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London, England, 1827-04-17 00:00:00

the county, and Mrwlllielailla SAW alto la die county
of Gloucester.
Thomssr.:l Mr: in Kingsdown, in the ckf of,
Bris 01.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—This is not in the cotmty ; and
if you pnrceed ass commrro utterer—
Mr. SHEPKIRD—I abandon the first count as a c'm-
mon uttrrer, becashe Airs. Nichols bas not sufficiently
identified the money.

Mr. Baron Vittlou AN—The evi 'ence as it stands now
is complete as a single utterance.
Mr. Susenenn —The silversmith to prove that the
money is bad, is not in Court; be is sent for, and while
he Is coming, the witness can be examined. I offer the
evidence as cot ruborating the guilty knowledge.
Mrs. Thomas—The prisoner came to me on the 24th
of March last, and bought an article for 2d. and gave
me half a crown. I gave her 2s. 4d. She picked up the
2s. and put them in her pocket, and then said, she had
rather not cliange her halicrown, she had halfpence I
gave her the half-crown back, and she put in my hand
2s. which I thought were the same. The till was open,
and I put them in at the end by themselves. She seemed
to tremble as she went out, so I looked at the shillings,
and found they weie both bad, add not what I had given.
her. I have never parted with them.
Mr. Lowe, the silversmith,was called, but not coming;
Mr. SHEPHERD..--I understand one of the Jury is a
silversmith.
Tile Juryman was swam, cut the shillings with a
knife, and proved they all bad.
The prisoner in her dWOllaid her friends had em-
ployed Conwel. .
Mr. JUNTIC/1 —A scrap if paper has just been put
into my hands. I told the person f could be of no ser-
vice, but if your Lordship, would allow me, I will beg
to.ask a question of the Juryman ?
Mr. Baron VAtuontAw.—Certainly.
Mr. Jusmcg.—Would you have known the shillings
had been bad if you had not trie4 them?
The Jury man.—They ire exceedingly,well executed,
and I could.not easily have told.
Mr. Justice.—My Lord, if I had been aware,' would
have attended to the case.

Mr. Baton VAUGHAIL—No time is lost that is spent
in admin•stering justice, and therefore you can have the
witnesses recalled, and ask them any question you like,
His Loi dship read over all the evidence to Mr. Justice,

Mr. Justice.—Gentlemen, I am sure you will n.-t
press hard upon a prisoner so young as this, and who is
suspected by her, trembling, for that is an indication of
virtue, which every innocent person would feel. Had
she been initiatedln crime, experience would have 4iven
her hardihood, fc4 repeated acts of ,guilt invariably
destroy all moral sensibility. She evinces the feeling of
an innocent person, and is there a clearer proof of guilt ?
I appeal to you as a matter of,qaerience, eiether, hav-
ing taken such shillings as these, you would, upon such
slight marks, know them so as to be able to swear to
them with certainty ? Every 'shilling has the lion and
the crown, and it is singular that the only mark to
which Mrs. CI AI ke speaks it the mark comm,n is all.
' While the case was going on I tile* up the shillings and
compared them with two of my own, and I could not
have believed it possible there could have been so good
an imitation. Mrs. Clarke may be mistaken, in which
case the prisoner is innocent ; and you will not convict
her if you entertain any doubt of Mrs. C.'s accuracy.

Mre SHEPHERD observed that the lion and crown was I
a different coinage.
Mr. BaronVAUGHAN recalled Mrs. Clarke, who point-
ed out the difference between 'the shillings.

Mr. Baron VAVOHAN.—The prispner has no reason
to complain that she had not earlier the benefit of Coun-
sel, fur the observations were very pertinent, and could
not have been better. .The sting of the offence is the
knowledge that the coin is counterfeit. This has been
a most prolific bait-crown. You will consider the ge-
neral conduct of the prisoner., and unless it makes 100
irresistibly conclude that she is guilty, you will acquit
her. Verdict—guilt,.
Mr. Baron VAZICkIiAN,4 am 1131 Ty to obstrve you
have been convicted before. If I had any discretion, 1
should sentence you to the severest penalty competent
`for me to inflict. lam only to pronounce the sentence
of the law. You know better than Ido I dare say, or
quite as well, what that sentence is. You are to be im•
prisoned for six months in the Penitentiary and kept to
hard labour, and find sureties for your good behaviour
for six months Nutter.

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