Forgery by a Boy: At the Devonport Guildhall, on Saturday, William Lucas, an errand-boy in the employ of Mr. Boolds, upholsterer, &c., was committed for trial, for having forged the name of “John Elliott,” grocer, of Devonport, to a bill drawn by Messrs. Stillwell and Co., navy agents, in favour of Daniel W. Stephens, Esq., surgeon, of Her Majesty’s ship Basilisk, one of the Baltic fleet. He cashed the bill at the shop of Messrs. Pinsent and Co.
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GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864