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      seroblance . to tb * t < rf Aga * . itt-the preview * eases It : « sc ^ Mbited the ; same- remarkable system . o £ - ca-operation whicb / exists' between professed , thieves .-, the ; same subtly-contrived- aad : ingeniooaly- ^ 4 a * ora ± ed plans ,, extending owr coaflMarable . period * ofe time r by * which . - the uusnspecfcingaia led into , tfie snarea . . AfctweU , ttecoavict in question , gave . his testimony at . great- length , on Saturday ; - bat the most : important parts are-here- reproduced . He said ;—** I havebeen-Gonriated of forgeryj and . sentenced to transportation , ftar Kfe . 1 leaaw- both * toe prisoners ,. Anderson and Steward . I knew- Sawaid-firsts and' be ~ came , acquainted -with him about twelve months back- "

      Aboat that tima I had' ia my possession some blank cheques and- some cancelled chequesi These were the produce of a burglary committed on Mr . Doet I showed toes * to a . person named Sauaders , ur the Oldstreet ^ oad ^ I went to his house a second time , and Saward was introduced ta me by Sa * nd « rs . " Itwa * thea agreed between AttweE , Anderson * Saw « rd , and Saunders > , that the blank cheqoea should be filled up for various ! amounts ^ and the cancelled cheques de * - stroyed . Thi * -was done , and it was next ; arranged ! that those of the filded-up cheques , which -were on Messrs Barclay ' * should be taken to tb * t : banking house T > y a person' usually employed on suah . erninds , and called

      "the * sender . " "We thea- went to a private , house , where Anderson had- taken a private room * . This : wjasi in . Lemaxifstreet . Aaderson went in . I-waited near the house . It was agreed thai I should watch the man who should be sent to the bank , in order to see whether the money would be paid or not ~ After ! commenced my ¦ waiting , another man went into that house . He came out again , went to Barclay ' s , and I followed him . He took , the cheque for : 46 ? .- 15 s . 6 d . with Mm . I saw the money paid . The man brought the money back . I communieated ; -with another man , who went to a publichouse ^ where A-nderson was waiting to see if tha money would be paid . The-money was paid in two . or three

      10 L notes and some gold . After Anderson got . the money , he canaa back to I / eman-street . He came out again , and I joined him . "We went towards the Eastern Counties Railway , where Anderson was to meet another young man , who was to present the other cheque . I went with Anderson to an eating-house opposite the station . AndersoBi met the young matt by the platform , and took Him into the eating-house , and sent him with the cheque fee . 952 . 17 s-. 6 d . I saw the money for that cheque put ou the counter- It was paid partly in 10 ? . notes . My dutry was to see the yonng . man safe back with the mo nay . The young man was going aver London-bridge instead of . . going back to the railwav . I went and

      touched him ox * the shoulder , and told him he was going the wrong way . He said no , he was . only going to his last employer ' s to see whether Anderson had sent for his character . Aaderson at that time passed by another name . He : changed hia name on each cheque . I don't know the name . Anderson thea passed under * I said to . the young : nuin , ' There is a gentleman waiting for you at . tha railway . He is very particular , and he tries las' aeareanta in this way before bo employs them . ' ( Lavght&ri ) I went , back with the young man ,, andwemet Andeiawa , who-took the young man unto a publier-house ¦ with him . I did not join Ander&oasi , and I . afterwards met S&wacd . He gave tbe banknotes , to Saward . We

      ¦ went to the . neighbourhood of the Haekney-roa « l . Sar-¦ ward said he would take the notes himself , and sell them to , I think , a man named" Hall . Anderson , myself , and tvno other men ,, waited- at ai public-house ia a street in tbe Hackney-road , ; while Soward \ raa away . He Trent ont , and subsequently ; returned with gold . That gold was divided ; between us-five . Saward did not say who Mr . Hafl w » ai Ho said' he knew bint . Saward said tbati if / ewr : I should meet , with anything , I : was to communicate NrithhicQ : ox Mr . Saundom ^ and that if ha had ! anything he would communicate with . me . I . gavei him . mcyt oddxea * . I irafi them living in . Coiiage-lane ,

