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      The Bank Forgeries. A Fuimikk Examinatio...

      seaiblaace-ter'tbato * 'Agae iBKtheprevieas'caaet * It- es-Mbited' thessme- remarkable system : ofr co-operation ¦ which , exist *' , between- professed ; thieves ? tt » samesofctlj ^ contiivadiaad ^ iBgeaioiislyv ^ eiaboRttedi plans ; - ex > - tsnding-cww csousidecable jveriods ofc timey-by ; which ' , the TitsBnspsetin ^ arecled intotb «» snores * Attvreli , thaomvrct in question ^ gave Mr testimony at great , length on Saiurday . ; . but the most' important ! parts are Here-re * produced . He-said .. - — "I taav « oean convicted-of forgery , antkisentenced to trangportatiorr fo » life . I know , both * tbre . prisoners , Anderson ; asset Steward :, Is knew Saward ' . first ,., and ; be-CEanBuasquaiat & i ' -wttli- him about ; twelw months ; back * About ttiat time I' had' in my : possession' some blank

      cheques- and : some cancelled' cheques * These were' tbe produce , of * a > burglary committed : on' Mr : Doe . I showed ) them- to . •» person named Saunders , On the Oldstxeet-road .- I ; -went : to * his house-snsecond ; time , and Sawards was ? introdneedi to > me by Saunders * " It-Trasthen- agreed between AttweDJ Anderson ; . Saward ; and Sounders ; . , tbatt the blank ohequea- should be filled up " f < xr various * aiaoantBj . and the cancelled : cheques destroyed . This-was-done , and it was nest , arranged ! that those of the fillec ^ up cheques , -which'were on Messrs . Barclay ^ should be taken to that banking house by- a person * usually employed' on suoh ; errands ? and' called " the : sender . '' " We then . - weoti to-a private ; hoawa , wiere-itndersonhad " taken a private room .. This waa ' in

      Leman-streete Anderson -went : m ; D waited * near / the house ; It vas agreed- that-1 should watch the man who should be seort . to the bank , in order to see whether the money would' U * paid ! or not ; Aftenl commenced my waiting , another man went into that bouse . He came out again , went to Barclay ' s * - and I followed him . He took ' , the ohequa for 4 Sh 15 s ; 6 A . with Idrai I saw the money ; padi . - The-man < brought the money back . I cornmunieate < L'with another man , who -went-to a » puhliohouse ,- wbere Anderson was waiting , to see if the : money would , be paidi Tbe ^ mon ey waa paid im two . or three 10 k . notes and some-gold . After Anderson got . the money , he came , back to . liemaarstreet . He . canae out again , and tioined him . Wo went to-vvarda ^ the Eastern

      Counties Railway , where Auderson -was to meet another young , maay who was to present : the . other , cheque . I vrent-with Aaderaon to an eating-house opposite the sta-r tion . Anderson ; met the young : man by the platform ; and took hint ) into the . eaiiogrhouse , and sent him , -with thecteqwf &» 9 fik 17 ss 6 d . I saw the money fox that cheque- putt on the counten . It . waapaid partly in 10 / . moteB . My ditty was to . seethe young man . safe back with the money . Ih & young man -was going oyerLondon-bridge instead of . gpmg back to the railw-ay .. I wont and touched-liixnou ! the shoulder ^ and" told-him he was going the wrong -way . He said jio t he : was . - only going to his lasfretmpJoy-er'S tosee : wb » ther Aaderaon bad sent for hia character . Anderson at that 1 time passed by another name ; He ^ dianged hjs name on each , cheque . L don't

      ltirowstneinaine Anderson then passed under . I a aid to the young , man , ' There is a gentleman- waiting , for you at . the ; railway . He is very . particular , and he triea liia servant * in- thia w « y before , he- employs them . ' { Laagkieri ) Lwent back with the young man , and we met Anderson ) lwfao took : the young , man into a . publie-rhouse with him . I did not joia AndereSn , aaid I . afterwards met SawnrcL He gave the banknotes : to Saward . We went to tb . ft ( neighbourh « odiof the Hackney-road- Saward said he would take the notes himself , and sell them to , I think , a man named'Hall . Anderson , myself , and two other ; men , . waited : at ; aa public-house in- at street in the ; Haefcaeyvroad , wiiilfl : Saward . was ; awnyv H * went out ; andisubaequently' returned : with , gold :. Thati gold was'dfvidetLbefcween . us 'fiv « i Saward did not ; say . who Mh Hall traaki He .- said her know Mn » j . Saward said

