New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-23
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS 0FFICE.-Noy -
Before Commissioner OSBORN.
An INTERESTING CASB-AN ALLEGED ENGRAYER OF
COUNTERFEIT FRACTIONAB CURRBNCY-A WHITE
WIPE pEFBSDIyG A MCLATTo HUSBAND.

The accused 4. reported to be frstclass engraver.
lie dark muao apparently over 10 yeas OF age ANA was
The vie was In mourning child who died recently The
brother accused also 10 Court He stated 20 l
tic principal Of grammar ,cl o In ForchSt The accused
charged with engraving iolr steel plates for printing ceht
90, ioua currca The plates w'Ie traced 70 rs possession
gang " coaHtcrcs portion ~ whom were recently
arrested The currency notes engraved from these pate are
pronounced b., the comp"trt iudgcs-eEen 10y Gen
spinner the onfort the cGr.cucytO Do tic best counter
executed he oply deficiency being that the face is
sl1d lighter than thc geuu' notes The bncss are peii,c.
ir a., Me- onl, pa-ti,iv She testified that Sic lived in
house she and her tlaud resided and worked con
was i2tsrrat~ y NJ tLa. T. spencer counsel for The ac
cusc desc 20 know hero these plates we're ana SAID
that the testimony Of tins witness IN the absence OF tle Pe
va. ot NO account slr not being expert and utterly X
Of ihc eynCt appearance %, The plates IN question ana
tlo, accused ,oud lot Be held on Information or lelci
f. n, commended BY Assistant United state, District Aor
nry Joseph Bel Who app aie oI e ihHt thc uo
encni hHd The strongest nd Of O. dcc against me acc3'a
that strung corrooaiiyc testimony which would be
produced and TINT the plates in question could be ebta1ed IN
icU dag Bot De was 81 the oAu,"h lhnt u Nol4t
rst under tu adjourn the examination until
~. aes , H. n ,I1 h, H@xtot is M
The question o hail then snd Mr. spencer asked that
the bail should De- N as low possible that the brother Of
the accused cond become DIS pondsnah Mf b'u Woush
thar ofcne very aggravated one that m the ease oi
HAIRY liomc, ala. Hurry ail alta, lA'i'e hanA "ho wa,
only cha ged with eugn'ng hree plates the ui Ma hh at
suoO and thought that the bail n this case should be large
Tho bail finally fixed = co. which the accused Was una
BE give his brother the only who offered 20 become
hs hail was worth only g. 5Oo The accused then com
II seem, that the detectives descent the house in
ookyu occupied by tie witness who gave her testimony
against the accused and her husbands that the detectives cap
Jared her husband aud led 10 believe om finding print
ink his hands ant other Circumstances that he was en-
gagged in printing this currency II alleged by Mr. Spencer
lint the Witness probably testified against the accused for the
p1rr Of screening her husband While she giving her
testimony singular took place The wife Of the accused
cried out loud tones ,shakng her hand witness and being
much excited NOu confined In May You was confined
IN Nav and had that baby i'
The witness had youhe babe in her arms which she
nursing The wife the accused doubt wanted 10 con-
ffsf ntgfU IA IffUr
on not have seen the accused u work every day in the month
of NAV II was with the utmost difficulty that Mr.. Spencer,
her husbands counsel c0nd csiun her and was only ny
threatening resort abandon her husband case
dessted that she became pachcd IL was novel
spectacle wnes, young and pretty white wife thus cling
ing endea yong defend her husband-a homey mu
nttp apnarenty twice her