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False pretences.

--Wm. Irvin, a lad, appeared before the Mayor yesterday to answer the charge of forging the name of Geo. W. Finley and obtaining $103.20 of C. S. Paymaster Wayt, on a certificate of commutation for hospital rations. Irvin, being a mere boy, is said to have been made the dupe of another party, who received the above money, and who gave him a power of attorney to draw pay for another name at the same office. When taken in charge by Capt. Wayt he made a clean breast of the whole affair, and thus relieved himself of much of the odium of the transaction. The Mayor postponed the investigation until this morning, when he will hear all the facts and decide whether the accused has been guilty of forgery and obtaining money by false pretences, or whether he is merely an irresponsible tool in the hands of another party.

The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 10, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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