The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-03 00:00:00

OLD DAILEY-414Ni, D.or).
losepi Mellitus Stapleton will indicted for uttering a
forged I/. bank note, with intent, to defraud thr Gover-
nor and Company of the Bank of England.
The case rested principally 01 the evidence of a pub-
Scan of the name of Poore, who stated, that tht prisoner
had come to his house in compaay with two girls of the
town, and asked for something to drink. The liquor
was brought, and in exchange the prisoner offered the
dote in question. Witness requested the prisoner to
write his name upon the nate, which he ,li.l, adding, as
his address, No. 3, Sheppartl-street, !!Mind-street. IV it-
nets then expressed his apprehension that the note *as
forged, and asked the prisoner where he got it: Pri-
souse replied, that he received it from hisfather, who lived
with him in Sheppard-street. When witless repeated his
suspicion that the note 'rasa forgery, prisoner seemed de-
sirous of getting away. Witness sent for an officer, and
the priedner was taken into custody, riot however without
much resistance, and a refusal, on his part, to submit to
a search. Some silver was found in the prisoner's pocket,
though when he entered the public-house be had said, that
if witness could not change the note, he Weed nut bring
the liquq.
Edwards, the police officer, deposed to the ap-
prehension of the prisoner.
Lewis, the proprietor of No. 3, Sheppard-street,
was called, and proved that the prisoner had never lived
in his boost.
Mr. Glower, the Bank Inspector, proved the note to
be a forgery.
J. C. Baker, whose signature had 1111011 counterfeited.
swore that the name prefixed to the dote was Out his
hand writing.
One of the Jurymen expressed a wish that Mr. Baker
should write his name upon a piece sapper in the man-
ner in which he usually wrote it. Mr. B. rot:tidied, and
it appeared from this that his name bad been exactly
counterfeited. A good note was afterwards handed up
to Mr. Hake?, and be declared the signature to be his own.
The prisoner stated in his detester that he was a
stranger in England, without Counsel and without
friends. His family resided in Paris, front which place
he had arrived but three days before thei transaction hap-
pened. He described himself as having sold his irate+
to a person whom lie did not know, and that lie received
the note in -question as part of the Payment.
The Jury -found the prisoner thillty.

Saturday the Common•Serjeant snide a report to his
Majesty in Council, of the following convicts iu New-
els, who were capitally convicted iu April Sessions
last, via.:—
John Starkey, Edward Roberts, alias James Smith,
Thomas Thorp, Robert Claxton, James Hayes, William
Thompson, Thomas *Kenzie, William Jones, Gilbert
Hayes, Daniel Evans, John liellowes, Win. Mail, Eliza
Williamson, and John Stitehway, for stealing in dwell-
im-bouses above the value of forty shillings ; Jeans
Williams and Wen. Arnold, for highway robberies; WM.
Chandler and Henry Roney. for privately stealing in a
shop; Wen. Henry Stanford, Thomas Cook, John Ro-
binson, and Wen. Brooks, for uttering forged Bank-
notes; Maria Jones, Henry Hawkins, Wen. Perks, Da-
niel Thomas, Wm. Painter, John Smith, and Alexander
Fraser, for burglaries; Wen. Saunders and John Wil-
liams, fur horse-stealing ; and Wen. Paley, convicted in
January Sessions last, for uttering forged Bank-notes;
when Wan. Paley, John Robinson, Henry Hawkins,
Wm. Arnold, Wm. Henry Stanford, and Wm. Sanders,
•
were ordered for execution on Wednesday next. The
others were vomited daring pleasure.
&mamas aria Ammer ,o-hiwwweassidlharraty a
Gentleamitattemled bathe Pities Oise, Hatton-garden,
to give information of a most daring robbery, committed
on, and an attempt to murder the Ker. Mr. Ford, of
Little damosetrest, Bedford-row, the Rev. Gentleman
being hinself unable to attend.—He stated that about
ten i'doek the preceding Welt, as Mr. Ford trespass-
lag by the side of the House of Correction, Cold Bath-
fields, on his return beam from a visit to a friend, two
respectable looking men came up to him, and seeing
Isis Male sad walking with the support of a stick, they
offered M assist him home, for which purpose one came
on sad side of him, and each patting a hand noder one
of hie arms. offered him their support. The Rev. Gen-
tleman, from their manner, became alarmed, anti sus-
pectlagthat they intended to pick ipis pockets, be politely
imaged their proffered assistance, and strove to disen-
gage Miami( from their grasp. Use of the villains they
dapped a baud on his moutli,to prevent his calling out, and
the other swore a horrid oath that if he made the smallest
reeistaneeor alarm he would stab him to the heart ; and then
hurrying away with him between them into the held at the
back of thelloime of Correction, they knocked him down,
and robbed him of what money and other things he had,
bet fortunately he happened to have no property of come-
lieltnes about him. The villains being disappointed in
their eircations of booty, Fars him several severe
blows with their sticks, and koitked him whilst be was
down; and one of them, to complete their diabolical
work, with a pen-knife, of which be robbed Mr. Nord,
ea his throat from ear to ear. The assassin, however,
mimed his aim, the knife being small, and the pad of his
neckcloth saved his wind pipe, bet a wound five inches
I. length was inflicted in the upper part of the Neck
under the chili. The villeins effected their escape. Mr.
Ford site? some time, recovered so far as to be able to
crawl to the road side, where he was shortly after foetid
by two emuleuies, who, on learning who be was, sod
the nose eT his being in that dreadful coalition, ro-
tated a hasimey coach, and conveyed him home. Mr.
Aliensethy was seat for, and *Refilled immediately i he
sewed up the wooed, which he declared not. to bi mor-
tal. mid the 'teenaged, Gentleman was put n bed. Iris
reetverry is
ezpiteted, although he is extremely weak
fres Ow 1•40 Or blOod•
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