Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-28
From The New- York Ereaing Post.
THE LATE CONVICTIONS.

The conviction of Holgale and Sutton, as &C
cessaries in the forgeres committed on certain
banks in this city, during the summer and au-
tumn of last year, is an even, Of 70 ordinary I'M
por,ance in may points of view. Asresnds the
individual accused by The perJurrd and inia'
mou, David Ware, it must be highly gratifying
10 every lover of ice & f'iend Of innocence,
TO find that he is vlndicated in mannr', the
the most triumpha, and convincing, Hoisate
having confessed, after sentence, that HE was
the guilty man; that HE went 10 the Union BANK
and obtained the money for the forged check
of Messrs. Huwands, s that he had been fally
tried aud justly condemned
In lelalion 10 the guilt ol Sutton, theFe are
Some facts Of Importance, which were MOI stated
in court, IN consequence OF the conf1iclinS views
of counsel. The teller Of the Bank OF America
gave to Mr.. Hays, the High Cons' able, des-
crip,ion OF the person 10 HON I've pa'd me
check; short time afterwards, MIR. Hays called
al the bank and saiu ii have found your man,
but he canno, be seen, as he has broken bis COL
lar bone, * is confined TO his house., this was
SOME MONTHS BEFORE Sutton was denounced by
Stevens, and when Sutton was rested Hays
asked him in the Office of the Bridewell, how
long ii was since he broke his collar bone, 10
which Sutton immediately replied about i've
months ago." So that the person !ixed upon
bv Hays, under the guidance Of the description
given him, proved to be the very man deslsna-
tel by Stevens some months afterwards. in
f,cl the description was applicable in every res
pect. Hays's testimony would have been sill
more explicit.
We are DESTROYS 10 embrace the present OPP
porunIty oil urging Ia the most earnest man
ner, on men OF bushes 10 exeIcise the greatest
care in the disposition of their cancelled papers;
"a severe and most costly lesson has been taught
IN this respect, which should not be forgotten.
Stevens d, clared under oath in the public office,
III III aahe DOCK also the wharf Opposite MI.
Osborn's counting house, great number OF his
Cane ellie checks, tine idea vi Iorging his sigma
ture would not have occurred 10 hem; that
they did find end took home with them from
sixty to hundred checks, from which they de-
ri, ed their impression Of the extent Of his bss
mess, and thought they nigh, venture 10 TO sc
! his name to large amount; that they took
certain check as pattern, and after fortnight
labor and many unsuccessful essays, REID a;
las, produced FACT SMILE, SO perfect thai
| when shufAedup vita The nthe" checks, They
| themselves could not distiu guish he forged onc
| from the genuine. Indeed 50 skllial and exac!
| was the imi alton in every respect that Mr. Cs
born in the Gfst instance pronounced it 10 he his
! signature; aud il was generally so considered,
put FRApULENTLy OBTAINED. y, Judge Th,lch-
er, of Boston, well oHer,ed when prououncing
sentence on Reid, "lonest men ought hot t.
sleep while such accomplished and dangerous
Williams are a, large Justice, slow but certain
HAS o,crraken them kll; and they will soon be
consigned to rigorous snd protractcd punish
| mrnt.
Should. Notwithstanding this warning, there
be any ind vidual, IN thi community, Of IL
bandoiicd aud desperate character as TO dare
10 follow the example oil hese misguided men,
it may be we'll Tor them know that tn: tcllers
of banks have been Instructed 10 exercise the
unremilted vigilance anlriSd scrutiny in all
their pa,men,s, in whlcha Nirluons and dis
corning public will fully spport them; and the
banks themselves have ctermined TO pursue
offenders with the mort nrelenting severity,
so as 10 cut them eff from he most distant hope
Of escaping detection
The following article '0m the Journal Of
Commerce this morning, ives the particulars
? Of the sentence and confession of these crimi>
mails.
5 By some accident the Sc eSces ii Holgate &
Sutton were omitted in ouoaper of yesterday
D morning. The following IS the Judgment Of
n the court-"That you Jam Holgs,e, and you
+ Rob: Sutton be confined in,e State Prison for
the remainder Of your natul life and be kept
u to hard labor during the vie OF that period"
d About an hour after the ,n.ence had been
6 passed, preparations were nlei o remove the
: prisoners 10 their deslina,io and Mr.. Thorpe
il whose kindness to those ov whom he is pla.
6 crd is pro.erbiaI0 allowed IN to parak Of
II refreshmrnl a, his table. .Alort time elapsed
., and the High Constable, hisn, II oman, and
q necessary portion uf tie pos Comm ia'us Is
cored them 10 State Prison. tolsare was veI-
5, ry much affected and commicased freely TO
Mr.. Hays upon the subject: admitted his
guilt and positively teclaredat the ieilers
were deceived in swearing tor Redmond.
r. lie also Informed Mr.. Thorpiat he was the
a. person who received the MOI al 'nr Union
d. Baak and hoped that every IL; that could be
* done would INN edi.lely be Pin prac Ice 10
'e recompense the unfortunate II, whose resen,>
re bance to villain was the cauf such unpar>
aeled suffrrings. M
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