The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-22

yesterday, having been detained repairing some slight
arrangement in the machinery until too late to get
over the bar She goes early this ornipg.
Police Intelligence.
ANOTHER swiSDLE UPoN CALIFORNIA PASSENGERS
FRAUDULENT TICKETS on THE UNCLE SAM
STEAMSHIP.
Before Justice Mctirath.
Yesterday another fraud was discovered practisod
upon largo number Of persons in the purchase Of tick
ets purportiag to be ssnuine authorizing passage r
the steamship Uncle sanr for California These tickets
were sold by nan named George Eamiltou, who iu-
formed the pure that ns authorized sell said
tckets representing, at the same time tAas the sad
stesmsr would saEi IN the 2lst instant. y.
The following copies of the spurious IT,. ts'--
90 . Q 30 .
SrxAMs1y UNCLE SAM. .
Nsw York, March 10Th, 1858. o
ReCaived fifty dollars for the psssage OF W. W.
Clark, N the first Ind pendent Steamship from .
Panama to San Francisco sails the arrival OF
the Uncis Sans passengers at Panama. .
Berth No 149 State Room. o
Storage. G. E. HAMILTON. g.
It is az. sed that there shah not bs over three .
days detention at Panama. .
900 . o'e % % 90
STEAMSHIP UNCLE SAM, O.
New York, March -, 1858 O
Received thirty. five dollars for the passage OF W.
York to AsSipwai berth i49 appointed to saA on o
the 2lst day OF March 1858.
Steerage. G. +. HAMILTON. o
Q . % 900 600 900 q.
ing that the day Of departure had been postponed to ths
5h Of April the holders Of the spurious tickets
ed them to Mr. E. Mails, agent for said ship when thsy
we're informed they all worthless and refused TO-
allow them passage in the vessel Accordingly Soma
fifteen twenty Of the thus defrauded applied
The magistrate directed the afdavts to be taken and
the following is one, which embraces the facts of all
ping at the Franklin Hotel this city being sworn says
That the 18th day Of Mash instant he engaged pas
sage board the steamship Uncle Sam, for Aspinwah
and also in the first independent steamship from Panama
for San Francisco ap deponent purchased the annexed
tickets certificates for said passage from one e.
Hamilton and paid the said Hamilton eighty five dollars
therefor, aio Hamilton represented that he author
Led to s. said tickets and that hs going ou. in the
steamer. and would that his passengers not i
posed upon and that the steamer wsud sail the 2st
inst depopent further adds, that the said, steamshi
so1s S s o aS ns TT
ponent take passage said steamer and states that hs
did not horize said Hamilton TO sell said tickets and
deponen therefore alleges that he has been defrauded
out of the sum Of eighty five dollars
On the above complaint and aidavts, the magistrate
Joseph took the warrant and went in search OF
the guilty party Hamilton could not be found and It
the afternoon Mr. Mills Appeared before Justse Mcraf
accompanied by Mr. Shaw, Of his clerks the latter
making the following affidavit in explana tion of the whole
affair -
Horace Shaw Of No SO East Seventeenth street, BE-
ing he is clerk in the employment Of Rd
ward Mills. agent of the steamship Uncle Sam that
last Thursday deppnent received four hundred and fftT
dollars from George E. Hamilton, in part payment
count of passages in said steamship and at the time The
deponen recsved the said money he supposed there
understanding between said Hamilton and Mr. Mills
and on the following morning deponent Nc MILLS and
and stated that he had not had any conversations with
atu Hamiiton ior the last six months and that deponent
must return him the money immediately deponent forth
with went to Hamiltons Office but did not find him there
but subsequently met him at the corner Of Beekman
street and Park row, and handed to him (Hamltonl
check for the said amount and took back the receipt
and destroyed it that all the money deponent
received from said Hamilton and deponsnt vas not In
any way authorized by his employer to receive said mo-
ney from Hamilton.
On the part Of the prosecution, the affidavit Of Mr..
Austin, Hamilton's clerh, was taken as follows
Seth s. Austin, of No. 675 Greenwich street. being
sworn, says-He isa clerk in the employ of George T.
Hamilton and has been for the last nine ten days
past; that day last week Mr. Hamilton into the
Office and handed Opponent receipt purporting to ba
given by one f. Mills for the of three hundred and
fifty dollars account of passage moneys from said
Hamon; and on another occasion dspouent was
pre- ent when clerk in the employment Of said Mills re-
ceiycd hundred dollars in gold coin from said Hami
ton, on account Of said passage money and said csr
whose name is Shaw at that time stated remarked to
said Hamiltcn, This makes four hundred and fifty
dollars which you have now paid Deponent further
that he inferred from these transactions that said
Hamilton authorized by said Mills to sell passages In
said steamship.
In addition to the evidence given by Mr. Shaw, M.
Mills stated to the magistrate that he never permittaA
authorized any one TO sell tickets out Of aR
Office. The Uncle Sam, said Mr.. Mills advertised -
sail on the 21st but has been postponed until the fifth
OF April, and all the passengers who had paid their
money have either had it returned to them or they have
agreed to wait until the fifth Of April The passengers
yesterday presented fraudulent tickets to the amount
Of 81 900, and it is believed that Hamilton hSs
realized upwards Of 81 900 from the sale of the spurious
tickets Justice McGrath remarked that tee whole af
fair Infamous transaction and he should there
FORE fully investigate the In the meantime
he hoped the police officer would succeed in capturing
Hamilton. further examination will ae gone into this
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