Pierce Egan's account of the trial of Mr. Fauntleroy, for forgery : at the Session's House, in the Old Bailey, on Saturday, the 30th of October, 1824, before Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Baron Garrow.
- Henry Fauntleroy
- Date:
- [1824?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pierce Egan's account of the trial of Mr. Fauntleroy, for forgery : at the Session's House, in the Old Bailey, on Saturday, the 30th of October, 1824, before Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Baron Garrow. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A Gentleman had sent a bill of excliauge to the bankers to receive the amount as agents when due; the bill was due on the Monday after the parties appeared in the Gazette, and the money was received by them. He now applied to know whether he was not entitled to the full amount of the proceeds of that bill. Mr. Law said he certainly was entitled to the whole under those cir- cinnstances. Upon question being put to the provisional assignee (Mr. Hare), he said, that since the last meeting there had been an increase of claim of about 20,000/.; but, notwithstanding that, there was still an excess of assets. The two lists for the choice of the creditors, were, one—Messrs. Bol- lard, Hare, and Knight; the other, Messrs. Bollard, Hare, Lewis, Bushnell and Hutchins. The choice, we understand, fell on the first list; but in consequence of some opposition having been made by Mr. Goren, of the firm of Goren and Price, solicitors, in Orchard-street, Portman-square, who attended not only for several of the creditors, but for himself, upon the ground of undue influence having been used for the purpose of insuring the election of the list, consisting of three Gentlemen, the Commissioners proceeded to a scrutiny. The final examination under the Commission to prove debts, being announced in the Gazette for nine o'clock on Saturday morning, Oct. SO., at the Commissioners' Court, Basinghall-street, the creditors to the estate attended in great numbers. Severaldepositions (m addition to those already admitted) in proof of debt were put in ; the gross amount proved was, however, by no means so considerable as had been anticipated. Very great anxiety seemed to prevail amongst the holders of cheques on the house, to know what decision had been come to respecting their claims. This, however, was set at rest by a communication from Mr. Montagu, intimating that they would be admitted in proof, though not now, as the precise form in which they should be ])ut in was not yet agreed on; but the cheque holders would have notice of the decision through the medium of public advertisement in the news- l)apers. This reply gave very general satisfaction. At about half-past ten o'clock Mr. Montagu addressed the Court, and said, I hold in my hand an order, signed by the Lord Chancellor, for suspending this examination, in the case of the bankrupts, Messrs. Marsh, Stracey, and Graham, for forty-nine days from this day, so that more ample opportunity will be given for the investigating the affairs of the house.—Though this enlargement may be treated as mere matter of course, and though no specific grounds were mentioned in the order, yet it is quite clear that there could be no thorough or sa- tisfactory investigation of the bankrupts' affairs until the fate of one of the partners (and he, too, the acting partner) be definitively settled. He, of course, could give much important information ; but at present, considering the delicacy of his own situation, it would be not only mdecorous, but contrary to rule, to press him on a subject which might possibly affect himself. Besides the presence of the other partners was looked for, when this day was named for the examination, and their compulsory attendance in another Court of course precluded the possibility of their appearance here. Like most other circumstances of a public nature in the metropolis, every hole and corner has been ransacked to procure anecdotes to fur- nish the columns of the numerous journals. The following have been selected as the most authentic ;—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21051550_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
