The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-08 00:00:00

1

shop.: ?vintner looked it at the lint witness's alltop.• pod nit
seeing an of he ran away. Witness pursued him, but could
sot overtake him.
Cross-egamlned Primmer ran away before there was' any
cry of 6. stop thief."
John Jahez Berry, a grocer, in N meg:de-street. raw the note
now in 'Court, bad sent fur au officer. West,, In the 'flop or
M. Pherson, to see if he could see the person who bad citt...4.0
the note. Did not she Prirouer in the shop. Gill the Where
came soon after, and came to Mrs. 11•Pheison's. Waite to her
shop. Frost said. 66 There is the ama who tendered theeme."
sOkris w bans looked, and saw the Prison, rat the door. Pri.
then ran ff, and was pursued by Frost and witness, pri.
was apprehended, and raid, 6. What do you want with
me ?" .lho answer was madellt this. hut he was taken buck r,,
Mrs. al• Pherson's. lie was asked show he had taken the no.e
of? He said he knew every person shoes he look ante, of. He
was asked to write his name and addresson the /lute, and bir. .
M` Pherson gave him pen and ink fur that purpose. Ile say.
6. Mby do you ask that question ? fur it is malting to you, and
lit ill not put my name ou the note •' lie was searched by tho li
:"Htleerwealsletalikleelin t?heato the Compeer, .:
officer, aid one shilling only was found on hisn. There was gkg 1
!iut ibefolVe no an- f
tstwiheerr, naos thee.
rtilluesewdatseted.
and then the officer of that prison asked his rianse,'"emt he *id ,T
1 his name was .. Jones." When before the Magnitatoat timid,
hall, he gave his name as 66 Howard."
Thomas Gill, Ward Beadle of 'Farriagdon Within, combs._ .
W
rated the former evidence. itness was told by a brother Cali
cer of his. that the Pri.souer's name was Howaid. t,
Thomas Glover has been Inspector of- Rank-antes for the lase'
25 years. The nose now shoals him is a tiwgery in every re, I
epee'. 'Me paper is nut such as that yard by the Bank of hie- 'i
land. The paper of this note has merely toe appearance of a
.t
I water murk which is erected after the paper has been made,
whereas in get:aide mites the water mark is to the fabric of the
paper. The engraving aas not from a Bank plate, for the
rigere* in Bank notes are made Ist' means of atereolype, whereas
' in these forged notes they are engraved on the-plate. The dit.
ferenre is 'hereby wore easily ascertailied. The signature pur.,
porting to he that of the Stettin.' Clerk. Mr. Stoke, it a forgery,
Nathauiel Stake declared the signature • her to be his mod.
writing.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
The Prisotter. in his defence said, that he had no hesitation
in admitting that he uttered the ante its question, and gave the
name of issues. At the time he uttered it lie felt perfectly Can-
scios.s of 116 ilinocence, mid his re..soo for giving that name was,
that he had been recently in the Comptes- on a bald:wily %errata,
from which hr had been discharged ell his Mill recognizance, s
and he was much afraid that had he given his on ii tame Le
would have been again taken into custody, He ran owns see-
ing the of:beers o:s that very ground, and he must say, that had 1
he been guilty of inning wilfully a forged note, he would cer-
tainly not have remained so long in the shop as lie did.
Mr. Teague, Keeper of the Comitter, confirmed the filet bf
the Prisoner'slutv;ng formerly been In that pa nom on a warrant
fur bastardy, and being discharged on his own recoguiaance.
Inc Jury wished to know from the Clerk of the 5,.,i,,,e, ,
whether the Prisoner bad been discharged fr.Au that recooniaance
at the Session:.
Mr. Clarke (Deputy Clerk), went for the recognizanees, nut •
read aem, on his return. to the fury. • It appeared the recii.
nizanee had been forfeited by the bon appearance ut the Pet.
toner at the Sec iota. and that lie was liable to be atspreltcaded.

