Cross-examined. Counsel for the Prisoner. Do you think he would not say what is false to save his own life?-Magens. I can't answer to that. James Laroche, esq. sworn. Mr. Laroche. This is the second time I have come from Bristol to London to speak to Mr. Noads's character: I have known him eight years. I knew him at Bristol, where he was under the direction of a gentleman there (that gentleman is so infirm he can't come up.) Mr. Noads behaved so well there, that the gentle man_recommended him to my brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Casamaijor, to transact his great affairs, being agent for very rich prizes; he behaved diligently through the whole transac tion. I have heard many speak well of him in Bristol, and never heard any thing reflecting on his character in my life. I don't think he'd be guilty of a forgery. John Ellis, esq. sworn. Mr. Ellis. I have known Mr. Noads these six years; I believe him to be as honest a man as any man whatsoever; I don't think he'd do a scandalous thing; I don't think he is capable, for any lucrative views whatsoever, to be guilty of a forgery. Mr. Alderman Ironside sworn. Mr. Alderman Ironside. I have known Mr. Noads about seven or eight years; he has been concerned in an affair where I am interested, in which he has always acted with great diligence and prudence; I have trusted him with large sums of money; it has been in his power to have injured us, but I never had any occasion or room to doubt his honesty; I don't believe he'd be guilty of a forgery on any consideration. Lord Chief Baron. The probate being a wrong description does not alter the case; suppose there had been no probate at all, the prisoner is indicted for forging the will. The Prisoner being called upon to make his Defence, said only, that they had swore as they thought proper. Whereupon the Lord Chief Baron summed up the evidence to the jury, who, in less than a minute, gave in their verdict, Guilty, Death. Immediately after this Trial, Mr. Thomas Noads and Mr. Robert Carter were tried for this forgery; but were honourably acquitted, and copies of their indictments granted them by the Court. The CONFESSION of TIMOTHY MURPHY. "I was taken up in the month of July by the orders of Thomas Noads, clerk to the managers of the Royal Family privateers, for forging the will of John Wilkinson, late belonging to the Princess Amelia privateer, being one of the ships that composed the said Royal family, and was committed to the PoultryCompter for the said offence; and on that day, and the day after, one Patrick Flanigan caine to me, and asked what motive induced me to sign a general release for my share of my prize-money, to the said managers? I made answer, that Mr. Belchier, and the rest of the gentlemen, had long before that time advanced me twenty pounds, when 1 was in want of money, and that they behaved to me with the greatest honour. The said Flanigan further asked me, how came I to give a receipt for 547. and upwards, and insinuated so much was not due to me, and desired me not to conceal it from him, for that he was acquainted with the whole affair: and said, if I had a million of lives, unless I would do one thing, I was a lost man. I then went on my knees, and begged for Heaven's sake he would let me know what that was. He made answer, Not yet; and said, I know you have been a tool to Mr. Noads a What is his general character ?-As good as long time, and asked me, who came to me from any man's in being, both for honesty and in-him or any of the said managers? I told him, dustry; I have had great experience of him; he was with me from a child: I, from my good opinion of him, recommended him to my brother; he might have wronged me of large sums of money; I never found a disposition in him either to wrong me or any body else. Henry Casamajor, esq. sworn. Mr. Casamajor. I have known Mr. Noads, 1 believe, ten years. Mr. Nares. I desire the first part of the will may be read. [It is read.] I had not seen or heard from any of them. He then said, Keep your own mind from them: 1 commiserate your present situation, I will call at another time. And gave me 18d. In a few days after, he came again, and asked me, whether the said Noads, or any of the said gentlemen, had been with me. I answered, They had not. He then gave me half-a-crown, and said some of them would send to me with direc "In the name of God, Amen. I John Wil-tions to write to Mr. Belchier, and advised me kinson, late of the Princess Amelia privateer." not to answer that I would, and said, Do not Counsel for the Prisoner. Now read in the write at your peril: and promised to come next probate. [it is read.] "The last will and testament of John Wil-me to get some person in prison to write a letter kinson, of his majesty's ship the Princess Amelia." Counsel for the Prisoner. There is a difference between his majesty's ship and a pri vateer. night, which he accordingly did, and advised mentioned in relation to the said will (I so to