      thafcf i £ over : I should , meet , with , anything ; 1 was .- to communicato : with , him ¦ or ; Mr .. 9 auiid £ rsi J , and that if ha hadlaoyjttdng be would ; communicate . with > me . JUgavo hinr my ) aabtressv . L , wa « then , living , in Cottage-lane , City-road ,- under tbe namesoffHawes * I . waa living : there witfcuroyoirag" woman who , piwedi as my » wife . ' . ' The conajiirattxrv also tookr apartments in . Oakley-crescentv Cityvroadf-aatd neanthviNewRlvec ) . in order to givo an : appeamnoof > oftreBp « taUillirp «; and Anderson usecL- to dis * guiM Wia «* fewitb > ar , vrigra « dlf * bw . ^ whiskeM . Tiie nexti chequ « TTajnun « wMeaMau . Snrith i "St & y . net , andiGc . lUwa » presented liyv a-yottngTram : employed , byithe > forgor & foi > th « t ^ pwiK > wi ; : tetitiiBtcdfertc 8 rofas « dipKymonti . AttwnU wav / watebingf a ' , littlw -wary off ; s aodju aneimy . - the i cheque * diahoMvuxad ^ he Juiuiruwdtliis . coongMnions ^ audi tiiev . all * nxsde > oi ) i "

      The thdrd : victim'waai aibanfcor'at the . corner of tie Haymwket ? . ' ( AttwalLdidinot-aBeta : to >^ know . tl » Lr ^ anle ) , Saward ) bad- seat thWe * & k a . book ^ . and liadigot . ontu Three porsemsftoolc throa a « parnto . chtque * , tot tlialt bank * - ing-house , and they were all paid , the produce being divided among the confederates . Attwell ; some time afterwards , received . a noto from Sawatd , and , meeting him , had some conversation about a bill of cxehango for 318 £ 176 * 104 ., drawn Vy W . P ; Jennings aud : Go . o »^ 3 amuel T ) otiroQ-im & . < 9 onaf du » th » 5 th of April ^ aud to be prosented at' Hanlcey'a . A' young ' man wo » -sent' to the bankinyihrase' withtbla bill < and" waa-wtitche * bv > Att » - wdli 'rtier bill ' wow not paidC " L < rttr April , " continued' Attwell " X w « nt' to Blr . Turner } mmVHAt fyr ; ftHrtfcl (» 'pttrpo 8 * of 'employiHg-himion

      some professional businesfit- Before I went , I saw Anderaoa aTidSawerd ; and-the latter said tKat , if' he could gef a cheque- signed' by Mr .- Turnery he-hrad' got some blank cheques of Goaling ' s , where- be banked ^ -which could then be filled up . In order'to get his signature , Sttward proposed tltetrr should'take'an I O U ( for Bome supposed debt due to myself ) to Mr . Turner for hion to write for-payment ; When Mr . Turner received the money ( whieb might be left in hand for a few days ) he -would pay tliat money to his .- biinker ,. and when I went I should ) receive a cheque , for the money . I : wenfc accordingly , and ; toob anl G . Ufor thirty oddpound » j aadigave Mr .: Turner , instrnctionsr to recover ttie payment . The supposed party who was iudebted to me was a . 3 ftt Jleep ,

      in whose : name at lodging ; was- taken in the Bagrrigge Wells-road < where any letter sent to him 1 in that name xn & gtit . be received . Some days after I- went to Mr Turnei to know if he had recovered payment of the debt . I advanced the money for the debt-to "be paid , and it w-as paid by my brother to . ~ Man . Turner .. I was told ; when I went . to the solicitor , that the money waa paid , and the clerk " . ; i > aid"me irtcash instead of a chequew- I-communicated theresult to Saward , and be said . wemusfe wait some little tune , and try-to do it . again . At the latter end- of May , I heard from Saward of-a poison whom ^ I : now know bythe name , of Hardwicke . Saward ^ told me he was . going to meet a . person in the neighbourhood of Earri-ngdonmarket wha had lately come over from Australia with some business-for : him > ( Saward ) to do . By * business ' I understood him > tomean forgery . Saward , Anderson ^ Hardwicke , and I , met at T ? arringdon ^ snarket . Anderson