Mr. Baron WOOO charged the Jury, nod observed thin
though the Prisoner had acted a tong in assuming a false name,
vet lie might he a pologi•ed for so doing from this CilVilti*llitite,
that there %bi4s ISO sa,:, tug o hat tear would not drive mess its do.
The Learned Judge considered that she Prisoner had nut ,Inian
hat lie was actuated by a male aniaiss, for other% i•e hi• might
have left the shop tit once. Nis haying no other notes tea hi-
on!y one shilling, aiss much in his favour; tor it
oat often found that guilty titterers of notes had, when appre-
lie7:ded,• plenty of silver on them, they procured by ut-
tei int bad mites sit small shops. •
The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, found him—Nr
Guilty.
James Egerton was indicted capitally for feloniously assault
lug James Randall on the King's highnity, and taking from Isis
person a cont. cud h. Gd. in money, under a threat tit chargirg
hint with having been guilty of diabolical practice,. The hat
basing been proved in evidence.
Mr. Justice lloutorn, in amusing sip to the Jury, observed,
that to sustain the present indictment, they mast be satisAed
that there was a auisstraetive violence used, toe it wide, muds
a highway rubber', in cubes where threats produced personal
fear tar the low of Crammer sinCreputation, as it would he if r
*end wits preeaMS itr a tura'r head. if theltritiorld use lie
that °Potosi, It mi be is penal totolartbeopettion of thetwel
J
The Jury consulted for a abort period, tited then propottneed
the Prihotter Littilt)—Deutta. IC get! it.
1)0 Lice.

CUILDIIALL.—Yesterday 11.(mnel: l'elloa, only
••titrveti years old, was hr,tught before the sitting Ma.
&rote, Sir Cr.AUDIUS SIXPIICH LIUNTER, by Honey,
the Street-keeper of Nesigate-stieet, charged /silk
resony.
Mr. John Thompsoe, warehousemen, a. 3,
Ball's ligad•court, Newgate.siteet, stated, that
' short time ago he lost a piece of hembatine from off
Use counter in his warehouse. About half an hour
past ten that morning, there being nu person in the
Gent warehouse, the Prisoner carott-itt very slyly;
he hid himself, and saw her take a riece of bootnositre
from the counter and run off with it. He foltestiel
her immediately, and had her taken into custody.—
The property was worth bet wren 71. and St. Tat:
girl confessed having stolen the other pece of hues.
basitie lost some time since.
Mr. Murdoch, No. 8, Bull's Head-coact, saw the
child go into Mr. Thompson's warehousei and come
out with the bornbasine; lie stopped her with the pre.
pert), in her possession. She said she lived with bee
father, et No. 5, Bell.yard, Estasstreet, Aldersgste.
street ; on enquiry there kiwi found that the whole
family bore the very worst of characters ; the brie
sorter had been detected in several thefts, the brother
was transported for life a abort time ago, and the
ther is now in Newgate, awaiting her trial for felony.
The girl shed tears, but exhibited very liUlefeefoig;
for her situation.—Committed for alai.
C. Moseley was committed for picking the pocket of
Mr. Pollard, of Cbeapside, white he was attending
Divine Service in St. Paul's cathedral on Satidoy.
Mr. P. felt two twitches et his pocket, and then
putting round his hand, found the Prisoner drawing
his pocket handkerchief out. lie dragged hies-
t brough the crowd, while he disturbed the coogrega. •
lion by calling out for mercy.
BON•STREAT•—Yesterday a young matt Orstept
appearance, was charged at the above offic :with*
variety of fraudulent transactions, to obtaining suit*
4,
of mourning clothes of numerous tredesinen.we!rhe
Prisoner and his brother commeereed their operations 13.
immediately after tile death of her late Majesty.-.
The Prisoner was committed for trial, • .
MEd.
On the 3d inst. et wallineton, sear Carsitalten, Surrey, Ife.
W. Kilboru,.aged i 3.
On the 4th iost. Mr. John Gillespie, of Brixtoo.pi.tce, Sue.
rey. aged 68.
On the 4th last. at his house in Hotreeproten, Wa. liar.
ridre. Lsq.
On the sih inst. at Kensington. Than. Windte,4sq• of sciei-
hill, Wartteld, Berks., and tate of Jobnyireet, Bedford-rain,
London.
°mite sth inst. in Grenville-street. lirinmeirk-square, (MC
Ontitarine 111•Nnb, widow of the late Capt. Angsts.M•Nati, of
the Henry Oundas East Indiaman. . •
On tise 4th, intuit, at. hos hall:tie Redford-otttaire. John
Unladen, Esq., a Member of the Hououtable the Cover if f
reefers far tee Affairs tsf the Honeltralaie EaSt itsjia Co.pri
Oa the 6th lost. suddenly. in an apepktsctic 4t, *s.
Dom !kappa, of North Atidley-street.
COAL-MARKET. Vac.; .. 1
Ships at Market. Ships tt.ld Per
Newcwstle .. V 3 •
lti Ststberint,4l I I. ;4* #3114. 40C
• • .

. . . .
Loth tOON i krtooted am it ea by D. Loy Ft L. •:,
5T47E111431 Orslcit, Ho; I, SOiSbery-covrt,

•
1 )4

ut-
int 1
'lt-
his
irg
act
Srd
ucA
nul
its a
!uf
'
red •
Au,