Old Bailey, Wednesday, Fe...
The Times, 1824-02-19T00:00:00

LaRD CrnIEr BAItor, Mr. Justice BnST, Mr. Baron GRA:R:5; an m ofilit tHeIw Ald~ietd for uttering a forged OL Bank-note, well lnowing it to be forg-ed. Mir. SiRgeianteBosAIMETu conauctedl the prosecution on behalf ofthe Ban],ofEngland. It appeared, that on the l1th of D)ecem- her last, the prisoner went wvith a young woman into the shiop of Lyose Lev, in Nloll.Ywell-street, and bargained with Mrs. Levi for cltht nae a pelisse and a waistcoat. It amnounted to 21. Os., in' payment of which the prisoner put down a 01. note. Mrs. Leri de- sired her husband to go out to procuire change for the note; obNerv- in g in Hebrew, that sbe thought it was a forgery. Wlhile the bus.. band was absent, the prisoner,seerned very uneasy, and dItrecting the young woman to wait for the change, he wont anway; but being purTsued, he was taken near Somerset-haute, and given into cus- tody, as wa-s -also the young woman;- but the latter was afterwards discharged. When he tendered the note to Mirs. Levi, he gave her a flamne and address, each of which turned out to be false. He was proved to have passed another 61. note to a cheese- monger in Oxford-street another to a law-stationer namned Cox; and another to a publican named Wiard, giving upon each oc- casion afalse accouniti6fIhimself. The four notes were proved tobe forgeries, all from the seine die. A witness was called on behalf of the prisoner, who stated tirt he was in the greatet3t distress;~ and both he anid one of the witnesses for the Prosecution gave him a good chiaracter. The jury found himn Guiltt,; but recomnmended him to mercy, on accoutto ofbIi& distress andl lp&vious good character. C/arrte-r Crorcdcr was indicted for feloniously receiving 50 promis.. tory 'notes for 31. each, of the bank of Messrs. Taylor and Co., of Birmingharm, well knowing them to have been stolen by some evil. lisposed persons. There was a second count, describing the notes as pieces of stamped paper. MNr. AL.s.xv, having stated the case to the jury,, call'ed the follow. ng witnesses : Robert Brown said he was one rf the clerk-s in the banking-house .if Mlessrs. l1anbury and Co., of Lonibard-Street, and( knew the liouse of Mlessrs. TIaylor and Lloyd, at Birmingham - thiey made tieir notes payable at Mlessrs Hanbury and Co's. On theli'.th of D)ecember, witnes- made ~i tw' pacls of thtir notes in one, to :he amiount of 4,0001.. and deiee t to Winm. Sergeanit, the guiard )f the Balloon Birmingham coach. inV. Sergeant said, he receivedI the parcel from the last witness, in lombard.streeet, atnd was to carrv it to Mtessrs. Taylor and L,loyd, in Birmingham. He received' it about 12 o'clock at noon : :he coachi waLs to set off at a quarter before five. 1-Is tied the parcel ip in hishbandkerchief, andI went to the Magpie, in Wlood-street, wherelhe was in thobhabit of sleepiing. He isually slept foran hour, ir two in the afternoon. Before he went to bed, he gave the parcel 0 James Greeves9, the landlord, who returned it to hiim when lite gotI ip after three o'clock. He then took it to Lad-lane, to the coach- lifice, and laidI it on the seat in the inside of the coachi. In aboutt !ve minutes, when he looked for the parcel, he missed it. Hie, maote every mnquivy abouit the place, hut without eff'ect, and then i'ent back-io the Baunk and informed them that he had losr theU arcel.I AMr. BRODaEReCg hiere asked le-ave to put a hudsbeen tBrown, ;he la-st witness; he wished to know if the noteslidbe paid here?' Alr. A LLaY said they had. MNr. Baron G11,UACr.-And they were now about to be sent back- o Birmintghanh for thec purpose of being re-issued. Alr, BaODRIaaCs thien took an objection to the indictment. At the timne the notes were stolen they had beta paid and satisfted by Hessrs. Hanbury and C o.. and therefore beforec they were re-is-sued ay Mtessrs. Taylor and Lloyd they wvere niot actually pronsissory iotes, or docudriernts, whichi came within the descriution contained in the 3d Gco. IV , upon whic-h the indictment was frameda. The objection h;aving been argued at considerable leng-th by the -ounsel on both sides, the learned Jstdges reset yed it for ithe decision )f theo twelve Judges, in case the verdict should rendler it necessary. The case then proceeded. The witness, on his cross-examination by Air. BRODaELCx, SaidI he knew that this was a very valuable parc.el, and thierefore gave it to his landlorti to tak-ecare of for hin. He left it onthescat of the coach, with his great coat over