Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-17
United States rs. wisite--Forgery.

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lishod at Chattanooga, portion Of the proceedings
ia this case.
Il appears that The court Of inquiry was in session
abou, 6Ve days. This length Of lime seems to have
been Consumed by the number Of charges preferred
against The defendant. Il seems also from'the re-
port OF The RPr5ntgte that the guilt Of the defen
feudant, In mary Of the cases, turned his identi
6eali0n #iih the presentation Of certain claims for
land warrants at the Pension Office and proof Of
his handwriting This necessarily involved tedi-
Gus and critical examination Of each paper By the
counsel Of the Government, b. the court, and by the
defendant and his counsel in order to ascertain the
truth in regard to the hsud writing.
The RCPrssieRtaavs has q full report OF the exam
inaiion butt the defendant is Jet to be tried, We
decline publishing it.
The examination vas closed by the submission Of
the defendant before the United States had olOseds
proof The defendant viii be tried on the 4th Mon
day of November, at Knoxville:
It will be recolleoted hat Johu W. White was ar
rested few weeks ago for similar charges forgery
in Land Warrants, and before Court Of Enquiry
holden at Cleveland, Commissioner LoWery, Hon. J.
C. Gaut presiding, was discharged in the language
of the Court "frOm a want Of sufficient legal testi
mony for commitment" But it appearing hat The
Federal Government not being satisfied at the dis
position Of the case or from possessing additional
facts on the subject, dispatched Mr. Lucien Peyton,
the seco1d time, who procured a Warrant, which,
being placed in the hands Of Deputy Marshal, @.
Vaughn for the Eastern District OF Tennessee, Mr.
john W. White Was arrested the second tine 10 Chat
tanooga on Wednesday The lst day of September:
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,
DIsTRiCr OF EAsr TENNESSEE.
To the Marshall Of East Tennessee:
a 49, Z Hramr rIa
OATH that he is informed and believes that John W.
White citizen within the District Of East Tennessee
aforesaid and within the last two years, did cause
and procure be felsely made altered and counter
feited and did falsely make, alter and forge certain
deearatiJns in writing and other writings, and did
cause them 10 be forwarded to the Commissioner Of
Pensions at Washington city, D. c., for the purpose
Of procuring Land Warrants from the United States
and with intent 10 defraud The Uaited States. The
Of the applicants TO the forged declarations
are as foloWs, to wit: John Gunter, Byrd Roberts,
William Anderson, Washington Burcb John Ander
son, Harrison SmallaS, John Barrett, Joel Potter,
Madison Moss James Taylor. John Carter, William
Name or Nave Wood Nineen, Charles Smith, Andrew
J. johnson, William HutcheTs0n, Ashal Rawlings,
Samuel Thomas, Thomas Morgan, Edward Pelben,
Elijah Par, James R Denton, James c. Conner,
James knight John Knox, John Martin, and others.
This is therefore to command the Marshal Of the
District of East Tennesse, 10 arrest the said John
W. White, and bring him before West H Hum Jhreys,
S. District Judge, 50 thai he may be delt with as
The Law directs
Witness, my hand ard seal,
WI. HUMPHREYS [ssAL ]
PEYToE. T.. S. District Judge.
September 50, 1858
STATE OF TENNESSEE, Hamilton County,
Chattanooga, Sept s, 1858.
UxITsD STATES Is. JOHN ". wHITE.
The defendant. John W White, hagiug been ar
rested BY warrant issued on the affidavit Of Pey-
ton Agent of the UBired States, aud brought before
". Il. Humphreys, Judge Of the District Court Of
tbe United States for the District Of Tennessee, al
| Chattanooga, Hamilton county, Tennessee, on the
Sd day Of September, 1858, the Judge sitting as
Court of Enquiry. proceeded TO dispose Of the case
according to law; present counsel for the United
| States and for the defendant.
The defendant is charged with the forgery and
the presentation Of forged papers to the Commits
siOner Of Pensions at Washington, with the intent
TO procure fraudulently Land Warrants, in sevrral
/ cases not necessary here 10 be enumerated This
is made a felony by the FIRST section Of The act pass
ed on the 81 March, 1928 -(Bradley's Digest 2O0
The Judge sitting as a Court OF Enquiry at Chat
tauooga,- Hamilton county, Tenn, having heard
/ portion Of Ihe testimony brought forward by the
United States the defendant this day, the on OF
September submitted his case 10 the consideration
and Judgment of the Court. without requiring fur
| tber examination Of the testimony with the assent
| Of the Attorney General Il is adjudged by the
Court that upon the proc no here exhibited TIE deten-
dant is gully Of criminal violation Of the statute
aforesaid: and it Is oreired that he be taken into
| custody by the Marshal and conveyed to Knoxville
forth with sDd delivered 10 the iaiior OF said county
to he by him safely kert for trial at the next term
| Of the Circuit Court OF he United States for the
District Of EAST Tennessee to be held st Knoxville
! on the 4,h Monday in November, 1858
It is further adiu3gei that the offence created by
the act aforesaid ard charged in the warrant Of ar
rest Of which the defendant is found guilty IS eai-
able by the laws Of he United States; 10 therefore
ordered that the order Of Imprisonment IN TINS case
he vacated when he defendant shall bind himself
by recognizance, duly Acknowledged, ID Inc sum Of
Fifteen thousand Dollars Tor his appearance al the
time and place mentioned, and Two good and suhei-
ert securities in the further sum Of Ten thousand
Dollars, Jointly and seyerally, similarly acknoW i
edged. W. h. HCNPHSEEs, I. 3 y. Judge
SFATE OF TESEEssEE Hamilton County,
/ Chattanooga, Sept. 8, 1858.
The defendant having entered into Tecognizlnoe
in conformity with the above order, the order Of i'm
| prisonment is vacated
W H. Humphreys, Z s. D Judge.
Defendant gave as securities two brothers-Hon
| John White F. White, James Walker, and his
brother-in law D. T. Blair
The counsel for defendant we're George Brown
". II Sneed Wm. Lowry, B. Cooke, G.. TreW
hitt, J Brch. l.. Hopkins. Minnis, r.
! b Brsbson W Lyla, and NJ Walker.
Attorney General J0hu T. Ramsey