The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-31 00:00:00

MINT CASIM

Thomas Monaghan, aged 33, and Mary Monaghan, his
wile, was charged with having in their possession, at Salford,
in September last, a mould impressed with the stamp in re-
semblance of a shilling. The prosecution was withdrawn as
respected the wife. It was found that the mould, and also
some plaster of pads, were found in the prisoner's house.
The prisoner was found guilty; but as there was another
indictment against both him and his wile, sentence was
deferred.

John Hannah. 2G. was charged with having. at Salford, in
December last, feloniously sold and put off twelve pieces of
counterfeit coin, resembling shillings, for less'than the value
of that coin, supposing it to be good.
The case depended almost solely upon the testimony of
James Weaver, a man employed at the time by the police in
the detective service, and he stated that the prisoner offered
to sell him some base shillings at three shillings a dozen, and
that he purchased twelve of them, giving him two shillings
for them, and leaving one shilling owing.
He was severely cross-examined by Mr. W/LICINTS, who
appeared for the prisoner, and admitted that he bad been
imprisoned for sheep-stealing. The learned counsel addressed
the jury at considerable length, and with great ability, repre-
hending the system of espionage pursued in this and other
cases, which he considered pregnant with evils that were not
counterbalanced by its alleged expediency,— dwelling in
strong language on the abandoned character of the witness,
and throwing out the inference that the prisoner was the
purchaser, and not the seller, and the least guilty of the two.
The jury. after intimating that they did not consider the
evidence sufficient to prove the charge of " selling" the coin,
returned a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was put down,
there being another indictment against him.
Thomas M'Clarenee, a boy, was indicted for uttering a
number of base shillings to various parties at Manchester;
and the offence charged being a second one, was aggravated,
by the statute, from a misdemeanour into a felony.

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'The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was
sentenced to be transported for seven years.
John Hannah, (before acquitted on another charge,)

Ellen Dean, and John Williams were indicted for having in
their possession. at Manchester, a mould for counterfeiting
the current coin. Mr. Wilkins again defended Hannah.
The jury found all the prisoners guilty. In reply to the

judge, it was stated that P
all of the had before been con-
victed of felony. His Lordship sentenced them to be trans-
ported for the term of seven years.
James Hargreaves, 19, and William Wilson, 27, were
charged with having, at Little Bolton, in September last,
uttered a counterfeit half-Brown, well knowing the same to
be base. The jury found both the prisoners guilty. Wilson
had previously been imprisoned several times, and bore a
bad character. The other was not known. Wilson was
scntenced to be imprisoned 15 months, and kept to hard la-
bour, and Hargreaves for six monthe.
Three true bills were found by the Graud Jury against
Betty Eccles, for the murder of three children at Bolton.
The trial is fixed for Tuesday next.
The court rose at a quarter past six.

NISI PRIUS COURT.

-VVEDNESDAY

GARNETT V. MALLALIEU.—An undefended action to re-
cover the value of some machinery supplied by the plaintiff,
-who is a manufacturer at Oldham, to the defendant, a spin-
3ner and manufacturer in Yorkshire. The jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, LOS.

FALSE IMPRISONMENT

"BEST V. TURNER.—The parties in this case carry on busi-
ness as cheesefactors, in Smithfield-market, Manchester.
The plaintiff was represented by Mr. Wortley, Mr. Cowling.
and Mr. Atherton ; and the defendant by Mr. Baines, and
31r. Martin.

The declaration stated that the defendant had assaulted the
plaintiff, and caused him to be taken into custody by the po-
3ice on a charee of felony, which was false. Special damage
was also alleged by the plaintiff on the ground that some of
his customers had declined to deal with him, in consequence
•of this affair. The defendant put in two pleas, upon which
issue was joined, first, that he had not assaulted the plaintiff;
and secondly, that some cheeses belonging to the defendant
had been stolen from him, and were found in the plaintiff's
:possession:

The following were the circumstances of the case. The
Atalls both of the 'plaintiff and defendant adjoined each other
in the Smithfield-market, and their cheese were placed in
-piles, with the space of about a yard between the two heaps.
'Many of the persons were engaged in the same trade, and
their cheese were ranged in like manner; and it appeared
that the usual course of business was to buy from farmers,
:and sell to, retail dealers. Considerable rivalry was alleged
'to exist between the plaintiff and the defendant; and it ap-
peared that early on Thursday the 22d of November last,
-when the plaintiff went to his business, the defendant was
-there with a policeman named Knox, to whom he gave the
•plaintiff in custody on a charge of felony, in having stolen a
-cheese which was his property. The plaintiff said he would
,;..ro with the officer quietly, and he walked along with him
-through the streets : on the way he was recognised by one
<if his friends, who was astonished to see him in custody as
a criminal. He was brought before Mr. Bannerman, a ma-
gistrate of the borough of Manchester, who having heard the
.deitndant's story unanimously discharged the plaintiff.
-Many witnesses were examined on both sides, the general
effect of whose testimony was that the cheese alleged to be
stolen was misplaced ; and, the learned judge was about to
read the evidence, when the jury said they would not give
his lordship the trouble. They then, after a few minutes
deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff with 40s. da-