The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-10-14 00:00:00


SV,Jt RR r SESSIONS.
Yesterday.' an adjournment of the Quarter Ses-
tinas forth@ County of Surrey, was held at the ties-
lions House, Horsetnonger.lane, before Wm. Oris-
tow, Esq. Chairman, and a numerous Bench of
Justines di the Peace for that County.
&mei GeiNsford was indited for fraudulently
uttering a base and counterfeit half guinea, knowing
the name to be base and counterfeit.
It appeared, upon the part of the prosecution, that
'in the Meath of April last, between eight and nine
O'clock at night, the Prisoner at the bar came to the
shovel one Curd, a theesensonger and butterman,
in Blackfriars-road, and purchased a pnund of but-
ter, in payment of which. he threw down half a gui-
nea. and demanded change; Wet. Curd (who at-
tended the shop, and was the only person in the
house), weighed the half guinea, found it heavy,
and gave him the change, whi:h he was abont to
put in his pocket, when he vented to recollect him-
self, and said, he had silver, and did not want
change r she replied, that it wat just the same thing
to her, as they had plenty of silver in the house ;
when, in the sequel, by some jumble of the change,
or hotels pocus 4eight of hand, the Prisoner con-
trived to stibstftdie the counterfeit half guinea in
the place of the gdnnine one, and left the shop un-
ektreted: Mrs, Curd took patticular notice of his
person; but not being alarmed by the transaflion, she
did not call for assistance to apprehend him. 4bout
.fortnight after she saw him pass, and pointed him
net to her husband, and he was soon after traced and
taken into custody.
On the part of the Prisoner, it appeared that he
hkd lived for some years in the next street, *here
he exercised the profession of a penny barber, and
was its the constant habit of frequenting a tiutshc
house nest doer to Mr. Curd, were he geeerally
sem:eked his pipe on the iseich outside the door
every evening, where the parties had constant op
portuniues of seeing 11;0s. He further appe:tred.to
have gives himself up voluntatily to the Magis-
trates ; and several witnesses were called. who gave
him an excellent charader. Some doubt arose as
tolsis ierentity; and the Jury, giving }Jinn the benefit
of that. doubt, after some consultatinu, found a vet--
die of--Nee
l• • jamas &ales was alto Wilted for a similar of-
liken, in pining i bad half guinea on Mary, the
wife of John Collins, residing in Face-street, Hone-
leydbeast.
It appeared for the praline:tine (whielt, as well es".
tfie former, was carried on by the Mint), that, in the!
meth of :lune last, a person came into the shop of
Elks. Collins, and directed her to tend half a bushel
or coals to No. 14, in the same street, s, 'lt tae oppoiiet
site of the way. he then desired change of half -tor.
hseines. and she gave him a seven-shillings piece,
alteeerown. and a shilling, which he put into a .
pee-green leather pursi, and then bought two-penny.. •
words of tobacco, and paid for it. She reminded
hies, he had net paid for the coals, and he replied%
he would pay for them when the boy brought theta
loose. When the person went .?way, Mrs. Collins
dleeotereci that the halteuirtea was a counterfeit.
nee ;the sent her son. a boy of thirteen years old,
ifter 'him, to change it. while she herself followed as
Bin as she could. They overtook the Prisoner
/kat two hundred yards from the !sense, and-hay.
lug procured. conrahle, apprehended him.
Airport of the Defendant, it appeared, ?hit
the moment he was seired,.he declared his ignorance
of the business, and suffered himself to be hi ought
hie, and searched, when neither the tobacco age
the steam shillinis piece were to be found upon hiM,
although the K itneeses for the prosecution swore
they never Inst sight of him. His pocket-hooks
swereeradfined,• in one of which he had some Brink
nines. and in the other, which was dark green, ap-
proaching to black, he had two dollars and some
small silver, but no seven :shillings piece. It also
appenrect, that he was offered his liberty, and that
the business should ber,drepped, if he would remu-
nitrate the ides of the tali-guinea ; but this he con-
stantly and peremptorily refused. denying to the
lest any knowledge of the matter, and preferring
to stand the test of the accusation.
A groat number of m.st respedable Witnesses
were sailed, who gave the Prisoner a most es-
cellent charader for sobriety, integrity, and in-
dustry.
it appeared, that hi was by trade a printer, and
'imported a wife and family by his own industr).
I.be Jury immediately found a verdift of—Not
Curley.
y'skt was ;edified for assaulting Sarah
the wife of Robert Holmes.
These parties resided in the same house, the Pro-
end his wife occupying the ground Boor,
and the Defendant and his wife the first floor. Fie-
qoent 'hickey's's' took place between the females of
these families relative to barring the hall door; the
ore would hate it shut, the other insisting it should
remain open. These disputes arose to blows be-
tween the ladies ; but o: :e eay udfortessatehr dui
Defendant's wiry had the worst of it. and when the
I.lrehand cattle home from his work, and heard
what had happened, armed with a bricklay,et's
hammer, he instantly proceeded up stairs, and,
swearing he would murder Holmes, burst. open
the door, and having made several blows, be
made a kick at him, which the wife titerctring,,
received the full force on her elbow ; she was then
pregnant, and the Defendant swore kw would maks
her miscarry, and spoil ler shapes, as he had done
Were. Both the parties appearing equally blame-
atrie in the eye of the Court, the Jury found the
Defendant Grin. and in consequence of the kind '
fogge.•ion cut the Bench, the basineu was afterwards
amicably Aware&
On SaturdaY, a curious exhibitiue reeds place on
the aim : la yOung man a earpeotes....wbo udder-
t.esit, wr e small wager:to row ilaa speaks" ash foes
Mrbenit to Lyndon 3ridgs', seatestiturnse4 i s the
tski, and bed a scull its each hand,-ifith which he
Tialanoed himself. and rowed down the ki;er, ie the
pi•sente of several thousand speetators. As he
pitinerthrough cite different bridges, the tub was
ss Alen round by the current,, ease same
-1•••••• sang. garland:es often started v.
hfres drowned; white he eat
tsw-
--'ejse tide was very rapid.

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