CRIMZ AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COLONY OF NEW YORK,
1691-17 76 by Douglas Greenburg. ‘ublished Cornell
University ‘ress, Ithaca, Ne Yes 1974. Copyrhght,
197 & 1976 by Cornell University Press. Page 10)
(Excerpt filed in New York = dark blue binder,)
"Albany, NY: dan. 4: ‘John. Smith has received
sentence of death and is to be executed Febru-
ary 6th." NEWSLETTER; Boston,, MA, 2-4-1773,
| sent by Hearn u
Broadsides New York Public Library: "The Last Speech,
Confession and Dying Words of John Smith, who was execus
- ted at Albany on the fifth day of February, 1773, for
counterfeiting the currency of the Province of New York."
CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COLONY OF NEW YORK,
1691-1776 by Douglas Greenburg. “*ublished Cornell
University Press, Ithaca, Ne Yes 19742 Copyrhght,
1974 & 1976 by Cornell University Press. Page 10)
(Excerpt filed in New York ~ dark blue binder, )
"Albany, N¥: Jan. 4: ‘John. Smith has received
sentence of death and is to be executed Febru-
ary 6th." NEWSLETTER, Boston,, MA, 2-4-1773,
sent by Hearn
Broadsides New York Public Library: "The Last Speech,
Confession and Dying Words of John Smith, who was execum
ted at Albany on the fifth day of February, 1773, for
counterfeiting the currency of the Province of New York."
CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE GOLONY OF Nsw YORK,
1691-1776 be Douglas Greenburg. ‘ublished Cornell
University Press, Ithaca, Ne Ye, 197he gone
1974 & 1976 by Cornell University Press, Page
(Excerpt filed in New York - dark blue binder.)
“albany, NY: Jan, 4: John. Smith has received
sentence of death and is to be executed Febru-
ae 6th." ee Boston,, MA, 2-4-1773,
Srosdsider Now York Public Library: "The Last Speech,
Confession and Dying Words of J
john Smith, who was exect
ted at Albany on the fifth day of February, 1773, for
counterfeiting the currency of the Province of New York.
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"ee Condemned c unterfeiter, John smith, was bofn in New
«Jersey and lived there until he was sixteen. Although he
/later said that 8the circumstances of (his) life (had) been
very precarious! and that from his youth he had been tex-=
posed to the hard scenes of life,' he did have an older
brother,who had married into a Nroth Carolina family.
Going south to visit his brother, Smith found him ‘living
in great splendor.'! The example of his brother's wealth
determined him to seek 'the filthy lucre of gaing' After
marriage in Boston, he began to counterfeit colonial
currency.e He was‘ caught and sentenced to be cropped and
branded,: but he broke jail, went to New York, and again to
up his illicit occupation, Caught once more, he was tried
in court there and hanged at Albany in 1773,"
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"008 Condemned ci unterfeiter, John Smith, was born in New
| Jersey and lived there until he was sixteen, Although he
| later said that 8the circumstances of (his) life (had) been
very precarious' and that from his youth he had been tex=-
posed to the hard scenes of life,'! he did have an older
brother,who had married into a Nroth Carolina family.
Going south to visit his brother, Smith found him ‘living
in great splendor.! The example of his brother's wealth
determined him to seek 'the filthy lucre of gaing!' After
marriage in Boston, he began to counterfeit colonial
currency, He was‘ caught and sentenced to be cropped and
branded, but he broke jail, went to New York, and again tool
up his illicit occupation, Caught once more » he was tried
in court there and hanged at Albany in 1773,"
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