Counterfeit Money.
m i (UNITED J?KESB ASSOCIATION.) TIMABJJ,Dec 11. At the Supreme Court to-day F.C.and G.W. Bedmen, father and! son, Waimate, were charged, (1) with t .making , three false coins ; (2) with; colouring two sixpences to resemble j half-spve- , reigns {and (3) with uttering false and counterfeit coins. Tito judge for b.ade. the prisoners being tried on t&e first in-r dictment, holding that it corn|prehended three felonies. The triftl procefided on the others. It apears that the ; young.e^f i" prisoner had' passed to three' Waimate tradesmen counterfeit half-sovereigns, and subsequently, on the police Bearchiiig the residence and premises of the prisoners, they found pieces of lead stamped to resemble shillihgSj lead lap,-, les, ammonia, gold leaf, plaster lOfparis coaguline.Judsofa's gold paintj and acup and brush used for paint. The trial is now proceeding. ■ ■■■■■■ •<■ r ■.'...> .; LAtBB. " The two Bedmanß , were ifouncl ndt, guilty of uttering' counterfeit coinage at Waimate, owing to the evidence of tpe, , witnesses as to the paticular coins being, directly opposite. \ ;. ; ;.' ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 13, 13 December 1884, Page 3
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163Counterfeit Money. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 13, 13 December 1884, Page 3
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