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London, England, 1827-08-31 00:00:00

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MONMOUTH, Avon: 28.
Cabin. sus..-(Before Mr. Justice Lemmata);
Jams Coleman was indicted, charged with having on
tbe.Both. of April last, feloniously tattered to Lab Hil-
lier, at Newport, in this county, a certain note pot•
porting to be a note of the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England, for the payment of 11. well know-
ing the same to be forged.
Mr.StillqinaD chnducted the case for theprosecntion.
Leah Hillier stated, that on the evening of the 30th
of April last, the prisoner came to her shop in Newport,
and having purchased seven pennyworth of goods, he
tendered the note in question in payment. She asked
him if he had not some small change, which he denied.
She then sent her servant out for change, and the note
having been taken to Mr. Williams, the bunker, suspi-
cion was excited, and the prisoner being questioned, he
said he had' taken it from a man at the Coach and
Horses public-house, for a pair of shoes.
John Love keeps a public-house in Newport, and re-
members the last witness sending for change for the
note. Having sent it to' the banker's, he returned to
ask Mrs. 11,1 lier where she got it, as it was a bad one.
She pointed out the prisoner as the person she had taken
it from, and he said he had got it from a man at the
Coach and Horses public-house for a pair of shoes, but
he was unable to point out the man he received it from
in the room in which the transaction had taken place.
On being asked to go to the bankers, to satisfy himself
that the note was bad, he went with the witness as far
as the door and then walked off: he was apprehended
almost instantly, and on being searched 6s. or 7s. were
found in his pocket.
Roland Morgan, who keeps the Coach and Horses
public-house, proved that the prisoner was in his house
on the SOtb of April last ; but he had no parcel or shoes
with him. Another witness also proved that be was in
the Coach and Horses public-house from three o'clock
till eight on the 30th of April, and the prisoner had no
parcel with him.
Mrs. Ewens, wife of a confectioner of Newport, prov-
ed that the prisoner, on the 30th of April, came to her
shop, and after purchasing some trifling articles, ten-
dered in payment a note resembling a Bank of England
note, for IL At first she declined changing it; but
being told it was a Bank of England note, she gave the
prisoner change.
Mr. Woode Deane, an inspector for the Bank of
England for the last 16 years. pronounced the note ut-
tered to Mrs. Hillier, and the note uttered to Mrs.
Ewens, to be forgeries in every respect. Both the notes
now produced appeared to be from the same plate.
A confession, signed by the prisoner at the time of
his apprehension, was then read, stating that he had re-
ceived the notes at the Coach and Horses, from Mary
Floyd, the wife of William Floyd. She bad plenty
more, and there were three other persons concerned in
it, Wm. Probert, Floyd, and his wife. The prisoner
was to have ten shillings allowed him for every note
that he got rictof.
On being called on for his defence, the prisoner gave
a similar account of the transaction, and called the fol-
lowing witnesses to character:
Mr. Carey, an accountant of Bristol, said he had
/ 'known the prisoner six years 3be .was a shoemaker by
trade, a, d always bore a good character for honesty.
William Gillett, a hairdresser of Bristol, said he had

known the prisoner 19 years, and that he was always
considered an honest man. The witness was present
when ti e prisoner received the notes from Mary Floyd,
at the Coach and Horses.
Cross-examined by Mr. Snarnetth--I was not at,
Taunton last Spring Assizes to give Mrs. Floyd or her
husband a character, when they were tried for uttering
forged notes. I have two occupations—l am a ginger
beer manufacturer. and a hairdresser by trade. lam
also a liquor-merchant, and sometimes take my pleasure
about the country, having an independence of my own
besides my trade. I have no objection to tell you all
the particulars of my trade, but would have you re-
member I am not Robert Gillett, of Bath; my name is
William Gillett. There are seven Gillett' in Bath, and
fourteen in Bristol. I don't know that we are all alike,
. but Irsuppose they are something of the black breed,
like me--(Laughter.)
Mr. Justice Urn-aims having summed up, the
Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Justice Lirrr.znaLz--Prisoner, you have been
convicted on the clearest evidence; but 1 don't think it
necessary for the purpose of justice that you should be
executed; your lite will therefore probably be spared,
but on condition of your quitting this country for ever.
Thomas Badham and John Keys were indicted,
charged with killing and slaying 'Timothy Pritchard,
at Llanvihangel Crucorney, on the 29th of July last.
From the evidence of the prosecution, it appeared
that the deceased and prisoners were on the afternoon
of Sunday, the 29th of July last, at Llanvibangel feast.
In consequence of some dispute, a fight took place in
the churchyard, and the prisoner Badham was employed
to beat out the ring. In so doing, he struck the de.
ceased with a small stick, a quarrel ensued, and after
several other fights Badham and the deceased ad-
journed to a meadow, where they fought for about half
an hour' the prisoner Keys acting as second to Badham.
Pritchard was at lass knocked down, and died shortly
after in consequence of blows be received. It was ad-
mitted by the witnesses for the prosecution that the
fight was perfectly fair, and a brother of the deceased
said, that when some of the bystanders were endeavour-
ing to get the deceased away before the fight com-
menced, he said to him, " Tim, don't let them say we
run away."
The prisoners, on being called on for their defence,
expressed their sorrow at what had occurred, and called
a witness who gave them a good character for humanity.
Mr. Justice LartznaLa having summed up the
evidence, the Jury found the prisoners Aot Guilty.
AUGUST 29.
James fiord, aged 14, was indicted for having as-
saulted Ann Martin, aged nine years, with intent to
commit a rape.
The evidence of Ann Martin was confirmed by her
mother and father, who.described the situation in which
they found the prisoner and their daughter. The de-
tails were sufficient to establi,h the charge. The July
found the prisoner guilty of the assault.
Mr. Justice LITTLZDALIL having commented on the
nature of the offence, and recommended the prisoner to
regulate his passions in future, sentenced him to one
month's imprisonment.

The washing of the sand of the Rhine for grains of
gold. produced for one year, ending the Ist of July
last, the amount in value of 9,437 florins of that pre-
cious metal.