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The Daily Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
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In New York on August 6, J. Lloyd Haigh, a prominent wire-rope manufacturer and East River bridge contractor, pleaded guilty to third-degree forgery for a falsified $4,995.12 draft dated December 15, 1879, and was sentenced to four years of hard labor in state prison after causing the Grocers' Bank suspension.
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New York, August 6.—In the general sessions to-day J. Lloyd Haigh, the well-known wire-rope manufacturer and the contractor for the wire for the East-river bridge, who by means of false acceptances caused the suspension of the Grocers' Bank, was arraigned for forgery in the third degree. Through counsel he pleaded guilty, stating that he had done all in his power to make reparation for the injury committed, and implored a light sentence. Judge Gildersleeve severely reprimanded the prisoner and sentenced him to hard labor in the State prison for four years. The specific charge to which Haigh pleaded guilty was the forgery of a draft dated December 15, 1879, for $4,995.12, payable to and signed by himself, and accepted by Messrs. Barney & Ferris, of Sandusky, Ohio.
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August 6
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J. Lloyd Haigh, wire-rope manufacturer and East River bridge contractor, arraigned for third-degree forgery after false acceptances suspended Grocers' Bank; pleaded guilty to forging $4,995.12 draft dated December 15, 1879, accepted by Barney & Ferris of Sandusky, Ohio; sentenced to four years hard labor despite pleas for leniency.