Star.
London, England, 1821-09-19 00:00:00

CLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday, Mlliam Brown was put to the bar,
charged with uttering a forged note for £5, purport-
, ing to be of the Bank of England.
Mr. Timbury, engraver, No. HA, Fetter-lane, was
the first witness sworn. On the 9th of Angus 4
be-
tween the hours of one and three, the prisoner called
at his house and asked for a polishing lion and a beat-
ing hammer, saying that he came from a bookbinder,
living in Bell-yard. Witness asked the lad what
weight he required the hammer to be? .To this he
could give no answer, but said he would go and learn
about it. He then went away, and in about twenty
minutes returned, saying the hammer was to be ten
pounds weight. Witness said the hammer should be
got ready, and shortly afterwards the prisoner re-
turned. The hammer was not done, and the prisoner
then pulled out a£s note in payment. The two ar-
ticles came to I Is. Witness sent out for change, and
£ 9s. in change was given. The prisoner then went
away with the polishing iron and the change, and
never returned for the hammer. The note he re-
ceived from the prisoner he marked " W. T." those
being his initials. He sent it to -a neighbour for the
change, and the day after it was returned to him as
a forgery.
Daniel Barrett proved that he was a tea-dealer,
living in Fetter-lane. On the 9:h of August, the last
witness sent a £3 note to him to he changed, and he
gave it. Witness wrote the name " Timbury" on.
the note, and afterwards discovered it to be a forgery.
Henry Close lived in Castle-street, Long-acre, and
was in the service of Mr. Hough, a gold-beater, of Vet-
ter -lane. On the 9th of August, between two and
three o'clock, the prisoner came for two hundred
leaves of gold. Witness served him, and the prisoner
gave a £5 note in payment. Upon being asked for
whom it was? the prisoner replied, " For Mr. Row-
ley, a bookbinder, on St. Andrew's-hill, Doctors'-Com-
mons." Witness said lie had no change, and would
see if he could get change of a neighbour. He went
to Mr. Stevens, the cheesemonger, and by him it was
suspected to be a forgery. Mr. Stevens returned the
note -to him, and witness returned home to the pri-
soner, and told him it was not a good note. Witness
then went with the prisoner to St. Andrew's-hill,
having previously incautiously returned him the note.
The prisoner stopped at the door of Wheatley and
Penny's, stationers, and hesitated a good deal. Just
as witness ' was going to ring the bell, the prisoner
said, " I was not sent from this shop, but I was told
by a person who met me at the corner to bring it
here." Witness then told the prisoner that he was
afraid he was a bad boy, and rang the bell of the
shop. Mr. Penny came down into the shop, and de-
nied all knowledge of the prisoner. The prisoner
was then searched, and the £5 note was not to be
found upon him. The prisoner said he had lost it.
Witness told the circumstances of the case to Mr.
Penny, and the latter being asked, said, that there
was a person of the name of Rowley who lived in
Wardrobe-place. Witness then went to Mr. Rowley,
who was a bookbinder, and asked him if he had sent
the prisoner for two hundred leaves of gold ? Mr.
Rowley denied all knowledge of the prisoner, and
said that he had heard that a £5 note had been put
off in his name, to a Mr. Warwick, a gold-beater,. in
Fetter-lane, and that Mr. Warwick had been to him
about it. The prisoner was then taken into custody,
and put into the Compter.
Mr. Stevens, a bookbinder, in Bell-yard, believed
that there was no other of his trade living in Bell-
yard. He never employed the prisoner to obtain any
thing for him on the 9th August, or any other day.
The note passed to Mr. Timbury was then proved
to be a forgery in all respects. It was signed "F.
Robinson," a clerk never authorised to sign £5 notes. ,
The signature on the note was nothing like his
hand-writing.
Mr. Penny and Mr. Rowley were next called.— ,
They never employed the prisoner at any time to do
anything for them.
The prisoner made no defence, and called no wit-
nesses either to fact or character.

Mr. Baron GRAHAM, in summing up, lamented
that the crime of uttering forged notes was yet so
frequent. After having detailed the evidence to the
Jury at considerable length, a verdict of Guilty was
pronounced.
The Foreman of the Jury, ix delivering his ver-
dict, said, 4, We recommend the prisoner to mercy,
because we think he may have been the dupe of some
designing person."
Jerenuah Garfield was indicted for exposing for
sale, on the 4th of August last, in the Parish of St.
Mary Magdalen, twelve silver spoons and other plate,
having on them forged and counterfeit marks against
the Statute.

The prisoner having pleaded guilty to the minor
offence, which subjected him to transportation for
fourteen years, .

Mr. BOLLAND, for the prosecution, declined calling
evidence to prove the capital charge.
The Jury, therefore, found the prisoner guilty of
the minor offence.

Matthew Carr was indicted capitally for uttering I
and putting away a forged RI note, purporting to be
of the Bank of England, with intent to defraud
Matther, Pemberton.
This prosecution was not at the instance of the Di-
rectors of the Bank of England. The prosecutor is
a butcher, and proved the passing of the note by the
prisoner. The other circumstances of the case were
perfectly clear, and the prisoner was found Guilty;