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Morning Star
Limerick, York County, Maine
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A band of 11 counterfeiters, including Dr. Boardman and Mr. Moses, were arrested in Stanbridge, Canada, with $150,000 in fake bank notes. They were taken to St. Johns en route to Montreal jail. The group had passed counterfeits in several locations including Quebec, Montreal, Buffalo, and White Hall.
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Counterfeiters Taken.—A friend who left St. Johns, (Canada,) on Saturday morning, informs us, that just previous to his leaving there, a band of counterfeiters were brought in, consisting of eight in number, all hand-cuffed, on their way to Montreal jail. Three were brought in the evening previous, making eleven in all; among them was Dr. Boardman, the celebrated signer of Bank notes, Mr. Moses, the accomplished engraver, three by the name of Wing, and two or three named Quins, all known as possessors of counterfeit money. They were all or nearly all, taken in the town of Stanbridge, and with them about $150,000 in counterfeit Bank notes, all complete for circulation. They had been engaged in the manufacture of spurious half dollars and half crowns, made smooth, similar to a large portion of the currency of that country. Among them were the persons who had passed the last batch of counterfeit city Bank Notes at Kusa Ville, Quebec, Montreal, Buffalo, and White Hall, all about the same time; they are well known as engaged in the business, and it is hoped that ample justice will be done them.—N. Y. Daily Adv.
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eleven counterfeiters arrested and hand-cuffed, en route to montreal jail; $150,000 in counterfeit bank notes seized; also involved in manufacturing spurious half dollars and half crowns.
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A band of counterfeiters were brought into St. Johns from Stanbridge, consisting of eight in the morning and three the previous evening, totaling eleven. They included Dr. Boardman, signer of bank notes; Mr. Moses, engraver; three Wings; and two or three Quins. They possessed about $150,000 in counterfeit bank notes ready for circulation and had passed counterfeits in Kusa Ville, Quebec, Montreal, Buffalo, and White Hall.