The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-12 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY).

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Serjeant ARABIN. )
Charles Dell was indicted for stealing a gelding, the
property of Win. Tullett, of Uxbridge ; the horse was found
in his possession at Reading, Berks, which he accounted
for by saying that he had been employed to sell it at
Abingdon Fair.—" Guilty."

(Before Lord TIENTERDEN.
COINING.

Ramberg Price, aged 28, and Mary Price, 27, were
indicted for having, on the 6th of February, feloniously
coloured three pieces of base coin, namely, a half-crown,
a shilling, and a sixpence, for the purpose of passing them
as the current coin of the. realm.

Mr. BOLLAND and Mr. LAW conducted the prosecution.
John Limbrick, officer of Hatton Garden Police Office,
deposed that on the 28th of February be went, in conse-
quence of information received, with Edwards and Lee,
two other officers, to Crick's Field's, Paddington. Saw a
cottage with a garden surrounding it. Witness and
Edwards went into the back door, which was en the latch.
Went through the kitchen into the parlour, where he saw
the female prisoner sitting by the fire, with her back to the
window. She screamed out "Oh my God," several times.
She had a cup in her hand, which she- threw into the fire.
Witness, however, prevented its breaking, and took it off the
fire. It contained some paste, used in colouring base coin ;
saw Edwards try it on a penny piece, which received the
colour of silver from the operation. Lee came in from the
front. Saw Edwards take some money from the prisoner.
Examined her hands and found the thumb of the right
one a green colour. Tried his own thumb by rubbing the
coin, and found it produced just the same appearance.—
Found a shilling on the bar of the grate, and two half.
crowns,and a sixpence under it. In a small saucepan
, near the fire they found three shillings and a half-crown
immersed in a few drops of liquid. A bottle near to her
left hand contained aqua fortis. They also found sand
paper, &c. (all produced). The male prisoner had made
his escape across some fields as witness was told, and he af-
terwards saw Edwards, who had gone off in that direction,
return with the prisoner in custody, without his coat. A
coat was afterwards found in the same track, which the
male prisoner claimed when found.
The prisoner here asked the witness if he had not re-
ceived the information from a person who had received his
liberty from Coldbath-fields for giving it.
The Learned Juucla on Limbrick asking the question,
replied, that he was not bound to answer the prisoner's en-
quiry, as no person would be found to give information if
such were the case; besides, the information was not put in
evidence against him. 'The prisoner then asked if his
wife did not faint when taken ; and remarked, that such
being the case, she could not have thrown the cup into
the fire. Limbrick remarked, that she did not faint till
after she was handcuffed. .

William Brown Edwards deposed that he is an officer,
and accompanied ether officers to the cottage of the pri-
soners. It was only one story high. Saw the woman
sitting by the side of the fire. When Limbrick laid hold
of her she flung the tea-cup in the fire. Took from her
hand five sixpences, quite wet. They were white, as if
just coloured, but they are now of a brass colour. Saw
the male prisoner jump into a ditch, after running across a
field, He threw off his coat while running. He saw
some men, and told them that he wanted him for murder,
upon which they overtook the prisoner and brought him
back to the cottage. The male prisoner said that he had
lived in the cottage five weeks.
Leigh, an officer, corroborated the evidence of the former
witnesses, and further said, that he found on the tea-board
eight half crowns and same shillings, with a brush, with
' something black upon it. Also a fire-shovel, which ap-
peared as if it had been held over the fire, and on the
inside of which there appeared to be an acid-like cream of
tartar.

Cross-examined—Nothing was secreted ; they were al]

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in one room, and close to where the female prisoner hal
been sitting. There was a white bat and a drab coat on
the bed, which the male prisoner claimed when he was
brought in.
Lirribrick, the officer, recalled—Said that the grate was
not set in the room, but saw no mortar there. Believes
the prisoner wan without a hat when he was brought back.
Vincent Faith, a plasterer, corroborated the testimony of
the officers, and said that he saw the male prisoner throw
his coat through a hedge while running. Took up the
coat and brought it back. Is quite sure the prisoner is
the man whom he saw run from the house.

John Macartney, a labourer, residing in Cato-street,
Edgeware-road, gave similar evidence to that of the last
witness, and said further that when the male prisoner ran
away, be had a hat on.
The landlord of the cottage deposed, that he let the
cottage to the male prisoner, who had paid him rent for it.
Mr. J. Field, an inspector at the Mint, deposed that the •
coins produced by the officers were all counterfeit. The
powder in the cup was strong nitrate of silver.
Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Mint, corroborated the tes-
timony of the officers as to what occurred at the cottage
when the prisoners were taken into custody.
The male prisoner in his defence said, that he had be-
. come acquainted with a person named Anthony, a foreigner,
by whose means he became acquainted with one Harvey,
whom he afterwards found to be connected with 'Warner,
who had been convicted of coining. He immediately gave
up his acquaintance, but afterwards Harvey called on him
at his cottage. Prisoner was much surprised to see him,
for he had heard that he had been imprisoned for twelve
month for passing base coin. He told him, however,
that he had been liberated on account of his good conduct.
The prisoner, however, requested that he weuld not come
to his house, but he came notwithstanding. On the
morning in question, prisoner quarrelled with his wife and
struck her, so as to give her a black eye. He than went
out and did not return again within doors. During his
absence Harvey came to his house with a parcel, which
he said were the seeds he had promised them
for their garden. Soon afterwards the prisoner saw the
officers, and imagining that he had done some serious mis-
chief to his wife, he ran away.
The female prisoner put in a written defence, which
was read by the officer of the Court, and was quite in ac-
cordance with that of her husband.

Lord TENTERDEN charged the Jury at considerable
length.
The Jury consulted together for a few minutes, and then
returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners.