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
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[1824?]
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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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    2 to pay off the interest of the forgeries committed by Mr. Fauntleroy, in order to prevent the detection of his crimes. The whole of the forgeries put together, which have been committed against the Bank of England, by various individuals, do not amount to the sum which they are likely to suffer by the deceptions of Mr. Fauntleroy. FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS, it is confidently asserted, will scarcely cover the losses of the Proprietors of the Bank of England. But the most strange circumstance of the whole affair is, that Mr. Fauntleroy is positively said to be without a purse ; and those persons who are intimately connected with him assert, that he is also without money. There is a mystery about the Banking Concern in which Mr. Fauntleroy is a partner, which at the present moment cannot he fathomed ; but it is expected the truth will be developed. It is true, that Mr. Fauntleroy was not what is termed a play-man; i. e. a frequenter of the gambling- houses J but as a gambler in the funds, he had no rival: his speculations were of the most dashing sort; neck-or- ilothing, not to say frightful! The mode in which the dw- counts were obtained for the above firm in the City were managed with great secrecy, ingenuity, and talent. The trial, at present, has done but little to throw any light upon the business: Thus Bad begins; But worse remains behind! Nov, ], 1824.