The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-19 00:00:00

FORGERY._

111 iRLso was
yesterday charged at this Office, at the suit of Mr.
Northwood, No. 70, Moliosausestreet, Mary.le.
bone, with forging an acceptance to a bill of es.
change, purporting to bnuf the value of 631. ; and
Mrs. PlumLett, who was some time since charged
with forgery at the suit of Mr. John King, was
charged with uttering the said bill of exchange,
knowing it to be a forgery.
The Prosecutor stated, that he received the bill
of Mrs. Plunkett a twelvemonth since, but uti pre.
seating it, the drawer could not be found, and

having phi it away, he afterwards piid the v,iltte
of it. jle hid afterwards called on Nl,jor P ern.
kctt, who denied ever having written the accet :-
once: but afterwards observed, that hu did not
chose to lead his wife into a snare, by answering
the question in any shape. Th? Prosecutor con.
linued, that Mr. Barker was present when the bill
was shown to the Major, and he observed it was a
good imit ttion. Witness had no idea that the
bill was a forgery, until he confeersed with Maier
I'lunket►.

Mr. PARKER, II Solicitor, requeshrti to spy
few words to convince the Magistrate that thcrr
WWI no foundation whatever fur the institution of
this charge, which had originated in a contention
betwixt the pectic*.

In answer to a question frost tire Magistrate,
the Prisoners left their defence in the hands or Air.
Parker, who stated, that previous to Miss C 'ln-
ning having been married to Major Plunkett, she
was pressed for money, and Mt.. Northwood, the
prosecutor, bad discutmted bills fur her, for
which he always received a valuable cnneideration.
After Miss Gusuing's marriage with the Major,
she, unknown to her husband, sold an annuity of
501. per annum to the Prosecutor fur 1801. the
being then still pressed for money. This was dose.
' unknown to the Major, who, ou b :coming pos.
sensed of the fats shred to reporchsee the au-
'
nutty, and pay lye per cent. for the title of
the money advanced. There was a Lalance of
money due front Major Plunkett to the Pro-
seeutur, and when this bill of exchange oat
presented, the Major neither denied nor me-
keowledged the acceptance to bc... his hand-writ-
,ing, but he was willing to pay the balance of the
account betwixt him and the prosecutor, proi Ned
the latter chose to admit some pecuniary deli.
culty betwixt them'. The prosecutor was offered
to be paid for the bill of exchange in this settle-
ment, but IN• refused to settle the accounts, and
said he would arrest the Major. Air. Parker stat-
ed, that he had several interviens subsequently
with the prosecutor, .:nd he said, if the Alaj er
not pay him the whole sum due to him, he would
take up his wife for forgery.
Mr. Parker continued, that he never heard a
syllable about a forgery until Major Plunkett re.
(mused to comply, with paying thy sum of motel
Mr. Northwood required, which was about .4uol.
Major Plunkett had always agreed to settle the
balance, but nothing further. There had !seen
several money transactions betwixt the parties,
and Mr. Parker concluded by observing, that the
very purchase of the annuity of Mrs. Plunkett,
after her marriage, was a gross fraud upon her
husband.
The Magistrate asked Mr. Parker, whether he
was ready to swear, that, in his several interview
with the Prosecutor, he had never heard about a
forger), until Major Plunkett refused to pay him
his alledged balance: Mr. Parker replied, that
he was ready to do so at that moment.
The Magistrate observed, that the parties stoofl
charged with a capital felony, and it was Ms duty
to commit thorn fur trial ; but he won't! 'wont-
mead Mr. Parker to make out his affidavit of
facts, and repair to a Judge, and the Clerk at this
Office should attend him, and hay before theJudgo
the deposition of the Prosecutor. It was the
Judge alone who bad the power of bailing for a
capital felony. Until this could be done, the pri.
Men should be kept an oustody at the. Office, as
they were entitled to this indulgence at his hands,
under ail the circumstances of the ease. Mrs.
Plunkett, on being represented in a, pregnant state,
was allowed to retire to the house of a friend in :he
neighbourhood. The Magistrate also observed,
that although Mrs. Plunkett would meet some
little hardships, he thought it would operate as a
caution against a description of persons who gut
into money transactions with people, and then
charged them with any offence to answer their
selfish purposes.

The /fled goes round Tu-morrew .11urninr.
Another Day, and all is over! nu Chance left fur
those whoneglect to buy to.morrow. Two Hun.
died Thousand Ponnds Sterling have given rise to
as many new adventurers: every body seems so
well pleased with the idea of participating in so
capital a sum, that they cannot resist buying its
fact, it is nu loss to the Public, for if it was not'
voluntarily subscribed to, every one must pay
their quota in another way. Hon‘say and Co.
have Tickets and Shares fur We, ut their 0!.I Is.
tablished State Lottery Offices, 2G, Curnhill, and
St. Margaret's Hill, Borough.
't The public have for sumo time past shewn an
esieratess to have Four Tickets of a Number,
which the Office Keepers could nut deliver them,
owing to a regulation in the Bank, not to let the
Tickets in CUSS D Ire isitied, until those in A,
LI, and C, were disposed of. , Fite [Sank, within
these few days, have begot' issuing the Tickets to
thy; 081 re Keepers in Class D; therefore such
Ladies or Gentlemen as choose to have Tu.',
Three, or Four Tickets of a Number, may be
supplied in great variety, at the Old Established
Offices of T. Buss, 4, Corn hill, and 9, Charing
Cross, 1111 Thursday night.
One Half of the Capital Prizes, in the last Lot.
eery bat one, were sold its Shares (including two
Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds); and in the
last Lottery nearly the wilule, viz. Thrre Twenty
Thousands, one 'fen Thousand, Two Fitt Thou-
sands, &r. &c. Ity KYTON (late Pittner with
Alit JAMES linAsscomit),.removed to No. 2, Cure.'

it 19 pretutned by tt;e l'at,tte, that the Whole of
the Capital Prises (which are unusually tiumrrottl)
in the presewt Lwtirry, hill will he ilr.iwn nett
Friday, will likewise be bold at thh 3brive
Ul-
lice, as for the Pile tfiree-AworEtlON's Unice
has been unitsuaNkillrroltstidlbr tile Votaries of
Fortune.

• Pit Illt 1E1).
On Snt;:rilas last, at M. hettOt‘tia.) ClotOst .11410.1, Cot.
Joseph Spear, of the Rola! to A: gni Genre (;r I,
Intent' Ilansplevol, hat now • of Voter Iforbitly-iiLler, MO
0.4 Cat', yourinest .nnntee ~of the Into Car. taletnlet
Grant, of ktbotkand.s. t:canot, ut M•ocrsty,leollniel.

LONDON Printed and Puldeolied Lovrt at the
STATE 3 Orts. Li What-ttrec .

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