New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-25
Us. District Court.


l. y. District Court. I-A>nAN. Juaa .
Before Judge Bc.t>.
The Judge stated that owing "a hi> IndlS-
position a portion 81 last wear The business ga
the cisl calendar haI accumulated and he had
Lc.cmVec. 30 Con~cg ucrcr. to continue the civli
caCcce throughout July. Aut hc has been requested
~ some gentlemen o. Use Bar not ;o 30 and be-
vii acCedc to their request Ia con>cC ucncc at th>
arrangement 'lc trsiS on me CRIMINAL ca.entr
lw.,h the exception OF tac seq down fog the dal
Viii De- deferred nh JuN--snd the cyli calendar Or
proceeded n Calendars io oe made ZAP for >Atur-
iav and Monday s> VEL ~ other DAYS The special
motions Toy saturday Will be- hcari iaroOSh July.
The criminal calendar VIII oe proceeded with both
m JUN and August
Trial far CoNpfert,rfpr. <c--JohR
Frfevr and f-efc-1rk Frank. Germans. were p,1cSi
upon trial on an Indictment tor couaicr;e.lns ani
pass ng. knowing t to - counterfeit, American com.
vi Hall Di>inct Attorney, appeared for the United
states. and Mr. Aimed Ph,lhpS ,or the accused.
Mr. Philips announced 'aa; Frank would with
draw hi, plea of not guilty. and pu n plea oi guii-
". with the privilege of putting m ahiavlt> m NIT
CATION OF punishment
Previous 20 TINS. Vi Jonas b Phillips, on bchalfot
ThoS McHaN. indicted tor larceny at Governors ISL
and. ia taking some clothing belonging 10 the ate
Or Russell put m plea ~ guilty with PERMISSION
30 present a.tdayiiS, e..
The trial as respected Frle>c then proceeded
The District Attorney. IN opening the case. Satt
that any person VINO makes. or causes procurcS -
be made. or Wluly assists therein, any gold OF sill
yer com ~, the Simiitde ot Nmcrcan com or OF any
com which ~ lu use - money OF shall utter rs good.
any false COM knowing 70 30 be false he shall be deem
cd guilty ~ felony and liable 20 Imprisonment Al hsnt
labor for not t>S than three nor more than ten years
or imprisonment not exceeding i've years, and hnr
not exceeding 5000. The prisoners have been IN
dCtcd not OUN Tor passing u. but making t,-paNS-
ing ana lo cent pere> ] am informed 70 viii hc
pretty clearly established that FrrSe WAS the person
who made the com. and caused Frank 10 assist HIM
IN passing u both are indicted for making and pass
ing II viii appear that large quantities OF counter
telt small com are nude, M Newly ork and pat IN
circulation amt 70 Is supposed that onc-,hlrd al
least Of The small com 100 circulation ~ spurious.
The moie of mtnuftDt ure Is >lmple. ruc>e MAS
discovered 20 have had all necessary implements for
The purpose he has represented himself - having
but recently come 20 Tins country hat 10 seems the
h>t he ms made of the privilege has been 10 de-
base the com OF The country. II Pc JuY hnd tho
charge az c0uuiCucliing 90 oe true, they Will hni
verdict OF guilty, sc.
Officer, Rscklewitz and Walsh here placed
large number or mods, Dies. sheet German silver,
punches. hammers and other articles for the coun-
torieitug of money also some counterfeit ana Sons.
good com ora the table M uont OF The Count and
JuN.l
Oaccr Il testified 20 ms beng a deputy m The
l. =. Mar,had'> office was born ln Prussia can
speak the German language knows ne prisoners
fhcy were brought 90 the Marshals from the Police
office on charge of countcficlung | inquired o'
FrIt>e. Dob German, where be- lived he answered
Nowhere m particular that he had arriyct here
about week before / asked HIM where ms things
Mere be SAID he had trunk m Forty -sctond-Sl al
a porter-hou~,. of MIR Jtcohu> there VAS no SHch
number a. the one he mentioned he sad II was
near the sixth-ay., when he sand avenue he spoke
pretty plain. which made me thnh he had been
longer here than he SAID ! looked ~ ms hands and
saw that OF the fingers of ms right hand were
good deal burned. handling hot metal ani marks
Of quicksilver ON them ne did not know, hen was
speaking To HIM, that | was an officer Frank told
me he lived N 6j Mangin-St, and Mr.. Walsh and my
self went there together thinking sc might find o'h
both | saw Frank = wife | told her was sent 10
say he had been arrested. and would advise her 10
get the m0ncy-makmg tools Out of The way as quick
as possible. before the police officers came 10 search
the house and advised her to 20 With me To the o.her
MOmans house. and advise the other woman 10 get
the machinery out OF the way there too spoke to
her IN German sh,. began 10 get pretty hot tenn
pered, and SAID, knew 10 wolsld come To- tins D"
She then started NEl Ms. she hdyleg basket To go
10 Coumbia-st., where II appeared Friese lived.
While gong along asked her what She had IN her
basket, and she sad, think, It Was money | asked
her II It all money | found, finally, she had
some dies and other articles there told her the
other man had been taken up for CONTRIBUTING, and
her husband for passing and II any person had gwen
her the things, She had better give them back 10 tho
one she got them from she gave the things AT
frelsc house 10 + IS housekeCper and SAID there's
your things back " officer Walsh and myself went To
the back room a. Frclscs and found 4 large number
OF articles, as shown here.
Other e. umOny was gwen Uy officer Walsh AMI
others.
II appears that me prisoners were observed. one
evening, by one 81 the Police officers OF the Ninth
Ward gong rom store 10 store, Franks, m each
case after speaking with Fncse, going in, buying
small articles at some places aud getting change.
and 90 other, the coin was refused As beng bad The
officer called the assistance Of an acquaintance ani
arrested them.
The Jury found a verdict Of guilty.
The other criminal trials, of which there are
number were Land over for fortnight