New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-02-24
co1,nT OF SESSIONS.
Trial Of Jonathan ,Amory and Henr! a.
Leeds for f nisc Prctcnce.

Henry C. Hobart s,sorIf-l III tho employ 81 1eisa
ants from October i5y 10 $780, general experimenting
clerk. conducted much OF tn. io.eisn
under the direction Mr. Leeds. AMI III his absence M u
entirety attended to periods &c OF notes COMING ule
did no, attend 20 sales Ireceved great many OF me io
OF Nessrs Haecertv and sent anr more Fri an ac
hetn bills payable a. II tey ysrreoI r ot'
In 1889 Mr. Leeds attended alos; Wholly rom oc'ope! 20
December the foveigD correspondence and aSer 'as
partly correouiencc and The sales Wien customers
came IN. Tli> WIS AFTER watson Left NAuiorr at
tented 10 tie outdoor husin-s, nQuirins as 10 references
nancieriu. raising rlloueys, &c was present aeF ne
failure when Ogden Hagge7y came TO The store y f!ni
possession what goods he could find his business
point The goods on i Isl ne hea ID "
hand ila! instructions and oid HIN cord no; DO /
He he would then take them ny torcs and told HIM
10 rs discretion. and LETT iiI He got The goods
app.!e, Nj Snow they went up stars together snd
be rot what goods we're there Mr.. -Aor was IN the store
the three day. Deocr the failure, two or
three OF cloth, sen; 10 M Foster, NJ e re-
quest Mr. Mor!ev hrotter-Inaw oil the firm OF
William, CO.. >eai them ~ his request had
r. Nnory but had been told 10 at
tend Ia the claims OF owners and did il under general
authority. Application made 10 me ~ HaSgtrty
Sons repeatedly Information relative 10 certain articles
frankly gave him a. tn. Information could. IS was IN
,trcIed u Mr. Aaory On the morning The public Store
wa, burnt on gong down 10 the Pne->iree.
oId that Uublic store burnt in which were some OF
Tie, good. Of Defendants learned there that Nh McBrian
had given thu information Mr.. Leeds, made statement
The goods burnt; and prepared the papers Mr. LEEDS
application. The case otc!oth Injured not burnt
allowed !or by thu company and defendants were not
70 hay.. have any further claim 70
he failure Of atieneaS annoencrd
on tie l7 Juas knew they would stop payment on the
18th On,he Isl June aida statement OF the affairs o the
inn before Mr.. Amory The goods sent To Mr. Eos
Ter on the 18th June v request of r. Morley. did not
know that thes. goods pledged 10 Hagreriy SoEs
nor that the burn; cloths pledged until after the fail
are was not ol by eien-n TO gye up the saods 10
Morley. After The failure told Sr. Clement =!iasge!iy
that some the goods forming part OF the Invoice were
i.e, rimp>ou ACos, do not know what became OF
the case OF cloths sayed the ire, OF the goods sen;
10 Fosters
Saael s. iiooland s,yorllE beer, merchant tor
many years haze known siery H. Leeds iof
- years and have never known ans thing against mas gen
eracarac,er his general reputation Tor honesty and ineg
rity Is years is entirely Gulmpeached have known
M Jonathan Aory by reputation for three four years
| have known aiu a. entirely u!lsul:ed
Scayer L,ing stoa sworr- o.; the ;i1n OF Barclay
K Livingston; have known Henry H. Leeds o'snore than
20 YEAR. NJ reputation honesty and integrity have al
was looked upon lh that OF man IN this conlnn
iy have known iiT.mory t.ec years ana nave never
heard ward said against him before this transaction
.Jaue Bro:gn. OF the firm OF Brown, Brothers Co
,worn-Iia, known Ienry Leeds since 1857 and M
Anory since 1854 the reputation OF Mr. Alnory and Nh
Leeds arc both uneXceptonabe.
Thomas Denny, OF the firm Porter, Denny CO.. Rob
ert II. Nee urdy merchant Thomas c. Doremus OF The
firm OF Dorenus, >uydam 4 Nixon, Anson g. Phelps aer-
chant Gen. James Talmodge. William E Carey, Henry
Carey and Morris Robinson, several depose to The good
unpeachable character and high moral worth OF defend
ants founded on knowledge from 10 10 and - years
Timothy 01ier s;ror,l-was employed in the summer OF
1910 by Mr.. Amory drive carriage, and Mr. ogdc:
IIaggerry paid lin; they employed Sine's together
often drove the families OF Mr. Amory and Mr. o. asgerty
together church and other places. Have seen the elder
Mr. liagger;y there he ordered to get carriags 10 80
10 church M. O. lIaggeriy sent me Mr.. Nnory fam
iv who were walking church. take them n tho car
ringe They did mol get in, but appeared very friendly
Adjourned.