Year: 1859

On Saturday morning last, Francis Smith, Chas A.
selnert, Harriet seibert Mrs: Mary Smith, and her
daughter, all charged with passing counterfeit five
lar notes the Citizens Bank Baltimore had hear
ing before the Mayor. The following witnesses were
examined:


s. S. Cowman sworn.-I keep store with my brother
NO 80 North Howard street. Saturday last two
ately told them that would have to wait on those that
came in first; of the women then said she was in
hue as she was going gin in the country then waited on
ces and handed me five dollar note on the Citizens
Bank of Baltimore as supposed at the tme looked
the bill and thought didn't look altogether right but
they were ladies did not say anything about it,
handed one of them the change, a. So thought
more aboutt till my brother came back from his supper
when showed him the bill which he Immediately pro-
nounced to be counterfeit the appeared agtaed
and in hurry recognize Miss Mary Smith and Mrs.
Seibert as the women from whom received the BILL


Louisa Ahren, sworn-Two ladies into my store
Saturday afternoon last and half plates
which forty cents gave me five dollar
note the Citizens Bank of Baltimore which did not
think for a moment bad; and so / gave them the
change in silver; when they Immediately went away;
kept the bill until Monday when paid it away; in about
an hour the person to whom paid the bill brought it
back and told me it was counterfeit; very much
alarmed, had heard Of counterfeits that
bank On the afternoon of Monday young woman came
into the store and asked if her mother had given
counterfeit five dollar note Saturday in mistake said
she then five dollars in silver and took back
the noe she said her mother had received in change
twenty dollar note can't recognize any of the ladies
present.


]. G. Conway, sworn-I am a clerk in the drug store
the Baltimore and Green Streets
weeks ago came into the store and bought twenty
five cents worth of SOAP offering a vedoar note on
the Western Bank of Philadelphia which took from him
and handed to of fellow clerks inspection he
looked at 1t and thought it all right; then gave the
his change and e departed short time afterwards
it was discovered to be counterfeit quite positive
that is the manFrancis Saith only difference in his ap-
pearance being his whiskes which worn up to his
then, and not merely his chin as he wears
them


barber here testified that he has been acquainted
with Francis Smith for about year and half and up
to the present time has been shaving him regularly and
that he never knew him to his whiskers different
from the way he wears them now.


Officer Bishop who assisted to make the arrests testified
to have known the parties for time and always
looked them with suspicion the person of
the he found apatent light, candles &C. which
burglars generally carried.


Several other witnesses also testified receiving
of this terfeit money from or the other
the accused parties, whom they all recognized.


Two three highly respectable gentlemen testified
the good character of the parties accused particularly
Mrs Smith


Mayor Swami held the whole party to bail in the sum
of s., 900 each to appear before the Grand Jury.
| John d. Hessen, charged with passing counterfeit
quarter dollars United States currency. and counterfeit
bank notes, had examination before the Mayor on
Saturday morning last The clerk in the testified
to receiving the money from Hesseu on each occasion
The Mayor held him to bail in the of 900 ap
pear before the Grand Jury.


Christian Briell, a butcher charged with passing a
counterfeit 5 note of the Citizens Bank of Baltimore
man named Mcnamara had hearing before the May
when it proved that he not that it
counterfeit at the time BE dismissed redeeming
the pote, as