The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-02-01

Fuf soms time !, hAs l@en noticed 10
The northern part of,he state that counter.
fei, halt dollars stte largely circulated
and . detective vac ssnt there 20 Gal out
froia sbss4rs ihey camr Last seck y.
NJ Paid t4osniusnt riiiEen u NeNp,Tt,
~ 49,. stftsioi sud takeu - Burliagton
for iaaliaaiiou Mf flelJ has tcen ~.
l.as.,ely Engaged 10 various kii'is Il spec
slssian sud has become worth, itis esti.
snsiei 4 beast So. 600 He oans several
niee huildinFs in Newport and bas sns.
laia.l iais reputation though he has sieen
caught in solne Transactions not very hon
ofaidr The result Of bis examination We
cps from The Baaisytea t,ee Press:
Tie rase - SOLOMON NJ. Fields. the prom
in,isi and s.althy ciiiE.n q Newpori, ho
VS. arnsied Jannafy 70. ou the charge OF
pa..i,e counterfeit money, rarie up Tor
i..an : 10 fon v l.. Durnap, Y. :. CON.
missioner fudst morning. John L. I'D
Wafls % Aewpoa and A. q. Stafford OF
Ibis cat, appear d for Mr. fielus api Kit.
ridge Haskins VI Bfat,lebofo L ) District
Attorney, Represented the government ou-
" two witnesses srIe-famine1 The first,
Mr Llnsiey ofthe Memphfemagog house.
Nespor. testified 10 having received from
Mr. Fields (sho It appears Is a oitnlons
citizenl six counterfeit silver fifty cent
piec,s IN pa meut for liquor at ihe bar OF
the hotel mentioned, dnring ina present
month Five OF these were kept and
marked by the witness and identified by
him before the COMMISSIONER. They are
very poorly executed indeed aud would be
detected as spurious coin at glance.
A long cross examination was INDUCED in
by Mr. Edwards. the chief practical out
come Of v liich was the enumeration by
the witness OF number Of prominent citi-
zens who are IN the habit OF shaking their
thirst at the hotel named and who might
have paid therefor in tifty-cent pieces but
didn't work of counterfeit ones.
The second witness wasJ. p McElrath.
chief Of the Now England department OF
the Government secret service. He testi-
fed that he investigated the case and
traced the counterfeit TO Fields. The
spurious coins taken ut other places were
exactly similar to those taken at the hotel
and were made from the same die. He
proceeded to arrest Fields, and while do
ing so Fields attempted to throw into the
stove package done up in paper which
he carried 10 his pocket, aud which on
investigation the witness found TO be five
dollars in the counterfeit fifty cent pieces.
Fields thereupon showed every sign of
trepdation aud expressed an earnest desire
10 settle the case, Offering to redeem what
counterfeit coin he had passed and to pay
the witness what expense he had incurred.
He stated to the witness that he did not
know where the counterfeit coin came
from and that he must have taken it in
the usual course OF business.
This closed the testimony, no witnes.
SEES being offered in behalf of the de-
fence; aud no arguments were made. The
commission than held the respondent
for trial at the coming term Of the federal
court in the sum OF three thousand dol
lars; aud the respondent himself and Il.
II. Baker OF Richiord were acceptep as
bail The extreme penalty for the crime
with which Mr.. Fields is charged is fine
of $1,000 and ten years imprisonment.