Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-27

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day afternoon further hearing va had bsfossi
Jastice Dom Of the case Of John shaw, changed,
together with , p. Stone and =. B. wsrder, With
utsering spurious CON-. Nears- Ratcline and
Allen and Wise, the enssrprisiag eonstables who
have fefeted out the perpetrators Of this vliainy,
actiss IN The capacity Of prosecuting sstorneys.
Ine defendant appeared q the hour -, ana she
TO the stand, who tessiHed that be had inspected
the fact that certain parties in this city had been
for the last twe years engaged in the circulation
called the attention Of the Secretary Of TIE Inferor
TO the suspicioha hut helm I'm want Of legal proof
to the extent Of fastening ccnviction on the euity
a;,S ana ss,r rscslvng no nom the
had a6andoned itin measure; bat for some time
recently complaints had been general In the com
munity Of the large quantities Of spurious money
band, and had pursned the Trail and fastened upon
Up. stone, who was accordingly arrested. After
the srrest Of Stone facts came to his knowledge
WHICH ma lmPfc1te0 we 0cIeu028t- SnaW-
the circulation OF this money, and witness was
informed that any who presented - 50 piece
TO him 10 be changed In payment Of butter, was
sur. 10 receive at least Of the spurious coins
him, and furnished her with - SO piece to paw
for IT. The lady went to his stand and called fof
pound Of butter. which was furnished, and wit
ness stood near by and saw him give her back The
change, which was four half dollars and quarter.
Witness immediately took the money from the
lady's hand and examined IL, and found one
spurious haf dollar amongst the change. Wit
ness saw the change delivered himself, not losing
sight Of il once TIL he got Il in his hand. Aft
Shaw's arrest he said that he had taken the half
dollar from some one and bad passed IL or to a
70 some oae, who with him had examined IL and
they had concluded that 10 was good, and that the
lady had been mistaken, and be had accordingly
passed 10 to the last lady without hesitation, be
place Of business, and bis house was NOT searched
at all, nor his stand in the market. Upwards Of
so was found on bis person when arrested, which
was carefully tested, and out Of which witness
lad selected seven half dollars which he had pro-
nounced 70 be spurious, but which had, on being
Afterwards tested BY an adept, been pronounced
genuine. -
mentioned facts and incidenfs- z
y. p. Stone testified that he had never thought
about obtaining counterfeit money until the SUBJ
jet had been preached to him by shaw, who came
20 his store Just before he sold It out and asked,
witness II be could not obtain counterfeit money
for him. Witness replied that he didn't think he
could now; that he had formerly known man in
Phfiadclphia through whom il mi ght be obtained ,
but the party alluded to had been arrested In thai
city for being mixed up with party Of counter
feitsfs, the principals OF which had been cons
yicted and sent to prison through his having been
made Ss.ses witness Of and that witness did not
now know where be was. Witness subsequently,
hsd other interviews with Shaw at various place
On the street-afi AZ Shaw sreqness-ia relation to
the same matter, and that in reply to Shaw's In
qEiry witness told him that he didB't think he
could obtain money even should be visit Phila-
delphia for that purpose plan which Shaw had
snggested to him. Finally. In July last, Shaw
furnished witness with money 10 pay his expenseS,
and he went on 20 Philadelphia, where, after re-
naming some two weeks, witness succeeded In
Obtaining some Of the Counterfeit coin. Witaess
here produced a memofandum- book showing That
on Monday, July 3, he had furnished shaw the
sum Of $50; August 10, Sl00; and September ID $50
These amounts were In halves and quarters; and
the last time witness came on from Philadelphia
he showed shaw some counterfeit gold dollar
pieces, which were 30 neatly executed that Shaw
regretted that he had not ordered a QUANTITY Of
them. Wftnes promised during theinferview to
In the Northern Liberties witness and shaw
walled out Seventh street together and were near
M Sehlegelis place Wines oh served Schleyel
wasching them during their interview in the rear
and Shaw were observed together by several other
persons during that interview. Thinks william
Brown and Dan Stuart Jaw them. Remembers
, ,sai lady residing near ny the place Observed
the 81 pieces for Shaw, the latter went home TO
obtain the money for their purchase, and witness
remained sitting on platform at the corner until
shaw brought the money to him. The lady aiiu-
ded TO above watched him all the time, and seemed
curious 20 know why he sat there 90 loax. > Wit
ness don't know the lady's name. None Of these
Interview. In re!ation 70 the obtaining Of this
Shaw's. Witness did not know Shaw intimately.
scarcely knew him at all. shaw sometimes dealt
In witness store before witness sold OUT and their
nrst Interview was In witness store the win
dow. When witness was arrested be told the Of
ncers all the above facts. Shaw obtained in all
about 500 from witness. The spurious 81 pieces
which Were intercepted at the express once were
at the rate OF $50 per 500 for the money and wit
ness paid his own travelling expenses; and bis own
PROFITS were about 10 per cent. On last Thnrsday
phia, he brought $50 in quarters, which shaw
gos. Witness Is acquainted in Philadelphia Was
introduced 70 Frederick Tarr by Young man
ns.s osio,s siudsd % ey wsss.s Is ses man who
their acquaintance In prison Never saw either
OF them in prison Had known the young man
just alluded b at least two years before shaw
coin. His name is Crole- Witness lived in Phil
adelphia year some eight OF ten years acc
Question--where did he live therel
- Answef--wen, he lived where Il suited him.
and where he got the best treatment He md no
permanent boarding house. se-7fe@f
: Question Had be the privilege Of going where
he pleased In PGladelPhis while he lived there,
or was he under my restraint, FrI a -. I -,
Witness declined answering any such question.
He conldnt see what II bad 10 do with the ease
now being tried IL the counsel chose To mo-
pound such interrogatories. witness did not chose
Mr.. RascllfT. here interposed, ANNOUNCING To IN.
Justice that they should object to the testio,y Of
Stone for reasons which bis Honor was well ware
Of. - . -
The Justice replied that he supposed he under
ssccd what the gentleman alluded TO- and syonld
slate 70 them by way Of information that II thew
proposed 70 show that the witness has been In any
bed place in Philadelphia, those who represent
the Government In this case would show bv tesfi-
mony that Shaw had been In ~ bad a place In
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Mr. Norris stated that 10 shaw had been "a
prison on any other charge than the one for whIeh
ne was now being tried, that fact aid not a9ect
NJ. Wfse--We can get the Witnesses in GEORGE
town II the gentlemen desire TO show that shaw
has been In prison and what he was I'm there for.
stone was further interrogated In relation 10
ACQUAINTANCE In PhiladelPhia. but nothing further
oFiesr KimbaH testified that he srrsstedI stone
on pennsylvania avenue, and that stone iuiniedf.
stsiy diyulScd informatio which led 10 the arrest