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London, England, 1803-11-07 00:00:00

who deposed,
.thatoll the
.eyening of the day 11id,411
the Indictment, between the hours of seven, and
eight o'clock,. having Opened the door °flits hotie
to let out some ,company 'WIT had been with him;
an armed banditti, the_puniber of six, two of
Whom ware masks on, their. faces, rushed into; his
house, An alarm was instantly excited in the
neighbourhood, and a Mr. Isil(Drinnell,. with his
wire, came out from an adjAcent house, and stiPpli_
sated these ruifialb to take all the property which
the, Prosecutor. possessed, and spare his .life. Alter
various Tarte., v ring within and•otltside Prosecutor's
'house, ,they took t r. IVl‘Cfonnell into custody. In
the interim Proiecbtor found occasion. to letreav up
Itairs,. where he found. some ants; he seized on, a
large pistol, which ,was charged, am! on a blunder-
buss.— The robbers came back, fired several shOts
at him, which he returned, after giving -them seri-
ous warning, by a shot trom a pistol.. Al; the shots
of his assailants, missed one only having taken
plce in a door of an upper apartment, very near his
person. They :succeeded in robbing hint of, one
hundred ppundc.in cash,:, u, blucKletbos,, a case of,
pisiols; a sword, a gold watch, and a surtout coat.!
He could not, howeveji identify the PrisotiefaS one;
of the party. .

Francis I)avis corroborated the'particulars of his
testimony, and itientifi4the,Priiorter, at the Bar, as
one i)f the patty w.ho fired the shots and v..'nbed the
house.-

i3iron DALst chirged. the Jury, who shottly
turned a v.erditi—Gui/ti.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2

•
John William ICenard3,, INe.th
Cassidy,. • hriebolas•Ktoi h, Anthlay Dogbirly,
Curley,7
.7ataesf. 59:04 M`1.411:41,
Pew Ormsby, Artkar. Breen, goine/ius,
Bryan Mor?a, and joba Martin, were 'all tried
on three' Indithrients for ,coining base shillings.,—•
Ih4 .first, Indictment daid it feloniously coining
tiveory,pinces of boe silver, an 00 of,f-sigh "Treat.
son by, a Statute of Anne;, the second, having in
their pOssessiOn'iiich.basecOin with intent to utter ;
-and the third,t•a,.Mistlerneannr, &c. conspiring to
cheat and defraud, i-ilia„Wiajesty's,,Subjet!ls, by the
iptention of-circulating the same.
tjor Swan, a Magistrate. for' the County of
deposed, that 'on the 214 t day ot Septem-
ber last,: he went to•the. house-of John M‘Piterson,
in Kose.lane, who apparently kept A buttori giant!.
faCtory.—Tu Cowequctiee of the informations he re-
thritlet it prudent tdito,aCCoinpankd by
PraceiOfficers..; On. entering the _house; Witness
sa.w iVP.Pite.tion with .a book, which 1.,-e instantly
thic. liehintl the. counter, ,and tin [log, forward,
Witness rebleJon-it; this` proved to he a metim.
rand:tin:book; reßpetting.; work done apparently-in
the WaY.qt.t.M.TherNk)lB;ltii4e; lac .caw all, the.Prj-:
srmers at thsliar, whompe identified, variously oc.,
eupietl shout silver materials"; the Poisoner
nen:, was ',eritplisyed,,in -cur ting up -pieces of silver
into.certairs shap‘st the. trier.fireenhet saw descend.
ing a lAder, with three or four solid bars of silver
in his hands ; Witness was accompanied by-Captain
Carliart, and Wilson, of the Peace 'Equ',
blishment, he found a boy of the name of, 4ruith.
well, who is. not in rcultody, turning circular; picasof this mertl ; , Prisoner Kennedy, the two
Morans,. and 'Cassidy, , were merely ,occupied. as
labourers, roßipg our silver, several hoops of.whieh
Witocot saw; PrOCUred an assay of
,twenty.one
of these pieces, which he conceived were fabricated
for shillings; and, on their return from the crucible,
they weighed no more than what would amount in
value'_ to twelve shillings at most; another. part
amounting to littl,e more than nine tir ten.shillings :
certain of these pieces of silver- of a circular form
were produced in:Court in an unfinished state, and '
it was contended-by an able Bar ~f .Lawyers for the
Prisoners, that they were merely intended for but.
tons, 4geh,ns Ale Witness -then Wore, .On interro.
gating the Prisoners.cespeßively as to their induce.
anent ..10 coiled themselies at M.Thersoni.s 'place, one
of the Breen, said, he came. there to purchaitegoods,
meaning buttons; the second said, he. came to ac-
company his father; Dogherty said he wit, a stranger
who_ had occasion to come there to see a friend;
Curley said, he. was a -whip-maker,' and came to
purchase buttons; M!Plierrson, addressing the Wit.
nestobservcd, that as he was a Very hutnane Gen.
tleman,' he hoped-that he would not be his destruc.
ttoo .that he was seduced ',into. this cursed business
of making shillings, because the taylors declined
purchasing buttons.
Lord AVONMOR.E.^.—" I hia rather, Sir, the ell.
fugiurn ;on your. ,hurnanity, Caine through any
lips than those of the Prisoner,. and I .am sure it
ought."

M'Pherson also told witness that he was a loyal
man, but could not be injured in his property, by
the seizure of all this silver, as he only worked it
for, others, at the rate of twopence, and two,pence
halfpenny por ounce—this, the items in the book,
which he threw behind the,enuoter, seemed to jos.,
tify. Mr. M'Pherson also said, that it was not his
province to give them the complete ftnisit, that
others were to execute that part of the work.
Cioss.sexamined by Mr. 1144NALLY.—Witness
said he did not know who the person was who gave
him the information resreting this business, but he
was recommended 'to call at the house in question
about twelve o'clock.
One of these, fancied shillings having been pro.
duped,

Mr. EGANI for the Prisoners, observed, I.g that it
certainly was a graven image, but not like any thing
in the heavens aboie, nit the earth beneath,, or in
the waters under the earth."
Lord AVONMOR,II—" Therefore you may with
impunity fall down and worship it,"
Witness
,further observed, , that justice obliged
him to declare, on inquiry respeaing the character
of the Prisoner, ,M‘Pherson, he never heard a better
report of any man. The prisoner, Kennedy, the
two Morans, and. Cassidy, also bore excellent
raters. Mr. Swan's, candour, in this part of his
testimony, was acknowletiged by the Prisoners'
qt,tminel,, in terms of applause.
Oliver Carleton, Esq. proved, that le accompa-
nied ihe last witness to the house, and saw cerraigi
of the Prisoners casting and turning silver ; savv an

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