The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-16
SIX YEARS FOR COMING
Offenders Against United States
Laws Sent to Prison by
Judge Kirkpatrick.
Especial to ..The Jersey city News."l

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TRENTON, Nov. 16, 1S97.-Another cou1l-
terfeiter came before Judge kirkpatrick
in the United States District Court yester-
day morning for sentence and received a
long term. He was Frank Rosi of Hoboken
and he will have five years to serve at
hard labor and a fine of $1,000 to pay.
He was the ninth counterfeiter before
Judge Kirkpatrick this term and the other
terms and fines from s10O to $500. The nine
will nave in all 25 years to serve and $1,000
in fines to pay, or in lieu of it will have
an aggregate of eight years added to their
terms.
Rosi passed a counterfeit quarter on a
woman tobacconist in Hoboken. He was
so successful that he tried it again later
and she sent her boy out for an ofhcer.
Resi- was arrested and his rooms searched
and a complete counterfeiter's outfit
found and secured.
There were plaster of paris moulds,
files, zinc, anthony, etc. The antimony
was found between the mattresses on the
bed. The stove had plaster of paris
sticking fast to the CRATE where 1t had
fallen when melted and adhered, as is
often the case in counterfeiting. The APP
planes were shown in court.
When Rosi was searched a good new
quarter was found in his pocket. 1t bore
evidence of having been used to make the
moulds.
Rosi was defended by Lawyer Evans.
He gave his evidence through an inter-
prefer. He denied doing any counterfeit
ing. and said he found the apparatus in
an old barrel. The jury found him gull
-, without Loo ri11 o. tho hoy
August Ieibhauser, a Jersey City sa-
loon keeper, pleaded non vult to unlawful
ly facilitating the transportation, con.
cealment and sale by Huge Hahneman OF
smuggled ~phenacetine. He was released
on his own recognizance in the sum OF
$500 to appear when wanted for sentence.
In connection with his plea Dictrict At
torney Rice made public what seems to
be convincing proof of the miscarriage of
justice in one case this term.
Hahneman is the mar acquitted OF the
charge of dealing in Struggled phenace-
tine by a jury less than a month ago. 1t
was then testified that he kept the phen-
acetine in Liebhauser,s saloon and this
was not denied, the defense being that the
government had not proved that the drug
was struggled. 1t was argued that while
there might be suspicious circumstances
that suspicion did not constitute legal
Now, not only has Liebhauser virtually
admitted that It was Struggled by plead
ing non vult, but he has also made a
sworn statement telling how Hahneman
brought it to the saloon. The statement
was presented to the court by District
Attorney Rice.
More than this, the district attorney is
authority for the statement that after
he was acquitted Hahnenlan went sack
to New York and made a confession to
Mr.. Greff and DR.. Sweitzer, persons inter-
ested in the importation of phenacetine,
and then hurriedly left for Europe.
Four prisoners whose guilt had been
previously established received their sem
fences at the hands of the Judge.
John Miller, the Jersey City Illicit dis
tiller, was sent to the Hudson county
penitentiary for a year and was fined 500.
Angelo Frigo, for peddiing. cigars without
a license in Jersey City, was sent to the
Hudson county penitentiary for six
months and was fined 500.