The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-19
.av Intelligence.
trron NV Albany Knic Ike booker, Oct 16.

1hIAL of -" oDoRE oLcoTr, CASHIER OF THE CANAL.
hAsh, oN THE CHARGE OF RMBEzzLiNs THE FUNDS
oF The JGDENsBuRG RANK.
- CouR. OF Own AND rrRMiSrK, Oct. he. f.
IcK, called by defendants ccuusel-The Mocha
MICS and Farmers Bank is the agent for many couu
Try Jspks for the purpose of r~deeming their notes.
sS ne as the Canal Bank was FOR the Cgdensburgh
Q-De you often after redceming notes of the cour-
try banks, and charging them with the amount. brexk
open the packages and put the bills in crc aiatier
Objected to by the District Attorney.
The question Yves overraled by the Court.
Q-Do you know whether it is the custom of the
OF country besss after the have been redee med
4,,i put them in circulation again?
Objected 60 by the District Attorney.
Overrulc6 by the Court.
WHEATON offered 30 prove that it is the usual custom
of the reseming baks in this city to redeem the bills
OF the country banks, and charge them with the
amount aud then again put them in circulation.
The Court overruled the evidence on the ground
that If such wasthe practice, it was fraud upon the
ORR1r w. BrAcH-I am employed In the Mocha
mes. ana harners' Bank have the msmorandums
mp package o. $4,2os OF the Ogdansburgh Bank it
was seSied with the zeal of the Mechanics and Far
mers Bank, and on the back endorsed the name
OGdeusburgh Bank and the amount and date, aud
wos resled put it in the vault so that the teller
could take out; ii was sealed Monday. the 10Th,
bus dated as Of the 18th IL due the 7th July
IL taken out by the teller the after of the
sesled until it taken out the seal of the Mocha
mics and Farmers Bank remained on it unbroksu
unti,it'weDt out of the bank have no recollection
of the denomination of the bills there a mix
rure dom recollect the precise denomi they
Of tie usual denomin atoms have $50 bills
on that bank that package redee med by the
Canal BANK 1t was redeemed the dav it due did
not sea, up any other package of the Ogdensburgh
Bank hills within two or three days of that date.
Cross eromined i did not take package to the
Canal Bank did not receive the money in return my
self, all know is that ] saw statements of the re.
depton in the books Of the Mcdaniel and Farmers
Bark don't know what given for it; 1t wouldn't
be oa the books unless it was sent in MIR Pratt made
flaa svv ha hnal- 81. a
them up aud put the package in the vault OF the bank
don't know that ! saw this package taken out
it taken had this package in my ha nds several
times after sealed it handled it everv day had it
packages in on Sd Of July, aud then removed this
package and put in place according to it's don't
Tecollect the denominations of the bills don't recol
lect Of handling it after Sd of July; don't know
saw package when it left the bank it was endorsed
nth June, .s4,2os" and the words ogdensbursh
Bank; don't recoll.ct Of anything else.
THOMAS OLcorT.-l am teller of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank recollect the package spoken Of;
put IL in the Exchange the 9th and it redeem
ed the 7th the package was redeemed by the
Canal Bank don't recollect whether the seal was
broken put it in the Exchange in the came co ndi.
