The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-17 00:00:00

OLD DA/LEY.

Jeremy Garfield was arraigned for exposing for
sale silver spoons which had upon them a forged mark
resembling the stamp of the tioldstnith's Company.
To this indictment he pleaded guilty. lie was again
arraigned for the actual sale of the spoons, but to
that he pleaded not guilty.
JesiaA Cadmam.having been arraigned, with four
other young men, for uttering forged 51. notes,
pleaded guilty to the capital offence. He then, after
persisting in his plea, *(though warned of his peril-
ous situation by Mr. Baron Graham) begged leave to
occupy the time of the Court while he addressed a few
words to their Lordships, to sbew why he implored
' mercy for Murk& and his wife. He then read from a
paper, which he held with a hand trembling with anx-
iety, with tears streaming from his eyes, and with a
haltering tongue, the tollowlig affecting appeal for
mercy :
" My Lord—Having seriously considered the me-
lancholy situation in which my misfortunes, and the
critters with which I stand charged, have placed me,
I have resolved not to consume the time of the Court
in hearing evidence upon it, while my own conscience
has already convicted we.
I have, thertfore, only to implore the mercy of
the Court upon myself and my wife, and to beseech
that we may be suffered to repair, by a life of peni-
tence and indus ry in another country, the wrongs I

have done to society in this.
" I had the honour of serving his Majesty in the
royal marines for a period of seven years, with the ap-
probation of my superior officers. Subsequently, po-
verty and distresses, of the most urgent and intolerable
nature, overwhelmed me. I had the misery of seeing
a beloved and affectionate wife pining in sickness, and
without the common necessaries of life. In an evil
h.sur I embraced the only means of alleviating these
misfortunes, and committed the odious crime which
has reduced me to my present degraded and perilous si-
tuation.
" Praying that your Lordship will favourably, and
will mercy, and such recommendation of my unfor-
tunate case as your benevolence may dictate, I plead—
Guilty."
When he had finished be was violently agitated ;
' and his fellow prisoners, for like offences, shed tears
plentifully,; indeed, his appearance and situation wade
a deep impression on all in Court.
Mr. Baron ORAUAN ordered his plea to be recorded,
and the prisoner was removed from the bar.
Anne Smith (who, by Isis kiesing her and:support-
ing her to the bar, was no doubt the woman alluded
to in his address) was next arraigned fur a similar
crime, and though warned as Cadman had been, per-
sisted in pleading guilty. Sbe was also deeply affected.
The Learned Judge ordered tier plea to be recorded,
and she was removed from the bar. •

George Ellis, a young man of genteel appearance,
the son of a respectable solicitor in the city, having
pleaded not guilty to an indictment for tittering, on
the 3.1 of August last, in the parish of St. James,
Clerkenwell, a forged 51. Bank of England note, know-
ing it to be forged, was then put upon his trial. The
prisoner's real name was sot Ellis.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the evidesee, wit the
Airy, after a short deliberation; found the prieonerlhtilty
Death. .
6.4 T. Tapley, was next indicted for uttering i forged 5/.
wote it the shop of a linen draper in sued.street. When
taxed with the note being \bid, he
.gam the prevari-
cating and contradictory accounts of the way" in which

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be name by it as are usual is such cues. Verdict-
2011minsd Sparrow was indicted for disposing of two
fore,' Bank of Eaglasd notes, knowing them to be
forriosaredam Mid of Jett.
0111.1111 AM having Seamed up the evidence,
the 'sty found die- prisoner Guilty.
ellaWes !idler was indicted for putting away a forged
Bank of Ragland note, knowing it to be forged, on the
30th of July.
The prisoner, in Ms defence. called a witness named
Amu Hunt, who proved that on the day in qnestion,
the prisoner was at her house, from nine o clock in
nserniog until live o'clock in the evening, so that he
could set have passed the note to Mr. Wessel's ann.—,
Also anther toms that spoke to his good character.
Mr. Justice RICOARDSON having summed up tbe evi-
dence the Jury acquitted the prisoner.