The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-26 00:00:00

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oiler fourteen out of thelfrasen notes, found by I
'the witosierwere produced and identified by him ;
'thie two notes taken by Dent of the Prisoner, and
by Dent delivered to the witness. on'the 9th of
Maieb, and then marked by the tritness2 were
, also produced by him and identified; witheis ii
coufident the. fifteen notes Were taken out of the
Prisoner's left inside-coat pocket,
' Mr. Pala cAlle.d Mr. Townend iigain, who
Was IihOWII the '2l. note, and proved it to be the
sane which ho gave to Baumbrungh, and which
hb had previously marked with a Q also the two
notes which were given by Dent to Yeoman, after
he had taken them of the Prisoner, were previously
'narked by this 'witness, and identified.
Joseph Pardoe, Police Officer, says, that on the
9th March last, he was at Ciutley's, along with
Mr. Tuwnend and Yeoman ; witness want with
Yeoman to Dent's ; they found the prisoner and
Dent together in a room up 'Wm.;
.saw a silver
cup with two handle!' ;also some woollen' cloth
in the room near the prisoner ; witness apprehentil•
ed him, and witness and Yeoman searched him to-
gether ; witness found two watches ; there -was a
key at .une of them ; the' watches now produced
are in the same state they were then; weittinMrs.
MiCarki's, and sit, her ; she sheaved him .into a
room, in which he found a pair of saddlebags
and a gran coat ; this was in the Far Water-lane
[bags now produced)—they were then loatel ;
the witness opened them with the key hanging tb.
one of the watches ; witness examined the contents
of the bags, and found upwards of one hundred
notes, which witness produced and' Identified, as
being marked by him before he gave them oat of
his custody ; the notes beinc counted, there were
128 of 11. each, and lir of SU. each ; witness
tuned a shilling upon the prisoner, which had been
°oily marked by Me. Townend ; witness had
t till this morning, and thee gave it to Mr.
Townetid.
Mr. Townend again called; identified the shit-
ling.
On questions by Mr. Sisitt.atrt, Jus. Pardoe
says he is a public otficer ; he had Molt in ciolody
once ; he his an itidillkreut character; would nut
in all asset believe him upon oath.
Mary *earthy lives in the Far Water-lase;
knows the Prisoner at the bar, whom she identi-
fied ; he came to her house, and slept one night,
about a quarter of a year previous to the Itth
March last, and on that day, between tcn and
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, he came ;
he had a pair of saddle-bags over his arm, said
his top coat on ; he asked for a bed ; he placed
his bags upon a chair, took a key off his watch.
chain, and opened the bags to take oat a
shirt to wash, and locked the bags again ; wit-
ness told him to take them to his bed-room,
where he had slept before, and he left them
there, and his top-coat ; after he had locked
the bags, he pet the key to his watch again.; Pri-
souer went out, and witness sat late for his return
at night ;Pardoe came, and she showed' him the
rood; • Pardue took the bags, and witness marked
them before they were taken away [the bags were
produced to this witness and Identified]; witness
saw Pardue open the bags, she saw the key open
the lock, and there were papers taken out, which
appeared like blank bills.
IVilliarn Smith was ostler at the Fleece; on the
9th of March last the Prisoner time there in the
furetioon upon a little brown galloway, with.* pair
Of saddle-bags under him, he took them off; hung
them over his arm, went away, leaving the gallo-
way In the witness's 'care.
Thomas Batinitwough is in the employment of
Mr. cautley, druggist, in Low Onsegate, York ;
received a two-Tudind -Batik of England note of
Mr. Towncnd, with instructions to go over to K.
'Dent's &bone eight o'clock in the evening to get
change; the note was marked, and the witnits
had no 'other note hut that given him by Mr.
Townend; witness went over and saw Hannah,
and she took the note ; went up stairs, and in a
little time brought done 21. in silver, which she
gave to the witness ; winless counted it °vet and
objected to some, and one being a very bad one, he
got it changed. •
On a question by. Mr. SINCLAIR, witness said.
Hannah Grant changed the shilling with one out
of her own pocket.
' Hannah Grant, housekeeper to R. Dent, says,
she knows the Prisoner • she saw him there in
March, first in the forenesett, but he did not stop
long : he came in with Dent between eight and nine
in the evening, and went into the dining.room, it is
nearly opposite Mr. Ciutley's ; a little time after-
wirdisher master Called 'her up stairs, there was a
shilling Iving on the table, she was desired to fetch
tome rum ; she met Thomas Baumbrough; who
asked her to give him change; he had a 21. note
in his hand ; he asked if Mr. Dent could give Mr.
Cintky change; witness took the note, and went
np with it to her master and the Prisoner, and,
speaking to Mr. Dent, said " Mr. Cautley would
be obliged if he could change him a 21. note;"
Prisoner took it in his hand, and said, "it was a
good one, he would change it," and give her four
half-crown pieces, and the rest in shillings; wit-
ness went clown stairs and laid the chaise, on a
table, and Baumbrough looked it over, objected
to several, but at last there was one he wagld not
take, and she changed it with the abiding she had
to fetch the rum with ; Pardoe came in as soon as

