The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-08
Court OF General Sessions.
Before the Recorder and Aldermen Franklin and
Conkliu

TRIAL OF GEORGE F. CASE, FOR FORGERY.
MARcH George F. Case was this morning called to
take his trial charge Of forgery in the third degree
in making assisting to make on the goth Of July last
| sspurious promssory note, purportng to have been
and payable to the order Of Jacob Van vorsss. The
| testimony In the case was % fouows:-
Ss %ss. D
ledgs 1t 10 forged note the note Was presented to
me BY Mr ssdSsisk, . note broker, In Wal street,
him yes and this note shown to me by him pro-
Bounoed IL forgery and asked him where he got IT.
his office In minutes; imme diatsy vent over to
Mr. S-dswicks office with view Of seeing the psrson
| waited time till MIR ssdgwick csms in, an in
| few minutes ysupg gentleman named Klsslsr came
In; when he came In, Mr. Sodgwick introduced him
note to ssii went to Case immsastsy sftsr and .a
asked him II he that nste to Kleiger lie said he
| did; then asked Mr.. Case how he came by that
tote He told me he got 1t from 4 man named
Van Vorees who staying at his house In this con-
vsrsstion told hun the note was q forgery he said
| evening" and made an appointment to meet him at
that time he directed me to come, and said he would
there At the time appointed Case was there bu. Van
Vorees did not come, at least did not any such
Ger, and directed him to have Van Voress arrested il
| he came in ] then left in the morning Case and
Corey came together to my office s.d told the ote,r
Van Vorees was In bed MIR. Case said that must not
inurs his reputation, and ruin his house If would
give him time he would find Van Vorees when Case
ssd that Van vorees was in bed Corey after waiting
short time up to bis rosm, but be not there
Gaze then raid he thought he there he could
| not have come home last night.
District Attorney-Do you know man named James
Arlington Bennett! Objected to by consul for the de-
| fence.
District Attorney may Is well open the case here
This of series OF forgerles In which Case Ash
ley, Bennett and Drsry, are concerned propose to
show that Mr. Nsefus had held business correspon.
denos with Beznet and my theory Is that the wrtng
except the signature, extracted by chemical
process and the body of the note made the sigma
The counsel for the accused replied and said If the
District Attorney would introduce certain witness,
[meanipg One Eyed Thompsonl he could no doubt,
| prove ali about this transaction.
The District Attorney replied that he always avoided
using the evidence Of criminals and notorious persens
| ss long "a he could do without 1t.
The witness proceeded held orrespondence with
whether wrote on psDer similar to that on which the
note written; think have used such paper; Case
h.a S H. n". ,hin ms
that Bennett Was present when this note was handed
| him by Van Vorees; Mr.. Cases establishment in
Cross examined Case might have told me that he
kept the lodging part Of the house aud man named
in the habit stopping his house came
TO the CITY was not present At the District After
note was done the accused said that Van vorh.ss was
about buying him out and that he offered this note in
part payment aud that be said he could geti Dashed
| he would take 1t; l never said anything to Bennett
about this note; he said that Van be at his
house at o'clock that evening BY sppon tmeut, In
the morning before got there; held the vsrsston
with Care in the bar room Of the house; never
| one eyed Thompson that know Of.
| Alonzo b. Corey sworn.-I am police officer; know
Mr. Gaze; arrested him . charge Of forgery in the
fall cannot tell exactly the time man by the name
OF Warren down to the station house and showed
me the note and requested to 60 to Cases house
and raid that would meet Mr.. Nesfus thsrs; SAG
Van vorees, and that he would be In directly Is he
bearded there went across the street not to be
in and made sppointmen mt to go again in the
| ing; went In the morning, and Mr. Case went up
stair, and came down presently saying that he wa,
| vorees had been there the night previous; think
the bar keeper said be had been there; but Of
this I am not positive Mr. Case then teid me
that Van Vorees shsd gone down to Well street,
and would be back at eleven O'Clock ! then
went down TO MIR. Nsefus and shortly afterwards
bach aud arrested Cse; kept him In custody at the
station house that night and the morning brought
charge Of him; told him would not take him unless
| he would commit hun; this he would not do, and let
him saS sas dim It large % ns.
his remaining at the station houie all night
jeremiah Lothrop, sworn i au magistrate; Mr..
Gaze brought before by tar. Corey, the officer;
bad some conversation with Mr. Case; be stated rs
the In which he In possession Of the note
the house In button street and that he the
| In part payment think I did not commit him,
could account for the possession Of the note and L.
| therefore. let him go, either his parole, or
10 custody o. an oms,r day or two after, lanes AZ.
note given TO Mr.. Ease by Q mau named Van Yorees
I told Mr. Case that there something not exactly
satisfactory about the matter, that would not dis
mice the complainant but that the papers would
main there In court, and that he might BE- arrested
them afterwards but would not lock hin up for the
pr.s.Dt Bennett said he happened to be In the bar
room at the time he the transferred he said
be knew but little Of Case and that he ned never
ssen Van Vorees, before Gaze was subsequently, ar
rested in January.
eros. .xsnioed-Mr. Bonnet did not make any an.
ant IL
think Bennett told Who he thought made the note.
Q-wsre you present on the occasion Of any expert
There some liquid brought the police Office In
| vial, and tried some experiments think the ouid
was brought By Mr. smith, police officer. IL did
1T. The =, mote %. was here read it is a. follows.
;S.sss Van y.is.: Sualfsi and g$s.i
The prosecution here closed and the defence opened
John o, Huntsipgsr sworn for the defsnc. In octo-
b.r last, v@ employed 80 bar keeper by MI smith,
In sses Hotel Fulton street; Mr. Case occupied the
re-. once; b. ~ss pointed GU, to me; ihias have
seen Mr. Nesfus before; when say Van VoIees ~ was
accused asked for him. and Il was ssd that he va. out
tide the door Mr. Nseios In the bar room AZ the
| Van Norees cas- about bug ing cut Case
| Croes examined never spoke TO Van yorees Vas
told by come gentlemen ct the bar thst Van Vorees
vas In nsgotiatioa Tor Cases interest do not knov
4
should think about feet 10 CO IL inches high and
| ofssbdy complexion. rather slim
Calvin Case sworn Il am brother to George Case
the descendant vac oc INJECTED ~ith him In busness
IN Fulton street; had lesse 81 the premises have
seen nan named Van Norees he lodged ct the house,
| h.lieve In october last his the books
Tier. uss negotiation going o. between my brother
| and Van Norees
the District Attorney objected to the introduction
81 testimony showing any trapsaotiou. between Van
Norsee and the witness.
| The Court ruled that the evidence sdms-
Il NJ rant N att a q
bad an ipterviev Of something like hour and
| half witness said-I asked him ~ he proposed
| TO rsy cssh. and he said no, he could not psy
| essh. but good city paper; saw the note zen.
In next morning and ssw MIR Neefus my brother. and
othsrs; supposed they about the negotiation;
said we'll bov do you get alopgir my brother then
sp.he, and aid. the note IL . forgery then vent
| 10 MI. Huptsipger and ashed him where Van Vorees
wee, he aid he just minute before at the door
ortside he said he aid not hnov anything about the
difficulty.
ON the crces. examination the witness stated that
Van Voress vas . Of sandy com pie ion, about