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and AnnLrnics. For the Defendants, Mesas.
Ronde and Wimeou.
Three copes occupied the Court until luilf-pest
WS in the evening.
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11.

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the CHIEF JUSTICE

Salamis as Guildhall, before
and Common Juries.

GRANT V. CARTER.
Till* wns an action to recover the sum of 591. the
price of a mooring chain and ruble, the property
of the. Plaint►ff, sold to the Defendant.
The Plaintiff was owner of the ship Sarah, which,
with her furniture, was put up and sold by auction,
on Ins account, at Lloyd's, on the lat May last, by
Mr. ‘Voolcumb„ an auctioneer. The Defendant
had pievtuusly gone to the ship, and saw • bower
anchor and chain lying in the hold, but was told
that the other chain and anchor was lying under the
ballast. Various permit's at the sale bid for
the mooring chain and anchor, but it was
knocked down to the Defendant, as the highest
bidder, id 235. a hundred. Ota delivery, the articles
turned out to be perfectly unfit for service,
being eaten away by rust, and tit for nothing
but to be sold as old iron. Under these Cif-
cumsisiiers, Mr. Carter applied to Woolcomb to
take back the article', or set a fair value on
them. The matter was referred to Mr. Chrystal,
a wharf-keel•rr in the city, who valued the chain
and anchor at 18/. Grant, however, refused to
make tiny ►eduction, and • steel on the full price,
SOL to recover which he brought the present action.
It was contended by Plaintiff's Counsel, that the
want of a warranty at the sale bound the Defendant
to his bargain.
A link of the chain was produced in Court, and
appeared exactly to agree with the description of it
above given.
The Juons, in his charge, observed, that though
the goods had been purchased without n warranty,
yet they were sold as a chain and cable, whereas
they turned out to be only old iron.
The Jury found a verdict for the Defendant.

OLD BAILEY. FRIDAY, DEC, I I.

COUNTERFEIT COIN.

Joseph Martin was indicted for putting off and
selling twenty counterfeit pieces, purporting to be
the regular milled sinning., a part of the legal coin
of the realm.
Mr. REYNOLDS stated the cave to the Jury, as it
was subsequently detailed in evidence.
Edward Nicholls stated that he was a fishmonger
at Rumford, mid in consequence of information he
had received, he applied to the overseer of his dis-
trict, and came to London. On his arrival in town
lie went to the Green Man and Bell, in Darkhouse-
lane, where he remsined until the Billingsgate
Market-bell ruing; after doing his market business
lie went to Mr. Ford's. the next public-house,
where he and his companions called fur breakfast,
at near six o'clock. 'l'hey afterwards returned to
the Green Man and Bell, and went from that to
Petticoai.l.the, where, about eight o'clock, he met
Mortise (the Prisoner), to whom he was introduced
by Hanchard. The Prisoner said to Henchord.
" Have you sold all your blackberries:" Some
dumb ahem then passed between them, and they
withdrew aside, and conversed together in private.
They then went all together to a court called the
Gaff, where the Jews were in the habit of gambling.
When they had arrived there, the Prisoner, Mar-
tin, asked the witness how much money he wanted ?
he replied Stl. worth ; Hanchard said he would have
a score—and another man, named Clerk, who was
present, sold he'd take half a score. The price was
Ss. fur twenty bad chitlings. Martin went away,
mid returned in live minutes with II large quantity
of bad shillings. lie then counted tier score to
witness, who gave him a 31. note, and said he
wanted some lialfcrowns and sixpences, and when
he brought them he'd give him the remaining ss. ;
but Martin insisted on getting the ss. at the instant,
and witness then returned a score of the bad shil-
lings. Clerk and Hanchard said they would have
a score each, which Martin gave them, and took
the money in payment. Martin then went to get
some halfcmwits and sixpences, and they accompa-
nied him iuto a little court, where he desired
them to wait : lie soon after returned with sixpences,
but said he could not get the loilfcrowns at that
moment. Clerk, Henrliard, and witness, after-
wards set oil togther to Rumford, and on their ar-
rival they art down at the tap-room where the coach
stopped, and called for a pot of egg-hot, for which
be tendered in payment two bad shillings. He had
preconcerted this with the overseer. Clerk and
Hesichard then said they would go away, but wit-
ness seized them, and insisted they should stop.
They were immediately taken into custody by the
constables, whom, by a previous arrangement, were
in waiting fur that purpose. He then delivered all
his bad money into the hands of the overseer.
Cron-examined—The place ei:lled the Gaff. is
just out of Petticoat-lune, near Spitalfielsis ; he
had lived in London, and failed as a cow-keeper,
three years ago, and then lie became a tirMinonger ;
his father was a writing-master, and lie had himself
been reared to the farming business; he had
known Ilatichard and Clerk about three months,
at Rumford ; he had got into conversation with
theiu only about a fortnight, and in this short space
they told him how to L;et the money ; his acquaint-
ance with them commenced by his meeting with
them as lie walked up to London to buy his fish ;
he used to walk up every flay, and they came three
times a week with mushrooms; he never expected
to be paid for 1514 trouble in this prosecution ; he
would always detect thieves when lie could, with-
Out re:Wilfd ; he kileiv nothing about being paid his
expenses. _ .

I:. Wood via+ or.rerrr :it ilootrord, •nd in con-
,..tplence u communication he hail received from
It.e 'met wallows, he went to Mr. Stedman, the
Coder-Sheriff of the town, mid it war pre-atrunged
that the I %%duo% should up to Lawton with
I 'kit nod sod ou his return that they
should go to the Son pul►lic•hoa:r, where wittier,
and others wonl.t he in reudiste.o, to take them 111141
ciivtotly. Nlur.ditill, the keeper of the Sou
w.s. JI•o to he mks-int-4 that had
moo, v would lw otrortil to Into ; lw then ilehvitheil
the timelier in winch. he tuuk the parties tutu