United States v. De Quilfeldt

Hammond, D. J.

Tho defendant, being arraigned upon an information charging her with counterfeiting coins, pleaded not guilty, and was put upon her trial. She is described in the information simply as “Annie De Quilfeldt, otherwise known as Annie Egbert; ” all addition, such as “wife of A. B.,” “widow, ” or “spinster,” being omitted. On the trial, a witness, the detective who arrested her, was asked whether she was not living with Charles G. De Quilfeldt, who had just been convicted of counterfeiting, as his wife; whether they, at the time of arrest, called and recognized each other as such,…