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 and grease to prevent their rusting, witness planted them at the back side of the barn, in a field which adjoins the garden; the same day Booth gave witness two small edging tools, and told him to plant them, which he did in the thatch of a hovel at the back of the barn; the next day (Tuesday the 10th March) Booth gave witness a tin can witwith [sic] some 5s. and 3s. pieces in, and told him to plant that; witness thinks there were six of the 5s. pieces, and nine of the 3s. but is not certain as to the number, he planted those in the wheat field ditch, adjoining the rick yard; on the following Monday Booth was apprehended; on the Friday after witness shewed Mr. Chirm where the dies for 5s. pieces were hid, they were in the same place he put them in, he took them up and gave them to Mr. Chirm; on the Saturday he shewed Brownell where the small can was put, took it up and gave it to him, he then shewed him where the edging tools were hid, they were found in the same place. Brownell took possession of them; Scot was at Booth's when witness went at Christmas.

Richard Ingeley corroborated his brother as to being at work in the garret on the Monday when the two prisoners were employed, as stated.

Mr. Chirm corroborated John Ingeley as to finding the dies in the wheat field, and identified them.

Mr. Brownell corroborated John Ingeley as to finding the can and edging tools on the Saturday; he produced them—in the can were six dollars and ten 3s. pieces; they were singly wrapped up in paper, so as to separate them; the dollars were marked on the edges, to have the appearance of having been old Spanish dollars re-stámped.

Mr. Philp is employed at Mr. Boulton's Soho mint—he is sole engraver for all dies for coin and medals there; the machines in Court are such as coin cannot be fabricated without; what are now before the Court are quite sufficient to make such money as that produced: he examined the dies, and the dollar now shewn to him was made from those identical dies—all the six produced by Mr. Brownell were made from those dies—they are counterfeit; the metal appears to be copper with a little silver plate over it; they are not Bank dollars, but they resemble them—they have the same sort of head and reverse, and similar inscriptions with the Bank dollars; he knows the dollar in question to be counterfeit from the difference between that