Star.
London, England, 1821-01-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Saturday, J. Williams was indicted for having. in
his possession three £1 counterfeit notes, knowing
them to be forged.
Lavender and Bishop, the Bow-street Officers,
found the prisoner in bed at a caffee•shop in Drury-
lane, and in his coat-pocket they found a forged note,
and three more in a piece of brown paper on the floor.
The prisoner told the officers those were all he had,
and that he should not deny having passed forged
notes, for he had passed many, and for a long time.
A Bank Inspector proved the notes to be forged
in all respects.
The prisoner read an ingenious written defence, in
which he charged a youth, named Sims, who had
been apprehended for uttering a forged note, with
having given information against him to save him-
self, though he would not swear to him when he was
brought to Bow-street. He denied having confessed
being an utterer of forged notes, and charged the
officers with being interested in convicting him, in
order to obtain a reward.

Lavender and Bishop both denied that the pri-
soner's conviction or acquittal would make any dif-
ference in the remuneration they would receive for
their trouble, or that they were to receive any reward
whatever.—Guilty.
William Hearn was convicted of a similar offence,
in having 59 forged £1 notes in his possession, know-
ing them to be so.
RESCUE GANG.—./. Stanley alias Jack Jolly, M.
Ikrd, W. Watts, J. Harris alias Keylock, G. Harris
alias Keylock, It. M'Bride, W. Jones, and W. Hardy,
were convicted for rescuing S. Jones, W. Dunn, and
two others, who were charged with a burglary. As
the circumstances have been already given to the
Public, we deem it unnecessary to repeat them here.:
Julian St. Claire, a man apparently in a state of
extreme exhaustion, was put to the Bar, charged with
a capital offence, in having forged an acceptance for
eight pounds, with intent to defraud a person named
Cook, residing at noxton. The acceptance was
forged in the name of John Bailey, and passed to
Cook, who keeps a chandler's shop, and who took it
in payment for articles, giving the prisoner at the
same time 30s. in change. The prisoner then ab-
sconded, and Cook, having passed the acceptance,
took it up when it became due. St. Claire was taken
into custody on the Ist instant,
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John Bailey was called to prove that the signature
to the acceptance was not his, but the Court decided
that he was not a competent witness, as, if the bill
was a good one, he would be liable to pay the amount
of it.—There being no other witnesses for the prose-
cution, the prisoner was acquitted ; and he fainted
the moment he heard the verdict given in his favour.
Joseph Perry, a decent-looking middle-aged man,
was capitally indicted for stealing in the dwelling-
hodse of James Shoolbred, a large quantity of
figured stuffs, pieces of cotton, linen, &c. the pro-
perty of the said James Shoolbred and J. Ferguson.
This prisoner was brought to justice in rather 'a
singular manner. Messrs. Shoolbred and Ferguson
are linen-drapers in Tottenham-court-road, and a
short time ago Mr. Shoolbred had occasion to attend
at the Marlborough-street Police Office, to prosecute
a young woman, who was detected in stealing goods
from his shop. During her examination, the priso-
ner was seen making himself very busy about the
Office, and talking to the woman who stood at the
bar. He was intoxicated at the time. Wales, the
officer, drew the attention of the Magistrate to. his
conduct, and the latter, questioned him as to the na-
ture of his acquaintance with' the woman. He re-
plied, that she was his niece: and the Magistrate
suspecting that he was connected with her in the
robbery, ordered him into custody. The officer hay.
ing discovered his place of abode, obtained a search-
warrant, and went with Mr. Shoolbred to the priso-
ner's apartment, in Oxford-market, where he found
an immense quantity of stuffs, cottons, and other
similar goods. In a trunk. in the room he also found
139 pawnbrokers' duplicates; most of which were for
goods of the sane description. Most of the pieces
were folded on boards, as they are deposited in the
drapers' shops before sale. Mr. Shoolbred identi-
fied several of the pieces as his property, and the
greater part of the remainder was recognized by per-
sons who had been pillaged by him.
- The prisoner, in his defence, said he did not know ,