      Clty-w « L : tundar the namai ofi Hawea . I was lit"h » gi , her whir young' wxtakan who . passed : as my : wife . " The conspirators-also took apartments in Oakley-cresoent , Cifty-OMd v ntd Martl ^ Ifcftwr Rlwer , in order to giY * an aprwwrm « fr « £ reepoc 4 a * iiit 3 ri ; « nd Anderson need to dis * gtti ^ hlr wwatwidia . wi gfandi&lse ^ hisbewu The next ch « qiw < wa « i « pe ) Br < Mesars .. S ) adtia , Payne , and : Co . It was presented by ar yonng amn empldyod by the foxgera for that pvrpam . ; : feUrtneteifivkfr mfened . payment . Attwell -vra « , 9 Mtal * B 0 iKi ll * tl « <* nay off ; mmL . seams' tbe cheque dubftraouxedj h « informed , Jus companione , and . they all

      some professional business Before I went , I saw Anderson and ' Saward * and the latter said that , if he could get a cheque signed by Mr . Turner , he had got some blank cheques of G osling ' s , where he banked , which could thea be filled up . In order to get his signature , Saward proposed that I should take an I 0 TJ ( for some supposed debt due to myself ) to Mr . Turner , for him- , to write for payment . When Mr . Turner received the money ( wMch might be left in hand for a few days ) he w > nld pay that money to his banker ,, and when I went I should , receive a cheque for the money . I went accordingly , andtook anl Q U " for thirty oddpounds , and : gave Mr . Turner instructions to recover the . payment . The

      supposed party who was indebted to me was a Me . . Seep , in whose ! name a lodging , was taken ia the Bagaigge Wells-road , where any letter sent to him in that name might be received . Some days after I went to Mr Turner to know if he had recovered payment of the debt . I : advanced * -the- money for the debt / to be paid , and it was paid by my brother to . Mr . Turner . I -was toldj -when I w « nt to the . solicitor , that the money -was paid , and the clerk paid me in cash instead of a cheque . I communicated the result to Saward , and he said we must wait some little time , and try to do it again . At the latter end of May , I heard 1 from Saward of a person whom I now know by the natn « of Hardwicte , Sawaxd told me he 'was going to : meet a . person lit the neighbourhood of Farringdonmarket . wh » had lately corae over from Australia with some business for him . ( Saward ) to do . By ' business ' I understood him to mean forgery . Saward , Anderson ,

      Hatdrwicke , and I , met at Farringdon-miirket . Anderson was called ' Bob / Saward . said he had . known- Hardwieke for several years—before he wenf to Australia . Some documents were produced among us at the ' Beefhouse , ' near Pott ' s vinegar yard , Soixfchwark Bridgeroad , after we lef t ; Farringdon-market . The Landlord had : nothing ia the battse , and he seat out for some beef for us . We met . several times after ai the ' Beef-bouse ' for the purpose o £ 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 Hobart Town on Kinnaird and Co ., accepted by them , and payable to Messrs . Heywood . The blanks were three sets , two ' first , ' two ' second , ' and two ' third * ' Hardwicfce also produced sonve old bills filled up , which he gave to Saward , who took them away with him . I did not see the 1000 ? . bill before the day on which it was presented for

      payments "On a Satmday in June , the bill affair came off , and w » all met ; at a . public-house in the Old Street-road . Anderson was there , dressed up as usual . We then went to- a public-house ia Eaglefield-road , Kingsland . Anderson afterwards went to the lodging . Before he did so , a 207 . note was produced by Hardwicke . Saward asked for pen and ink , which were brought in by a female , who apologised for the room not being ready for the reception « £ visitors . A name , and address wore written upon th « note by Saward , and it was given to

      Anderson , who took it to the lodging . It had been arranged that this not © ww- to be given to the young man to take to the Bank of England to get changed . Anderson catn « back to the public-house , and we under stood , that the ; young mam bad been , sent to the Bank ; While-waiting the return of the young man , the bill for 10 © O £ was pfoduced , and a date was put' across it . When the young man returned , Anderson brought in two foreign bill stamps . Saward stuck a stamp upon the back of one of them , and wrote the indorsement oh it : in my presence ^ ' Oti' the bill being taken to the bank , it was refused .

