Charged with Forgery.
--On the 13th of the present month, the
Mayor issued his warrant for the apprehension of
Charles Smith, sometimes called
Abraham Clayton, for forging, on the 4th of April, and passing as genuine, a check purporting to be signed by
Warwick &
Barksdale, for $41.15, payable to
Abraham E. Taylor, at the Exchange Bank.
The prisoner, who is a young man of genteel address, was implicated some time since by one
Carter, now in confinement awaiting trial for a similar offence, and, it is said, left the city and went to New York, having but lately returned.
The police succeeded in laying hold of him Sunday morning, and he was brought before the
Recorder on yesterday.
After an investigation, he was sent on for examination by the Hustings Court, on the 2d Monday in May, not only on the above charge, but also for forging the names of War wick &
Barksdale to a check dated April 8th, for $31.75, payable to
Robert Crouch, at the Exchange Bank; and to a check for $46.13, payable to
Wm. P. Watkins, all of which offences were established against him by the evidence adduced.
The same party awaits examination on other charges of a similar nature, viz: forging
P. T. Moore & Co.'s name to three checks, one for $21.15, payable to
Edmond G. Steane, passed to
George Deufel; one for $34.17, payable to
Wm. L. Seddon, passed to
Jno. F. Kohler, and one for $16.75, payable to
Edward E. Wilson, passed to
Isaac Jacobs.
There were four other forged checks in the officer's hands, which the prisoner is charged with having uttered, and some dozen more may, be brought to light to-day, when the examination will be resumed.
It is proper to say, that some of the checks passed by
James E. Carter, are undoubtedly written by the same hand as those produced in Court yesterday.
The father of the accused, an estimable and worthy citizen, is much distressed at the revelations above noted.
As the examination was about to conclude yesterday,
Gottlieb Maisch appeared in Court and produced a forged check passed on him by young
Smith.