Baumbrough had got oat of the pwage.
William-Boecock was bootcatcher at the White 11
Swan in the Pavement, was talking with the Pri-
soner when Dent came up, anti said, " I want
you .'1
Mr. John Lees, Inspector of Bank Notes for
the Bank of England, an being shown one of the
notes stated in the indictment, said, it was a forged
note; it was Dot the paper on which bank-notes
are made ; there is no part of the note the pro.
duction of the Bank. The note was signed J.
Clapp ; witness said there is such its ()Seer as J.
Clapp, bat this signature is not of his hand-
wiling; the name of A. Hooper, as entering
clerk, is not the hand-writing of A. Hooper,
who belongs to the Bank in another departseent ;
emends person as A. Hooper was entering Clerk
in the Bank ; another
.note named in the lndkt.
meta, which was paid to Dent, was skews to lite
witness, who said it was forged HI every respect,

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the plate and manuscriptOw sal!! as the other •
the foirteen taken by lreoftiallr..-efl
being of the pane plate and filling• up, 'iv tlic
lather two ; of `ll. and Itbt€2l! attire-3T
"of the saddle.liage. by Pardee, arc air Cdtgeehriti.
all the " one" pounds the same plate as the other'
64 ones," and the same hand.wrlllog, and the
44 twos" are filled up by the same hand ; also
the note sent up by Mr. Towneud ; a forged bank
note found amongst the country notes is of a dif.
ferent plate from the other " ones," but is a fur.
gery.. The notes stated in thu indictment were
then read; and the Prisoner being called upon fur
his deftuce;saill, he had nothing to any, nor any
witnesses to call, but declared the cdat he had on
when apprehended had no inside pocket.
Mr. Justice CUAMBRZ summed Uti the evidence,
and, after a consultation of five minutes, the Jury
returned a verdict of—Guilty.
His Lordship, in addressing the prisoner, ob.
served, that he had been found* guilty upon as full,
clear, and satisfactory evidence, as ever had been
ward, of an offence which was in its practice most
injurious to individuals,. toll leaded to destroy the
national credit. Many who had been tried fur
similar offences, had been deluded hylitlters ; but I,
no doubt could be entertained that from the
quautity in his poitueb.ion, had been nearlyennnect-
ed with the actual forgers and fapeiesturs Of these
notes ; and after advising him to piepaic for the
awful change about to take plate, passed on him
tho dreadful sentence of—Death.
Among the capital convictions was that of Rich.
and Dennison, aged a, of Darlington, yenemii,
removed by habeas carpus front the gaol .it Dur-
ham, charged with sepaultintr Thomas 11.s11, of
Brampton, farmer, oa .tbe King's highway, and
taking from him him three Ripon and Knarush:).
rough bank-notes half.a.gninea in Oil, and fif-
teen shillings in silrer—Guilty—Death.

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N. B. We- are sorry that we have occasion to
notice the-indecorous cundaet of ibis witnesses for
the Prosertition on-this trial. After the unfortu-
nate sums hut been found guilty, they set out in
poet_chaises from their inns boats, wish every de.
inonstratimi of rtiticing, the post-boys Lacing
their hats decorated with ra'io►tsculuurad ribbons.
Fye on such iutrun►an gladness