Report of the trial of Charles N. Baldwin, for a libel : in publishing, in the Republican chronicle, certain charges of fraud and swindling, in the management of lotteries in the State of New-York. Containing, the publications in relation to this interesting subject - the evidence - the speeches of the counsel on both sides, and the charge of His Hon. C. D. Colden, Mayor of the city of New-York, to the jury ... / the whole being taken down in short hand, at the trial, with great accuracy, by H.W. Warner, esquire.

Date:: 1818

Credit: Report of the trial of Charles N. Baldwin, for a libel : in publishing, in the Republican chronicle, certain charges of fraud and swindling, in the management of lotteries in the State of New-York. Containing, the publications in relation to this interesting subject - the evidence - the speeches of the counsel on both sides, and the charge of His Hon. C. D. Colden, Mayor of the city of New-York, to the jury ... / the whole being taken down in short hand, at the trial, with great accuracy, by H.W. Warner, esquire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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vince all the Lottery Officers that he was aided by something more than the mere chances of the wheels. All this white Mr. Sickles ;hhI he were very intimate. Mr. Sickles, the sub-manager, as he is called, but, in truth, Gentlemen, he is the sole manager in all things ; he and Judah were every day together, morning and even- ing. Sickles read the papers at his office daily ; they were closet- ed together; and their business, no doubt, Gentlemen, was pecu- liarly interesting to them both. Why were they together, hand and glove, whispering in secrecy ? What special reason would there be for this brotherly connexion between this benevolent Jew, and this pious Christian, in lottery business? Vcu shall soon know, Gentlemen. For if our witnesses have not been bribed, or threat- ened out of the reach of this Court's process ; if they this day shall dare to tell the truth ; (and 1 pray that the God of truth may inspire them with courage and virtue to speak truth ;) they will in one hour unfold to you all, a train of interesting facts which will explain all the mysteries of Judah's dreams, and excite the surprise, wonder, and indignation of this community. One thing, Gentlemeu, 1 am sure, we shall prove, that wherever Mr. Sickles has been seen to whisper unusually often, there for- tune has dropped her favours with uncommon profusion. To Mr. Judah she has thrown her gifts to an extent brilliant beyond exam- ple : not, indeed, in the way of prizes, but in the way of frequent hits against his brother insurers, pointed out by dreams, inspirations, and anonymous letters. Magic has been at work for him; and to us, poor mortals, who could not see his wire workers behind the curtain, it really seemed a* if he were favoured by supernatural assistance. To Mr. Denniston, who could not well play at insurance, and who was also seen to whisper with Mr. Sickles, kind fortune has given the Owego prize of 35,000 dollars, unless report be true that Mr. Sickles owned the half of it. To Mr. Isaac Ogden, the broker in Wall-street, and a large con- tractor for Owego tickets, a gentleman with whom Mr. Sickles was all at once on a whispering footing, fortune became suddenly so pno- fuse as to throw into his lap one prize of 70,000 dollars, a stationary prize, Gentlemen ; several other stationary prizes, and about six hundred thirty-dollar prizes, by way of selling oft' his tickets to ad- vantage. And all things considered, Gentlemen, it is strange that fortune should dispense her gifts thus splendidly, not through the prize-wheel, where she was blind, but through ihe other wheel, where, by the aid of Mr. Sickles, her eyes seemed to be wide open. Indeed, il was only stationary prizes which Mr. Sickles could catch —for, skilled as he is in the game, it does not yet appear that he has learned to catch a floating prize. That's a game beyond the reach even of his art. When ticket No. 15468 made its ever-memorable appearance in this Medical Lottery, Mr. Jansen (a gentleman who will hereafter testify in our behalf) saw certain peculiarities attending t! at num- ber, which he thought indicated indubitable evidence of fraud, i 6

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