The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-09 00:00:00

COINING.

Samuel Wilson alias Stanley de Courcy Ireland, was
indicted for traitorously and feloniously casting from two
raoulds certain base coin in shillings and sixpences, pur-
porting to be the current coin of the realm, in the parish
of St. Mary's, Lambeth, on the 12th of last April.
Catherine Wood, who was taken with the prisoner,
was admitted King's evidence against him.
Mr. Sergeant ONsLow, Mr. GURNEY, and Mr. Bor.-
taxi), conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. ADOLPHUS
and Mr. BRODERICK the defence.
Edward Joseph Powell, from the office of the Solicitor
:If the Mint—On Thursday, the 12th of April, accompanied
"Y some officers went to No. 6, Isabella-street, Gibson-
street; Limbrick, Kirby, Edwards, and Llyyd, were the
officers ; arrived at the house at about four o'clock in the
afternoon ; Kirby knocked at the door, on its being opened
'witness and the officers entered, and went up stairs.
Went into the front room ; saw the prisoner Kirby enter
the room, and seized the prisoner who was in the room.
The latter was standing near a table with his coat off. He
had a handkerchief tied over his trowsers, and over
that an apron. He was without his neckerchief.—
The front of his hair was slightly covered with white
Powder. They found the table covered with two
sheets of brown paper; whitening in powder was spread
liver it. There were two moulds in metal flasks. The
Prisoner was taken to the corner of the room, and
Catherine Wood was brought up, and placed in
another corner. While they were thus detained,
witness opened one of the moulds, which had
an impression of the obverse and reverse sides of a sixpence.
It was quite warm and a part of the metal was on it.—
The moulds were then produced ; they were made to cast
four pieces at once ; the impressions were struck on whiten-
ing pressed hard into iron cases. One was for sixpences,
and another for both sixpences and shillings.—
They were very - ingeniously contrived ; a good shil-
ling being just put in to produce the impression, and
the metal poured into the cavity after it was removed. A
press was also produced which was used for the purpose of
stamping.—Witness resumed—Kirby took a counterfeit
shilling from the prisoner's pocket. The prisoner and Ca-
therine Wood, were then sent off in custody. Witness
remained in the house, and when the officers return..
ed witness then took an inventory of the imple-
ments which were found in the house. They also
found forty-seven shillings
and five sixpenc.es, all
counterfeit and unfinished. There was a lump of the
which thelitdivvillingshan)dedsix-
smile sort of white metal, of
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appeared to have been formed.
if from a crucible. A rolling pin covered with swhiteningalas
upon it, used to prepare the moulds, a three-square file,
with white metal in the teeth, a small gouge to clean the
mouth of the mould, in order to pour in the metal, were
also found.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRODERIOK.—Found the large
mould shut together ;
whitening will retain the heat for
some short time; did not know for how long, the other
mould was not warm.
Re-examined.—Found the mould warm on the inside,
and called the officers to witness that it was so.
By the Couitx—Was not a minute is the room before
he felt the mould.
John Limbrick, an officer, stated that lie went as de-
scribed by the last witness ; some time elapsed before they
were let in - followinf Edwards up stairs ; the prisoner was
dressed as below described ; his hands had whitening on
them; found two pair of moulds, and a good half-crown;
the large mould was quite warm.—(This witness produced
the coins which were found.)
Catherine Wood swore that she is the proprietor of No.
6, Isabella-street. She has been acquainted with
the prisoner for some time past. He took her
lodgings about two months before his apprehen-
sion, and brought his things at three or four different
times ; a person named Streaton, who had escaped, was
" intimate friend of the prisoner's, and frequently in his
"mpany. The case for the prosecution having closed,
witnesses were called for the defence, whose evidence
ine
was relied on to prove that the prisoner was not a lodger at
wy of Wood's house, and that her evidence was un-
belief as she was a woman of loose and aban-
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