QSR1846/4/5/26

Depositions and examination - George Sherridan, charged with uttering counterfeit coin

2 October 1846

From: 1846 To: 1846

Richard Jones of Turvey, innkeeper – he keeps the Tinker Inn at Turvey. Yesterday (1 Oct) about midday 3 men and 2 women came into his house, including Sherridan. They were drinking together. While they were in the room Thomas Wooding was there. Sherridan sold 2 brushes to Thomas Wooding for 2 shillings. He saw Wooding give Sherridan a half crown piece. Sherridan said he could not change it. He received the half crown from one of them to give change and gave Wooding 2 shillings and a sixpence for it. He saw Wooding pay Sherridan 2 shillings for the brushes. About ½ hour later Sherridan asked Wooding to buy 3 brushes and said he could have them for a shilling. Wooding agreed and took out a shilling to pay for them. He suspected something was wrong because of the price and particularly noticed Sherridan. Sherridan shuffled his hand about and dropped what appeared to be a good shilling on the ground, picked it up, put it in his pocket, then held out a shilling to Wooding insisting that Wooding take it back, saying he did not intend to sell the 3 for a shilling but to have a shilling each. He noticed the shilling while Sherridan was holding it out to Wooding and could see it was a bad one. Wooding took it and put it in his purse. Sherridan then left the house. He looked in Wooding’s purse in the presence of the policeman and found one bad shilling. Fowler the policeman then went after Sherridan. Thomas Wooding of Turvey, baker – he was at the Tinker yesterday and bought 3 brushes from Sherridan for 2 shillings. He took a half crown piece out of his pocket to pay and Mr Jones gave him change. About ½ hour later Sherridan offered to sell him 3 brushes for a shilling. He gave a shilling, but Sherridan then said it was a shilling a piece. Then there was a dispute about the price of the brushes and Sherridan offered a shilling back. He took it and put it in his purse. He had not taken any other money at the Tinker. A few minutes later the policeman came. He looked in his purse and found a bad shilling. He can swear that when he went to the Tinker he had no bad money. John Fowler of Turvey, policeman – yesterday from information received he went to Wooding, who pulled out his purse which had about 8 or 9 shillings in it. He saw the bad shilling now produced. He took Sherridan into custody and took him to the Tinker. Sherridan fell with his whole force on a heap of mortar in the street. He received the 9 counterfeit shillings now produced from Warren and delivered them into Neal’s custody. William Warren of Turvey, mason – he saw Sherridan in PC Fowler’s custody. There was a heap of mortar near the Tinker which he had made up. He saw Sherridan fall on top of the heap and thrust his hand about 3 inches into the mortar. This morning he examined the mortar and took 9 counterfeit shillings from the hole Sherridan made with his hand. George Sherridan – he asked Warren whether there was a man near the mortar besides himself and Warren said yes.

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Sherridan, George,
Jones, Richard,
Wooding, Thomas,
Fowler, John,
Warren, William

TURVEY, passing counterfeit coin, innkeeper, hawker, baker, policeman, mason, Turvey Tinker