R v Priscilla Skerrit and Eliza Skerrit
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 03 July 1826 |
| Date | 03 July 1826 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 172 E.R. 193
IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEAS
Referred to, R. v. Jones, 1841, 9 C. & P. 761.
[427] oxford summer circuit, 1826, Before Mr Justice Burrough and Mr. Baron Garrow. Berkshire Assizes (Crown Side), before Mr. Baron Garrow. July 3d, 1826 rex v. priscilla skerrit and eliza skerrit f[f two prisoners are indicted for uttering a counterfeit shilling, having another counterfeit shilling in their possession ; it is not necessary to prove with certainty which of the pieces was the one uttered, and which was found on them un-uttered, if both the pieces of money are proved to be counterfeit; and if it appear that the two prisoners went to a shop, and that one of them went in and uttered the bad money, having no more in her possession, and the other stayed outside the shop, having other bad pieces of money, both may be convicted ; the uttering and the possession being both joint.) [Referred to, R. v. Jone*, 1841, 9 C. & P. 761.] The prisoners were jointly indicted for uttering a counterfeit shilling, having another counterfeit shilling in their possession. It was proved, that the prisoner Eliza Skerrit went into the shop of James George, and there purchased a loaf, for which she tendered a counterfeit shilling in payment, he secured her, but no more counterfeit money was found on her. The other prisoner, who had come with her, and was waiting at the shop-door, then ran away, but was immediately secured, and fourteeen other bad shillings were fonnrl on her, wrapped N. P. iir.-7 194 BEX V. SKEBBIT 2 CAR. & P. 428 in gauze paper. James George, after the prisoners were secured, put the counterfeit shilling utteced by Eliza Skerrit, into a packet with the fourteen others , and, in his cross-examination, he stated, that he could not swear which was the particular piece of money that was uttered, but he was sure that the fifteen pieces of counterfeit coin produced by him, consisted of the one utter-[428]-ed by Eliza and the fourteen afterwards found on Priscilla ; the whole fifteen were proved to be counterfeit. Carnngton, for the prisoners, objected , 1st, that it was incumbent on the prosecutor to shew what identical piece of counterfeit money was uttered by the prisoners, and to shew with certainty some other identical piece of counterfeit money, which they had in their possession ; and that, in this case, an identification of the particular piece uttered was...
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