The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-28 00:00:00

POLICIL

MIARLDONOV6II Sewer.—Ellitil Needham, who de-
scribed himself as a merchant in Pore Street, Cripplegate,
underwent a long examination before Mr. Conant, upon
a charge of uttering to a large amount forged and flied.
tiuus Bills of Eitchange, and by such means obtaining
property to a great extent.
Jobs Kinnear, the person who preferred the charge
against the prisoner, is well known to the public as
having been, together with Moseley, Wolfe, and others,
convicted some time ago of a conspiracy to defraud a
great number of mercantile houses in the city of vast
quantities of goods.
Mr. A Lucy, who, as well as Mr. Cope, the Solicitor,
attended for Mr. Kinnear, said be bad several charges of
forgery to prefer against the prisoner, but foe the pre.
sent he would only bring forward three or four. The
first was for a bill of exchange for 39L 9s, dated the 19th
Oct. 1822, purporting to he drawn by Lynch and Co.
open J. G. Mitchell, Beaufort Buildings, Strand, and
appeared to be accepted by him.
*Jr. Cope, on bring examined, skated that lie had made
Inquiry at every house in Branfort Buildings, and taken
every means to ascertain, but could hear of no such per-
son as Mitchell.
Mr. Alley then called Mr. Kinnear, but
Mr. Adolphus, who, with Mr. Isaacs, appeared for
the prisoner, objected to the evidence of Kinnear, lie
being disqualified as a convicted conspirator.
Mr. ALM combated this objection, and
Mr. CONANT ultimately allowed him to be examined.
Mr. Kinnear stated, tnat the prisoner gave him the bill
produced, in part payment of pa is be soil to him,
amounting to MI. That he did not take the bill on the
credit of the prisoner, bat on that of an endorsement of
Jeremiah Ste tiptoed and Co., which appeared on the
back ; but he now believed the bill to be altogether ficti-
tious.
ler. AWAY now proilaced another bill for 2001. ac-
eepled Jeremiah Stainpford and Co. Mr. Kinnear 'tested
that be also received this hi'l trans the prisoner ; it is
endorsed Stampford and Co. That endorsement was the
handwriting of the primates; he saw him write it.
It was here hinted to Mr. Kinnear, that he bad pre-
viously stated that he took the tattier bill, not on the cre-
dit of the prisoner, but on that of the endorsement of
Stampford and Co.
Mr. Kinnear explained, that he thought at the time
that the prisoner belonged to that firm, as he represented
his partner, Mr. Stampforti, to be a man of large property
In Northamptonshire.
Mr. ADoLPDLII, for the prisoner, called Henry Alder-
son, who stated himself to be a warehouseman, at No. 30,
Aidermanbary. He knew there had been, about four
months ago, such a firm as Lynch and Co. in Kingsland-
road, bat they had lately vanished. He knew such a
house as Stampford and Co. in Fore-street, at least the
name was up there; the only one of the firm be ever saw
was Mr. Needham, the prisoner.
On his cross-examination by Mr. ALativ, he said he
believed Mr. Needham to be the whole of the firm of
Stampford and Co.
Mr. ALLEY now produced Jeremiah Stampford, a mi-
serable looking old man, who said that applications had
been made to him on the part of the prisoner, to be al-
lowed to use his name in the firm; but he never gave
permission. The acceptance and indorsements on th-
bills sliewn to him, were not written by him or by his
order.
Mr. !scut brought forward similar evidence upon
two other bills, one of which was said to be drawu by a
person named Smith, a carpet warehouse-man, iu the
island of Jersey ; but Mr. Kinnear said, trom all the in-
quiries lie bad mule, and letters he had received from
his Bankers in Jersey, he was convinced that there was
jno such person as Smyth. This bill was accepted by a
named Thackwood, in Ratcliffe Highway, who
person named
become a bankrupt. Mr. Alley expecting
some witnesses from Jersey, wished for an adjournment.
This was agreed to and a future day appointed.
111ART-LA-UONNE-OFFICI6.—A foreigner na.ned Jean
Boudrot, was yesterday brought up in cu•tody by Hook-
er the Officer, charged with creating a riot mid disturb-
ance at the house of the French Ambassador, in Port-

land-place.
Mr. Watson, from the Ambassador's Office, stated that
Boudrot came there for relief, and was, in the usual
manner furnished with the address of the Consul, and
desired to call on him, instead of which be commenced ,
risking a most violent disturbance, and positively re-
fused qnitting the house until he was furnished with some
means of support. At length M. Marcellus, the Charge
d'Affaires, was obliged to send for an officer, who took
him into custody.
Bondro', being unable to speak English, was interro-
gated in his own language; he stated he had some time
since embarked from Bordeaux, bu bring taken ill on
the voyage was landd at Bristol, in the hospit.:l of
which place he hail been confined ; on reaching L ,n lon
he had applied at the Ambassador's house for raid',
googiudinx ;hey ought to furnish him with it.
The Magistrye ordered hitu to be taken to the watch-
holm to be supplied with some refreshment, and in the
morning that en Officer should be sent with him to the
officea the Consul in the City.