Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.-SATURDAY.
TUE QUEEN V. WILLIAM LESLEY.-IMPORTANT CASE.-
POLITICAL OFFENDERS. • _

The prisoner was tried at Liverpool, before Mr. Baron
Watson, on a charge of false imprisonment of several
Chilian subjects, when the learned judge directed a ver-
dict of guilty, reserving the point whether or not defen-
dant was liable to an indictment in this country, under
the circumstances of the case. The prisoner was master of,
the English ship Louisa Braginton, and he was indicted
for the false imprisonment of certain Chilian subjects.
The persons in question had been sentenced to banishment
by the Chilian. Government, and they were brought
under military force of that State and put--on board
the prisoner's ship, he having contracted with the
Chilian Government to convey them to Liverpool. The
persons in question were political offenders. They were
seized by the officers of the Government in December,
1858, and kept in prison at Santiago until March, 1859,
when they were sent to Valparaiso and put on board the
defendant's ship, then lying about a mile from the
wharf, and she sailed' on the 9th of that month. She was
towed out 10 miles by a Chilian steamer, and escorted
by her till daybreak. The captain refused to take the
prisoners to Peru, on the ground that -he was under a
penalty of 1,500 dollars to land them at Liverpool.
Holes were bored in the boats to prevent their escaping
at the Azores, and they were brought to Liverpool, not-
withstanding they protested against it. The object of
the prosecution was to define the law, whether or not
an English subject could lend his ship for such a
purpose.
Mr. Aspinall appeared in support of the prosecution,
and Mr. Overend, Q.C., for the captain: -
After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel,
the court took time to consider its decision.

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Cußiotis DISCOVERY OF COUNTERFEIT COlN.—About
six months ago a lad named Holiday, son of Mr. Holi-
day, ploughmaker, Cumwhinton, found four bad shil-
lings lying beside a hedge in the Cumwhinton-lonning,
near Harraby toll-bar. He had not come to Carlisle
since that time until Wednesday last,' when he set out
with his cousin. On the road Holiday took his com-
panion to show him the place where he had found his
worthless treasure, 'and upon arriving at the place
and inspecting it, a second instalment was awaiting
them. One of the lads kicked a sod off the hedge, aul
to their astonishment revealed a collection of. 637 base
shillings, similar to those which had been found before,
each coin being wrapped in a piece of .thin paper, after
the approved manner of the " smashing" fraternity, but
the paper was quite rotten. , The lads took their
treasure-trove to their aunt's in Scotch-street, and
Sergeant Barnfather was sent for; and-the money was
delivered to him. jle at once recognised the base
metal as some which had been " wanted", for a long
time, information having heen received' at the police-
office several months ago that a large quantity of bad
" silver" had found its way into Carlisle, and was in
the posse6sion of some of the "craft" The coin is
in imitation of a shilling of George 111., bearing date
1816 ; the obversd. is sharp and very perfect, but the
reverse is- badly
.executed; the metal is exceedingly
light in weight, and the colour, which -must have
been spoiled to a considerable extent from so long an
exposure to damp, is bad, being much too white. As
to how the coin came there is nothing at present known,
but the natural inference is that some of the "pro-
fessionals" had visited this locality with a view to
commencing extensive operations., but had been dis-
turbed, and found themselves on the treadmill or at
penal servitude for some other offence before they had
an opportunity of carrying out their designs. Mr. Bent
made application- to the magistrates at the Town-hall
for authority to send the coin to the Mint. Mr. Holi-
day attended, and explained the circumstances under
which his son had found the £3l 17s. The bench gave
the necessary authority, and at the same time told Mr.
Holiday that there was no reflection upon either himself
or his son,—Carlisle Patriot, -