The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-26 00:00:00

fitTOWMAN

4.sstis livrEt,ttGamc"
4ANCASTJER AS.SIZES,Ano,23.

entente.---1118DIMBANOOR.
nano Berke. aged 25. was charged frith• tubular
to Joseph Hadfield. at Maseltentee, fifteen forged
Blackburn note. for thirty shillings oath. knowing
them to be forged.
- 3lr. &ran:as Mated *beguile, The charge use a»t
that the defendant uttered the notes as terse, bat sad
them, avowing theta to be turgid, le order that they
might be put is circulation. The Blackburn Wee;
ran in a &ingest atyle—" I promise to take this as
30s. oe demand. Is part of a 21. Note. value received."
This had been a mode resorted to whet cash was
scare*.

Mr. Baron Wool) asksd wbst remedy the bolder
could bays ?,—" I don't understand it at all. Whosela-
gasioos cootrivance is it ? What is It but a coanterfait
Dote ?"

Ur. &TALKIE said he could Slag stayer the
does.

Mr. Baron WOOD-.-I qappAss it is a coatrinne• to
avoid the stamp duty. Let the trial go no; I shall
take care to have the case properly represented.
Joseph Hadfield knows a person of the name of
Collins; had conversation with him on the Ist of
April. He asked me if I could do with a good thing.
He said k was a forgery on the Blackburn bank. I
told him I should like to see it. I called that evening
on him accordingly, and went with him to the Brown
Bull, in Salford. to see the snag who had them. On
the bridge we met the man ; It was the prisoner..—
Collins and be shook bands. Collins said, this man
I wants to look at some of those tbiage. Prisoner,
after asking if I could be trusted, gave a note, and I
looked at it. and said it would do. I gave Collins
a Bank of England nom for it, and wanted to have
another. I acquainted Mr. Lavender with all that
passed. I saw Collins agate at hla house. I informed
Kilby, one of the police officers, of what had taken
plate. I went by agreement to the Duncan in Oldham-
street, and saw the prisoner there. He gave me 14
notes, and wanted to know how much I would glee for
them. I said Collins charged too moth. 13s. a piece.
H. said be got a little more than he ought. I agreed
to take them at 9s. the piece. I made as arrangement
for him to bring the notes nest morntog and I would
then pay for them. I informed Mr. Lavender. In
consequence William Kilby came and sat in my back
hitches. The prisoner came to me In a middle
kitchen adjoining. Ki.by could bear, bat could not
be seen. The prisoner said whea I told him be was
too late, that he bad too mach liquor the night before.
He said I have brought 25. He showed them to me.
I said if they were so badly done as the first, I could
not take them. I counted 10 or I I out, sad looked
at every oat; distinctly. He desired nee W take 15.
I did so. and paid hint 61. 14s. 6d. In iovereiFns,
silver, and Workaworth notes. I pot them In I child's
slipper to the top of a shelf. He said in answer to
my question, that the plate they were made with was
in Ireland. He showed me the way the blue nee pnt
in. Mr. Lavender and James Booth were sitting
opposite in a public house " I gave them a signal
that the budoesa was done. They came out and took
him in the street. I received the sovereigns I gave
for tb Doke MG Lavender, ligiztbe notes to
Mr.
BY Mr. Wiattaste.—l never saw the prisoner be.
fore. lam a belekatiker and coaldealer is Mooches-
ter. I have lived there seven years. I bad seen good
notes before the lit of April, bat did not know before
that there were b.d ones, I thought it was my duty
to tell the police. I don't know that the paper
frightened ram I knew the police before. I knew
Kilby and Booth, and all the collection of Liverymen
before. lam now selling cattle since this matter oc-
curred. I bad bad luck in the coal trade. When this
cast up, I became a cattle dealer. This did not make
me op much
Stephen Lavender stated, that 11a11:4.1 did this
Rader his direction, took the prisoner, add found upon
bins the sovereigns given to Hadfield, and had Block-
burn notes, he. He made considerable resistance.

•
By Mr. Wtta.fems.—The marks on the sovereigns
were put on in order to confirm Hadfield. Without
that I might believe him, but I knew not bow far the
Court might believe him.

- .
Booth and Ktiby gave evidence of their parts in the
transaction:

Thomas Wilson. clerk in the Illecithere bank. men
limited the partners, nod stated that the notes now es-
kited were (urged.
By Ur. WILNAMs.—Tbe stamp on our notes is 10d.
We require 10s. or we give nothing. Oa givieg one
of oar notes and 10s. we gave 21. note of the Bank
of England. We now give two sovereigos,or two 11.
notes.

By the Couirr.--,Our object wu t• do the country
some service, to circulalechange.

Mr. Baron Wooo.—When I cannot recover, what
service is it to me? It depeods nine your honour
whether you will pay or not. Did you ever see such
note. before?
Witaess.—Yes, the Kirkby-Lansdale nod Saddle-
worth ►ook notes.

Mr. Baron Woon.—lt elmald he pat a stop to. The
holder cannot recover it.
Mr. WILLIAMS submitted that sone of the counts
were proved, all charging " a promissory. note."—
Now the atatate (of (leo. II,) distinctly set forth " a
promissory note for payment of money." Several de.
cisions confirmed this coustructioa. Here there was
no payment of mosey.
Dr. Baowe, in reply, said the indictment was for a
misdemeanor at commas law. The objection applied
on:)- to the capital charge of forgery.
• Mt. iirtaataes.--They promise to take, not to give,
mosey. If they even express a promise to pay any
thiog, it is oaly paper upon reeeiveng lOs•
Mr: Bares Wo) said this was an objection upon
record, and if the Jury should find against the de-
fendant, be would represent it for the coosideration of
the Court above. It is no obligation. Seppues a note
were issued " I promise to dine with such a sae,"
would it constitute an oisligatioe ? Such an invention
and contrivance I sever hoard of. It caught be fur a
good purpose. Theo-smut be some minister design.
I doubt whether an indiotoment world not lie for lasting
Garb paper. Mr. Williams—" Hare you an, siting to
address to the Jury ?"
_ _

M r. WILLIAMS submitted that as sistrevasas forgery,
the uttering could act be with iwtsutio.l to defraud is
the circumstances stated in Marne., (it*S-ppearcd,

•••

however, that ova of ihe eartala &urged rlefraailieg
Sven'. rue of the parlous Whose Mae was to as
rum.) U. world up welkin to the Jar,.
The Learned Jadge repeated to the Jar, bit obrr-
•atiow impeding the sum lb was 'eery to say
pablieljti that dears appeared to bort° power of raeo•
vents( against the bask. Such beau ought Dot to
allowall--Guilio of metering only.
leis. Maros WOOD.-4 shall try so wore of these
cases ; bat I shell moult ay Lord Chief Janice.

