The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-13 00:00:00

T. Dewitt. jeer Hereford, moony-serivener. Novt.ll, 95.
Dee. 2:4 at Guildhall, Lathes. Attorecy, Mr.Wright,Hyde-
street, 810 omitury.
7. entetti.r, Pavement, Mrserlielis, paper-hanger, Nov. 14,
21, Dee. 29...nt Skutt :ball. Atsorn,!y, Mr. A Ilde, jun. Catbstm •
street, Fajetsmstistare.
I. ritellnll4l fur! ..T. Wilmn.*Qoremstreet' Cheapsitle,
ivarchattientea. Nos. 14, 214. Der.'tl, at !,oildhall. • Attor-
etes, Neale,. Swain, Meseta, awl liztplei, Old Jewry.
J. R.iwstor,ve tiorter:s-eoort, Tirrorn•hrlort-,lreet. met-
Chnt, Nov. lft,i/ Dec. 23, at tlttildball. Attorney, Mr.
liackett,-Chancery:lane.
• 1311.11/ENDS. . • ^-
Dec.& G. Grimes, Grunt Warner-Arent, CelJltfith-fields.
lance-draper.-Nave. IL .1. !Amu, Saia„;r-gairlem, ware.
onless/tn.-Dec. 9. W. Totter; fun. Evetrt, serge-manu-
'lactate:re-Mee. 9. W. Cooper, Chick St to's, merchant.
Der. 5. S. 1111,..101kitt4qam., Linc•thishire, woollen-draper.
Dec. IS. J.Watiffla. Chepstow. Nloomenthigire, draper.-
' Dee. t J. Tikinver, Rncbfort, Essex. corrien.-Dec. 2. J 11.
Merry, iVelf-AwittiCield, oilman.-Dec. 16.... R. T. brtot and
J. 11.irron, WrObtook, Manchester, warekoir.entan.-;--Dre. 5.
' tivtrpitil; merelittni:--•11ec. 6. 11. Henry, Liver-
ies!, lay lor.- Dec. 2. S. Phelps; Grossetsw-place, merchant.
Der. IJ. TI. Newman, Skinner-street, currier.-Der. lti. J.
Clarke,s;oisbur.,hatterdesher.Jau.3o'. M. Freoet,George-
street:Pot !man-square,wismatercliaot.-Nev..SB. J. Green-
wood sod w . (4rimaid 401(18road-si reel, auctioneers.- Dec. 2.
G. claylo.m. Bristol, cabinet-maker.- I)ee.l. B.C. Winhall,
Mots, Wareeiter. miter.- Ore. .% VI; W km, Lithesetter,li
&trivet-G. and 11. Patienger, U*3, Hants, woollen-siva-
I pers....Nov. .31 J.Betts, Ewes, ship-builder.-
Der. 2. W. Mart, Ilytnotth Dock, Ilsen-draper.-Sor.
'2t. J. Thomaf, St. Jaine.4.'3-place, ler.-Dre. 1. G.
Dodsworth, Beverley, Yorkshire, draper.--Dec. 1. J.
Tnoinvon, Liverpool, nserchaut.-Nor. W: Gore, 41J-
gate, Manchester wateltrinteman.-Nor. 29. Cl. Lest], W.
Leah, and J.. 111: Lnetsren, N ewcastle-open-Tyot, uverchantv.
-Dec. 2. A. Vodell, l'aufs-chaise, furrier.-Nov. 11. 'f.
Marina and J. Bros% Ggiwell-bireit, bine-nuinufacturer .-
Nov. 21. A .11aMilton and D. Halthurton.Ox ford-srreet,lotem
deapero......N by. 30. %V. Wearer. Bow-lane, warrehouo-mia....1
S or. 30. Lead T. A. Beale, Basin,thall-st reel, wire buusewesi..l
Nev. 90. G. and A.Reutington,o fo.-d-4 reef ,ca hinet ina kers.
N. 14. Savage-gardem. dertlev.-Dee.i. S. Holiness -I
Thrtmas-street, Stintbssarkt merc:satst.-Dec. 7. J. Nick'.
Manchester, get-tr.-Dec. I. T. Thorarky, Manchester, tal-
low chandler.-Det. 16. J. Rawlins, Red tion-itreet, Clerk- '
enwell, hardwireman.-L-Det. 12. J. Moulted' and J. Me-
quiera, Gratecharch-street, druggists.-Nos. 30. J. Curtis
and H. P. (.riffin, Lodg.tte-lialt, oil mercbruits.-Nov. 30.
1). A. floslo, Gracerlittreh-street, hosier.-Dee. 2; W. Clap-
ham, Kennington, wine merchant.- N0v..2.3. 11. Haywood,
Ramsgate, butcher.-Nov. 18. W. Wright, Ashb‘-de-la-
Zourh, draper.-Nov. 18. J. Cole, Fore-street, stationer.-
Nov. ..11. A. Thomas, Dnke-street, St. Jamey s, (caber ma-
nefaciarer.--1/ce. 5. J. Kay. Lloyd's Coffee-hunk, under-
writer.-Nov. G. Eliot, Witieliesticr-street, merchant.-
I)cc. ?.. D. J. V. Hoeven, Bury.cnu,t, St. Mary Air, iner-
chaat.-Dtc. P. litmter, Br;vtol, merchant.
LAfll: INTELLIGENCE.