      was called ; ' Bob . - Saward said he had known Hardwicke for several" years— -before he went to Australia . Some documents were produced among us at the ' Beefhouse , ' near Pottfs vinegar yardj Ssuthwark Bridgeroad ^ after we left . Earrin gdon-market . The landlord had : no thing in -tbe-house ? and ' he sent out for : some beef for us * We met' several times after at the ' Beef-house ' for the purpose of discussing ' the business ; ' On . one of these occasions , Hardwicke produced a' bill- and some blank printed forms . The bill was one for 1000 ? ., drawn by Crossman and Co . of Hbfeait Town oh Kinnaird and Co ., acc & pted by them , and payable to Messrs ^ Heywood .- The blanks were three sets ,- two 'first ; ' two ' secondj and two ' third ; - Hardwicke also produced someold bills'filled up ; which he gave to Sawatd , who took , them away with ; him / I did ' not see the 1000 Z . bill before the day on which it was-presented for payment .

      "On a-Saturday in June , the bill affair came off , and we .- all met at a- public-house in the . Old Street-road : Anderson was there , dressed up as usual . We then went to a publio-lrous © ia Eaglefield ^ road , Eimgsland . Anderson afterwards went to tbe lodging . Before he did so , a 20 L note was produced by Hardwicke . Saward asked for pen and ink > which -were brought 1 in by a female , who" apologised'for the i * oom sot being r « ady for the reception ' of visitorfik A name and ' ¦ address were writteniipon the note by Sawnrd , and it was given to Anderson , who took it to the lodging . It had been arranged that this- note' was to be given to the young man to take- to the Bank of England to get changed . Anderson-came back to the-publlc-liouse , andwe

      understood that ? the young man had--been sent to the Bank . While waiting the returaof ' the- young man , the bill'foT . 1060 /; was- produced , and a- date was- put' across ifci "WLien the young man returned ; Anderson brought in two foreign bill stamps . Saward stuck a stamp upon the back done of-tbemv and wrote the indorsement on it anr my presence . " On the bill being taken to the bankj it was refused : I " On Moadfty , the 16 th' of- 'June , I went to Mr . Turmer again . Hardwicke- had agreed to advance a much larger sum oi ' i money than waa formerly advanced . I : took- anl O U toMh- "Rirnerj for upwards- of 1007 ; , the name of- the supposed debtor being-Hart . I took the I O IT from Saward . An . arrangement was then made to get a lodging 1 wherer letters-in the' name of Hart would be received . I gave Mr . Turner instructions- to ! write for payment of ' tbra . I OU . Some person whom

      'Hardwioko employed' paid the- money and took up the IO'TJ . A few mornings-afterwards ,- Hardwiefce , Saiward , Andera ©^ myself , and a- fifth man met near Mr . . Turner's * office . The fifth man had found the Wonka in iMm TPurner's pocketi ( Alauffh . ) I believe I went into Mm . Turner's office * and was told b & woe outj and that I mnet 1 call again : I told this- to Saward in Red Lion * - sqimre ,. where be- was waiting :-with tHe otherss While vrowere tnlking , a gentleman passedj and Saward said , ' Thaffl' Mr : Turner ; ' upon wbicli I " followed Mr . Turner back to his office . I received the chreque , and signed the receipt . The amount of the cheque was 103 ? . 8 s . 10 d ., and : "vraa- upon Messrs ; Goalhig and Co . I signed the receipt' in thuname of'W . Hunter . Igave this name so that wo should'get- the letters H-u-n in Mr . Turner ' s hnndt writing im the cheque ,- incase av « wanted to forgo the word ' hundred . '"

      ' rhe > prisoners wore remanded till Wednesday , when ^ Attwell gave soveral adilltionnl particnlars' of similar kimTeries , down to < the tim © of liis- arrest . His-testllnftnywadoonflrmed byhia confederate , Hnrdtridce , and tty-ono-oftHe-yonngmeiremployed'to take tlie-fbrged ch » qne » tt ) . the bankiog lioueesf . Tlw iiwmirywwj' then utHbunwdifdopa ^ weeki

