The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
George Bagley, aged 22 ; Frances Bagley, his Wit!'
aged 24 ; and George Forecast, aged 21 ; were capitallY
indicted for forging and counterfeiting four half-croty°
with intent to circulate the same.
Mr. SCA RLETT, jun., stated the case for the prosecution,
Wm. Bromett, a potter, in the employ of Mr. Walters',
of High-street, Lambeth, stated that in consequence °I
some previous information he, accompanied by a to
named Lawrence, who had previous'y dealt with the pri"
soner Bagley for base coin, went, on the 22d of July, t.°
the prisoners' lodgings in Wentworth-street, Wbitechapel;
he was employed to go there by a man named Gallagher'
On entering Bigley's room they saw him (hut not die
other prisoners), and asked him if he had any half-crowne;
Bagley said he had not, but asked how many were wantet
Witness said he wanted twenty half-crowns and twePt•
shillings, which Bagley promised to have ready in ell
hour and a half. Bagley showed a half-crown and all
imperfect mould, stating that the mould was broken, she
he would break it up. Witness asked him if he made tllcei
mould, and he replied he did. Witness then went away, se
communicated what had taken place to the other witnesses'
In the evening he w„mt with several others, and WY
found all the prisoners there in the act of making coief
of which some pieces were found finished and unfinished.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Was in regular
employ as a potter. Was not distressed for money cm tb
22d July, Lawrence was a witness.
Robert Lawrence, a constable, residing at No. f:3?
Lambeth-butts, stated that he was employed to go to the
prisoners' lodgings with Bromett. He asked Bagley if
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had got any half bulls (half•crowns), and he replied
had not, but asked how many witness wanted. Witneel
said he wanted a score of half bulls, a score of garter'
bobs (shillings with the garter on them), and a score rif
plain bobs (shillings without the garter), the whole °f
which Bagley promised should be ready in an hour and e
half. Witness then went to a public-house at the end °t
the street, where the other witnesses were waiting. ,
Cross-examined—Witness considered himself an hone
and upright man ; had been employed several times 1),./
Gallagher to go upon this sort of business since the 19t"
of June last. If a person were introduced to him as beingt
able to procure base coin, he then went about it, but no
otherwise. Gallagher pointed out the prisoners to hi°:,
Witness was by trade a fishmonger ; never received 01
thing from Gallagher ; but he expected to be paid for its
loss of time.
Mr. CLaaxsost—Now, upon your oath, are you not in
the habit of entrapping men into the commission of crime'
for the purpose of betraying them to the officers ?
nese—That is not a fair question.
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Andrew Lloyd, a police officer of Hatton-garden OV.:
ing the room he saw two men and two women. Foreea'
threw something by the side of the paper, and also some;,
thing out of the window, saying, " Now I have done you'„
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Witness secured him after a desperate resistance.
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and his wife were secured by Myers. In various parts'
the room were several counterfeit half-crowns, ho;.
finished and unfinished, some moulds, pieces of BritatO
metal, two tobacco pipes in the fire, full of molten metal, fie'
Richard Myers, a tobacconist, in Newington-causevieP
gave similar testimony.
Cross-examined—Witness employed himself exclusifeli
in this sort of business ; could not tell what money in 1.4/4
whole he had received from the Mint for the last two yea •,
without he had his books with hint ; he might have ree;
ceived 1001. within two years, but not 1501. Beside'
on enter'
being a tobacconist, and following this business for t'
Mint, be had landed property. He had done bushiess
the Mint for ten years, and was in the habit of emPl°)e;
ing persons to detect coiners. Had employed a man nan'
Perkins after he, Perkins, had been convicted of an offence
at the instance of the Mint.
Mr. Field, inspector of bise-coin to the Mint, gave
opinion that all the coin found at the prisoners' lodging,
was counterfeit, and that the metal and the moulds war
such as were used by coiners in manufacturing base eei°,i
Ann Sheen, wife of William Sheen, stated that she
her husband occupied the house in which the prisorte:e
were apprehended. Bagley and his wife occupied ti
room in which they were apprehended.
Cross-examined—Forecast did not reside in the hnus,,f',
Mr. Justice ALDERSON, in summing up the
said it appeared undoubted that some of the witnesses llse
gone to the prisoners and induced them to mantrfano-
this coin for the purpose of detecting them afterwards tsie
the commission of the crime—a mode which it would
much better if it was spared. It was said in a book
was much more frequently spoken of than read, that i;
was a bad thing to do evil that good may result-
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was certainly improper to do evil at any time, no
supposing that good might be the result, and to
deprecated the mode of detection that had been adoptedld
the present instance. The Learned Judge then cornmeldr,
on the evidence, directing the Jury to see that those Per
sons who had directed the base coin to be made, were 0°
roborated by unimpeachable testimony.
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The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against al.
prisoners ; the Foreman stating that he and his brethr!
highly disapproved of the means made use of to detect be
prisoners.
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Mr. Justice ALDERSON—SO do I, gentlemen; n° pry
son should do evil that good may come. n
The prisoners were again placid at the bar LIP'
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second indictment of a similar nature, but no eviden
being offered, they were acquitted.

PATRICK BELLEW, Esq., and H. G°° 13b;
RICKE, Esq., are the candidates for the representation of t
county of Louth, vacant by the death of A. DAwsoN, "
Lieutenant-General the Baron EvAlrly
has gone from Paris to Brussels to aid in the organiz3Ts
of the national artillery there, is the same whom, in 1!13;
BCONAPAILTE sent to place in order of preparation all
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batteries of the empire during the short war of the no"'
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