      "On Monday , the 16 th of June , I went to Mr . Turner again . Hardwicke had agreed to advance a much larger Bum of money than was formerly advanced . I took an IO U to Mr . Tamer , for upwards of 100 Z ., the name- of the supposed debtor being Hart . I took the I O U from Saward . An arrangement was then made to get a lodging where letters in the name of Hart ¦ would be received . I gave Mr . Turner instructions to write for pajnmentof tba IOU . Some person whom IIa * d-wicfc « employed paid the money and took up the I O XT . A fww mornings afterwards , Hardiwieke , Saw « rd , Anderson , myself , and a flffch man met near Mr . Turner ' s o « ce ^ The fifth man had found the blanks in Mr . Turner ' s pocke * . ( Alatiffk . ) I believe I went into Mr ; Turner ' s office , and was told , h « was out ; and that I must call again . I toW this to Saward in lied

      Lionsquare ,, where he was waiting ! with the © there , While w « were talking , a gentleman pa 8 B&d , and Saward said ^ ' Thatte ' . Mr . Tamer ; ' u |> on which I followed Mr . Turner hack to his office . I received the c ! t « que , and signed the receipt . The amount of thechequo-was 103 ? . 8 s , 10 d ., and waanponM « 88 ra . Gosling and Co , I signed the receipt in the nam « of W T . Hunter . I gave this name so that wo sheuld get the letters If-u-n in Mr . Turner ' s handwrHing in ' tlto cheque , in case we wanted to forgo the word hundred . '" Tlw prisoftera ww 6 remanded till Wednesday , when Attwell gav « aaveral additional particulars of similar . knaveries , down t » tht time of hi » arresti Hie testln « my wa » coaflrm « d h r his eonftflterate ^ HaPiwfafce , an * 'by'on © © f . tha yo « ng me » employed ) to take the- forgedl ' ch « ju « s Wti *> banking honata . < She > mqnlty V « B ^ a «

      Tba third , victim wa « . K . h « nk « c at the comear . rf tix 0 Hayaiarke *? ( AttweU didnotaeQna , ta know > tfaa name } Saward ; hwd mutt there , for a baok ^ and . hadjgDt inna . Three pensons took three separate ohaqote . ta thuub . bank ^ ing-houso , and they woro all paid , the produce being divided among the confederates . Attwell , some time afterwards , received a note from Sawafd , and , meeting him had some conversation about a bill of exchange for 818 / . I 71 f c XOd ., drawn by W . P . Jennia ^ s . « ad Go . o » Samuel Dobreoan * Soti ^ doe . the 5 th of April j and to be pee * seated at Hankefy ' s . A young > man mw » 'aontto Ota baakitefr-House with this billj and vaa watcfa « d i bv Ate wr tl . Thfrbmww not paid . " Xart Apira , " oontintwA Atfwell , " F went , ta- Bfc ; Ttnfiecv *« 0 ll « i . toit fc » thwpoprnMMi . ofi oinployUiy hita on