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      our GivTLrzLiiraK . GENTJRAL GRIMIUAL . COUBT . The sittings of . this- court were resumed on Monday . Ia the Recorder ' s cliarge . to the grandjjurj ?^ he made sohj ©; observations ? in connexion -with Kedpatb ' sf ^ ase , on the facility with ¦ which brokers-buy- stocfo which'they maglrt be justified ! in suspecting is .- not , honestly , come ^ by , " This : sort of speculations , oould . only be carried on througb . the medium of the established "brokers connected with tbe Stock Exchange 4 , aad he could'notielpthrinkr ing that itwas-theduty of those gentlemen . to exercise &> little more caution in such , transactions , particularly ; wlien they were dealing witlu persona-who were in . the position of Eedpath and others whosa cases- hadl re ^ cently been-beforethe pnblie . It-was-clear that a very

      little inquiry on the part : of the . brokers wio bad been concerned in some of these transactions must . have satisr fied . tbemthat the partie * -wifehiwhoin they were dealing had : no means of paying , tbeiri losses- except , from th *> coffeiaof their employers ,- and tbat ifitluxse ' employers Ladbeen made aware of the-: course of pro « eeding ; in wbieh they were- engaged , » they would notJaave . been retained for- a momentiin theposition o £ responsibility which ; they had occupied . It appeared to him tba . t ; the . same . cau . - tion should he observed . in transactioas of thia kirid as would be exercised : by all ^ honourable men who- were

      dealing with . any property or goods belonging to others , and that the same care should : be taken to- prevent the clianee of being supposed to have any share in a > guilty transaction , lie was aware that thera ^ was no law applicable to the subject ; . buti he knew that the brokers of the Gity of London , aa . a . body , were men of the highest h . onour and iutegrity , and he felt assured that it was only necessary to direct their attention to * the matter to induce them to exercise a greater , degree of caution , than had certainly been , exercised hi ; inany of-the 3 e : cases . "

      Philip Henry Arthj ^ . a fasliionably dressed young man of twenty , pleaded Guilty , to a . charge of ; misdemeanour in having obtained goods and money by false pretences . There were several other indictmentsj some of ivliich . charged him-with the offence of forgery ^ but th ese we re withdrawn . Arthy was sentenced to bard labour : for eighteen months . John Burke was charged . with obtaining money , by false pretences . He had carried on a very imgudent system of . fraud , by representing that lie . was emplojed-by

      the Conunissianers of Sewers for theCity of -London , and in that capacity applying to- different tradesmen , stating that the drams to their louses were out of order , and that he would make . them ' all right * for a small sum , and by this meaii 3 he obtained different sums- of money , thouglr it ' turned out'that there was nothing the matter ¦ with the drains , and * that the whole proceedihgwas a scheme to obtain money by fraud . The jury found 1 ! the prisoner Guilty , and he was . sentenced to nine DioathV Jiard labour .

      l * elix Hue , a Frenchmair , was Acquitted of a charge of indecent ' eonduct towards a little girl ah a lane turning out of Upper Thames-street . Robert May , a well-known thief , was found Guilty of stealuig 44 ? . from Stephen Hose . The" victim ¦ was- 'a countryman , who had come . ujkto London to see the cattle show , and , falling into the hands of May and another man ( hot-in custody ) , they persuaded hint . that they were townsmen of his . While tliey were all dtinkihg

      at a public-house , the sharpers told Hose someironderful story about a legacy , of which ho was to receive 207 ., to be distributed among the poor of hrs neighbourkood , on corrditiou that he gave evideuco of being a man of capital and respectability . The poor fellow was soon persuaded to produce 44 ? ., and the sharpers were not long before they changed purses , and ' made off with his monej ' . He pursued them , howeveT , and ' caught May ; but the man who had got the money escaped . May was sentenced to one year ' s hard lubour .

      Jacob Israel , a young Jew , has been- tried for a felonious assault' upon a girl' of eighteen , named Julia CoWon . The poor girl was an idiot ; and several medical' men were examined'to show that she was not in a state of mind to give assent to the act . THie jury , however , were not satisfied of this , and they Acquitted the accused . Charles Williams , Jolm Bryan , and' William Cole , were tried for a garotte robbery , of which the particulars have already appeared in this journal . The two first were found Ouilty ,. but sentence was deferred .. Colo was Acquitted ) HcnryCarr , alias- Thomas Baktor , shopman , pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing han . dlccrcliiefd and other goods , to tlio value of GOZ ., the property of his Masters . Ho was sentenced to peua !' servitude for four years , and groaned heavily when lie heard the sentence .

      Anthony Floodj a labourer , hut m person of gentlemanly appearance , and staled' to be of middle-class origin , ploaded Guilty to forging and uttering aw ordor forlOi . Sentence wura-defcrred . Christopher Stnnnard , acabdtiver , ' wns tried for manslaughter , in causing ; by-means of- hiaovrn drunken' incapacity , tlto death- of a- 'youm ? \ romanwho was- riding in'his vehicle . 11 « was dfotmd CJuilty , and sentaiKiod to a year ' s imprisonments

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 10, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10011857/page/6/