The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-23
The Land Warrant Forgery Case.

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| land warrant the property of Charles White a
| disch arred soldier from tho and Office bv ut,r;n
| sorra1 e 80 - .,,.,,. ~ N's''.ns
Forged power OF attorney preliminary examination
was held before Justice Van Tyne, at his Office, on
Monday evening, when the farther examination wa1
| pos'p'Dou VIZ '''' u"5'
According to agreement therefore, the examination
was resumed before Justices Van TYNE Dom and
| purc.u a. IN. COM, hous. ,rh uoo, u,.. -,
i"i'e"' ~ 'ne o'uf' MOUSE ne room was crowded
the case having excited great interest here George
w. Phillips case was thsn gone into.
lMr kneller who came into court az witness, was
arrested ,l % as a party Implicated
Mr.. RArCLIrFE appeared for the VI ited States,
| sisted by MT Iurnsy the gentleman who declined
| the chlef Juogeship OF ortgono
mr ). n, BRADLEY, assisted by Mr. HELEN appeared
LOT the oeence.
Mr.. kATcLiFFE SAID, that before ne proceeded to
state the care he considered IL proper TO state that
be would DO or say nothing out OF the record. The
case 10 TINS II understand the prosecutor, Charles
] was sGaier ~ ahe ia.e war, ana wpen as
compensation wh,ch bas pesn allowed 10 discharged
sooiers: W men ne applied ior ~ ne was toid oy the
government .nat mere WAS no.lpg Ior hiui-he had
t%. p H. we ray in ans .ne at - wrong
tnas =, n*s peeh h,poseu uPoh-anu .na' one nlpo-
s,1lon mas oeiraudea me poor prosecntor rms Is the
nrs. ccahs oi our NJ anu we VIII enueavor 10
prove IL oy .ne prosecutor himseIi ne papers OF
soaer are mrs. aea IN Inc pension once,
anu raa ie at 's sv that h; .ney are
te So,rtor 40 noi -. S"s @ aiauS Is
ready Tor him Ihe papers OF Charles White were for
"aiueu " uno oePaiemens ~ WI. ouuoAIne anu q
ho.e OF tne TINE was niaoe; me warrsns was issued,
pu' .neie 10 soe .ne ninus Vi .ue oicers OF
sne pension . once ss W h ~ Was uevelea we
Piopose w SHY " nm .aS Ao.lno" ~ was gwen,
- W P1'e im a t nhara t%at v nar ana
porcd D han~s the asst;nv oS tho npnpr W. oe
n'e NV. Hanss t 49, u" ~ u o PaPol. W GA
pec' 70 prove .nat ~ mas oeen Ine Practice OF
S; ,L ~ ort o Pwa as th o.,oe, anu
H cot osesson s ~ piaovce OF
an agent OF Chares wHe, ms RUE oi recurring
pow DOW y, 49, M y 90 vi th otSi go u'Ie ; w pro-
eoS, DO u w 40 @ ~ ph;,I; ft oetas ae
1a ew paose rhip ts; went 70 Inc
Ian at thra ;udsd ~ a. a e no'iTe s
ton, anu "Ss sneie 1Htt VI sne new RUE. ms
was on tne i4n on sne iosn He Ie.urneo Win power
" a'.v f ~ w, , - - 20" a. ;so III pfus
sns of the We will nroya thai thsra 70 me
49, rh.Io" W.T. ,rantinnpd T.; 10 ~ 0 On 20 ~
We will nroye nv White that he never had an 70
do with Phillips that he never gave him
We then prove the existence Of crime, beyond all
doubt and the question will be is PhiDs the crimi
nal We have traced the land warrant md found
it was purchased by Corcoran Riggs of Phiins W.
will prove the discrepancy between the signatures n
the and warrant and the mower of attornsy Tba do
fnce Is this and shai make M comment IN ;ts chs
racter Int betors 90 INTO IL will state thai NO unIi
' Du a S % ph WIN ~. sa.e .n.. an appli
of this examination to forcoran Riggs IN rat;rs
the warrant Int the annlicat;on was refnssa nSwe
70 nrova that Prillins aa;d that tho h 49,
cnrsd the warrant was that being st the and OBcs
the warrsnt was handed 70 h;m mn orrv G no1
nrove such tb;nos bnt NV dntv comras ~ ,o om
pnw to tho Sefsnce and - will 10 npsst;nr ;tb ~
court.
Mr. HELEN objected to the prosecutor going further
a. th;s stage of the nroceedin,s es ~
~ M P ~ wo"II chsrfuuv sn.r. tho rorto-
men If he conId snare himself. INIT continued NJ r.
am here ON INV oath TO discharge nv dutv and must
do So The defence viii be- that this netca vas
bronobt oce on the NIGHT of tho 1stb
~ Iath Of Ssntsmbsr NV stranger snd that NJ
| come back next dav an make an a.sionmsnt which
he did Imake no CONNIE mt on this defence Int when
the Court looks at ali tkese fact II will he thor dntv
| To- 49,
Mr.. BRADLEY Objected to the address of the United
States attorney calculated to influence the public
mind. The defendants have everywhere admitted
that an lofcnce had been committed andsthat the as
| sgnment was obtained from man who represented
himself frsudulently as Charles White. Why there
| fore, go on to discuss what was admitted The de-
fence is that another man. well dressed, offered the
sgnment to MIR. Philps-and that this man, and not
| MIR. Phillips has committed the fraud.
| ALFRED suucxrNc, sworn.-Acted as agent for
Charles White and his discharge the PEN
sion Office; did SO at whites request on the first Of
August last On Thursday last, the 14th instant,
ners could not be found; and on the 18th again
called in company with White but succeeded NO bet
| ter. On Monday morning early, went to the Com
| with an endorsement upon the discharge that the
claim had been allowed notice sent to the claim
ant. then proceeded to the Land Office, and found
that warrant had been issued and delivered the
presentation of a power Of attorney to George W..
Phillips. the signature to the power of attorney,
and it not the White in my
that morning. wish to add, that previous to Thurs
day last, the 14th had always called White John,
instead Of Charles, and supposed that the reason
why the papers could not be found when first asked
The power of attorney and notice now before
brought to my room by Mr.. Phillips, Friday morn
ing the 10Th inst and, upon that authority warrant
for 100 of land issued to Charles White The
order requiring power OF attorney from the party
titled to land, had been made the day preceding On
that day, Mr. Phillips had prese number of orders
from soldiers and took them after issuing the war
rants and asked the Commissioner it, in future orders
would be sufficient; and he said in reply that powers
| of attorney must hereafter be produced
| Mr.. RArcLrrE-Had the circumsta nces which had
induced the adoption of this order any connection
| with Mr. Phi,iinsS wish to know ~ II vas anvtbin q
connected with the orders presented bv Phins that
csused the adoption Of the rule reouirinr the
| attornev ask had thosa orders nresentad hv phil
| Inns ANYTHING TO do with the nressnt case7 -
| pa TThav Rad tbora had fhson cons;dorsh,o srsn;
c,on attracted to the execution Of nsners In the office
! ~ tho defsndants soma of tho arders in nnastion
| baa crns instaod 81 tha fn,l .;nrotnras1 ~ tha
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