The New York herald., 1845-03-13
General Sessions.
Before the Recorder and Aldermen Devoe and Drake.
NJ. c. PAIERsoN District Attorney.

NeCOruer Aldermen DeVOe
M. G. PArERsoN, District Attorney
MARCH IL -Trai for False Enoch Z. Camp
put upon his trial on an Indictment charging him
with having by false pretepce, obtained from Justice
Haskell Of the lower Police office the Of $500 which
had been taken from man named Daniel r. Keolard,
who was arrested Tor being drunk, and having this
amount Of in his possession Soon after his arrest
he was charged with having been in the rob
berry OF Mr. Garvey Of Canada, and the money was OBJ
which Keolards maIk was affixed. II alleged by Keo
lard that he never signed the ORDER made his mark
10 1t.
KEoLARs was sworn and testified {, the fact OF his ha.
wing been arrested for being drunk and that the money
accused Of having been concerned in the robbery Of Mr.
Garvey; that lew days subsequently, Camp came to
him and Wanted sa him R to order for hs and
fused to sign it, bat Camp made his mark 10 it, and then
called in one Of the deputy keepers, r. T. johnson, to
bidding his doing So and protesting not his order
that that night he was discharged, and Camp gave him
On examination he testified as follows Had been
to Nova Scotia several times last summer left here for
Nova Scotia about the :t and had been here from
three weeks boarded believe in Dover street with
Mrs. Shy till went to the cotton business about the first
Depeyster street with one Fleming for about two
weeks and then went down to Washington street with
Mrs. Dunhnm, No. AZ staid there about three weeks
then went to No. 70 Warrington, and boarded there
about six days there was no boarders that knew there
Saturday pretty
cause then that the money lost stolen from
Mr.. Garvey. lie didn't board there. but saw him
eral times ; he came in there when there can't
tell " ho was in my company don't know Lawrence
Collins, Bernard Galerghan may have them in
on Sunday saw one Of them and on Menday saw
ther Of them arrested the Monday following believe
was the Of his arrest couldn't tell his name
he seemed to be iterste man was not under arrest
at the time didn't point this man out as the schoolmas
ter the man spoke to me- and being high in liquor
mitted himself They didnteH they search e
the schoolaser and never mentioned any such thing
told them that would point out the schoolmaser
banker, Sullivan. imet officer McGrath and Gill Hays
IN front Of City Hall place. and soon after went with
he snd nf 70 ns
thing asked him about the robbery, and he told
that he had heard of it, He arrested and charged
he picked up kept accounts for tme and have kept
SCHOOL have never been engaged in smuggling in the
on ssd so ss
greatmany about the money but reco!lect
the half Of them. did get that money from the Globe
Bank check from the Savings where deposited
the $780, about the sth 10th Of July and when drew
the 20h Of September The robbery committed about
the last Of June early part of Juy-I the city s
days efter The robbe'yI had collected the money here
Q.-who did you collect the money froma
Al collected the money from the Rev Dr. Pise (about
Mr.. Sweeney Of Water street about so aovereigns
o-when did you collect the money?
the others during the month ofMay There was an Irish
man that going to Ireland, and offered $40 to have
bill on bank city changed for sovereigns
did SOL think the bill the Merchants Bank Of
the city Of New York Just before started for Boston
got this bill cashed in Wall street. at brokers' oice-I
mad kept by me since May got cashed about the
latter part Of June the early part Of July-I got
British money with the intention Of leaving the
United States When got to Boston, met these other
men, who propose1 buying merchandise and trading
to Nova Scotia; 80 deposited what money didn't want
and then went to Nova Scotia in small schooner; we
took liquor and merchandise and sold at Nova Scotia
deposited $3.50 in the Savings Bank, and had about
twenty sovereigns LETT couldn't tell the owner of the
vessel smugged The goods into Nora Scoha-that il,
paid duty on them earned the money originally that
brought from Nova Scotia. here, by school teaching
and could earn $500 year, taught in Nova Scotia-I
taught mathematics; have heard that the bills that were
stolen from Mr. Garvey were the Merchants Bank
and also that they the Union Bank have heard
that the bill had corresponded with those stolen from
0arvey.
The witness then testified that he was arrested in April
last for being drunk, and that quantity of imaginary or
fictitious money purporng to be about $780, taken
from him, together with watch and three sovereigns
for which he gave Camp order, and he got him dis
charged He declined telling from whom he got th .
money the ground that he didn't like to implicate tho
person from whom he got it. Alter being repeatedly ask
Smiththat he might have given $40 for the money
and that he bought in the street. thinking good
On being asked where he got the money from originally
that he got the greater portion Of the money by teaching
school IN Nepa Sc0fis.
JAMES r. WHITING, Esq, was called but the evidence
was not particularly TssSsnt TOT to tbs oaTss a;
that he afterwards understood that of the inducements
was, that to be paid back to Gsrvey the rghtful
owner 30 said to be.
veregns from Keolard to keep for him. but could not tell
how many there were, when they were left with him,
when taken away.
w. OsBoRNE was examined,
And at naf past O'Clock the Court adjourned till to.
morrow at ii O'Clock.