The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-03 00:00:00

WILTSHIRE ASSIZES.

SALISBURY. fact' /act' B.

FORGER Y.

Till NINO. OW Tut presacutiox or waving,
Loess, ins imam, AND OMIT SAUNDIRS, P.
bill TM.

The Prisoner was indicted fir hoeing forged a
bill of staebange, purporting to be drawn by hits,
directed to Thames Bowden, beige-sesnefacogrer.
illooderd. Fain, and screwed by him, payable at
No. 40, Castle-street, Hallows. with intent to de.
freed the Prosecutor,. The weed count was for
uttering the saw as tree, keowlag it le be forged ;
the third gust was for forging an acceptance of it ;
the fourth for uttering as true the said forged and
counterfeited scerptanes, know'sg die ears to be
forged.
It appeared en Ike pert of the prwagetinn. whirl,
was conducted by Mr. LAWIII god Mr. SfollitY,
that the draft In question, which. was for 1631. 9..
wee tie the 30th December brwteht by the Primmer
to the Prosecutors' bank, et Devices, In be discount-
ed ; the some appearing to Mara been pryingly ac-
cepted by Thomas Booties, baize-maoefecturg.
Rumford. Ewes. The Premolars, In conseqe•ac•
et this accepting, cud from a 'Hy slight previous
seqesintance with the Prisoner, on his eodotairoa it,
discounted the bill, which, when it was pregeted for
pep unent on Its hemming due, no the ibith of Fe.
briars last, wag dishonoured. Enquire heleg wade
at Romford, nn fillings could be Ind of Bo•den, the
acceptor, or of any baise.manufsclerer having re-
sided there for the last 20 yenta. No more sada-
factoay iofottnation was obtained at No. 40. Castle-
mire', !labors. These fects •ere proved by the
'globosity on the pats of the presecedoe.
On the part of the Prisoner, a person of thews,
if Boolskaw, who stated biassed to be a partner
with Thomas Bowden. swore In the acceptance being
in hi. partner Bondro's handwriting.
O. his crossorgminagion, be stirred that they dealt
le woollens and wool, at 16, Crooked-lams, and
27, Miles-lene; that he slid ant know that Bowden
lad any boos. at Rumford, at that he lived there;
thtt they never manefectured baize there. Never
knew of his accepting any Lill at 40. Omit-street ;
neither B.ioden 'tor •itness bad goy thing to du at
40, Castleastreet ; saw his theta. *boot December
last ; Mtn not seen Lion slate ilia weeks last Saturday.
Witness's partner hip with Bowden enatineed, bet
be could not get at bier to pet hint in the Gazelle A
llis description was, fits feet aka inches high, fair
gooplesion, about 3$ or 36 yeses of age, bald
on the crown, sod light haired. flute dealt
with Mr Lowe, Qleen-street4 Cheepaide ; have
bought woollens igi Williostun and Co. The wit.
nese rated Menet( to lite at 29, Pesten-place, New.
kolloa•
Juba Bogg has lived at 40, Cattle-street, Hal-
bore, tines Macheelaggas tweleamoiiiii; knows this
bill ; it is Prisoner's hatid••risitig; was surprised
when it was presented at hie hoes,; never Mord of
Mr. Bsattlee and Mr. Webb carrying ea bailees at
Briteford.
J Warden, Attorney for the Prisoner, us, fbek
called, to prove the serving a selspega en the owl
ceptor, Bowden ; but it was objected, that this
should have bees taken advantage of, age a modem fee
a new Wel. •-•
Lynn was called, eke said he sew Bawde. on
Sonde, meek, at the chambers of a (deed, is a visit
be paid him in the Fleet wisoo, shwa be served •
copy of the guinea:4 en his.
The Learned Jcdge then seaweed up. Geodesy,.
—lt will probably happen, 441 I shall have to sub-
ant your verdict to the opinions of the 12 Judges wa
the questiun, whether or not the false assweption of
character by the Ptitioser in this ewe, and the falai.,
of direction is to Ms abode, does sot bring him
within the &unites easiest fotiery ; yes will have to
detereriee, •hether the grams either forged this sea
cooling, or mitered it koowing it to be forged. Do
pre bellies lks witnesses nn the part of the Prisoner,
who state the acceptance of Mr. Boucles to be Mai
If yew do not, theca is an end of the cag. The
Vtlfollet beige rommitted to take his Idol we this
charge, he bed nutice of the ace wily there week) be
of his predating Bowden. This he has net done,
neither has be accoonted satisfactorily for Bowdon's
wet being here, or moved 111 pat off the trial on ghat
account. No ascii person is to be found at Rod.
ford, in Estes. Awl thew if is sot made plebe's!
Rigchfotd, bet at 40, Castle-street, llolhorn. it
behoved the Prisoner to she* that there was such a
person. 'flier, is no ',Hews that soy such person
1.01 partblrr aids any one as halse-msnofacterers.-oi
Now, Gentlemen, I believe the law en this point too
stood shot : if any tic dy gives a descniptioe of himself'
which does not belong to bite, so that he thereby ob.
tent a credit to himself which he otherwise sada
set be gbh, to obtain, Ito comers within the penalty
of the law against forgery. N here the solves.
ed severer. Bowden. states himself to be a twig-
eleeefacterer ; evidence has Ng given that the Psi-
senor knew T. Busden ; if so, he west have known
Milts not to bate been such haise.snanefacterer.---
Why, the., does he direct the bill to him in this gl-
eamed character ? Should there be is whines such
'vigor's(' as this Bowden, the Primmer has still made
a-fslse bill. for be has gives a false character to Bow.
den, one which does not been to him. If he was
not • baiar.manufactorer, be ought mot to hive so
described him ;itis a fake hill. Your Irsi qiestion
west be. whether at sot there is sack a person as a
Thomas Bawdier ?
The Jury frond there was no reds person ; which
was, of course, followed by their boding the Pri s
Tbe Prisoner had been actptilled ea a former in-
dictment on which he was arraigned ; and Digital
Met I ethers were found by the Grand Jere,
the trial of a hick were rendered unnecessary by ale
widget.

Aboet Are iselock on Sooday morning tie body
of a laboaring guts was bead lying dead 114.4 f
bay•rict, in J Geld of Mr. Welch's, at Spatial,;
I. bid a weond ito his heed; he bad too inatoy in
his pocket, altboggh be had bees paid his omit',
wages on tbe preceding (Saturday) night. A polio(
shr•es lay rig she grnaird near silo body, whit* did
,lot belong fn bias.. The body was ...01,41111 to the
public.touse for a Corotrr's Irquest.

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