Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-17

| well wisher to his eoantry.
U. S. CIRcUIr CouRr, Nov l6-Before Jrdaes
Thompson and Belts.
James Ferris tried for forging the current coin
OF the United States called dollars The indictment
was LAID under the 10th section of the defining the
crimes against the constitution of the United States.
O1icer Merritt called on the part of the prosecu-
ton, deposad that he had known the prisoner for
weaver and lived in Sixth street. Prisoner had a
wife and three children. He (Merritt) went to Fer
RS house and searched his room; found mouds for
casting dollars half dollars and quarters and other
Things now produces in court, together with lot of
counterfeit dollars, about 40 and some metal within
| the moulds. purse and some good and bad coin
WITHIN 1t was also there. These things were con-
cealed IN four or five different parts of the room Pri-
soners wife cried, and said she had advised Ferris
over and over again, but he woad not.
| Cross,eramsned ;-Can'tre remember the exact words
she used. She did not say she complained of some
person bringing tAe things to the house.
Defence rested.
George Wilson called
! Mrs. Mary MClood.-Said she resided for short
time at Mr.. Ferrlss house; man called while she
was there and left bundle; she nursing the pr
| soners wife there was only loom and bedstead
| IN the room Prisoner was absent when the bundle
| was brought he generally got his living by weaving
/ Cross-eramined-The bundle was left the same
day the officers came; she left the house seon after to
get some medicine for prisoners wife; she stad away
four or five hours; when she came back the officers
were gone; She told that the officers had been
| and taken the bundle.
| Officer Holman called-He went with Merritt on
the above occasions the counterfeit money was scat.
| tered about the roem there portable charcoal
furnace with some metal sticking in il; he had visited
the house Of the prisoner before and had found moulds
| similar TO those row produced in court
Officer Sparks called.-He went with Merritt and
| Holman, but waited outside, because he understood
| that Ferns was gone for wood. -Four years ago he
| found coming materials at prisoners house. He
knows that the prisoner was not diligently employed
/ at his oom
The District Attorney here offered TO prove what
had been the prisoners occupation for three or four
years; but the court overruled it being of very
| dangerous tendency.
| Merritt recaed.-After the seizure Of the thinoa
Ferris went away and at last was arrested in Ph!a-
delpha.
Cross sramined-Men are kept in the employ of
the police whe are known criminals; and thew are
permitted to escape with mpuHty.
This was the whole of the testimony. TIE Jury
retired for ten minutes, and returned verdict Of
guilty.
CoURr OF SESSIONS, Nov. l6.-Joseph Lunberr
Ia Swede) was tried for forging the name OF Henry
Bntsch 10 bill for work done by said Britsch Lun-
berg took the bill which wac made out against Messrs
s. & w. Lippincott, TO Mr. Pinckney a commission
er and guardian to the Lippincot swore to it in the
himself as NIB
Mr.. Britsch stated that he had EMPLOYED the mi;
soner TO collect money for him, but did not authorize
him to collect this particular bill, nor to sign hrs
name.
The prisoner had no counsel, and cross questioned
the witnesses with great tact and skill He also call
ed for his defence the prosecutors wife and boys and
some OF his customers to show that he had been in
the habit of making out bills for Mr. Br,sch, cf nest
ing his books and signing his name and doing all
this in his own hand writing He also made an elo-
quent appeal 10 the jury-sated that when he first
received news Of the complaint against him for for
gerry he was 300 miles from the cty-that he came
on voluntarily to meet ibid not stop on the road TO
see his wife and children He knew his innocence
he had been and was respectabe-four months back
haQ - sh.s, r.
the disposal OF many cases-he never found man
guilty without being very certain of his guilt. He was
poor and frendless ana convicted was lost for this
life.
Mr.. Phenix did not sum up
The jury retired for half an hour and found a yer
dict 81 guilty, but recommended him TO mercy.