Sentence:  Surtouts billowing in an unseasonably fierce wind, the ursine Chelmsford magistrate and his equally bulky constable herded their bound prisoners – three murderers, three thieves, a coin <WSD>clipper</WSD>, two convicted witches – across the Common ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.