it, while he went into the office. Trhere were persons about the coach : he intended to have put it into the boot. Jamies G reeve.s, the landlord of the Mlagpie awl Pewter Platter. received the parcel frotn the last witness on the day mnentioned, and returned it to himi in the same condition, about 20 iminutes before rour o'clock. Daniel Grav was then sworn, andl said, I live now at Norwvich. I formerly lived at Binminghamn. In the mionth of September last, I was at Mahlon Fair, in Essex. I saw the prisoner ttiters, in comi- pany ~withia person named Titrnly. '!'urnly asked me, in pisoner's 4tear, i knwTyoadLloyd's bank, at Bir'minghM ? I said I tlid. He S.,dd he hadl got a parcel of their notes, he tolitmne thiat he hiad tor,tcd (watched) the guard of the Balloon ratler, meaning theBatlloon coach; thiey had got very nearlyl1l,0001. Hie said he ha fenceed (sold) them for 2,0001. ;, that is, hie had sold them to a receiver. He said he had tried tojcewe them back to the owners, but that they would niot give him a zag- (halfpenny) for thiem. I-leshelowed me one 5l. note, andi wanted me to buy some, saying "1they are rare good thiings, and you can putt them away well." I saulI I could not, as 1 had'no m-oniey'.IBe asked if I knew any one wlho would buv them ? I said I knew one who would, and intro-duced him to George Wiardl. Crowder wvas present. I'told Mr. Paynie, the then keener of Birmingham gaol, what had passed. I wrote to biini ; and in consequence of' his directions, I saw the v risoner. I received money' fromni lr. Payne to make a purchlase. informed Mlr. Bird, the solicitor for the prosecution, of what had takeni place; and in consequence of his instructions I camne to London, and saw the prisoner at "1the Tbtree Crowns," City-road. I miade a bargain withi himi, that I should re- ceive 05:15 31. notes for 101. H4e was to bring me the notes to the Thiree Csrowns at si-, o'clock that evening. I remained there until hialf pasRt five, wvhen the prisoner and Turnly camne to me. The pri%oner -aid the notes were rlot then ready, bitt they -hould be ready at six o'clock.A sio'lc th piisoner anti Turoly came, and Crowder called me out. On coming out of' the houise Isaw them both,and George Ward. Crowder said tolWard, "Gi-veBill (witness%)your money, and he can have all thethi aind gilve y,u yostr out." W1lard wvastolhave six01. notes, anr~ nine. Ward said he did not like to trust anyv one with his mzoney. Thietnree then went round the corner out ofrmy sight. In about two minutes afterwardls Igot sight of them. Upon my coming up, Turnly' pulled a. lot of notes trom hisi pocket, and counted them into Ward s hand. Hes3aid, 1I think I gave you 7." Ward said, then count thcrnagain if you think so. ward went away. Turnliv countqd the others into Crowder's hand, andsaid there were only 8.~ 'Purnly' gave me the 8, and said, "W Iard has got one too mnany." Tsirnly then went awav, but before he went I said, here is the motley ; he saidl, stop until I come back. Crowder again countecl them, and I[gave him the ten sovereigas. I asked hiim when I ivas to have the other note ? He said, you shall get it when Turnly comies back. When Tumly camne hack, he said, "1I'ma d_(d if there is nor one wrong." Crowder said, Wiard had got it, and lite (Crowder) would sooner be lagged (Stransaprted) thaLn done out of one. He afterwards called WVard out of the Public-house, and said, " Cmi d-----.d if there will notraecab- row about the note, you have got too many." WVard called out a man named Couts. There wecre some high words, anti I treated all the parties to grin. I took some wine anti water mnyself, I gave the notes to dIlr. Bird, at Birtningltani. On his cross-examination by Mlr. PLATT, he said, I amn aL brass-foander, but have not 'worked as aL brass-founder for these three years. It is about four y,ears ag~,o si'cq I worked at that trade; myv next wats the woal work, for three or four months ; I then pot a license for hawking. _ oo it out abnut 15 rmonthis-ago, a9t Cam- bridge. In the interveningf timie I did buisiness for Mr. Payne. I did hiis employ for him. don't like to tell yout what it was. It was to look afrqr Bank-notes for the Bank af Englanid. I don't know why I was so employed. The officers thoughit me a kind of a sly chap. They areal it where I coins frort. They know.flash as well as I do.I come f'romi Birming-ham. I lived tipon my money aftrwads,lik a entema. Isavd tis one; bove 1001. I can' nae ay on hee wo sa tht mney ithme;it would be too ong o frob im s nae hi. Mr Refordhad601. ofniins, and r, Pyne 01. at he sme tme.I was once tried for passing a fogednot, ad acuited.Thi prsecution took place after I was mplyed y te Bak. t wa atNorwich, about thr-ee years ago extsumer.I wet fc asolierwhen I was a lad ; I left the armay about the timie of the battle of Waterloo. 