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 William Brewer, paper mould maker to the Bank of England, proved that part of the bills found in the trunk were made from the mould which had been produced.

J. H. Harper, engraver to the Bank of England—the note for which the prisoner was indicted; was not the impression of a genuine plate—it was fraudulent in every respect; he was positive it came from the same plate as the singed note; the notes in the trunk were also from that plate. The way in which the date is put into these forged bills is by a small narrow plate, which is not the mode adopted by the Bank;—that method, however, he declined stating.—The date of the note for which the prisoner was indicted was July 31, 1811, (exactly one year on the day of his trial.)

Thomas Glover had been inspector of bank notes about twenty years. The note on which prisoner was indicted, & the singed note, and all the others that were shewn to him, were false and counterfeit in every respect.

The prisoner's counsel took several legal objections, which were over-ruled.

The learned judge occupied an hour and an half in summing up, and gave a luminous detail of the evidence. He explained to the Jury, that if the persons in Booth's employ worked by his orders; it was exactly the same thing as if his own hand had traced every line upon the bill.—The Jury with very little hesitation pronounced a verdict—Guilty—Death. B