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similar one for fifty pounds. Mr. 
Farrell having further business in 
this neighbourhood, despatched 
him with a party ina coach to the 
head office, and sent another par- 
ty, headed by peace officer-Riley, 
to search Mr. White’s house, No. 
60, Camden-street ; here were 
found some stamps, paper, and 
parchment, in preparation for 
stamping, also the blue and silver 
letters with the G. R. which are 
affixed to many descriptions of 
Jaw stamps, with a frame and fly, 
for the purpose of striking the 
impression; they were all con- 
veyed to the head office, and he 
was fully committed to Newgate 
to abide his trial. 
While the business was trans- 
acting, peace officer Lynch, with 
a party of five, proceeded to 21, 
Bolton-street, the residence of 
John Fogarty, jun. an attorney. 
On his desk and in his drawers 
were found a quantity of forged 
stamps, some of them protests. 
In his bed room, in a trunk, were 
found books of forged stamps, of 
various sums. Miller, at the same 
time, proceeded to No. 18, in 
Moore-street, the residence of 
John Fogarty, senior, when he 
commenced a search, and found 
forged stamps toa great amount; 
theywere both taken into custody, 
and are now in Newgate, to abide 
their trial at next commission. 
A fourth party had proceeded 
to the residence of Mr. Patrick 
Garraghan, of Exchange-street, 
and arrested him. He was clerk 
to a very respectable solicitor. 
In his desk a considerable quan- 
tity of forged stamps. was found 
by peace-officer Waters : and it 
has since been discovered, that 
he has circulated a great quantity 
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of them in the courts. — He is 
fully committed to Newgate to 
abide his trial at the commis« 
sion. 
The fifth party proceeded to 
No. 26, New Dominick-sireet, 
the residence of John and Charles 
Reed ; in their apartments were 
found a considerable quantity of 
forged stamps by M’Carthy and 
Smith; they were both taken into 
custody, and coinmitted to New- 
gate after having undergone an 
examination by the magistrates. 
The sixth party, at a late hour 
in the evening, proceeded to the 
lodgings of Mr. Samuel Clayton, 
an engraver, in Capel-street : 
which they searched, but found 
no stamps. Having, however, a 
warrant grounded on a sworn in- 
formation of his having vended 
forged stamps, he was taken into 
custody, and brought to the head 
office. He was the last examined 
on Friday night, or rather Satur- 
day morning, for the magistrates 
had not left the office before two 
o’clock. 
On Saturday, in consequence 
of somecircumstances which were 
developed by the inspection of 
thevarious papers and documents 
found in the houses of the persons 
abovementioned, Mr. Farrell, and 
a party of peace officers, accom- 
panied by an inspector from the 
Stamp-office, proceeded to the 
house of Mr. Emerson, a licensed 
distributor of stamps, No. 20, 
Dorset-street, where, by the di- 
rection of the inspector, an im- 
mense quantity of forged stamps, 
so much indeed as nearly to fill 
two sacks, were seized. Mr. E. 
was taken into custody, and 
brought to the head office, where, 
after a long examination, he was 
