The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-14 00:00:00

• SURREY SESSIOYS.

• Yesterday an adj-ournment. Of the Quarter Ses-
sions for the County of Surrey
.was held at the Ses-
sions, House, Horsernonger-lane,
.before Wm. ONS-
LOW, Esq. Chairman, and a numerous Bench of
Justices of the Peace for that County.
Samuel Gainsford was iedi6ted for fraudulently
uttering a base 4.-md counterfeit half guinea, knowing
the same to be base and counterfeit.
It appeared; upon the part of ttie prosecution, that
in the month of April last, between, eight and nine
o'clock at night,. the Prisoner .at the bar came to the
shop of one Curd, a cheesemonger and butterman,
in Blackfriars-road, and purchased a pound of but-
ter, in payment of which he threw down half a dui-
pea, and demanded change ; IVlrs. 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, which he was about to
put in his pocket, when he seemed to' recollect him-
self, and said he had silver, and did not want change;
she replied, that it was 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 bogus
pocus slight of band, the Prisoner contrived to sub-
stitute the counterfeit half- guinea in the place of the
genuine one, and left the shop undetected. Mrs:_,
Curd took particular notice of his person ; but not
being'alarmed by the transailion, she did not call
for assistance to apprehend him. About a fOrtnight
after she saw him pass, and pointed him out,. to her
husband, and he was soon after traced and taken into
custody.
•
On the part of the Prisoner it appeared, that he
had lived for some years in the next street, Where
be eacrcised the profession of a penny barber, and'
was in the constant habit of frequenting a public-
house next door to Mr. Curd, where he generally
smoaked his *pipe on the bench outside the door
every evening, where the .parties had constant. op-
portunities of seeing him. He further appeared to
'have given himself up voluntarily to the Magi-
strates ; and. seVeral witnesses were called, who
gave him an excellent charaaer. Some doubt arose
as to his identity ; and the Jury, 'giving him the
benefit of that doubt, after some consultation, found
a Verdi& of—Not.Gititty.
JameS Seales was also inditied for a similar of-
fenCe, in passing a bad half guinea. on Mary, the
wife of Johii Collins, residing in Fare-street, Horse-
ley dOwn.
lf_appeared.for the prosecution (which, as well as
the former, was cat ried on by the Mint), that, in the
month of June last, a per Son came into the' shop of
Md. Collins; and directed her to send half a bushel
of coals to No. 14, in the same street, at the opposite
side of. the way, he then desired change of half-a-
guinea, and she gave him a seven-shillings piede,'
half-a-crown, and a shilling, which he put into a
pea-green leather purse, and then bought two-penny-
worth of tobacco, and paid for it. She reminded.
him, he had not paid for the coals, and he replied,
he .would pay for theM when the boy brought them
home. When the person went away, Mrs-Oollins
.discovered that the half-guinea was a counterfeit, and
she sent her son, a bey of thirteen years old, after
him to change it, while she herself followed •as fast
as she could. They overtook the Prisoner about two.
hundred yards from the house, and having procured
.
a con Mable, apprehended him. _
On the part of the Defendant, it appeared, that
•the moment he was seized, he declared his ignorance
of the business, and suffered hiMself 'ft) be brought
back and searched, when neither the tobacco nor
the seven shillings;piece were to be fount: upon him,
although the Witnesses for the Prosecution swore
they -never -lost sight of . him. His pocket-books
were examined, in One of which he had seine. Bank-
notes, and in the 'other, xyhich was dark green, ap-
proaching to black, he had two,dollars and• some
small silver, but no , seven -shillings piece. It also
appeared, that he was offered his liberty, and that
the business would be dropped if he would reran-
neratethe loss.ofthe
,half-guinea ; but this he con-
stantly and 'peremptorily refuied, denying 'to the
last any knowledge of .the matter, and preferring to
stand the test of the accusation
grelit number of most respectable _Witnesses
were called, who gave, the Prisoner a most ex 7
cellent.charader for sobriety; integrity, and indus-
try._ -
-it appeared that he was by trade a printer, and
Supported a wife and family, by his own'inclustry.
The Jury immediately found -a verdi& of—Not
Guilty.
John Clements Was indiaed for assaulting Sarah,
the Wife of Robert Holmes.
These' parties resided in the same house, the De-
fendant and his wife occupying. the, ground floor,
and the Prosecutor and his wife the first floor. Fre-
quent bickering took place bet Ween the females of
these families. relative to barring the hall door ; the
one would have it shut, the other insisting it'should
remain open. These disputes arose to hlow's be
tween the ladies ; but one day, unfortunately, the
Defendant's wife had the worst of it, and when the
husband came home froth his work, and heard
what had happened, armed with a bricklayer's hem-
tiler, he instantly proceeded up stairs, and, swear-
ing he would murder Holmes; burst open the dOor,
and having made several. blows, he made a kick at
him, which the wife intercepting, received the full
force on her elbow ; she was then pregnant, and
the Defendant swore he would make her miscarry,
and spoil her shapes, as he had done before. Both
the parties appearing equally blaMeable in the eye
of the Court, the Jury found the Defendant Guilty,'
and,: in consequenCe of the kind suggestion of the
Bench, the business was afterwards amicably ad-
justed. • .

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