The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-23

Endorsed WIN. II. PRIEST"
witness here shown the check and the endorsement
of Mr. Priest the cashier Of the firm and asked the follow.
orr,rros-Is that the handwriting of Mr.. Priest
The counsel for defence objected to the question.
there of the charge Of forgery Of the
dorsement in the indictment and therefore the prosecution
had right to prove II a forgery. "i
The Coupr decided that the question proper and
the counsel for defence took exceptions 10 the decis'
WIrsrss.-That is forgery Of the handwriting Of Mr.
Priest. We kept account At the Seventh Ward
WIN H. Pprsr, called--I was cashier of the firm Of
Austen, Wilmerdng 4 Co. The words "Wm. n Priest"
In the check is intended to initiate my hand wrne-.he
word "order" written by me long anterior 70 me
time the CHI eek datedthis was done because the
checks this bank were not printed 70 ordef ara a.
up The Enforcement Of my name IL forgery ahoueh
| Jous L Fvrrrrr, called II am paying teller Of the
Seventh Ward Bank-this check YVES presented on ne
3lst of August believe ty Henry Saunders II was paid
in notes and sos do not recognize Saunders dehn
| itelv as the person who presented the check:
"A boy here came into Court and gave Information ray
in the case was diving By consent Of counfel he
withdrawn and the cause proceeded with the remaining
WIrSrss ontinued The check being large and not
knowing Saunders refused to II at frsfhn the cash
Ter Alfred Fraser cane ny at ,ha hs,sn 'TS
ing Co then paid the check-the bills were Of the
Sew enth Ward Bank in sso's end $loo's.
ArFRrp FRASER called i am Cashier OF the Seventh
Ward Bank, and present when the money on this
check was paid to young Saunders
3lst Of August last he met gentleman at the corner oil
West and Liberty streets who asked him 70 take sore
cents bu, he had never seen the before since
nor could he that Ragge was the man. On cross
examination he said he TO be paid for attending as
witness and had received twenty account
AScELrSE OsBopN, colored woman, called know
where she boarded She gave me box 70 keep for her
the dav that was examined at the police She told
to take the box carry home and not LET any one zee
ewelrv 7 was work Mrs. Hunters, and took tho
box and carried 1t there that day It was morocco box
Mrs Hunter and myself We took the money out of II.
which in rolls and packages gold pencil case was
kind of stuff as the ock which Mrs Pagge has the
time box of rings and steel pens were also in
the box I en the box with Mrs. Hunter with all the
things and the money in II. know saunders-have
seen him at Mrs Raggesin the same room with Ragse
and his wife Never saw him there but believe
that was when Mr. Raege sick. She has owed me
small Of money at different times which she rrois-
ed 70 paw soon she could When took the box she
told to 60 directly home and say nothng 10 any oooy
about IL. d.. 49,. ...
committed until after the hox opened believe the
eward for the Of the money was 5000 dollars
to have 1900 dollars but have not received any, yet
also gave 70 Mr.. Oxen to see that got It. Lived
with him--he is pilot.
mann jewellers 90 Canal street called Il know Rage;
he called Monday the 4th Of septemoer,
and again Tuesday morning; he purchased eold pen,
c this the one here shown; he bought pair OF gold
sleeve buttons Monday, and gave ne In payment on
n
know which bank sent boy out to get changed he
Tho Court here at o'clock adjourned till this morning
AZ IL o'clock when the viii be continued.
EserIsH THEArRrcALs Celeste has met a
formidable rival in the person Of Mdle. Eugene
Prosper. formerly of st James' Theatre, and now
PLAYING at the Princess The London papers
speak highly of her performances She Is sain 10
be Young, pretty, Interesting ana eiiee,Ss n1u-
quets are nightly thrown IN protuslon al ner fee'.
do her
Lane for the first time this season, and also tor the
| first time in the part Of Cinderella
Miss Helen Faucitt was fulfilling an engagement
at Tunbridge, and Mrs Fitzwilliam at Norfolk
The Peri has drawn more money TO Bunn's
treasury than any piece since the Jewess
III. Munvard, a provincial actor, has been oom-
mitted on charge OF bigamy.
Sheridan Knowles was ectuiing on the drama at
Liverpool, with success.
ATTEMPTS to erect a new theatre in Glasgow were
recently renewed without success.
Theatricals in the Provinces are at low ebb.
AT the Strand Theatre Mr.. w. ]. Hammond was
10 appear in new entertainment called Night
with Punch founded on the series OF celebrated
papers of that humorous periodical After which
in Monopoclyoeue, entitled The Las, Man; OF,
Punch ont of Town, the whole OF the characters
embodied and represented by Hammond.
new trhe, called The Moral Philosopher"
has been produced at the Adelphi during the week,
the point Of which consists in playing q NUMBER OF
practical Jokes on hypocuhcal etnlciIs,' pi,,.
mated bv O. Smith. The piece is evldenuyS wrliten
for the display of the varied talents OF Mlss otansy
who acquitted herself most ably IN 'ne se'e'ai eha-
racters she represented.
Farren was attacked with apoplexy when playing
in he new niece. 'Old Pan;" 1t Is the third at
tack. and his recovery Is dououui'
Nv-rroprc sHowERs-On the evening of the
,o I ,hers was a violent squall on Lake Ontarlo,
those who were on the lake say, by snow
dhtnne The Lady Of the Lake her passage
% sackes Harbor to this port and encountered the ut
most violence Of the squal lasted but two or tnree
hours hut as the weather bad for day or two Pre-
vous there soon arose tremendous sea Consideraoe
anxiety was felt as the snow storm precuded all we"
objects the boats length off and she was known 70 ~ On
her way She safely arrived reporting the extraorulney
occurrence of violent squall accomPshna AZ
csssive ohtning II was merely the return OF the ln OF
Vovennbty and ofthe meteorc showers which now see
~ belono 70 our system and annually visit us at ABOUT
that period ofthe year.-os'ceso ra"ad""'