Counterfeit Half-Sovereigns.—"We learn from the Melbourne papers, that several counterfeit half-sovereigns are in circulation in that city. On one side there is the Queen's profile, and on the other the Prince of "Wales' feathers. The coin may easily he mistaken for a genuine one, and several have been passed on the uuwary. The New York correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald states that Anderson, the well known professor of legerdemain, has committed suicide in Cincinnati, where he was performing, first having killed his little son. Domestic trouble is assigned as the case , the despatch stating that Mrs Anderson, had the day before, left Cincinnati in company with an employe of her husband. She was telegraphed to on the road, and on receiving the awful intelligence she returned to the city.
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Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 287, 2 July 1868, Page 3
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