention made out, but remanded the prisoner
until he brought forward some respectable persons
to his character.
T. Hall, a dustman, was charged by a watchman
and constable with assaulting and beating them the
preceding night, and attempting to rescue.a prisoner
out of their custody. The charge was proved, and
the prisoner was committed for want of bail. As
he was taken from the Bar, he rushed from the
officer, and made several blows at the complainants.
He was then handcuffed, and taken back, when the
second charge was heard, and he was ordered to give
an additional 24 hours notice of bail on that charge.
Twenty-six pickpockets, apprehended by the con-
stables of Pentonville, at the Belvidere, on Wednes-
day afternoon, during the ascension of the balloon,
were brought up for examination ; on some of whom
two or three watches were found, on others, from two
to six pocket-handkerchiefs, and other articles, sus-
pected to be stolen. Some of the Gentlemen who
had their pockets picked attended, and identified
some of the prisoners : ten, against whom there was
no positive proof, were discharged, and sixteen were
remanded.
the

Wednesday morning, the house of Mr. Buoww, a
plumber, of Edmonton, was burglariously entered,
and robbed of c. 54 in gold, silver, and Bank-notes.
An elderly gentleman had his pocket picked of a
book containing £9O, on Durham Race-ground, on
Thursday se'nni ght. The thief was immediately
taken, but contrived to convey the property to an
associate; who succeeded in making off with it,

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