The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-29
THE IHnIGrHpNr Ere

We find the following indictment
in the Fremont Journal We give it
without comment:
The United S1atcs Of America, IN the
Circuit Cart Of Hte United States
for the S7tth Circuit and Northern
District Of Ohio, Of the September
term, ill The gear Of O1g- Lord ono
thousand eight hundred and sirtlJ-
I eight. North District Of Ohio, IS.
The Grand Jurors of the United
States of America, duly ehpannelled,
sworn to enquire of crimes and of
/ fenses, within and for the body of the
/ Northern District of Ohio, upon their
Oaths present and find that Edward
+. Dickinson, late of the District af0re-
said heretofore tO-wit: on the thini day
Of October, in the year of our Lord
/ one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-eight, at the county of Sandusky,
| in the District aforesaid and within
the jurisdiction of this Court, unlaW-
4 fully and felOniOusly did there and
then falsely make, forge and counter
I felt, and cause and procure to be false
/ ly made, forged and cOunterfeited,
/ certain certificate and evidence ofcit-
izenship as Is referred to in the act of
Congress, approved the third day of
i March, in the year eighteen hundred
and thirteen, and entitled, "An Act
for the regulation Ofseamen on board
/ the public and private vessels Of the
/ United States, y which said false, forg-
ed and cOunterfeited certificate and
evidence of citizenship is az follows,
that is to say:
Hero follows tile copy of the papers,
which we omit.
Then comes the testimony of one of
the witnesses:
JVilliGD1 COklclJ, s1COrn.-Knew Pat
rick Mccarthy but never knew John
Mccarthy; can't read do not renem-
Der particularly the papers shown me.
/ told the defendant that il was the
first time that had ever voted, and
had got my full papers at Fremont;
that they were giving full papers
there, and that they were all Figin.-l
Mr.. York also told me this, also n man
who came to work on tile train on
which j was employed, and he WAS
the one who set the work a9oinp: do
not know his name. 1 have not seen
York since this train was taken off.
He was boss on the construction train
and lived in Michigan. York said he
knew Judge Dickinson well, and said
nc would give me q line to him. IL
went to Fremont and saw Judge Dick !
insOn first in his court room. i had a
line to Richard Toban 10 take me 10
Judge Dickinson. York gave me the !
line. / called 70 see TOban. but he
was not at home, and then / went to
the Office Of Judge Dickinson. I saw
two men there, and / waited until I
they got through for my turn. After
they went out / told Judge Dickinson I
that ! had line to TOban 60 fetch me
down to him fDickinsOn( % eet nv
papers, but could not find him, and + /
handed Dickinson the line TO 'Foban- /
HeOpened il and read il, then tore il up 1
and put it in his mouth. he then took /
d0iD7lthePdper he tgds going to giue me. !
ISdtO Dickinson l0J-ite this paper, If this !
Is the paper l gave to Mr.. Diekman
when l was arrested. He asked I
where | lived and where / was born. 4
told him l lived in AshtabuIa and
was born in ireland. He askesl mcI
no other questions. No oath tDas aCl-
7l1iItiStcred 10 Hle, and no tgitnesses
iperc e.D0H1hned or sgDOrR for met / /
never took out my first papers, and
he never asked me about them. Rich
ard TOban saw me afterwards and
told me that persons need not come
up, bat send the list Of names. gave
the list Of names 10 Pollard. I paid
Dickinson nothing for my papers. j
did not offer to pay aud lie did not ask
ne for any. When he handed me my
papers he said "thatis all"