ton that it came from the vault have the book Of
Exchange Mr Pratt made the Exchanges of that days
the package was not broken to my knowledge that
was the only Exchange sealed up on that day sent
in this pac kage with other claims against the Canal
Bank; s97es 90 was the amount, including this
package, received in Exchange bills bank
checks and drafts that day, settled up without
any distinction as to the package in question made
they were settled in the same if the balance mad
been in our favor the Canal Bank would have paid it
by drafts ON New York; our demands in Exchange
were uay greater than those OF the Canal Bank;
II Il was less than eco they usually paid n bills OF
the irowp or other city banks; the Canal Bank paid
us Tor tina. package same as any other demand
Re.uaamined i ent the notes there for redemption
JAMES A. PATr.-l am clerk in the Mechanics and
Farmers bank; recollect the package spoken Of |
took IL from the Exchange drawer; it was sealed; |
never send in package without being sealed; am
the person who settled the Exchange it was redeem
ed got 70 n al ban for
AUGUSTUS JENKINS - (Produces letter. book of Canal
Bank Of Albany find here in my hand writing
brief Of a letter to Pepoon. Hoffman Ten Brock
der cate of July 1th 1913 Us shown a let er dated
July the 6th) This is in my handwriting; | should
dated on the 9th. (s shown another letter. The
letter appears to be the copy Of another of them
letter is the of which there is the
book; raw the package in the Canal bank; sent it
to New York at least went to New York; it my
business to send remtances to New York; don't
know who ordered il sent sent it because it my
business to do the seal uubroken to the best Of
my spowledge; have 10 recollection ofary other
package being sent TO New York. lis shown another
letter II is in my handwriting, dated July 9Th, d.
to Pepoon. Hoffman Tea Brock; there was another
package sent that day, ! recollect; can't say
whether any letter received from pepoon, Hoffman
Ten Brock in reply TO the ore We sent with the
81 2o6 package; ] sent off the remittances; il was
strictly the tellers business TO make up the remit
tances; be makes them up hands them to the book
keeper To charge; the book keeper then to the
corresponding clerk who wrote the letter and
forwarded the remittance; i do not know who
made up the remittances of that day, July eth ;
don't know that handed the cashier the letters be-
fore sent then OIL from the fact that it's not signed
| should think he did not the remittance; why it
is rot signed don't know don't recoiect of ever
sending of remittances without exhibiting them to
the cashier; |. in one instance signed my own
letter; have recollection OF any
in that he knew of the remittance but was out
have recollection Of sending of any other remit.
taIces without showing them to the cashier an the
corresponding clerk Mr. Crew the teller; Mr. Hill
was the book keeper Mr. Knower was the asstan at of
the tel.rs.
C,oss-ezamined-At the time wrote this letter.
dated 9th July, made remittances OF two packages
the first package of bills is Sl2,5l3 (; the second |
package is $500; there is other package of
S6l4. those were the only packages | sent the
TO show to the cashier would be the letter as ha
written there Is not any memors ndum in the letter
about the 81 EOS PACKAGE suppose the cashier koew
that the package of 42os in the letter; cannot
swear positively.
The Court took recess until evening
EVENING SESSION.
AUGUSTUS JENKINS recalled.--Does not know of his
own knowledge that Mr. Olcott knew that the pack
ages sent to New York the remittaucss we're
made in the usual course Of bu.iness received the
packages from the book keeper tell from his books
The amount of the whole that day it was
$40 1873 III al sent to the same address; had been
clerk in the bank from the ed September 1917
Re-eramined.--The package of SIS 500 was made up
amounts were oyde nsburghn 81 2Os that is the
package spoke Of as redeemed from the Mechanics,
sealed the other 81 6l3 o no County Bsnk.
that was sealed these three pack constituted the
amount Of $500 what mean by saying that the re-
mttances were sent in the usual way that they
were sent by express cannot say whether sent that
remittance forward myself
GEoRoE J. GARDSER-l am the teller Of the Onon-
daea County Bank teller in July last. twas
shown Lottery The signature OF Mr. Oicott is ad-
United the letter was received at the bank; it is
dated 9TH July, 1913 it is addressed to Hamilton
white cashier OF the Onondaga County Bank it was
received at the bank by due of mail Mr. White
was me cashier Of the bank the 5ene IL signed by
or olcot Initials. (rhe letter is offered in .v.
sence =, itt ,ne purpose Of showing that Mr. Ocott
Knew OF tne sending Of the EOS package Of the og.
The DEFENDANTS counsel objected 20 ,ha ,a.,. 4,
evidence ~ ~ '
The Court excluded the letter
AUGUsTus = HILLs-I was book. keenan, NJ Tho 60,
BANK from LIST July 1913, to the time of IFS fsI,ra
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