Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-07-11
Reporsed for lse corrr,.,eial Aaetrt,,er.

COURT or OYER TERMINER-June 81.
Present the honorable Ogden Edwards, Cireui,
Judge, and Aldermen Rathbone, Cox and
Lamb.
The People vs.. -7ntotnc .Naleprr, and Others, 10
the Grdnd Jury unknosgn.
Indictment Tor conspiracy to cheat and
defraud the public, &c.
Maxwell and Blunt for the people Emmett, Price
and Phoenix for the prisoner.
In opening this cause 10 the Jury Mr.. Maxwell
stated that although this indictment is for consp-
racy, yet as Malepar was the only one of the con-
spirators named by the Grand Jury, he (Malepar)
only could be tried at present. The charge against
him is forconspning, confederatng and combining
with the said other persons, to cheat and defraud
our citizens by imposing on the community at large
as well as Individuals, certain notes and bonds per-
porting 10 be issued by The Marble Manufacturing
Company OF New York. as, and for good and bank
able, or current money, when in fact and in truth
there was not only no such company incorporated
by or known 10 the law, but no such company or
institution in existence in any way, except on said
notes and bonds, and no person who considered
himself any way interested 10 redeem them, unless
1t might be Malepar himself. YET that NIalepar.
by himself or agents, had passed of such notes and
bonds 10 various individuals in different parts Of
the county as well in the city, and thereby of
tanned money and property of various kinds TO a
large amount as he would prove by witnesses,
whom he would now call.
LOui, .jfayteHi, on one of the said Marble Co. 3
notes. or bills being shown to him. testified that the
signature as President, is his signature, which he
signed there President of said Company, at the
request Of Antoine Malepar. He then proceeded
thus In the beginning OF Oct. last, Mr.. Charles
GARNER asked me, If would like to be employe
in banking business and brokerage, &c. I told
him should; aud he replied, he could getme such
employment. Soon after l was introduced to Mr..
hialepar, who after the asking few questions was
asked, TO come 10 my house, which he did, not
long afterwards. He then said, he would make me
President OF an institution or Bank he was going
TO form: on which ! said President is a great
name! don't know how you can think of me for
such place, when you don't know my character,
or who | am. On which he replied" Oil
know you from other persons" Afterwards met
him at Washington Hall, with oihers-De la Tour.
GARNER, Pride, ii. A. Coster, Rsthbone, &c, This
was in October, and when began to act as pre,i-
dent IL was early in December. The Office was in
WHiam-stTeet. gave the bills, when signed, TO
Mr.. Pride, the Secretary, but don't know what he
did with them. was to have and did receive
goo per month, compensation for my services. -
MIR. Malepar mad the entire control; and be after
wards told me that be could not give 30 much, but
SAID might continue TO act as president at lower
salary-but declined having the honor without
the emounent Then he made Mr.. Dennis
president. q. by Maxwell. Where is Mr.. Malepar'
A. That is more than know. On Mr.. Prices
examining the witneSs--be said, Mr.. Maepar ap-
pointed and remored me; aRd suppose Mr.. Pride
acted by mr Malepar's directions throughout. O.
Did Mr.. Malepar stop payment till after he was
indicted! a. believe he did not-the Marble
Company paid money some days after was before
The Grand Jury. The first knew OF the Co. hay
ing stopped payment, was seeing paper on the
window and door Of the office, setting forth that IL
had stopped payment for sixty days. / never heard
oitbe payment Of the bonds being refused before this
notice. The Co. bad begun marble mandatory in
AHen-streei, and had paid I believer about s 1900
or Sl4OO towards 1t. q. by Maxwe eli. How much
money did you hear Mslepar say he had, Just as he
was going away, after stopping payment? A. /
did not hear him say any thing about that O. BY
Price. Did II ever enter into your intention. in
any thing you did, in all this affair, to defraud or
wrong any body or the publicl A. No so help
me God! Q. Did you see or know any act Of any
person acting with or under MIR. Maepsr, which
gave you any reason 10 think they intended 10 de-
fraud any body: a. knew none Of them, ill I
went into the institution, and afterwards saw
nothing to make me believe thers was any frsdu-