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Mr. Baron Wood.—- What is 

 that letter ? 



Mr. Brown. — The letter re- 

 ceived by me from the Bank- 

 sohcitor. 



The letter was then read by 

 Mr. Shelton, the Clerk of the 

 Arraigns, and is as follows : — 

 " New Bank-buildings, Nov. 30, 

 1818. 



" Sir ; — All the prisoners in 

 your custody, charged with hav- 

 ing feloniously uttered forged 

 Bank-notes, against whom true 

 bills may be returned by the 

 Grand Jury, will be arraigned at 

 the Old Bailey on Friday morning, 

 the 14th of December. 



" Two bills of indictment, the 

 one for the capital offence, and 

 the other for the transportable 

 felony, will be preferred against 

 each of the prisoners, except 

 John Williams, John Dye, and 

 William Connor, against whom 

 indictments for the capital offence 

 only will be preferred. 



" Your obedient servant, 



" J. ROOKER. 



'* A. Brown, Esq." 



Mr. Brown. — This is the letter 

 I received, and I explained the 

 nature of the case to them as 

 clearly as I was able^ 



Mr. Sergeant Bosanquet. — 

 Will your Lordship be kind 

 enough to ask Mr. Brown whe- 

 ther he had received any other 

 communication from the Bank, 

 or elsewhere, and whether he had 

 any authority to persuade them 

 into this act? 



Mr. Baron Wood.— Well, Mr. 

 Brown, did you receive any other 

 communication ? 



Mr. Brown. — I never did. The 

 only letter I received on the sub- 



ject I have produced. I repeat 

 that I never used the least per- 

 suasion with the prisoners. It is 

 entirely their own act. 



Mr. Baron Wood. — Prisoner, 

 do you understand what j'ou are 

 about ? Do you know that there 

 are two indictments against you; 

 the one for disposing of and 

 putting away a forged Bank-note, 

 knowing it to be forged, which is 

 a capital offence ; and^ the other 

 for having in your possession 

 without lawful excuse a forged 

 note, knowing it to be forged, 

 which latter offence only subjects 

 you to transportation ? You 

 have pleaded guilty to the minor 

 offence of having the note in 

 your possession, subjecting you 

 to 14 years' transportation. Do 

 you wish to withdraw your plea ? 



Prisoner. — No, I do not. 



Mr. Baron Wood You plead 



guilty then ? 



Prisoner.— Yes, I do. 



Mr. Baron Wood. — You know- 

 ing the note to be a forgery? 



Prisoner.— I did not know it to 

 be a forgery. 



Mr. Baron Wood. — Will you 

 then take your trial ? 



Prisoner. — No, I won't ? 



Mr. Baron Wood. — Would 

 you then rather be transported 

 for 14 years, than go through 

 your trial ? 



Prisoner. — Yes, I would. 



Mr. Baron Wood.— Do not let 

 it go forth to the public that the 

 prisoner does not understand what 

 is said to him. I will repeat my 

 question, " Will you abide by 

 the plea of guilty ? 



Prisoner. — I will. 



Mr. Shelton, the clerk of the 



Arraigns, then read the indict- 



tjj ment, 



