The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-29 00:00:00

OLD BATLEY.

Two persons named lflastaaley and Cawley, iterrein-
clicted, the former for stealing several articles of old meta
the property of the has Co•npanv. and the latter for receiv-
ing therm, knowing them to be stolen. Both the prisoners
iterearquitted.•
Willmar Turner was, indicted for passing counterfeit
It was proved that the prisoner went to por-
t haae'sairta bread at a baker's, for which he tendered a bad
abilling.• • On.beigg taken, there were other bad shillings,
tagether Tith.asuasiderahle quantity of copper found upon
him—Guilt
Miehael Tobin was indicted for having counterfeit half
crowns in his possession. The prisoner, it appeared, had
agreed to purchase some veal Of a butcher in Long Lane,
Smithfield, and tendered a half-crown, which was objected
to ; he then tendered another, and that was also objected
to. He was then taken np, when two bad half crowns
and a good one were found upon him. While the Com-
mon Sergeant was summing up the evidence, the Jury
said their minds were made up on the subject ; for as there
bad been a good half crown found on the prisoner, they.
had a doubt of his guilt, and wished to give him the benefit
•
of it--Not Onilty.
Thomas. MorJbrd was tried for passing counterfeit soh
ereigno.
James Pierce sxid he was servant to a Mr. Waggall, at
Ewell, in Surrey ; that on the 30th of May last, he bad
come to Smithfied to sell a mare belonging to his master
by hi.s master's order. The prisoner agreed to purchase
the mare for 51. A companion of his gave him five sm.
!eight. and the prisoner went off with the mare. immedi.
stely After the witness rung the sovereigns, and found they
were counterfeit. He, then went in pursuit of the
.partial
accompanied by an officer; they soon found the prisoner;
and on Ws being searched, there were some mote bad so-
receipts in his po ion.
John Butler, Joseph Wright, and ba el Suffidd, were
pmt on their trial on a charge of conspiracy. I'be indict-
ment ierfcirtli that the defendants having been employed
as porters et the Excise office, did conspire together to in'
place a man trained William Jones to alter certain tickets
• actmnpanying parcels brought by him to the Excise office,
so as to increase the sat to be paid, for the parcels ;
with a vied to cheat and defraud our. Sovereign Lord the

King,. .
'William Jones, the first witness, said be had ,been in the
employ of Messrs. Russell and Co. in Friday-street, for
thittems • years ; that in Match, 1822, he first began to
delinegpetwell !nought hy.the waggon. to his mister's office.
' IA Telisitteis in,that yen! was to deliver parcels at the guise •
once. HI knew the three defeadants. When he went to the
Eicise Office, to deliver parcels, Wrigbt and Ruder, who, as
well as the other defendant, were porters at the Excise
(Office. asked •him how mnrh he could stand: !Witness
answered he could stand nothing. This question was re-
peated a down times before. He at last deetepleakthe old
ticket, a new one was made out, and •backedr by the di-
fenslants. There was more charged on the neif then the
old tielcet. No slt"ration was made in the olelireribook —'
Hit practice of making not new tickets began in July, 1822,
and continued till the 14th of October. Oa that day witn,ss
carried four parcels to the office, delivered them to Butler,
and toil., him he would have nothing more to do with the
overtime/re. Wieners went again, and Bntler; le Pfetence
• of-the others, told him it was blows (found out).7lFitness
sometimes gave them money to drink. They divided the
enrolee 'Money Eimer:l'ly among the.o ; but he used ti
give them some of his own share for drink. Bel. Te the cad
of October Butler came to. bias to speak. andut what-bast.
. Lappeped. The witness here turned to the •delivery- hank'
end sheWarthet on the 18th of July a sum of 18s. Bd. was
put down es Charged for parcels, which were taken to fffie
Xacieri Office; and the entry was signed John Botler.•;-.-
Witness destroyed the ticket, and made out a fresh one
for a greater sum than was set down in the original ticket,
Here Mr. Anohentrs took an objection to the inditie
meat, in which Joseph Batter was set oat, instead of John
Bntlei.- • • ' . • " .
Mr. BOLLANO, in reply, said. this misnomer was only 1W
the Oen i.g.unt of the indictment, bet that the name efrit
was entered in the second count, . 1o• f
The COOIIiON Senosater thought the indictment'
corrected by this alteration, with the exception of the. I
count.
t The examination of the witness proceeded. He referred
to his' book, and sheered that on the 20th of ,;iilY he hid
bade another overcharge by destroying the original ticket
land making but a fresh one. Ins overcharge then was
sixpeoCe.—On the r2d of July an entry was made by
John
_Ender for another overcharge to the amount of
sixpence. *On the 25th of July another entry wes made
by Hotter; litylisriaing the overcharge of sixpence. Os 1
the 12th of Aged 1822, a like overcharge w+:s mottos''
;No on the Ilth of August.. The witarop,,riteflii'ef to es.
foams Other
,Perlads„ • when. similar oreicrieve ',hire
made,
made, and some of these . were signed. by Du old, .the
third defendant. On another occasion, when witness
was nuking ' his usual overcharge, Butler told him• be
might as well have 2s. as 21. 6.1., and witness replied
tltat,jao did not wish to ge to such an extreme. The
wetness stated( several other cases of fraud of a like nature:
On the witness being cross examined by Mr. Annattni,
he aekeewledged that lie had been brought up before a
. Blegllirattt. Oa &aegis oldentaudieg too mach money fol.
. .
I"lii'klit•
W9l_ us said he. was. the Superintendent Palk
Of thb Marie at the Ficfni• Stores. The duty of the three
defendaota: was to bring In the parcels, and give the deli.
very
.404 to him. His business was to sign the delivery,
book. Witness thee:referred to the book, and proved the,
payment oft)), sums entered there.
On 'erlaie exniination by Mr. ADOLPIUS. the witness
taidliddefendadts Were, recommended to the office by
presorts-of' itigh rink _one by the Hen. Mi, ehipps, bro.
they to tord Mulgfave, and another by thaPake of Rtst.i
kind. ' •
4nOiller 'clerk in the Excise Office gene evidence ~to Abe',
iiitririfiiiade in the books. .
' Jobeithace said lie hail been eight years in the service
of Ruiteall and Co. 'He knew Jones, who was delivering
Poeta ii'lB22. is well as before that time, and the Excise
Office wag' in his district. It was the duty of witness to
'hake At the tickets. Those now produced were ant of
Kis milting. Jones had left the office for some months;
but witness did not know the cause. of his going ;Slay.,
fie Reiter -knew of ,Jones, or any, ether porter, hewing
hlankSkets. . ... ,
.
Hen • Smith Evans, another clerk dielonging to Russell
mind ` .Isaid he recollected Butler coming to the office in
Plitt's! Street, shortly after the investigation took place,
it'll 'alto to See Jeers, ' Witness said he would find.Jenes
sciindleheie *boat the premises.
Mt: 3Strestsceis addressed the Jury on behalf of the
•!efendigis. He dwelt on their respectable characters
altietfilisit be inferred from the highly reepeetableprtiee
theisigh,ditli:iieinfereptiliey bad obtained their alituniirope 1
and ithiirv4 that tbe only, evidence to rove gPilollloBl.
thermiria • tof i aloe*• witnesai aud'itliat wiling', wits,
bit vas •„ai, fionfeision, a coriopirator, and. it men ' In: the
.inftstant habit of • rotimitting fiends. The .whole sum
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