pouck.
_ _

How-sTntre.—On Saturday Autrey de Seim a
Desch Jew. Iris bees& before Mr. Mr:4ou,Lz, under
the following elrcearstsoces :—Mr. Tall, the cow-
plainest, stated that be was a farmer, residing at
Nettlebridge. le Oxfordshire: sad that on Thursday
hit; on his rehire from his harvest Occupation to his
owe house, be found the prisoner telling a pitiable tale
tw his wife, of a considerable quantity of goods, of
which be bad beeein the, ion, having been seised
byacestem-hosse officer, is consequence of his tumble
been found attempting to sell them without a regular
hawker's litres*. These goods, he said, which wet*
worth oar !misdeed pounds, he could not redeem, u-
less be paid a penalty of 20/. to which be bad become
liable for his offence, and the object of his entreaty
was to persuade Mrs. Tall to purchase the articles
which be Lad rensaialag, gad which consisted of seve-
ral silk shawls, a musical snuff box, and gold watch,
and thus to enable him to regain his property. Mrs
Tall bad declared that she did sot west any of the
articles which were offered her, and at that moment
Mr. Tall returned from his labours. To his benevo-
lent feelings the prisoner then applied his 'legume,
and ultimately with SOCC.II, ; fur although Mr. Tall
declined maklag any purchase, he was prevailed on '
advance 201. on the security of the shawls, mash
box, and watch, which were left with him as a pled,
for the honourable repayment of the mosey lent on
subsequent day. Mr. de Soiza having thus succeeded,
was so overjoyed, that his heart was aeparesily over-
flowing with such gratitude, that he seized Mr Tr
by the baud, applauded his generosity with rapist,
and promised for his kindness, that, independent
repaying the 201. he would make his wife a present
of two gown pieces, and himself of a silk handker-
chief. Mr. Toll said, he desired no such return ; Le
has always willing to assist a fellow-creature in diffi-
culty, sad nestled no reward beyond the satisfaction
which such as act in itself was calculated to produce.
Mr. de Soiza then departed, chuckling at his success,
and it was not till some boars had elapsed that Mr
Tell began to suspect be had been deceived. -
doubts were first excited by hearing that the prisonei
had gone off towards London, and did not, as be it:
stated his intention to be, retard to the place where
he represented his goods to have been seized. A more
close inspection of the articles left as a pledge then
took place, sad they were found to be of much •
value than the sum advanced, especially the Tate
which was evidently made " for sale" aid not "
use and although hearing the outward semblance
am engine-turned gold repeater, was not intrinsicall.
worth a pound.—Mr. Tell having his eyes thus opened,
lost no time in iterating the prisoner, and leckil
overto_ok him at Houselow. where he gave bins
Ojai:is—WM Nigh Cosarable of that tows, tad ea.
of the Horse Patrol of this office. His person was.,
immediately searched, whey the true character of ti
transaction was confirmed by the fact of a regular
license as a hawker beteg found is Lis p too.
which he admitted to be his own, and he further
tempted to vindicate his coeliac* by saying, that t
had fairly sold the property in questioa to Mr. Tel
in the molar way of trade. Mr. Tall, however, per-
sisted in his charge of fraud, and Mr. de Soiza wag
conducted in custody to this office. He was attends:
by small tribe of Israelites, who were prompt is nu
log that the money advanced by Mr. Tull was mere)
a loan, and that it could be recovered only by civil
process.
Mr. IllistanuLL was, however, of a different opinion,
and was proceeding to take regular depositions on the
i subject, when Mr Tull said he had no wish to proceed,
provided he received back his 201., and was reimbursed
his expenses.
With this arrangement Mr. liftwsnort said he coal
hare nothing to do; Me. Tull must either persist
his charge, or withdraw it; at the same time,
could sot help observing that Mr. Toll bad shows
degree of credulity not emptily manifested by men
his rank of life.

ILL Tell candidly confessed ho bad no suspicio
of deception : he had determined to do a good•sator
act, sod firmly believed his confidence would not

abused.

The parties were then permitted to retire, and it
ultimately agreed that Mr. Tull should he repaid
and receive half his expecifes, which he was
visad was the most prudent course to adopt.
De Seize was singing Dutch songs in the passage
the office while the negotiation was going forward,
and seemed much to applaud his own " fair Ingenuity '
Ho is a young man, of a sallow complexion, sitter
countenance, and wears ear-rings. His costume
abet of a respectable seafaring man, such as is osum
supposed to betoken a smuggler.—He was not know,
at the office, and generally confined his speeulatic
to the country. He speaks English but very inlet
featly.
TIATTOS-GARDEC-00 Saturday H. Pianos was
charged at this office by J. Scooting, Esq., of Hamr
stead, with riding on one of the shafts of his cat
and driving his horses at a furious rate, having
reins, asd whipping them on so as to anther:et
lives of the foot-passengers. Mr. Sconling declared
he laid the present information io justice to the pal
lir, and to skew the defendant that he was alum.
ble to the laws; the wetting:mice occurred about
half-past o'clock in the evening on the Hampstead-
road; it ass dark at the time, and defendant appeared
to be much in liquor ; be was very near et-entrain,
chaise. in which were a Gentleman and two Ladies, r

would have ran against complainant's hone I
chaise, had he not driven off the way and wl
remonstrated with, be was very imperilment i
■bu-ire.

Tke Magistrate thanked Mr. Scooting, and told Mtn
the public wsie much indebted to hint .for bringing
such a fellow to justice. He then convicted bins io
tee penalty of ten Mailings., or in default of payment
to be commit►ed for out moods to the House of. Cor-
rectlyo, gold Batia..6eida.