Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-12-28

To tie Hon. Court Of General Session.
The Grand Jury for the county 0
PHILADELPHIA,

10 TIE Hon. Court Of General Sessions:
The Grand Jury for the county Of
Philadelphia,
Respectfully submit to the Court on
their solemn oaths and affiamations,
the following statement of their proceed
ings.
On the 18th day of November, lS4l, a
paper containing charges of a criminal
nature against certain individuals, and
which is hereto annexed, marked B, was
presented to the Grand Inquest now in
qurng for the county of PuiladeIphi by
responsible citizen, who pledged him
sell to make good his charges, and be the
prosecutor. An accusation, coming in
such shape, the Grand Jury felt it to
be an imperative duty to invetigate. Su-
p9aas were issued for all the persons
named as Witnesses by the person making
the accusation, and for such others who
in the course of examination, we're found
10 be cognizant OF any material facts hav-
ing relation 10 the chaage.
A full and searching inquiry has been
instituted, and the deliberate opinion of
the Grand Jury is, that certain officers
connected with the United States Bank,
have been guilty of a gross violation of
the law; colluding together 10 defraud
those Stockholders who had trusted their
all TO be preserved by them. And that
there is good grounds to warrant prose-
cution of such persons for serious Grimm
al!olences, which the Grand Jury do now
present to the Court, and ask that the
Attorney General be directed to send up
for the action Of the Grand Jury, Bills of
indictment against.
lst-Nicholas Biddle, Samuel .Joudon,
John Andrews and others, Ito the Jury
unknown) for entering into conspiracy
to delraud the Stockholders of the Bank
the United States, Of the sums ofS40O,.
600, in the year 1886 Iand endeavoring to
conceal the same, by a fraudulent and H.
legal entry in ie4l.
10 sustain the -Endorse-Aus-
tin Montgomery, Capt. Henry Mallery,
Henry Korn; as accusers, Moses Kemp.
ton, Edward Coles, J. s. Newbold, Joshua
Lippincott, Johnathan Patterson Thomas as
Taylor and William Drayton, as witness.
es.
The Grand Jury on their solemn oaths
and affirma:ions, do further ask hat a bill |
OF indictment may be sent to them a
gains-second,
Nicholas Biddle, Joseph Cowperth
waite, Thomas Dunlap, and others, Ito
The Jury unknown) for entering into
TO dafraud, &c. &c. the stock
holders ofthe bank of the United States
Turing the years tS36-7-S-9 and 10, BY
which the stockholders have been defraud
I'd out of sum or sums of fmoney exceed.
ng 100000.
10 sustain this bill-endorse the same
ccusers as in the first cOse-as witness
's, Moses Kempton, Edward Coles, James
;. Newbold, Joshua Lippincott, iona.
han Patterson, Thomas Taylor, William
)raylon, Joseph Cabot, r. Fisher, Rich
'rd Price, George Handy
The Grand Jury, on their solemn oatbs
nd affirmations, do further ask for bill
t indictment against Alexander Lard.
er, Thomas Dunlap, Richard Price, Law.
ence Lewis, and Geo. Handy and others,
o the jury unknwn,) for feloniously. &c.
onspiring 10 cheat and defraud the
lockholders of the United States Bank
Pennsylvania, of the sum, or sums, of
'out $l30,0OO, in the year 1910. To
istain the charge, the Same accusers as
the others. And as witnesses, Moses
empton, Edward Coles, ]. s. NewboId,
'shua Lippincott, Jonathan Patterson, | i
ID Thomas Taylor. II
The Grand Jury would also inform the i
ourt that this (he jury have before
EN- another subject of much importance
ID which involves a misdemeanor of the {
avest character, as committed by mag :
rate OF Southwark, whose duty Il d
TO protect the citizens and their prop Z
", instead of conniving with burglars Al
d thieves; taking the money that they n
d stoleI, and then allowing them to es' e
pc justice, and to prey again upon the c.
m
With respects, &C., III
T. b. TOWN, Foreman. sF
Grsnd Jury Room, Dec. 70, ls4l, b