The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-14
Law Intelligence.


It about month from date; Mr. b hasn't paid it,
know.
paid it by notes. giving collateral, payable in year
the collateral was Vermont Central Stock o. my own
N. d GoCLD.-Have taught and executed penmsn.
ship the most of my life for years last past have
been in this city have taught pepmanshp about so
years. had taste for it from youth; have examin-
ed everything connected with it that could find to
ascertain what could could not be done with pen;
am 81 years old have oien examined WRITINGS with
reference to questions of forgery not much in this
State in others have been foreman of jury when
question of forgery was tried Notes from to SO
a oS t sne Nas. ay rs nave
Of them saw them in the grand jury room was Sc
cretary Of the grand jury from Jan '4s to July 49,
(The witness gave the results Of previous exaWna
ton Of the notes There are classes of notes here
that is, different signatures.-the name written in
July for monthsfve in number, Nos 8, 9, ID 20,
30 Of the second class, $500, July, months, there
same date and time of payment there two, Nos 81
"a the fourth class, $25eo, July 80 months, are
20 s3 in addition to this class there is one $780,
July 80, on months-it is No. a this matches
h 30 a1e iof
number, Nos s, Q, T. Is. 49, 81 %, 81 80; two that
were brought in yesterday No. 80 and SO, have in
serted at venture; rely on the examination Of some
one else. 1.-THE witness here arranged the notes in
their different classes
JOSH J. scorr was recalled 1.-THE receipt shown
the wit ness yesterday handed him) haven't
it since year ago last Dece mber; didn't 1t at the
N. d. GouLp.-Have assorted the notes. have now
examined the notes No 80 and S3; should think had
them in the grand jury room the gnatures in
the let match each other exactly by matching,
mean placing one upon the other 1.-THE witness
in the presence Of the Jurors and deft's COUNSEL
have just shown the jurors No and 3d. all Of that
class will match as WE'LL this Is the only reason for
arranging these in class; class 2, to
another in the same way; class match in the same
way with another and with none Others class A,
don't have the appearance to the eye, but they
all match each other-there are IL of them class ali
MATCH think all of these not written in a usual
traced some bear fine marks Of tracing besides the
final mark; No. examined with glass, and it is
thing before the final mark made; this mark was
over the whole signature the same OF No think the
S Of NS ny ZIG of BEL
terday by d. Loring; don't hesitate to say Mr..
Belknap didn't sign all Ct the three, No !, 2, .,
write his so that to tie it would appear per-
fectly similar twice No man can write his name so
When they placed together and brea ath
and turn of the letters always vary somewhere. When
in the habit of signing bank bills where they
have particular crcumscrbed space to write in their
names viii sometimes come pretty near matching.
man who undertakes to coun terfeit another's hand
must do 1t by slow process, which strict examine
ton looks stiff and unnatural Sometimes a name by
great practice is so dxed in the eye and Imagination
goes too slow tho fast he will manifest that he
initiate man may write his signature as to ap-
pear often alike But there is step beyond which q
man can't go in this. There two handwritings
his hand at will like, machine will now give my
for saying that wrote these signatures
in the usual manner In the first place, in almost
every Of each class the distance from the first
letter to the edge of the paper the right hand is
actly the From the last mark in the letter to
the edge ofthe paper the right hand the distance
the This is SO in almost every Every mark in
cluded between those two marks all materially alike
in each GLASS; mention the first mark because man
can strike the pen In the same place in beginning to
that he couldn't make ali the other marks alike in
length breadth, and every turn and then close them
all at the same distance from the end. The letter
p Mr. Belknap makes differently from common folks.
It is made sideways with heavy stroke In the p's
there some variance but very slight in the
think 1t impossible for man to write his four
or five times exactly alike
Cross.enamined.-My attention has been particularly
turned to this matter and first in the grand jury ROOM
made the memorandum from which read last night
from minutes taken previously. (rhe witness here
examined No. 1, 2 and g. with glass, at the window
in the presence of Mr. Soher) There appears to be
fine mark on all these three besides the final mark.
he glass was % TO, ID at an opscans Some Of
written without previous tracing with any other in
strument; they must have been traced they
GEORGE G. SMIrH.-Reside here; am an engraver;
have been go 81 years; have often examined hand
writing in reference to the question of forgery (The
S3 netes were handed the witness) Have seen most
Of them before of some am sure; they have been d.
vided in five Glasses; have not examined them partcu
larry. No ], 2 have examined carefully under mag
nfying glasses think them not genuine sign atures
my reasons for thinking them not genuine first the
signature all match each other very nearly with abb
solute perfection; the cots between the letters not
only correspond exactly but form; tremu
lousness is manifested under the magnifyer, which
shows the signatures were written slowly not as man
would naturally write his name they all betray the
fine mark or filling up the marks first made. CHE
witness examined j, 2, 3 with his magnifyer, and
showed the jury the pecuarises In those sgnatures
Have given the other thirty notes only q cursory ex-
animation but think they must have all been forged
but one don't recollect the number of that one |
think them forged account of the impossibity
of any mans writing his name twice SO nearly aliks
does not naturally write his name exactly aike
to stand the test Of the magnfyer; have seen Mr..
to by d. Lorng) Comparing these signatures with
Nos !, 2, and 3, should say these notes were not
the signature of b. there is marked popularity
in the p the line connecting the stem of the p
with the last part Of it does not seem to be Joined
to the stem in Nos l, 2, and 8. In the genuine sig
natures of Belknap these marks connected. (The
witness examined the signatures to the bonds
mentioned above, with his magnifyer) Have exam
ined nine of these. The signatures don't agree all
In every instance the has been made without taking
the pen from the paper.
Cross eromn ed-Have examined all the 80 notes ;
FIRST examined Nos. l. and in MIR. Bartett's Office
Saturday last night before last ! re-examined
them.
CALVIN S. LAsE-Re.ide here am an accountant ;
familiar with haDdw ritins; have examined writings
with question to forgery have been familiar with
various writings at banks. Notes l, 2, shown the
witness and the bonds containing the genuine sigma
lures Should not think these signatures genuine;
genuine signatures look il written at once; these
appear to have been written slowly they don't bear
the least resemblance to the signatures in the bonds
the initials unlike I'M g. the appears to have
nuine signatures 1t Is written with one stroke. The
witness placed the notes each other The sigma
lures match perfectly, except in No. there is pc
rod after after the there is period in No. 1, 2
after the in the genuine signatures In making the
after the in Belknap, there Is curve that don't
see in the notes.
Commemorative examined these similar
papers last Saturday morning at Mr. Bartetts office
think saw ten notes then | noticed that three Of
them matched, don't remember which then noticed
apeculiarity in the dot after the The witness
requested to ace if Nos / 2 Matched They match
have doubt they are the ones examined at Mr. |
Bartletts Office. 1.-THE witness requested to
II the rest of the TONED in the fourth class
matched Can't tel. which of the fourth ella 20 then
examined
Direct rcsumed.-The p's in l and are very much
alike also Nos 10 and H. also No 2 with the excsp-