New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-16

Court, N the Csse Of William ID. Smith aifested the
everitg pst vou., Charged -ith forging tie signature
Ct TIA fra. Of Cox & Virgil. &c two checks o. tue
Ios Islard Bank 'oT 81 $40 esch and attempting 70
otlSis .le mo1ey thereon fron one OF thu New York
Bsrs. From The afiis:i'. before tie C0ur', il s,-
p.sIs ha; Saturday lat Smith entered the Bank Of
the Commonwealth snd ..ksd the Pay az Teller, Mr.
Isaac G. Ogden, # he lad gold to spar. NJ. Ogden
rpiiod in The Gfirns'ive, shen Sm''h presented
CHECK Oh tie Long 1.laIG Bark fcr 81 800, pu-porng
10 have been drawn By Cox S Wig: and certified by
GeoIee l.. Sampson Of the LoIg leland iisrk. Mr..
Ogden took he check AID sGid - Saith thet ne could
not give Eoid FOR ! bit would give him bl,. lie al
vistd Smith TO 20 the PLeLi1 BaLk, where the Long
Island Bark kept au Ncontt and get Their bills,
fs wtich lie Ogdep, would give gold. S1ith
then .eh The BsLk, but returned 6: the expiration
Of i've or tss mir ues sni sid to Mr. Ogden you can
gge lie sOur / AID VIII set go'l lOE Them els-
uhtr. Mr. Ogden, suspect;ng something wro0g, ex-
oused b.nsef BY say''g thst h' could not spare the
ts,is irs. hen Smith sgan took his departure snd
repsrcd TO the ofice OF Mr.. Alexander y. Lewis
ba1ler IN Ns.su street and presestipg two cecks on
the Long Is snl Bstk for sl.bo, purposing to have
been eiened or irdwn By Cox 81 Wright, aud certified
by Mr.. Sampson Cashier Of Lopg Island Ba1k, ssked
Mr. Lewis to accommodate hin with gold for them.
Mr. wis said he could not cash them both just them
bu. OF deposit them and give him his check for the
amoprt Of ore, on which be could get gold, and give
him tie balance Monday. To this proposition Smith
ssscuted ard Mr. lie via took the checks purportng to
Lave been dawn BY Cox & Wright, ami sent them
by his Office boy 70 be deposited in the Back of Com
moo wealth, where he kept an account. Mr.. Lewis
then drew bis check for 81 so the same bank, ard
eel. his bookkeeper with il to the bank 10 get gold
In the masn time Smith said be had some business 10
attend 10 outside, and promised ~ return in little
while.
Tie teller of the bank upon receipt Of the
checks, 81 owed them 10 Mr.. Ogden, who al once
recognized ore es having been previously presented
by Smith. messenger was dispatched 20 the ,tOre
of Cox & Wright 10 mske inquiry shout the MISTER,
when the firm prouounced the signatures forgery
Word was then cent to MI Lewis Who not su.psc.ing
anything wrong had Z 800 ready for Smith at his
turn. Saith, however failed to return, aud kept ont
of the way until Monday afternoon, when bank de-
tecive officer Gilbert Hays in whose hands the INST
ter had been placed spied Smith near the Post-OHce
and at once arrcttd him. While in LsSiss odi,e,
Mr. S. remarked that he supposed the checks we're al
right; Smith replied, "They are, AID ara certified by
Sampson you know Bis signature" Mr.. Henry H.
Ccs, Of the frn Of Ccx and Wright testified that the
-gnaiule 10 each OF the checks was forgery
though well executed.
further examination in the case viii be had, ami in
lie me az time Smith will remsain the TOmb to watch
place he was committed b. Justice Welsh
Smith ia a rDen Of medium size, about Il years Of
age and formerly Assistant Cashier 10 the Long
Island Bank in which institution, it is alleged, that he
was dofauter to large amount. Wher Officer
Hays arrested the accused, Smith maze the remark
that he intended that Eight 10 have had the beet nights
rest that ever he had. Upon seachiog bis person
bottle Of laudsnum was found concealed in OF hi,
pockets.