Plaintiff indicted for passing counterfeit money. On 1 May 1845 he purchased a slave named Vina from Samuel B. Patterson for $500, paying with bank notes on the Southwestern Railroad Bank. Bank notes were counterfeit. Cheek also used alias of John Thomas.

There appears to be a dispute over whether or not Elizabeth Martin used a counterfeit bill when paying for services at the company of J. Crouch.

Pike charged with passing a counterfeit "Spanish Milled Dollar."

Additional parties: E. S. Thurmond

Defendant charged with passing a false $50 treasury note to Ben Adams on 5 March 1878.

Passed fraudulent note for $1,000 purported to be from the United States Gold and Silver Mining Company of Battle City, Montana [also referred to as Bluff City, Montana].

Add. Defendants: William Wright, John Stuart, Joseph A. Marshall, L. B. Young, John Womble, Lorenzo D. Porter, John A. Waddell, Marcus Hall, James C. Taylor, Royale Hall, Joseph Anuit, Sam Parrott, William Gann, Richard Umsted, Lloyd B. Young.

Opinion only, case summary not included.

Def. accused of keeping in his possession & passing counterfeit $10 bank note--specifically, "an imitation of a Bank Bill of the Planter's Bank of Tennessee." A bank by that name did exist & was located in Nashville, TN. Witness William Neal described Def. as "an old man having but one eye & in the habit of using spectacles." Def. allegedly received the note from collector from Lee County, Virginia. In one instance, Def. allegedly passed the note in lieu of cow he owed.

Morgan accused of passing three counterfeit bank bills to William S. Robertson, 2 purporting to be of the Farmers Bank of Kentucky & 1 purporting to be of the State Bank of Indiana. At one point, Morgan failed to show up for court, later explaining his absence as having been sick & also charged by State of NC with assault with intent to kill, for which he was arrested. Judgment entered against Morgan & his securities, Joseph Divine & Thomas Hensley, on $1500 recognizance bond, from which they appealed.

Counterfeiting bank bills.

In 1874 Osborne forged an order for goods as if had been made by Eli Offord. It said "Mr. Elam, please let Bas Offord have twelve dollars worth of goods, Eli Offord," not only committing fraud, but creating a debt for Eli Offard.

Case includes testimony from William Harber, father of defendant, and ___ Harber, uncle of defendant, first name not given.

Case includes counterfeit drawing.

Defendant alias: Henry Messer.

Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Court: United States, Western district.

Defendants charged with passing to George W. Haskell a counterfeit $100 bank bill of Southwestern Railroad Banking & Co. in Charleston, South Carolina (which entity did not exist).

The defendant unlawfully and feloniously passed and offered to circulate a $50 counterfeit note on the Bank of Tennessee letter and a $10 note on the Northern Bank of Kentucky letter.