The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-13 00:00:00

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Yesterday Win. Centel*ley was pot to the bar on an
II dement charging bins with feloniously disposing to
illiam Henry Findlay, of flee pieces of base coin,
orporting ro be genuine sovereigns, contrary to the
.I' et of. Parliament.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, in stating the can, said, the pri-
soner being tried adder the Act of Parliament, would
not be subject to a higher punishment thus fourteen
years flansportation. He called the following wit-
nesses in support of the prosecution--
Mr. Henry Findlay stated himself to have known
the prisoner for six or seven years, and that be met
tins in a house in Bedfordbury about fifteen months
since. They had some conversation together. in the
course of which the prisoner told him lie had been
purchasing some " canaries" from a person near Port-
man-square, and as be bad been out of employ, be
would obtain some for Mm. The witness had, been
since informed that " canaries" meant counterfeit
sovereigns. The prisoner also told him that be bad
dealt in them for some time, and advised him to take
some, as he was well known in a certain part of the
town. and could easily pass them witisont fear of de-
tection. They frequently met afterwards, and at these
Itteetities the conversation turned on the subject of
the'base coin. The witness at length informed Fore-
men, the officer, of the proposal made to him by the
prisoner. Plank, another officer, joined with Fora-
men in recommending the detection of the prisoner,
And the witness received instructions bow to act ac-
cordingly. At the next meeting, the witness told the
pri,orier that be knew a person who mould take rouse
of the coin, and offered to boy sdme for Mm. He did
. so accordingly, and they were given to the officers.
The witaess then detailed the various meetings he had
with the prisoner, and the different purchases he bad
mode, and gave the followieg as the charges made
for them :—For one, 91., for three, Ss. each ; for six,
s. each ; and if half-a-score or a score were taken,
still lower was charged. The officers on the occasion
on which the prisoner *as taken into custody, gave the
witness money to purchase five sovereigns, whlch
money was marked by them. Having made tbi
chase they went to the Punch Bowl public-house, Ru-
pert-street, where the officers followed them, sod 1.4
them into castody. •
. In the course of the cross-examination, the witness
said he usually passed his evenings at a public-honie
in ISelfordbury; where he first met the prisoner, and
where the first conversation respecting the "canaries"
took place. Being asked how he supported himself
while out of employment, lie answered that be had
raised money on some articles which bad bees pledged
by him below their value; that Ms wife bad an in-
come of 361. per annum, and carried on business as
a dress-inaker in Lisle-street.
Plank, the officer, corroborated the testimony of the
former witness relative to the giving money. lite-
Examined by Mr. ADOLPHOII.—The hoc in Beford-
bury was one of the most notorious in qtern, and fre-
quented by the most abandoned antillfelgato charac-
ters.
the prisoner put in a welters, ffiefsitio..4u winds, be,
attend Fiotilloy as a principal, and declared that be bad:
sent him seemed. times to get the 64 canaries." He also •
told Findlay On the day he was taken into euetody.
that be would sot go any more, or ban any thing fur-
ther to do with it. He also declared that he was Immo-.
'scions of the attars of the public-house in Bedfordbury,
whither beltad been 'induced to go to meet Findlay.-1
Four respectably dressed persons midis plisiner P
excellent character for honesty, sobriety, tuff industry,;
up to the time of the present transaction.
The Jury, after about ten minutes consultation, found
the prisoner—Guilty.
Jeee6 Barnett was convicted, on an indictment under
the same statute as the last prisoner, of selling to Jobs
Issaceoe 39 counterfeit shillings.
Mary Holly was also convicted, on a similar indict-
useot,.of selling to Jobs Isaacson forty counterfeit shil-
lings. When she first brought theM they were in an on-
finiihed state, and in the presence of !season she put
tiann.through a process which brought them into a pre-
per stk* for circulation.
John tom', aged 40, stood indicted for stealing, and
John Skehman, aged 40, for receiving the same, knowing
it to have been stolen, some paper-hangings, the pro-
perty of MUM. Was. and Thos. Cox,of Playhouse-yard,
WhitecrosAdreet.
The facts pf this case have already fully appeared in
tb, Polite liaporo. Long called three persons to cha-
racter, but said nothing in his defence. Milano made
a OW inassious one, and declared his innocence of
knowirprehe property to have been stolen.
A great number of witnesses gave the prisoner Ashman
a most excelleat,charseter.
•-- .The Jury retired tOr nearly an hour. and then found
Ashman, Not Guilty, and Long, Guilty —When the ver-
_diet was pronounced. Ashman (abated away,
:Owens White, formerly coachman to Captain Cocks
•Jobason, of Southampton, was indicted for robbing his
master of several articles of wearing apparel, and other
property.

Air. Custertio, stated the facts of the paoseenta's case
-(miticis belie already appeared io our Bow.street Report)
ne mesideralrie length. He then called :Mims evidence
.410 rt his statement; bet the. Csides atm, haring
ti the testimony of one or two witnesses. interrupted
tikes further proseectiou of the trial. it being evident that
.* prisoner had ms felogions intent when he took the
clothes, of which he had, merely retained the possession
' to secure to himself the payment of his weer'.
' The COMION Sanriarrv. therefore, direami the Jury
to *mpg' the prieoser, and they accordingly found a
verdict of—Not Canty.
The-primmer'sConoseilldated thit it was his iaten-
._,4los to prosecute the bay Meade, who gave different
. evidence here from. what De had given at Bow-street.
fOr perjury; and CaPfaio. Johnion for. maliCions prose-.
ratio,.
AO applicatiow waSthet made tn-the Court on behalf
=Di a person aimed Sank to detain CaptaiD-Johnsou on
. at cheep; of hoese-stoalkair, which the Common &dean!
.4ealitled ti awed* to.
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Wesn *scours, of the alterations and repairs Made in
or - "t4;abfavy, ia "Um . torouation, some mations
:rapikedquity *eft • liskoverk : among them Solis
trellising rafisis*Ure,:and some Carious pint%
•Ispo; ~.. Theatief vtifisiot thehaw . is, that 4hey unmet
leidei4ltt far as they.havoyet imetteramitted. that thnfaell
of spiltipp.. is plEmik *tugs in Ibis. coontry before i,..
Was Massada) the Continent. f