Mr. Belchier, but not to have any thing unfortunately forged of the said John Wilkinson). He went away and promised to come again. He came again the same night, when I shewed him the letter I caused to be wrote, which he desired 1 would send to Mr. Belchier; and after many assurances of friendship, he went away, and said he would come the next night. The day after, Mr. Robinson, clerk to Mr. Belchier, came and shewed me the letter I sent, and asked me, if it was not my band writing; I told him, it was not. He desired me to write my mind freely to Mr. Belchier, in my own hand-writing, which, after he went away, I accordingly wrote, with a full resolution to send to Mr. Belchier, in order to open the whole affair, and rely on his mercy. He the said Flanigan called soon after, and told me Mr. Robinson had been with me, and asked what he said: I told him, that he brought back the letter he directed me to send, and asked me, if it was my hand writing: I told him it was not; and that he had directed me to write in my own hand; and that I had wrote such, but had not sent it. He then replied, Did not I tell you that was a dead sett for you? That a letter under your own hand is what will cast you in court? and told me, that he had been with Mr. Belchier, and the rest of the gentlemen, the said managers, and that he was in great friendship with them, and knew all their secrets; and said, I was a dead man, if I sent such letter, or acted contrary to his advice. Then I said, The Lord have mercy upon my soul, I fear my life is gone at any rate. Replied Flanigan, If they can, you fool, do you know how far it lies on them to do so? I said, I did not; neither did I know what service my life could be to them: and said, it was the general character of Mr. Belcbier, that he was merciful, and that the gentlemen prisoners in the Compter had so as sured me. Flanigan then replied, What a great fool you are! take special care of them; as sure as death, they are set upon to get words out of your own mouth; and advised me to keep my room, and keep my secrets, otherwise it would not be in his power to have me saved. I then went down on my knees, and prayed to the Almighty to have mercy on my soul, and that he (Flanigan) would assist me he desired me to get up, and assured me that I should be saved, if I took his advice, and that he had been that day about me; and told me, I need not fear, for there was one of the persons was a duke of very great interest; and told me, he had caused a letter to be presented to the duke, which he received, and declared he would stick to that cause, and that he would acquaint his majesty thereof, and that I should have his interest: I desired him to explain himself, what he meant by that cause. He said he would not then tell me, but again advised me to keep my room, and avoid speak ing to any persons, and gave me one shilling, and went away: came again, and told me he had been at Doctors Commons, and saw the forged will, and that he knew the name Dinish Collins, subscribed as a witness to the said will, to be the hand-writing of said Noads, and said it was in vain for me to deny it; and insisted it was so, and that he would swear it to be so, : and that it must be so, and said, You are now under no restraint, and might and should be admitted a king's evidence, provided I would impeach the said Noads; and said, it was in vain for me to deny the forgery, saying, 1 can and will prove the body of the said will to be all of your hand-writing, when subpoenaed on the trial; but said, If you impeach Noads, and are admitted an evidence, you'll make him squeak; and assured me that nothing else could save my life and assured me afterwards, that all the managers would be prosecuted by the king and government, but did not explain for what; and said, if I did not hang they must; and if it cost them 10,000l. they would cast me; and desired me to give him one of the buttons out of my sleeve, and said, The man to whom this is to be given, is a person whose interest will save your life; repeating at the same time, that the dependance of 78,000l. was on the said will. I then said, The Lord have mercy on me, I am a lost man, He then said, the managers want you to submit to be cast; and they will promise to save you, (they will tell you so) I know it to be what they are upon, but for your life don't send them a scroll from under your band; if you do, it will be impossible to save you; and said, he knew all their secrets, and that they could do nothing without his knowledge, and gave me half-acrown, and went away. He came next morning, and told me that one Robert Carter's hand-writing was procured, and compared with the names to the said will, and that it appeared he the said Carter was also concerned in said forgery; and said there was a decree granted against the managers for all the money; and unless I was hanged, they never could get over the decree: now, says Flanigan, if you flinch, I shall be subpoenaed to prove the will to be your own hand-writing, and said he would not perjure himself for any man; and then insinuated my life was in his hands. He then went away, and came the next day, and produced me a letter from commodore Walker, giving me a strict charge to stand on my defence, assuring me his interest with the duke of Argyll would save my life; and Flanigan then gave me a strict charge to stick to whatever should be prescribed to me, and that he would let me know from time to time all the said managers' secrets. He then swore me on a book not to make use of his name, or to discover what conversation had or should pass between him and the person who should produce to him the said sleevebutton, and that I should not call him by any other name than Mr. Friend, and told me be had also sworn that person, meaning Goddard, not to mention his name before me. the same day, after Flanigan went away, Mr. James Goddard came to me, and introduced himself, and called for a pint of wine, and asked me how I did; and bid me have a good heart, and then presented the said sleevebutton, and told me he was a inan of as good a fortune and as great interest as any of the managers were; and said, he thought it was A That on 729] for Felony and Forgery. lucky thing for me that he had purchased the interest of the said Flanigan, whom he named by the name of Mr. Friend; and said such purchase cost him fifty pounds, in order to get at all the secrets of the said managers; and told me the said Friend was very great with the said Noads, and all of them, and without his interest, my life could not be saved. He said, be was master of all that passed between me and Friend, and said that Friend could and would prove the forgery against Carter and Noads, as well as I, and that I might freely speak to him; and said, that Friend was to be subpoenaed as an indifferent person against Noads, and that he would swear that Noads wrote the said name Dinish Collins, and that Friend had seen the said will in the Commons, and could prove the body to be my hand-writing; and expressed himself much in the same manner as Friend had repeated, before he told me that Friend acted as attorney for commodore Walker: he gave me a crown, and said he would call again. He came the next day, and expressed himself to the purport aforesaid, and said he would call the day after; and charged me at my peril, not to write to the said Mr. Belchier: then went away, and neglected coming according to promise, which made me very uneasy in mind, and induced me to write a letter to the said Friend, purporting, I thought it was a scheme laid between him and Goddard to take away my life; and that I would write to Mr. Belchier. Soon after, Goddard came to me, and told me of the said letter, and said it frighted him and Friend, and desired I would not write in that manner any more, assuring me I need not be afraid, and requested I would not communicate to any body what passed; telling me I was safe. He then took a paper out of his pocket, which he read to me, purporting what I was to swear to; and told me I had no business to deny it, for Friend knew it to be true, and that he would also prove it; and said, the same seal which was to the will, Friend assured him was the paper said Noads's. He then took another of his pocket, and got me to sign it, purporting to be admitted an evidence, and addressed to alderman Chitty; he wrote something more to the other paper he brought, and said my irons should be knocked off, and assured me it was by Mr. Belchier's directions that I was ironed, that I might easily judge by that what they were upon; assuring me of his friendship, and went away. The next morning he came, and told me I should be sent for to sir Joseph Hankey's, and that my irons should be taken off, which accordingly were. He then read over the said paper he had so first produced as aforesaid, and desired me to recollect the contents, when examined; and to stick to it, otherwise my life would be lost. I was carried to sir Joseph Hankey's, and in the presence of alderman Chitty, Goddard appeared, and Mr. Lock; Goddard took out the said paper, and asked me several questions, as did also the justice, and sent me back; Goddard out came to me, and bad me in private, and told He the Compter. Goddard came there to me, and directions with his brother to give the money, asked me what passed: I told him I bad de- and desired Mahony, when he got the money, livered the paper as he directed. That God- to come to me, in order to take out such action. dard and Mr. Woodman had a pint of wine to- The said Mahony also told me, he had received gether, and had some conversation in respect the 15s. which he offered to give me, and said of having me detained in the Compter, and it he would not take out any such action, as I was agreed a friendly action to be laid, which was not indebted to him in any sum that Goddard assured me was in order to preserve amounted to an arrest: then I pressed and inmy life, assuring me, if