Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-09-14
Eleven Indictments for Forgery Against Ed
ward B. Ketchum.

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Yesterday afternoon the Grand Jury came
into Court and presented large batch OF in
dictments for various offences, among which
were eleven bills of Indictment for forgery in
the third degree and one fer grand larceny
against Edward b kctchu:n.
The following witnesses appeared before
the Grand Jury and were examined previous
to the finding of the Indictment against Mr..
Edward b. Ketchum Mr.. Lcverich, Presl-
dent of the Bank of New York; George w.
Van Loan, of the firm of Charles Graham y
Coz David Groesbaci, assignee OF Charles
Graham & Co.; Messrs Belknap and Swan,
of Ketchum & Co.; A. Lane and i. Seaman,
from tie Fourth National Bank; Mr. Buell.,
of the Importers and Traders Bank; William
A. Gibson, from Dabney aud Morgan; i. Won
Hoffman, banker: Mr.. Marcousa, banker; Mr.
Norris of Grecnleaf, Norris q Co., Miss Ives
and Detective Gilmore.
The testimony given by these witnesses Is
taken By the Grand Jury. and, OF course,
cannot be given to the pGblic, ms it is &C parte
in its character. The criminal authorities OF
this country control two .hurdrcd and fifty
eight checks of fyc thousand dollars each,
! some of which were giyer to the District At
torney and will lie retained by him until the
trial. :,
There were eleven Indictments fer forgery
in the third degree, which may be classified
as follows:
Que for tjtcring six seven checks to the
IMPORTERS ard Traders Bank. One for Mt
tcring thirty-two checks to the Fourth Ma
tional Bank. One for uttering sixteen checks
to Dabney & Morgan. One for making Q
check on Morgan and using it on Won lloi'
man. One for making check and using II
on Marcousa. Two for making check and
using It on the Fourth National Bank. One
for making a check and using it oil Dabney
g. Morgan. One for grand larceny in con
yertias to his own use n package containing
seventy i've thousand dollars in iive-twenties
the property Of the State Bank of Hartford,
and deposited Ter safe keeping only.
It is usual when the Grand Jury bring il
an Indictment against an accused party 20 ar
rarn linn at onsc, and Eetcfum would have
been no exception to the general rnlo eYcep
for the fact that District Attorney Hell prom
Used Judge &llch, cornSol for ketchrm, tina
in the event of the Grand Jury finding in
dctments against his client he would not hav
him arraigned to plead to them until HI
(Judgc Allen retulnca. IT is expected tina
the counsel will be in the city early next week
when Ketchum will be brought W in til
General Sessions to plead to tie Indictment Is
If he pleads not guilty the next step will b
to arrange day for trial,
1t might be th.t Ills council will Hdvisc hin
to plead to one or more Of the charges pre-
fcrrel against him, and in that event the Jud /!
would proceed to pass sentence. The punish
ment for forgery in the thira degree, an
9 grand larceny is Imprisonment in the Stat
, Prison for term of not less than one and II
more than five years. 1t will be seen ii;
, tI'e aggregate punishment which the Con-
5 has in It's tdwcr to irhict upon Ketchan
sho,ild lie IL tried and convicted upon all I'll
S indictments, would au,ornt to si&ty-fvc year,
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