R v Patrick Welch
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1851 |
| Date | 01 January 1851 |
| Court | Crown Court |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 425
Crown Cases
S. c. 4 New Sess. Cas. 583, 20 L J. M. C. 101; 16 L. T O. S. 539, 15 J P. 69; 15 Jur 136
1851. KEGtNA v. patrick welch. (The indictment charged A. with having "' uttered and put off " false com. Held proved, although the coin was refused by the party to whom it was offered ) [S. C. 4 New Sess. Cas. 583 , 20 L J. M. C. 101 ; 16 L. T 0. S. 539 , 15 J P. 69 ; 15 Jur 136 ] The prisoner was convicted at the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the North Biding of Yorkshire, on the 31st of December, 1850, and the following case was stated for the consideration of the Judges The indictment charged the prisoner with having " uttered and put off," but not with having '" tendered " to one Benjamin Dunning, a counterfeit shilling The evidence proved that the prisoner went into the shop of Dunning, and asked to purchase some coffee and sugar, and in payment of the same he put down (a) See R. v. Jackson, 3 Campb. 370 ; R. v. Locket, 1 Leach, C. C. 53 ; S. C. 2 East, PL c. 19, s. 38; Clinch's Caie, ibid. s. 37 ; Carter's Case, 1 Den. C. C. 67, per Parke B.; R. v. Vivian, 1 C. & K. 721, per Coleridge J., as to a warrant. (6) The judgment in that case shews that some of those expressions need qualification. cr. ca. ii.~14* 426 REGINA V. MARY ANN MEARS AND AMELIA CHALK 2 DEN. 79. on Dunning's shop counter the counterfeit shilling in question, when Dunning took it up and said to the prisoner that the shilling was a bad one. The prisoner then left Dunning's shop, leaving the shilling , but without the coftee and sugar Thje prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two...
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