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Domestic News
February 7, 1826
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Huntsville, Alabama, William Vaughan was convicted of passing a counterfeit 50-cent note purportedly from Yeatman & Kent, facing death under state law. Commentary questions the justice, comparing it to bankers' actions.
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Terrible.—At Huntsville, in Alabama, a person by the name of William Vaughan, has been convicted of passing a counterfeit fifty cent change note, purporting to have been drawn by the firm of Yeatman & Kent; and the punishment, by the State law, for this offence, is Death!
And shall bankers, who stamp paper with a value which it has not, and send it forth as a genuine representation of money, escape? Shall those who rob the fatherless and the widow by cold, deliberate, calculating villany, go free—and this poor creature be subject to the awful penalty of death! Is this justice, and in a Christian land?—Niles' Register.
And shall bankers, who stamp paper with a value which it has not, and send it forth as a genuine representation of money, escape? Shall those who rob the fatherless and the widow by cold, deliberate, calculating villany, go free—and this poor creature be subject to the awful penalty of death! Is this justice, and in a Christian land?—Niles' Register.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Counterfeit Note
Conviction
Death Penalty
Huntsville Alabama
William Vaughan
What entities or persons were involved?
William Vaughan
Yeatman & Kent
Where did it happen?
Huntsville, Alabama
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Huntsville, Alabama
Key Persons
William Vaughan
Yeatman & Kent
Outcome
convicted; punishment by state law is death
Event Details
William Vaughan convicted of passing a counterfeit fifty cent change note purporting to have been drawn by the firm of Yeatman & Kent