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 Cross-examined.—They are not made from the mould produced; he does not speak as to the plate; has not examined to ascertain if the plate is the same.

Mr. William Brewer is paper mould maker to the Bank of England; six blanks [found in the trunk] now shewn to him, were made in that mould.

The Court asked if this related to the note in question, and on being informed it did not. Mr. Brewer's examination proceeded no further.

Mr. Joseph Henry Harper, is engraver to the Bank of England, and engraves all the plates for their notes; the impression on the note in question is not good, that is, it is not a genuine Bank of England note, does not know it genuine paper, he has nothing to do with that, it is not Bank ink, and the printed part is a forgery in every respect; the singed note is an impression from the same plate as the other, and of course is not genuine, he has examined the other notes before, and marked them, they are all from the same plate as the two before mentioned—the numbers are progressive—the plate now shewn [which was that hid by Richard Ingeley, and shewn and delivered by him to Chillingworth] is the plate from which those notes were made, the date is 31st July 1811, that is put on the notes by the narrow plate now shewn [one of the six taken by Ingeley from under the thatch of the wheat rick], those are not genuine—the singed note is dated 16th May 1811, that date was put on by another line or narrow plate, also one of those six.

Mr. Thomas Glover is an inspector of notes to the Bank of England, and has been for above 20 years. On looking at the note in question, he said it is a forged one—the paper, the impression, the signature, all are forged, it is forged throughout in every respect—the singed note is also a forgery throughout. The notes found in the trunk were shewn in different parcels to Mr. Glover, who stated that the 130 (first parcel shewn) were all forged; 81 others similar to the note in question (which indeed is included in that number), and 35 others similar to the singed note, are every one forged.

Mr. Linwood was again called; said he was at Booth's every day, and saw the Ingeleys on Thursday evening, and they were then at liberty, and had been all the time from Booth's apprehension on the Monday, until that