Cumberland County NcArchives News.....Fields Convicted and Sentenced May 18, 1819 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com March 31, 2008, 1:59 pm Tuesday, May 18, 1819 Edenton Gazette May 18, 1819 -- In the Superior Court, holden for Cumberland County, JEREMIAH FIELDS was, on Saturday last, tried, convicted, and sentenced by his honor JUDGE MURPHY, to a fine of fifty cents, and three years close confinement on a charge of passing counterfeit bank notes purporting to be on the State of North Carolina. The bill on which the defendant was tried, was a three dollar genuine bill altered to one of 50 dollars. -- Fay. Observer File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/cumberland/newspapers/fieldsco599nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb