James Bolland, a criminal. Engraving, 177-.

Hanged for forgery in 1772. "Bolland pursued a lucrative career that established him as the archetypal corrupt bailiff. ... Bolland's addiction to gaming and the racetrack undermined his business [as a butcher] and he began to engage in dishonest practices, such as defrauding St Thomas's Hospital through the use of a false weight. ... in October 1771, Bolland scraped all but the B of his name off the back of a promissory note for £100 drawn by Thomas Bradshaw on horse dealer Samuel Pritchard, substituting anks to make the name Banks. This action, and his refusal to own the truth of it when confronted by Francis Lewis Cardineaux, then holder of the note, led to his arrest for forgery. Examined and committed for trial by the magistrate Sir John Fielding, Bolland was indicted, tried, and found guilty at the Old Bailey on 19 February 1772. ... Aged about forty-five, Bolland was hanged at Tyburn on 18 March 1772" (Oxford dictionary of national biography)