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New Haven Daily Herald
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
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Judge Smith of Herkimer County, New York, was arrested in court on June 4, 1844, for forging names on a $700 mortgage in 1839. The grand jury indicted him, and he remains in custody unable to secure bail.
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HERKIMER, June 5th, 1844.
You will be surprised to learn that Judge Smith, first judge of Herkimer county, was yesterday arrested at Herkimer on a charge of forgery. The judge had organized the Court and charged the grand jury; who on retiring found the first business to which their attention was directed compromised the character of the functionary who had just harangued them! He was accused by competent witnesses of having forged three names—one of them that of the county clerk—to a mortgage for about $700, in 1839. A true bill was found against him, he was called from the bench, arrested and held to bail.— The mortgage, it is stated, was given to raise money for Judge Smith's use, and the cash obtained from a widow lady residing in the town of Fairfield. It is also stated that the interest has been regularly paid. J. W. K.
P. S.—One o'clock, P.M. The judge has failed to procure bail so far. He is in custody of the sheriff.
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Herkimer
Event Date
June 4, 1844
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arrested and held to bail; failed to procure bail and remains in custody of the sheriff.
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Judge Smith, first judge of Herkimer county, was arrested at Herkimer on a charge of forgery after organizing the court and charging the grand jury. The grand jury found a true bill against him for forging three names, including the county clerk's, to a mortgage for about $700 in 1839 to raise money from a widow in Fairfield. Interest has been regularly paid.