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      CEKTTEAL CRIMINAL COURT . The sittings of this , court -were resumed on Monday . Ia the Recorder ' s charge to the grand' juryv lie made aoioe obsanrationsj in connexion-with Eedpath ' s . case , oa the facility with which brokers buy stock -which they might , he justified , in suspectiag- is not honestly come by . " This , sort of specuhitioas could only be carried , oa through the medium of th « established brokers connected witb the Stock Exchange . ; and he could not . help thinking that it was the duty of those gentlemen to exercise a little more caution in such - transactions , particularly when they weae dealing ¦ with persons-whOf were in the

      position of Redpath and , others "whose cases had recently been before the public . It was clear that a very little inquiry on . the part of the brokers who had been concerned in some of these transactions must have sati $ r fifid them that the parties -with , whom they Tvere dealing had no means of paying their losses except from the coffees of their employers , and that if those- employers bad been made aware of the course of proceeding in -which they were engaged , they would not have , been retained Cor a moment in thepoBition of responsibility which they had occupied . It appeared to him that : the same

      caution should b-e observed 311 transactions of this kiad aa 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 chance of being supposed to have any share in a guilty transaction . He was a-vvaxe that thexe was no law applicable to tbe subject ; but he knew thai the brokers of the City of London , as . a body , were men of the highest honour and integrity , and he felt assured that it was oraly necessary to direct their attention to the matter to iadu . ee them to exercise a greater degree , of caution than had certainly been exercised ia . many of these cases . "

      Philip Heniy Arthy ,. a fashionably dressed yonng man . of twenty , pleaded Guiliy to a charge of misdemeanour in having obtained goods and money by false pretences There -were several other indictments , some of which charged him -with the oiEeuce of forgery ; but these were withdrawn . Arthy-was sentenced to hard labour for eighteen mouths . John Burke was charged with obtaining money by false pretences . He bad carried on a very impudent system of fraud , by repregentingthatbe was employed by

      the Commissioners of Se-w « rs for the City of London , and in that capacity applying to different tradesmen , stating that the drains to their houses were out of order , and that he would make them ' all right' for a small sum , and by this means he obtained different sums of money , though it turned out tlat there was nothing the matter with the drains , and that the whole proceeding was a scheme to obtain money by fraud . The jury found the prisoner ( Juilty , and he wes . sentenced to nine moatbs ' hard labour .

      Felix Hoe , a Frenchman , was A « quitted of a charge of indecent conduct towards a little girl in a lane turni&g out of Upper Thames-street . Robert May , a well-known thief , was found Guilty of stealing 44 ' ? . from Stephen Rose . The victim was a countryman , who had come up to London to see the cattle show , and , falling into ' the hands of May and another man ( not in custody ) , they persuaded him that they were townsmen of his . While they -were all drinking at a public-liouse , the sharpers told Rose some wonderful story about a legacy , of which ho -was to receive 20 ? ., to be- distributed among the poor of his neighbourhood , on condition that ho gave evidence of being a man of capital and respectability . The poor fellow was soon persuaded to produce 44 ? ., and tile sharpers -were not long before they changed purses , amd made ofF with bis money . He pursued them , however , and caught May ; but the man who had got the mon « y escaped . May was sentenced to one year ' s hard labour . Jacob Israel , a young Jew , has been tried for a felonious assault upon a girl of eighteen , named Julia Cohen . 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 . The jury , however , -were not satisfied of this , and they Acquitted the accused , Charles Williams , John Bryan , and William Cole , were tried f 6 r a garotte robbery , of which the particulars liavo already appeared in this journal . The two first were found Guilty , b « t sentence was deferred . Cole was Acquitted 1 . lienry Carr , alias Thomas Balier , shopman , pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing handkerchiefs and other goods , to the value of CO ? ., the property of his masters . Ho was sentenced to pennl ' servitude for four ycurs , and groaned heavily when he heard tho sentence .

      Anthony Hood , a labourer , but a person of gentlemanly appearance , and stated to be of middle-class origin , pleaded Guilty to forging and uttering an order for 10 / . Sentence wa » doforrod . € hristo ]> hor Staunwd , a-cabdrlvery waa tried for manslaughter , in causing ^ by means ot his own drankon incapacity , the death of a young woman wiw vyaa riding in his vehicle . Ho waa found ( juilty , mid sentenced to * year ' s imprisonment

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 10, 1857, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2175/page/6/