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The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Japanese bill. (search)
Violent threats.
--George W. Elam, a young man, appeared before the Mayor yesterday morning to answer the charge of threatening to assault, beat and kill Mary Davis.
After hearing the evidence, George was required to give security to keep the peace and be of good behavior for the next twelve months, which he had not succeeded in doing when we left the Court-room.
C. S. District Court.
--The Grand Jury of the above Court meets at 12 o'clock to-day, at which time they will act on some twenty indictments prepared against George W. Elam, Curtis Pridgeon, (an Italian with sundry aliases, called Louis Napoleon,) and James Tyrer, all of whom are charged with perpetrating frauds on the Treasury Department, by stealing its blank holes and forging signatures in order to swindle the people into a belief of their genuineness.
The accused are all in prison, and the witnesses in Richmond, and likely to be before the Court, so that but little doubt remains but the conviction of some of the parties will be secured.
C. S. District Court.
--The time of this Court yesterday was occupied in the trial of James Tyror, charged with knowingly passing a counterfeit Confederate Treasury note.
The successful trial of the accused on the part of the Government hinging on the fact of his knowledge of the spurious character of the note passed by him, and the evidence leaving that point in doubt, the jury gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt and acquitted him.
The Grand Jury of this Court will meet today to take cognizance of the case of Geo. W. Elam, who is charged with an offence similar to Tyrer's. E. F. Husted may be tried to day, for an alleged attempt to bribe the Commissioner of Patents.
The Daily Dispatch: April 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], By Goddin Apperson
C. S. District Court.
--The Grand Jury of this Court yesterday indicted Charles Melton, mail carrier between Pittsylvania C. H. and Lynchburg, for stealing a draft from the mail on the 22d of March, and Wm. H. Crawford, alias Flem Razor, for passing a ten dollar counterfeit Confederate Treasury note on the bar-keeper of Jarratt's Hotel, in Petersburg, Va. The Grand Jury adjourned until twelve o'clock to-day, when they will proceed with the case of Geo. W. Elam, charged with an offence similar to that committed by Razor.
The witness in the case, Charlotte Gilman, arrived from Memphis, Tenn, yesterday evening in custody of Detective Goodrich.
Indictment found.
--The Grand Jury of the Confederate District Court was in session on Saturday, and had under consideration the case of George W. Elam, who stood charged with forging and passing counterfeit Confederate treasury notes.
The case has been so often alluded to that no further reference is deemed essential at this time.
The indictment was voluminous, embracing 24 closely-written pages, detailing the operations of the defendant in all its stages, so far as known to the prosecu so often alluded to that no further reference is deemed essential at this time.
The indictment was voluminous, embracing 24 closely-written pages, detailing the operations of the defendant in all its stages, so far as known to the prosecuting attorney.
The legal result of this labor was 19 counts — each and all of whom might be considered dangerous to the peace and welfare of the defendant.
The defendant, Elam, was indicted on several counts of the above indictment.
The Court sits to-day.
C. S. District Court.
--This Court did a considerable amount of business yesterday connected with the sequestration of the estates of alien enemies.
No business of a criminal character was transacted, but we learn that George W. Elam, charged with passing counterfeit Confederate Treasury notes, will be brought before the Court to-day and arraigned, though his trial may not take place for several days thereafter.
Arraigned.
--Geo. W. Elam was arraigned before the C. S. District Court on Monday, for passing bogus Confederate Treasury notes.
Afterwards the prisoner was taken back to jail.
The Court did nothing yesterday.
C. S. District Court.
--The Judge of this Court having overruled the very carefully prepared and long indictment made by the Grand Jury against Geo. W. Elam for the offence of tampering with the money of the Confederate States by forging Treasury notes and passing them as genuine, a new Grand Jury has been ordered to assemble to-day, for the purpose of making the indictment in conformity with the views of the Judge.
As the objection to the first indictment was a more technical one, no doubt the grand jury will to-day have no difficulty in finding a "true bill" on the many "counts" against E am which they have heretofore verified.
The only result attained by the delay which has already occurred is to increase the chances of the accused by the possibility of a raid by the Yankees on Richmond; but these chances must be considered slight when we remember that even if the vandals were successful in making an inroad on the Capital of the Confederacy, parties accused of offences again
Indictments found.
--The Grand Jury of the Confederate District Court, John L. Tate, Esq., foreman, assembled yesterday to take into consideration the case of Geo. W. Elam, charged with counterfeiting the Treasury notes of the Confederate States. Two bills of indictment were found against the defendant, one containing ten and the other nine counts.
The defendant will be arraigned for trial in a few days.
The Daily Dispatch: may 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Coon Avenger. (search)