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Fincastle Mirror
Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia
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In Alexandria, a well-dressed Frenchman was jailed on December 19 for allegedly stealing bank notes from William B. Stuart's house. He claimed a blood relation to a prominent European figure, supported by papers from Joseph Bonaparte, which his counsel believes authentic.
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A Frenchman (who seems to be a very intelligent person, from the conversation which we had occasionally with him in the Commercial and Literary News Room) was committed to jail on Friday last, on a charge of stealing bank notes in the house of Mr. William B. Stuart, in this place. He is genteelly dressed, and, if we were to judge by his appearance, we would have suspected him of almost any thing else than the crime with which he has been charged. He gave in his name, to the magistrate who committed him to jail, the identical with one of the greatest men of the present age in Europe, to whom he says he is closely connected by blood; and produced papers which he says are genuine, from Joseph Bonaparte and other conspicuous personages, to prove his relationship.
Since writing the foregoing, we have been informed by the gentleman who is engaged as counsel for the prisoner that he has no doubt of the authenticity of the papers.
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Alexandria
Event Date
Dec. 19.
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committed to jail; counsel believes papers authentic.
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A Frenchman was committed to jail on a charge of stealing bank notes from Mr. William B. Stuart's house. He is described as intelligent and genteelly dressed, gave a name identical to a great European figure to whom he claims blood relation, and produced papers from Joseph Bonaparte and others to prove it.