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EXCHEQUER.. 614.1LIIRS,0000‘.11:•
Tee etaiWiteittitst.
Mr. Ykras argued tilt e:ise,lol; the. primmer
with great learning and ability. It was an in.
dictment which had been .trievrat the Lancaster
4ssises, and by which the prisoner was charged
With disposing of, or patting off, at a rate less
than their nominal value, certain forged notes d
the flank of England. It appeared on the trial,
tit-at the witnesses by whom the case on the part of
the proiecution was made out, had applied to the
prisoner, suspecting him to be a dealer in forged
notes, to dispose of some of these notes to. them.
The prisoner had not any in his possession at the
time, but aftersiarda procured some for the wit-
nesses who appear 0! the trial against him, two
persons of the' Week S;iaw and Ilrhitellead,
who,. it also appeiteitt, had been employed in this
transaction 'by the Sok, with intent to defraud
which Corporatimt, the prisoner was charged
with havini disposed of or put off' the notes in
question.
Au objection was taken for the prisoner, at the
trial, that the 'act of these witnesses was to he
held in this instance the act of the Bank, which
could nut be snowed to procure a' crime to he
coninAtted against itself for the mere sake of 'pa.
sighing the prisoner. This point, and also an ob.
jection to the ram of the ititlichisetit, the Lisrn.
eJ ;tap who tried the case had reserved for the
opinion .of the Judges. The Learned Cown_
eel now contended, that the policy of the hereof
Eaalend was nOt to procure the commission of
critae, for the purpose of inflicting•puoishment,
Wit rather to prevent the perpetration of cri.ne.
j) tltiit Orineiple fie argued, that the Bank of
'England halting by their agents, whose act must
be supposed to this effect, to be that of the Bank,
procured, with' their owe consent, an imaginary
fraud to be committed against themselves, could
never be permitted to punish the prisoner fur an
offence to which they themselves had been the in.
stigaton. He instanced a case in point, where a
number of persons, and, among others, the per.
,son to be robbed, having entered into* conspiracy
to induce another person to commit -a tobbery ;
the rabbet., though he willingly committed the
offence, and was ignorant that the person whom
he had sobbed was a party to the instigation of
lids' robbery committed on himself, was, on a re-
ffronee to the Judges, acquitted. He (lid not go
the length of amending that In such a case it
was necessary that the party, against whom the
intent to'defraut was' charged, should actually be
defriaded : but this he did contend, that it was'
necessary that the probability, at least, of the
f;:a6d Being effected sh4uld appear. This was not
' here the case, thd Bank being the only party as to
whom the intent-to defraud was charged, NA
being, at the same time, through its oWn net sad
deed, the only instrument through whom the
fraud could be perfected.—As to the point of
form, he contended, that the indictment-was de-
festive, in as far as it did nut particularize the per-
sons to ',dhoti' the notes were disposed of, and
thereby furnish the Prisoner with a clear vie* of
the charge to be made against him.
Mr. Lamas:, fur the prosecution, argued, that
the form of the badictnient was that torn) which
was in universal use on every circuit in the king-
dom. The intent of the Prisoner too, to defraud,
could not be denied. lie did not know Shaw and
Whitehead to have been employed by the Bank ;
his disposal of (lie notes to them might, therefore,
fur any thing be knew to the contrary, ultimately
lead to a fraud on the Bank, on rhuni lie could
not be ignorant that the forgery was committed.
Shaw and Whitehead might even themselves have
acted fraudulently towards the Bank, in which
cue also the intent of the Prisoner might have
taketreffect. Moreover, howev-r, he argued that
the witnesses on this trial were nut the agents of
the Bank as to the specific noes iu question, but,
generaoy, fur the detection of forgeries. It was
nut, therefore, by the instructions of the Mink ,
that they had made the application to the Pd_
. soner, and in consequence of which he had cis_
posed of the notes In question to Iheht.—llecision
*lured. •

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