had five thousand four hundred and fifty
pounds Three per Cent Consolidated Annuities
standing in her name. The transfer-book I here
produce shows that on June 1, 1815, five thousand
pounds were transferred from the name of
Miss F. Young to that of William Flower, of
the Stock Exchange. The signature subscribed
to that transfer, "R. Fauntleroy, attorney," was
written by Mr. Fauntleroy in my presence. I
know the prisoner's handwriting.

Mr. Robert Best, secretary to the Bank of
England, examined by Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet:
I have with me the minute-book of the directors.
There is a minute, dated 21st of October, 1824:
"Ordered that Three per Cent Consols should be
purchased and entered in the name of Miss
Frances Young." There was a preamble—

Mr. Gurney, the prisoner's counsel, strruggling
against the stream, objected to the
preamble being read. Witness was not present
when the resolution was agreed to. It really
was not evidence.

Mr. Justice Park reserved the question, but
said that the order was contained in the books of
the Bank of England, and those books had always
been received as evidence ever since he had
been in the profession.

Mr. Best continued: The original minute
was written by the Governor of the Bank, who
handed it to the secretary to read, and to be
confirmed by the Court of Directors, after which
it was entered in the minute-book.

Mr. Benjamin Tite, stockbroker to the Bank
of England, then proved the purchase of five
thousand pounds consols, and the transfer of
the sum to the name of Miss F. Young.
(This was the sum to replace the money
fraudulently taken by Fauntleroy.)

The jury not understanding the tendency
of all this evidence, Mr. Justice Park, in his
bland way, explained that it was necessary to
make Miss Young a competent witness, and
that it was required to prove that she had no
interest either in invalidating or affirming the
genuineness of the power of attorney. The
Bank had since replaced the stock, and released
her from all claims.

Mr. Gurney objected to Miss Frances Young
being called. She had not received her dividends
since 1805. The proving the forgery entitled
her to dividends of considerable value; she
was, therefore, an interested and incompetent
witness.

The Attorney-General removed this objection
by proving Miss Young's signature to a deed
releasing the Bank of England from all claims
touching the dividends.

Miss Young proved that her signature to
the power was a forgery. "I never authorised
the prisoner, nor any other person, to sell out
five thousand pounds stock for me. I was never
in London either in May or June in 1815. I
was all that time in Chichester."

James Tyson recalled: Mr. Marsh generally
received the bulk of the dividends at the Bank,
as he was the senior partner of the firm.
Before the dividends are received, it is usual for
bankers to make out a list of the sums they
have to receive for their customers. That list
was generally made out in our house by Mr.
Fauntleroy. (A list was here put into the hands
of the witness.) That is a list of the dividends to
be received upon consols in July, 1824. The
endorsement upon it, "Three per Cent Consols,
July, 1824, Marsh, Stacey, and Co.," is in the
handwriting of the prisoner. The paper
contains a long list of names, and of sums opposite
to them. The list is alphabetical. The first
column is in red. The red figures are made by
the bank clerks. The two other columns, the
one of the names and the other of sums, are
in the handwriting of Mr. Fauntleroy. I see the
name of Frances Young in the list. Five
hundred and fifty pounds is placed opposite
her name as the sum upon which the dividends
are to be received. When the dividend
warrants had been received by Mr. Marsh at the
Bank of England, he brought them home and
gave them to Mr. Fauntleroy. Mr. Fauntleroy
made out an account of part of the sums so
received. The rest were made out by the clerk.
I have the cash-book of July, 1824, with me,
and I see the following entry among those
made by the prisoner: "Miss Frances Young,
£5550 = 83—5. (The witness then produced
various ledgers belonging to the house of Marsh
and Co., and read entries in them, from which
it appeared that from July, 1823, the dividends
credited to Miss F. Young were on five
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, and that
previously to that time they were on five
thousand four hundred and fifty pounds. The entries
in the day-book were traced back to 1815, and
were invariably found to be in the prisoner's
handwriting. The same was the case in the
cash-books.) On the 1st June the sum of
two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three
pounds two shillings and sixpence is entered to
the credit of H. F. That entry is in the
handwriting of Watson, one of the clerks. I have
tumed to the private ledger of the different
partners, and have looked to the dates of June
1st and June 6th. There is the following entry
in one line:—" June 6th, Ryan, £40; June 1st,
cash £2953 2s. 6d.: £2993 2s. 6d." The words,
"June 6th, Ryan, £40; are in the handwriting
of Mr. Graham. The remainder is in the
handwriting of the prisoner at the bar. It stands
short upon the line, and there appears to have
been an erasure there. The whole of the line
stands to the credit of "H. F."

Cross-examined by Mr. Gurney: The whole
of the sums placed there to the credit of the
prisoner amount to thirty thousand pounds. I
do not know whether those sums did or did not
find their way into the funds of the house. That
rests with the partners themselves. I do not
know that they were drawn out on Mr Fauntleroy's
own private account. Messrs. Martin
and Co. were our City bankers, and often
received money on our account, and paid it
over to us. It is impossible for me to say
whether the money about which I am
questioned was or was not paid into the banking-