New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12
TIE COURTS.
. CELEBRATED CoUNTERFEITER.

. CELEBRATED COUNTERFEITEk
r,,., OF JOSHUA d. MINOR-DAMAGlN' ih'
TIMONY.
The trial of Joshua d. Minor indicted 1or
1,n IN counterfeit money and for having In MS pos
s,on mates for printing the same, was pegun yeeeer
dsy in the United States Circuit Court DeIore jugs
pnraac, limited States DisrictAttOrney Davis being
,, unable tn attend fully to his duties Judge Pierre
no,t assisted by Assistant District Attorney Purdy con-
ducted the prosecution. and Judge Fullerton asss'eo
M Mr. Phelps and Mr. Ketchc appeared Tor the defense
IpJer the law making ignorance OF the subject TO DO IN
xcstirsted sise quo for juryman consiierap'o
io,euIty was experienced In finding 10 men who knew
I,lc enough TO try Minor upon the Indictment FOUND
against him.
In his opening remarks to the jury Judge Perrepont
spcke substantially as follows:
This VIII prove to the most important counterfet;ng
C1c ever tried IN tins Court, because VIII expose the
he,acentcr Of counerteiine and bring to LIGHT the in
fricate machinery by which It Is carried or tue ScrG
possible the manufacturer Of the counterfeit money
which has of iatc been 90 freely circulated, ann
as sent he: 50 "ssSet to u ns 1 whS the
the Secret service Bureau. matrcd plan which has
probability. rcsu in his conviction OF the eIpe with
which h, iseharssd ycy easy to detect the poor
il. and Whom ho is f1lnd, /, is important that
Wealth. We sss who hS c gs' MAKE Counterfeit money
they alone able to pay for tue presses plates and
dollar of th moncy Themselves but usually stand high
Dc sSss @ when ey n8s
large smount OF this money, they send 1t TO
,h" " c;s-s al .Ss.r the so E%a ana VII. 40 s on
in active circulation. Another peculiarly OF
those wealthy manufacturers of counterfeit money Il The
defense tlcv iuterpose when caught They inv rialy
that the prosecution IL "put up job against them.
nd nat Ey ARE the ts 81 sba @ C
explode it, AMI. II do you Will no doubt do your duty
and find verdict of guilty.
C.1o oo1Jnd xvifpo fnr fhc
prosecution objected by the defense the ground
he had served In prison for forgery Colts
pardon and restoration to civil rights by Gov Hoffman
produced and upon the strength Of 1t the objection
10 him Overruled.
Cole testified: first knew Minor about eight
fiat i. to s snS aS o him ts p1s
days before this Minor told that he could get these
a Sf @ let a me avc item cheap
Minor ssid, "No. they are in good order,
take them at that price he said that he would bis
and get them for me, and requested me to meet
went to see HIM there had told Col whitley Chief OF
the Secret Service Bureau, OF the arrangement l na d
nWs METH The money to get them before Went to meet
Minor that evening was searched by some OF the
in Good money sivon me by Col Whitley; went to
Minors stable little before the appointed time; did
1"nn MI him. 1 together with his family and policeman
MnCF Tssn s to fsf did
and Minor went 10 Sixty frstst and Broadway and GOT
package from man; he then came back anu handcd
the p"ckacc to me: can't swear that saw the man
hand the package to Minor when Minor came hack and
Ia ndcd me the package, told him that before taking It,,
wanted to pay him then handed the money sl50U to
Minor and last he was akimgt he was seized ny one OF
Col Whtlcy's detectives; Minor took the money from
me- hut did not take the plates from him. he dropped
the package when he was seized Tine package was
here presented the witness and identified by ip as
The one he saw in Minors hands, Il contained plates for
printing counterfeit t1o and $40 hills Minor md the
detective had struggle; another detective came up, and
put Minor iuo carriage and took him to Col.
Whitley's Office; few days before al this took pace
got from Minor $500 in counterfeit 80 bills he threw
them into my rs was driving by his works III
Ninth-avc told lin that he getting rather bold
he replied No. there is nobody but us around here "
give him $500 In good money for the counterfeit
5000 sometimes paid Minor for counterfeit money
when got and sometimes did not; gave this pack
ngc OF counterfeit money Ia ono Of Col Whtey's de
The package Of 5000 in counterfeit money
here presented 10 the witness, and recognized by
lin as the he got from Minor In September last
got from Minor $1OcD In counterfeit money for 81 900 In
good sold that money; last July got from him
$4,000; counterfeit money for t24 good money;I sold
atmoDey; last February got from him $4,000 in conn,
rfeit paid him u 900 In good money for 1t;
s"l that money! have received from Minor in all about
&t.RO or 5000 In counterfeit money
Adjourned till III q, LII. to-day