Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-09-11

regard to us redemption IN specie I
.hiszeer.-To resume the payment in specc.
when the Banks in general resumed .oec;e pay
men;s
Question to witness by the Alderman. WAS this
understanding made known to the person 10 whom
this note was gwen
.f.,seer.--l do not know TO whom that note was
given It made known to the public.
G0cS fion.-iu what manner WAS il then mace
known I
.ia,.er -lu the Newspapers, as have under
stood.
James Castsirs, teller ofthe Bank, being S times
called, lid not answer.
Question TO the witness by the plaintiff. AT the
tim application made TO the State Legislature
ter The institution Of The Mechanics Bank, was it
understood that tn Bank not 10 make pay
ment OF their notes only when il best suited their
convenieacy or was it understorl thst they sLopld
redeem THEN notes Oniy by g'Visg other notes for
them
To this ques,ion the agent for the Bank oojes,.
ell I; bat The objection not being supported 10y any
argument, It YVES ovsr-rulod.
.3,isrrer to the question by wlnessI cannot
answer that question but by referring to the pa
peis.
Question Whatpapers'
.irs~er.-The papers making the applcati.
Question BY plaintiff Respecting the co.,ssa elton
OF tire Sh Sect. ui the Baak Law
This question oserruied by the Alderman.
NE -\Heut Tor the BANK tnen uDseTtSN. fhat
there was no evidence Of Mr. Parker bcrs tie pre-
silent Of the Baak--No evidence that the Note Was
issued 10y the Corporation Nor il appear. that
the president and cashier ere elected according 10
law
Leaving TO this young agent Of the Bank, al! the
merit o.! first pubc' sugs sting the pos sb.iity Ot
the Bank Stockholders and the Bank Directors be-
log capable ofthe bsseuess and Jolly ofdeceiviug he
public by countenancing a pretended President and
Cashier oi the Bank, anu of consequent necessity
IN the present case OF giving proof, tlat they
not guilty OF such baseness. Leaving, also, to the
Bank Directors all the a 'vnntagps To be derived
from the qnibbling appeals that have been, may
De devised by themselves. or their sci, for the
purpose ofdelay and perceiving some Of the very
many mischievous cons Quences of such measur, s.
and at the same TIME percrivng, also, that some all
vantfges may be derived from the whiel have
been or may be committed in a banking system
especially applied in the direction OF the great Ma
tional Sank about TO be brought into operation
respt cling which. | seize the occasion to say, have
entire confidence, approaching to The most extend
eel meaning of " full FAITH : Because confde in
the wisdom OF Congress, in the integrity of repub
lcan administration firmly and generally supported
by republican people. AID becan c, | perceive
the vast sautases TO be derived from the aid of
great mind, possessed OF great means, and
stained reputation.
And apeiosising to myself ather than to the pNb
lie, for having DELAYED even for IA moment to arrest
Z" the commonwealth" to appear and give testi,no-
n, before one Gifts Aldermen b'ng Undue I'd to the
delay from consideration Of their dependent situa-
uon, and the undue influence tooprObsbly prsctised
upon them and more especially from the ca: side.
ration that the citizens might have felt some ncon-
yenienee from such measure Aud that under the
present circumstances IL was not absolutely
ry to be done as further;
Considering the signature of the Bank Note in
question 10y the President and Cashier of the Me-
chanies l'ank ct the city and county of Phade-
pha, as being fully prOved---and CONSIDERING that
by The Imperiors command of the law il has become
my Indispensable duty to give judsmen, in this ease
And do accordingly give Judgment Tor the plain
,li IA the sum ct Five Dollars, lawful money Of the
y states, anu interest thereon until Isidai.d costs
of suit
Whereupon, Execution in this case, was deman.
ded 5y the plaintiff, to be issued fUrtb with
Ma BINNs--As tic public has n right in all ini-
portant cases. in which The interests of in,yius ais
are involved, to stand fully informed, to t. end it
as iecotEe necessary 10 inform you that j. b.
Wallace, esquire, said be the real attorns Of The
Mechanics Bank of the city and county of Pbs.
deithls called upon me for a transcript of the re-
cord ON The case which handed to you for publies-
ron yesterday, the last line of which was enter.
ing OF record WHEN he came-Upon which ! in
'ted HIM to read the whole entry, and he read Il
aecordii gly--snd he asked me If execution hal
been issued, to which replied it he'd not, he ih..,
informed me, the Bank was determined; to proae
cute to the utinost every man concerned in ti,is
husiress-and forgetting his usual poteness and
correctness. SAID, the piant,ffn this case is hut
Cats paw, and has other interest in the suit
notwithstanding the threat, on the demand of tne
piantif this morning, have issued al execution in
the woTUs following, to wit
City of Philadelphia. SIS.
The Commonwealth erPe,insylvaua.
To the Constable of New Market Ward, or tn the
next Constable most copvenien, to the defendant.
greeting:
U,sN WHrnEAs, ]. p. Shean, on the 2s,h
w. day Of August, 1916, obtained Judgment
before Timothy .fatiack, Esq. one oftbe aldermen
az the city OF Philadelphia against the Nechanics'
Bank OF the city and county of Philadelphia for the
sun Five Dollars, lawful money of the United
States, with lawful interest thereon, until paid TO-
gether with ore dollar and thirty nine cents costs
which judgment remains unsstisfied--Therefore,
we command You that you levy the said debt or de-
MANI and interest thereon with the said costs on the
goods and chattes ofthe said Mechanics Bank of
the city and county OF Philadelphia, except such as
are exempted by lay, aud endorse hereon, or on a
schedule t. be hereuntc annexed, list of the same
aud with withia twenty days from the date hereof
expose the Same to sale, by public venduc you hay
rig gwen due voice thereof, bT or more adyer-
usements pat up at Che most public places in your
ward. and returning the overpius, If any, TO the
sad Aiecbancs' Bank of the cit, and county of
Philadelphia. And for want Of sueh distress. that
you take tie body Of the said Mechanics Bank of
the city asd county of Philadelphia into custody.
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