The Times 1811 - 1820 Aug 17 1818 Carlisle Assizes #11 - Bank Prosecutions

Aug 17 1818 Carlisle Assizes #11 - Bank Prosecutions

The Times, Monday, Aug 17, 1818; pg. 3; Issue 10437; col C                               CUMBERLAND ASSIZES.                                           --------------                          CARLISLE, MONDAY, AUG. 10.                                         CROWN SIDE.                                BANK PROSECUTIONS.     [continued] Mary HEYLIN, aged 28, was charged with uttering a forged note, knowing it to be forged, to Jesse RULE, wife of William WARREN, in payment for a pair of shoes, at Workington. This young woman's appearance was extremely distressing. She is good looking, she is far gone in the family way, and she cried and sobbed and moaned the whole time of her trial. The identity and the forgery were proved as in the preceding case. Her own confession before the Magistrates of Whitehaven, was the only evidence of her guilty knowledge. The confession detailed the whole history of the proceeding of the party. Betty MITCHELL (the former prisoner) and M'DENNID [sic], came with a large cargo of forged notes from Liverpool to Jackson TODD's house, in Workington. Thence Sarah TODD, Jackson TODD's wife, the prisoner, and the two impostors, sallied in all directions to utter them. The prime cost was 10s. They rubbed them with chalk, and handled them with sooty fingers, in order to give them the appearance of much previous circulation. The prisoner now insisted that she had been induced both by threats and promises to make the confession. This HAYWOOD positively denied. The prisoner, turning in a vehement manner towards the jury, exclaimed, "O! have mercy upon me. Gentlemen, I hope you will have mercy upon me." Mr. BARON WOOD, in summing up, concluded with observing, the prisoner, in her defence, says only that she hopes you will have mercy upon her, which, I suppose, means that you should recommend her to mercy if you find her guilty. The Jury instantly found a verdict of Guilty, and recommended her to mercy. She screamed, and was hurrying from the bar, when she was ordered to remain. William KEYLIN [sic], aged 28, her husband, was then placed by her side, and both were charged with having four forged notes in possession, knowing them to be forged. The notes were found by the constable in her pocket under the bolster in bed, where they were both sleeping. He was found guilty, she was acquitted of this charge as having acted under his control. He is a very handsome youth. He declined to say any thing for himself. During the greater part of the trial, she reclined her forehead on his shoulder, heaving the most agonizing sobs. He was quite composed, but the hectic in his cheek indicated a mind ill at ease. He occasionally whispered to her, as if recommending greater self-command. Mary DAVIES, aged 19, was convicted of stealing a gown, a shawl, and a pelisse. James RUMMAGE, aged 38, who had fought as a British soldier for 21 years, and now carried the visible marks of honourable wounds, was convicted of stealing nine yards of printed calico. Against the several other prisoners in the calendar no bills had been found, and therefore the trials in the Crown Court were thus ended. Both Courts adjourned at 5 till 9 to-morrow. M. COTTER, who left the circuit at Durham, joined here again, and was this day busy in the Crown Court.

 

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