I went abroad, I should treated the said Mahony to bring such action, certainly be knocked on the head, poisoned, or as it was intended to save my life, and told a robbery sworn against me, by the contrivance him I would give him a promissory note for of the said managers, to prevent my evidence. as much as he was to take the action for, and Goddard put me on the master-side, for which he would be safe in so doing, which he then be paid Woodman. I grew very uneasy at complied with; and I drew a note for 5 or 6l. not being at my liberty. As the bill was which I antedated, payable to him or order; thrown out, and I admitted, as Goddard told and it being then too late to take out any acme, a king's evidence, being in a bad state of tion, in a night or two after Mahony came health, of the gaol sickness, of which many again to me, and 1 directed him to go to the died, I requested Goddard, when he came office and lodge such action, which he did; again, to have me bailed out, and sent into the and he afterwards gave him 15s.-That the country, to the same place where he kept the said Mr. Friend, at different times, came to me, said Mr. Wilkinson; at which Goddard seemed and assured me he would attend at the trial, uneasy, and declared he knew of no place in and swear that Noads wrote the said name England so safe to preserve my life as the Dinish Collins; and he also assured me, that place where I was, and repeated as aforesaid, if I went abroad before the trial was over, I that if I went abroad before I was examined as should be murdered or poisoned, or have a roba witness, I should certainly lose my life; and bery sworn against me, by the contrivance of promised to get me on the debtor's side, with the said managers. That Goddard frequently the assistance of Mr. Woodman, provided I came to me, and kept me full of spirits, assur could get a friend that could be confided in to ing me I should be an evidence against Noads keep things secret, who would bring a friendly and Carter; and if Thomas Williams, who action against me, and promised he would al- was the supposed executor of the said Wilkinlow me a shilling a day, and pay for my lodgson, and went by the name of John Daunt, ing, till discharged; at which I was more reconciled to stay than I was before, apprehending what Goddard had so represented was intended in order to preserve my life. I then told him, that I believed Timothy Mahony, who was my relation, and whom Goddard knew, and was in the secret, would be the only proper person to bring such action. Then Goddard took a direction where the said Mahony lived, and told me, he would go to him. The said Mahony came to me in a day or two after, and told me, Mr. Goddard had been with him, and addressed himself to him, by telling him, he had something to say to him to save my life, and wanted him to go and swear a debt against me, in order to keep me on an action in the Compter: and that he assured him, that though the bill was thrown out against me, yet if I went abroad, I should be knocked on the head, poisoned, or a robbery sworn against me, and that my life would cer tainly be taken away, by the party who were against me. The said Mahony told me he said to the said Goddard, he would not take such an oath on any account: and that Goddard asked him, Would he not do such a thing as to take an oath to save my life, being my relation? and said, he told the said Goddard, he would not take a false oath for the world. And that Goddard, at length, by many fair speeches, importuned him to go to take out such action, and had directed him to his brother's house in St. Christopher's church-yard, for 15s. on that account, and promised to leave should not be produced on my trial, the said Mr. Friend was to swear falsely against the said Noads. I do declare, that the said Mr. Noads and Robert Carter were innocent of what I swore against them, relating to any knowledge they had in any forgery; and that I, and the said John Williams, otherwise Daunt, were the only persons concerned in forging and publishing the said will of the said John Wilkinson." And 1 do also declare, that I never had any intention whatsoever to charge the said Mr. Noads, or the said Carter, with the said forgery, until I was spirited and prompted up in the manner aforesaid, by the art, management, and contrivance of the said Goddard and Flanigan. And I do also solemnly declare, that the said James Goddard has often, since my conviction, sent several messages to me, to desire I would not reveal any of the secret transactions that passed between us as aforesaid, and sent, in his own hand-writing, a false paper to be published, which he requested I would sign, but refused so to do. I had several letters and papers of consequence, which, being advised and requested, I burnt, lest I should be searched, which would have given a very full and satis factory discovery in this affair. That word was sent to me last night by Goddard, that if I kept it secret, in case my life could not be saved, I should be decently buried, provided I would send back to him signed the false con fession, which he sent me in his own handwriting, as also another writing that would be T sent me. Mr. Vicors, chaplain to the Spanish | so to do ; and, as a dying man, being desirous ambassador, being my father, this day told to discharge my conscience, have made this me, that he dined with the same James God-declaration, which is nothing but the truth. dard yesterday, and that he had desired him to | Given under my hand, from my cell in Newbring back to him from me the said confession, gate, the 27th of January, 1753. and proposed to send by him another writing to be signed by me, which the said Mr. Vicors told me he informed the said Mr. Goddard he would not be any wise concerned therein; but he said he would charge me to make an open confession of the truth before life parted. And I declare the said Mr. Vicors advised me Present, "TIM. MURPHY." " WILLIAM HAWKINS, "ISAAC DOLSTON. He was executed at Tyburn, Monday, Feb. 12, 1753. 534. Proceedings against Dr. ARCHIBALD CAMERON, at the King's Bench, May 17th, on the Bill of Attainder passed against him 19 Geo. II. for being in the Rebellion 1745: 26 George II. A. D. 1753. THIS Dr. Cameron* was younger brother to branches at Paris; and after staying some Donald Cameron of Lochiel, and son of Evan time there, returned to Lochaber, and married Cameron, who was in the rebellion in 1715, a young lady of the name of Campbell, by and was one of the seven that came from whom he left seven children. France with the young Pretender, and who, on their landing in July 1745, went to the house of Donald Macdonald of Kenloch Moidart, and from thence orders were issued for the clans to join the young Pretender: on which Donald Cameron, after much intreaty, waited on him, and expressed his surprize to see him so weakly attended, and refused to raise his clan, till the young Pretender could produce in writing the French king's resolu tion to assist him with a proper number of forces, &c. and being assured that he would, be summoned his clan, and set up his standard with this motto, Tandem Triumphans, At length Triumphant; though, at the same time, he told the young Pretender, that his scheme was so ill concerted, that he feared no success would happen from it, and that the issue of it would be the ruin of his friends; as in the end it proved. "Dr. Cameron was in himself of a quiet and peaceable temper; and, had he not been brother to Lochiel, it is very probable he would never have gone into the rebellion. "His father gave him the best education Scotland could afford, designing him for the bar; which profession he did not like, and applied himself to the study of physic and anatomy, and put himself under the direction of Dr. Alexander Monro, of the university of Edinburgh, a gentleman of established reputation; and when he had acquired a competent skill in anatomy, he applied himself to physic, and was instructed therein by Dr. Sinclair, a gentleman very eminent in the faculty; after which he travelled abroad, and studied in those * From the Historical Account of his Life, published at the time of his death. Former Edition. "This Dr. Cameron might have made a considerable figure in his profession, had he settled at London or Edinburgh; but chose his residence near his brother's, among the Highlands, where he took great pains to cultivate the minds and manners of the Highlanders, who by his means were greatly improved. He was a man of no ambition, but of an easy, quiet temper. His chief business in the rebel army was to attend his brother, and to assist him with his skill, if any accident should befal him in battle; and he did attend not only several of the wounded rebels, but likewise several of the king's troops that fell wounded into the hands of the rebels. But the battle of Culloden put a final end to the rebellion, and all the Pretender's hopes, and ruined vast numbers of families, that put their trust in French faith: Lochiel was wounded in the ancle in the battle, and carried off by his clan, and attended daily by the doctor his brother, wandering about for some time after the battle; till at last the young Pretender, Lochiel, his brother the doctor, and some other of his followers, embarked on board a vessel in the harbour of Flota in the isle of South-Uist, and landed at Boulogne in France about the middle of September 1746, to their great joy, having suffered innumerable hardships. "Lochiel had immediately a regiment given bim by the king in the French army, and the doctor was made physician to it; but on the death of his brother, in September 1748, he was appointed physician to lord Ogilvie's regi. ment, then quartered at Lisle in Flanders. "About the year 1749, a collection was made among the Jacobites for their friends abroad; and, it was said, Dr. Cameron came over, and received a part of it: after this ano ther collection was made for these unhappy |