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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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High constable Clark arrested seven men in Barnston near Sherbrooke, Canada, on the 11th instant for counterfeiting operations, seizing tools, bad money, bills, a printing press, and 100 counterfeit half eagles; they were jailed in Sherbrooke.
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On the 11th instant, high constable Clark arrested seven persons, Samuel Davis, Thomas Davis and Sheldon and Herman Durkee, and lodged Oliver Hanks, Harry Hollister, Elijah Hanston them in Sherbrooke jail: having found on the premises of some of them a quantity of bad money, and some tools for coining, a quantity of bank bills and a printing press under a forge in a blacksmith's shop; also, some counterfeiting apparatus, and about one hundred counterfeit half eagles.
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Barnston, Near Sherbrooke, In Canada
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On The 11th Instant
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lodged in sherbrooke jail; quantity of bad money, tools for coining, quantity of bank bills, printing press, counterfeiting apparatus, and about one hundred counterfeit half eagles found and seized
Event Details
High constable Clark arrested seven persons, Samuel Davis, Thomas Davis, Sheldon and Herman Durkee, Oliver Hanks, Harry Hollister, Elijah Hanston, having found on the premises of some of them a quantity of bad money, and some tools for coining, a quantity of bank bills and a printing press under a forge in a blacksmith's shop; also, some counterfeiting apparatus, and about one hundred counterfeit half eagles