Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-10-14
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The following repor, Of trial which re-
Gently took place'in England details The
particulars of.a series Of extensive Jorge
ries in- Europe which bear some simil'tude
10 The forgeries recently committed III 'his
country blythe New Orleans operator:
An action, brought by Mr. Boyle against
MIR. Lawson. the publisher Of the Times
newspaper, for n libel published 10 that
Journal, was tried before Chief Justice
Trindal and Special Jury, at Croydon
Assizes, on Tuesday. The plaintiff was
banker at Florence. and the agent OF
1essrs. Giynp. Halifax Il Co. The Il
bel which the Times had published was TO
the effect that the p!aintill'was engaged ~
a conspiracy to defraud Mcssrs. Glynn,
HaIifan & Go. aud various Continental
bankers. by the presentation of forged let
,ers of eredil; aud it appeared IN para
graph headed "Extraordinary and Exien-
s;ve Forsery = which professed 10 give the
evidence of one Perry, n conspirator, who
had been examined before The Police at
Brussels, aud copies OF some letters which
had been intercepted between the consp'-
ralors, both ofwhich mentioned bo5lc as
being implicated in the fraud. The pub
Usher Of the Times pleaded a Justification.
The fraudulen, scheme originated with the
Marouisde Bourbelles, o resident at Flor
enee and Leghoru. who used Boglc's bank.
Another conspirainr was Mr.. Graham.
Bosle's siepfalher, who once represented
the county .: Stirling in Parliament. The
Marguis's plan was 10 procure letter OF
credi, from qhe house ofGlynn Il Co, and
10 have plate engraved in exact copy oi
the original Of this so far as lis form went ;
20 purchase paper Of a similar quality to
,ha, Of Glynn & Co.'S letters oil credit, for
the purpose Of inking impressions of the
pIate: 10 procure the means o. exactly
forging The signature Of Glynu & Co.; and
when all else was prepared. TO presentlhe
forced letter 10 each the numerous agents
of Glynn & Go. throughout Europe. and
simultaneously, by The Consprators; who
should afterwards assemble Il, an appoln-
ted place of meeting and divide the spoil =;
after which the whole were TO decamp 20
India, Africa, America or China. The
first part OF the scheme was successfully
carried out; the forged letter was couple
ted all but the signature. For this, accor-
ding to the Times, MIR. Boyle procured the
model, in a letter Of credit, which was !nit
at his hank by the pc-son in whose favor
j, was drawn; Boyle borrowing IT from
another person in whose custody II was
left. IL was proved for ihu defendant, III
The action, tina, the time when this letter
was borrowed was just after the return OF
The Maquis de Bourbelles from England.
with the impressions Of :he forged plate
that on the return oft Marquis TO Flor
ence, Er. Boyle was seen closeied with
him for several hours in his department
Of The bank. wiki tho door locked, which
was quite unusual; the dcfcndent also as
serted, and brought Mr.. kerriek. the per-
son from whom the letter was borrowed.
TO prove, that upon. that cenlleman's re.
CENT Of some le,ler from the Belgian Minis
ter, containing the deposi,ions Of Perry,
who was just then taken up in Brussels,
and upon their being read ever TO Boele,
he behaved unlike an innocent man. gave
way 10 despair, said he was ruined, and
retired Immediately from CONNECTION with
the bank Stress was also laid on the fact
proved tia, on the Grahans leaving Flor
ence, some things were sent To The bank 10
be taken care OF rs the property Of Boyle,
which were aiterUards found TO include a
tracing machine or instrument for taking
fac.similes Of hand writing. The sigma
tures of all the letters were so exactly like
Mr.. Halifax's writing aud like each other.
that Mr.. Geo. c. G!ynu, his partner, and
the clerks in The bauk, could hardly say
which were forgeries or which were not,
The defendant also prcifered the deposi'
tion of Perry a, BrusseIs, tha, he had been
told by one ofihe Grahams. who was un
doubtedlya conspiralor, that Boyle was
implicated in the plot; but this was rejec-
ted by the Judge, because the mauers
men,ioaed were not within Perry's own
knowledge. But the evidence on which
the defendant, mos, of all relied 10 prove
Bosle's gill, was in the shape Of copies
from origine,s, in French archives, Of let
lers which had passed be:wcen The chiei
conspira,ors, in which Boyle was mention
ed by name as one Of their party. The
reception Of these in evidence was oppo.
sed, Oh the ground that the originals could
mol be procured. The defendant had sent
barris,ers and persons of intelligence 10
Paris, Brussels. Osterd, Geneva, Turn.
Bologua, Florence, Parma, Cologne, Liese
Ghen,, Antwerp, Coblenlz, aud in fact to
every place in Europe where traces oi
evidence might be procured: and these
letters were the frui, ofthat wide and cost.
" search. On the summing up, the Jury
were advised to throw them on, Of consid
Grafton. The Jury returned verdict for
the plaintilr-damases one lanhins.
The Cc7oline-Triai Of McLeod,-We
have had an interview with Dir. Wells,
the owner of the steamer Caroline, and one
Of the principal witnesses on the trial Of
McI.e az Utica. Mr.. Wells is an intelli-