1 was then at M1alts. I saw T Isrn1y at Baniet-fair, and afterwards at ialdon- fair. It was Turnly whio said that they had fenced 11,0001. for 2,0001. Mlr. PL.ATT.-How could he bargain with you for any part of them, if they, had been all fewced ~ Witness.-He told mie that he hail laid out money in specuilation, and boughs some of them back- I did not say anyithing to the gen- tleman (Ir.L.awv, who examnined himn) about speculation, because he did not ask me. I can't say that I was astonished at his proposing to give me stolen notes. When thenotes were produced, they came fromn the pocket of Turnly. T1hey called me Bill, because they did not know mny nanie. iMv name is Daniel, andi not Bill. I somne- timiespassed by the nansieof Bill,whonen id not like themto know my namie. It was dark whiere wve stood. The notes were countedI in the dark. I countedI them again in the houise, and looked at themn. In thes that7 wiier the light shene. Upon mny oath, I got the William V-ayne, chief constable of Birmingham, corroborated so muchi of the 1preceding wi'tness's testiinony as respected his share of' the transaction. He coill. not say where Gray got thle notes. Mlr. Bird proved that hie got the eight notcs from, the last witness. Twvo perioos were convicte at Mlanchester of receiving some of the stolen notes. dtfary Ann Dawsoti, servant at the Three Crowns, said, she knew Gray, anid had some knowledge of ttite man at the bar. She rmen. bered the parties at the house on the 14th of Deceinber, a'nd a row taking place in consequencte of one person baring a note too much, and another a note too little. lite rild not i.now that she saw Crow- der there. She corroborated some mrinsikte pardeulara sworn to by GraF.. M1rs. Mfoore, the lanidlady, of the. pualte-house, saw Gray and Bill Couts there that nigh1t; but s1ie did not know the prisoner, no.rliad she any recollection of having seen him before. The keeper of the Gilt.,.pur.street Compter proved that the orison- cr was its his custody when the robbery was comintitted, under 'the sentence of sixrrmonth'6imprisonmient fobr keping a house of ill-fame. (Trhe ob~ject of pirodulcing this witness's evidencee was to sho~w thlat the prisoqncr w-as uot the thiief, eind tdierefore nRust, utiider the circumstances swQrn to, have been a rectiver.) Tte prisoner, in his defence, said, that hle Iiad not beeh confronted with the witnes.ss before the imagistrates, nor had he ever seen any of them before to,vlay. Had he secn or knownatiy thing of Gray, lie iiight have conic prepared witlh agood defenice. ile denied aU know- ledge qfrhe transaction. He did not call any witnesses to charecter. Mr. Baron GRAHAMA summed up the evidence to the jury, and told them that the only difficulty in the case was, what degree of cridit was due to Gray, corroborated as he was in many particulars by otber witncsses. After the Jury had deliberated for a fev minutes, they turned round, and the Potemaan said, " WVe do not think Grays evidence sufficiently corroborated to warrant us in finding a verdict of guilty upon it: we thereforeacquzil the prisoner." Mlr. ALLs.r.-The prisoner is also indicted for the robbery, but as I have given evidence of his having been in another place at the time, I will not procced witlh it; so that he escapes. Before the Cosnos mmEo SGEAXeT anda Londo,l Jliru. Jane .ioore was indicted for stealing, in the dwelling-liouse of Matthew Kirwan, several articles of plate and other property to the value Qf 001. It appeareg that the prisoner had been but a short tisem in Mr. Kirwan's service as housemaid, when one evening, while her master and mistress were gone to the play, the cook going up stairs observed itie prisoner with a light in the room in v!hicb the plate-chest was; and her suspicions being excited by her rmanner, she watched her, and finally detected her with a iundle made up, coDtainin, several articles of valuable plate. The prisoner saic that she wasinduced te do this y- -her uncle, who was in great dis- tress. She had a basket withtother-articles in it on theleads ready to be let down by a rope whielrwvaattuelcd toit She was found auilty; i but coWmHepn4d to riercy br t.h proseoutor. OLD - D4RY,_WEDr,yzB,vsD,t 7.', ". 18.