The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-19 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

esterday. Wm. Brown, aged Iti, was put to the bar
n indictment charging him with knowingly uttering
s certain piece of paper purporting to be a note of the
I ank of England for 51. on the 9th of August last.- 4
Mr. Timbery, engraver, of Fetter-lane, proved the
prisoner to have come to his shop on the day mentioned
in the indictment and asking for a hammer and a po-
lishing iron, saying that he came from a book-
binder in Bell-yard. On being asked what weight the
hammer was to be. he said be did not know, and was
sent hack to inquire as to that. On his return he said
it was to be 10Ih. It being necessary to " face" the
hammer, he was told to call again in balf an hour, when
he observed that he would pay for the articles, and take
the poliAing iron with him. He then tendered a 5/.
note, and having received the change departed, but
never came for the hammer. The witness was positive
to 'the identity of the prisoner.
This witness was cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS,
for the prisoner, but nothing was elicited from him in
the slightest degree to shake his testimony.
Daniel Barrett proved giving change to Mr. Tim-
bery's lad, for the note in question.
Henry Mose, of No. 4, Castle-street, Longacre,
proved that the prisonereame to the shop of Mr.
Mongb, gold-beater of Fetter-lane, and asked for 200
of gold leaf, and tendered a 5/. note in payment. The
prisoner then said it was for a Mr. Rowley, of Saint
Andrew's-hill, Doctors'-commone. On inquiry, the
note was suspected, and the witness returned to the
shop and.in formed the prisoner, whom he accompanied
to St. Andrew's-hill, !Adore-commons. The pri-
soner stopped at the house of Mr. Penney. of Saint
Andretv's-lsill, and hesitating to go in, at length ad-
ulated that he was not sent by any one there, but by
a person whom he met at the corner of the street. The
witness, on further inquiry, found that there was a
Mr. Rowland, a bookbinder. in Wardrobe-place, to
whom he applied, and found that the prisoner had
not been sent by him, and also that he, Mr. Rowley,
had learned that another bad been passed in his name
to a shopkeeper in Fetter-lane. After some further
inquiry, the prisoner was given into custody, hut he
had contrived previously to put away the last men-
tioned note.
Several persons were called in support of the pro-
secution, who negatived the different stories of the
prisoner, who made no defence, nor did he call any
witnesses to his character.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up. and the Jury hav-
ing consulted for a few minutes, found the prisoner
littilty, bat recommended him to mercy, being of opi-
nion that on account of his youth he might have been
the dupe of some designing person.
FORGERY OP PRUSSIAN DOLLAR NOTES.

llfrrivresch Grr/dein stood indicted for forging cer-
tain Prussian Notes, purporting to be for one dollar
each, on the Ist of April last. There were no less
than 20 counts in the indictment, and the specific crime
alleged against the prisoner was, that he had so forged
the notes in question with intent to defraud Baron
d'Orgenstein. employed in the servioe of William Fre-
• derick 111., King of Prussia.
The prisoner put in an affidavit, staling, that be was
known, and always had been, by the name of "Gold-
stone," and not " Goldstein."
Mr. HOLLAND put in a replication, stating, that the
prisoner had been known by both names, and conse-
quently they were at liberty to try bieti by either name.
Mr. Justice RICHARDSON suggested that the usual
practice was to enter the place on the record before
joining issue, which was agreed to by both parties,
and the prisoner left the Court.
Mr. HOLLAND some time after returned into Court
with the replication, and the prisoner -having been
again put to the bar, several witnesses were called to
prove that he had gone by the name of Manasseh
Goldstein.
Messrs. HOLLAND, LAW, ANDREWS, ADOLPHUS, and
PLATT, were respectively engaged for the parties.
On behalf of the prisoner several persons were call-
wbo swore that the name of the prisoner was Ma-
nasseh Isaac Goldston. It was also awcau that this
was the name in which he had been sworn before the
Commissioners of bankrupts in 1814. The prisoner's
• letters of denization were also produced, fur the same
purpose, as was the Ga.vette in whit)) he was adver-
ti,ied.

hir. Brown, the Keerr of Newgate, produced the
original commitment, from which it appeared that the
nrue WaA " Alanawh tiouldston."
Lir. IluLt,aso addressed the Jury at some length in
sumtort of his replication, and to show that the pri-
sotet had gone by the name of Goldstein, as stated in
tit t indictment.
hir. Justice alcuaunsos summed up the evidence.
Tile question, he observed, was here, not what was the
true name of thP prisoner, but whether he had ever
gone by that name mentioned in the indictment.
The Jury found the issue for the prosecution. The
trial is expected to take place to-morrow (this day.)
PRIVATE STEALING.

Aroas, and Itoeheal Aruns (calling themselves
Irlsbanfl and wife) were indicted for stealing a quantity
of woollen cloth, value 15/., the property of Messrs.
1.:-ister and Blakesley, woollen drapers, of Basinghall-
street. The prisoners were natives of Germany. and the
evidence was repeated to them in German, ,through the
medium of an interpreter. •
It appeared from the evidence, that on'Tnesday the
4th of September; the two prisoners went to the ware.
Louse of Messrs. Leister and Blakesley, and asked to
look at some blue cloth. They did not purchase any,
but said they would call the next day: • 'The prisoners,
however, did not call again till Thursdriy, when they
iisketl.to look at the same pieces of cloth which they load
examined on the former occasion. Whilst the shopman
went- into a back warehouse for the cloth, the 'female
prtaoner left the shop. A porter who saw her go out
•;crisserved that her appearance was butky, and his intpi-
`tions being excited, he followed her and brought her
'liack. It was then discovered that she had a piece of
',woollen cloth rolled round ber body. Nothing appeared
:.„ssa show that the male prisoner was a party *to this
...et, unless It could' be inferred from his having opened
slise door to let the woman out. When the woman was
• bronght back to the shop, and the property was disco-
vered neon her, he appeared angry with bet, `struck her
on the !sonnet, and said, 41Why did you do that?" • Mr.
Leiser swore positively that the cloth was worth 16/: