Page:The Trial, at Large, of William Booth and his Associates.pdf/2



was tried on Friday, July 31, 1812, for forging a 1l. note, purporting to be a promissory note of the Bank of England.

Mr. opened the case on the part of the prosecution.

Mr. followed; who stated, that this was an indictment for the crime of forgery, and the prisoner stood charged upon that indictment in different ways:—one charge was, that he had been guilty of forging this note; another, that he had uttered it knowing it to be forged; and these offences were varied in the different counts of the indictment.—The prisoner lived in an old farm house at Perry Barr, which was in the parish of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, and which house was at a considerable distance from any other dwelling; he also rented