The New York herald., 1850-05-21


seid vilI destroy the siring; did not snaly.s the
liquid which saw st the District Attorneys Office;
did not snalyxs IT, because did want to be called
saustc akali 1t full Of substance which i'm
parted color 70 the paper performed the expert
ment in the presence Of President, Mr. King and
also in the presence Of one OF my sons.
Francis Byrne, sworn:-I am attorney and coun-
sellor at Law; know Mr.. Bennett, the defendant;
have known him between and years my offce, last
fall, at No City Hall Place; became acluaint-
ed with Mr. Bennett when he called Mr.. Muloch, in
reference to some business | studied law with Mr..
huloch; the defendant called upon me in reference
to some suits which he Interested in; a
IN which his daughter was prosecuting the Messrs
iarpeis Tor violation Of copyright, aud also in rela
ton to suit for libel and slander. O. What
was the libel or flander about, Objected to by the
defence and ruled out by the Court) The defendant
used to make my Office his stopping place; he said
that 0ne-kyed Thompson was living on his farm at
New Utrecht; received this note 0hc forged one)
measure for suit of clothes and letter signed Henry
inman dated November LIST, at Fox River, ottowa,
III these were contained in an enye post marked
at ottowa. H.; got them from q man who had a
number Of papers in hts hand. aud who charged me
twelve cents postage; do not know any person
named Henry 1nmsn, nor do / know any person
at Ottowa III tThe letter here head; ii proIessei
70 nave S.en Written G by Henry Inmsn and enclosed
writer asked Mr.. Is. to collect II intimated that Mr.
biyrne iin, had been % rseomnended by Mr., Darcy)
Bennet called me, and asked If letter contain-
ing a note for a large amount should come TO me.
any person; asked him where the party resided; I
understood him that he lived out of the State then
for the costs, in case he should be defeated in
the suit; he asked for what amount; I told
him $780, he asked If that was the only
objection; said it was; he called me few days
afteI wards and asked me whet her would collect
note for large amount, against who per-
fectly good understood him that the note had been
made several years, that it given some female,
that the drawer Of the note had been out Of the
State he asked me about the statute Of limitations;
my was, that would collect the note if there
was nothing suspicious about it; received the letter
on the 10th Of November on the 18th | was told the
fOrgcry To n. .oft hat
letter Gen. Bennet called me, and asked me If
had received any letters from the South West; be-
tween the 10th of October and the 4th of January
had several conversations with him. on "a day Of
January, 1850. he asked me IL 1 had reccived any
time, he said 1 am going TO ask you question,
and you may answer it not :" he then asked me
answered him, No; he said very we'll all right: he
said at that time that he had stood from Drury
murder him (Bennet) and get possession of his pro
Perty received from Gen. Bennett letter he
addressed 10y Mr. Foster to Mr. Bennett. and was dated
Nov. 3; handed it back to him. when he said No
keep here on the 5th day of January he called
find IL; the District Attorney had the letter at the
time; Gen Bennet then had In his hand letter in an
envelope addressed to me: 1t was in the hand
writing as the one which had received postmarked
0ttowsi the 9TH Of Jan he called on me nd said
| have come to demand that letter from you; 1 said
General have received a letter from the West; he
said on that Is OF no consequence directed to
other person; don't recolect the name OF the other
person. he said Fields and the others were dirrput-
able persons told him 1 had not the letter; the
letter was then, think in the hands Of the District
Attorney; delivered the letter measure etc to Mr.
Wilkes, the Gath Of December last Mr. Wilkes en-
closed the papers In an envelope and addressed the
package to the mayor the eth of January, he
called and paper and said he had called to
demand that letter and that this paper was his sutho
rity for making such q demand
Cross exanined.-The first inquiry about collecting
notes, ives put by MT Bennett within month the 10th
Of November the time Of receiving the letter he did
not tell the of the maker OF the note nor did
ne say what the amount he only said it was large
ne said something about the statute limitations
and asked II absence from the State would save the
statute OF limitations l think something said |
about lady and the transaction having taken place
In Philadelphia was told this note and letter was
q forgery Q.-Who told you this was q forgery |
On the 18th Of November last ORe-E yed Thompson |
told me that 1t forgery prior to this assertion
of Thompsons, Bennett had stated the amount /
OF the note showed the letter t. Mr.. Ashley to .
Mr. White, and to Thompson, on the 18th Of Novem-
Der suspected the note. and wanted to find out |
whether it was genuine Thompson said Bennett had |
forged It, and that he had loaned him the acids did
not know that this charge trumped up to get Bcu9
net into difficulty took notes from the time that
to suspect that they trying to get into
dinicuty by sending me the note to collect Thomp-
said that he had loaned Bennett acids to extract
ink and that he had done It badly on the 2d Of Jsnu
ary Bennet asked me il had received letter from
the South or West tsd him no that was an un-
truth commenced making memoranda of all tbcee
transactions to my being at the Mayors
ONCE, and knowing that proceedings about TO be
taken against the person Who uttered this note; I
net know to whom never showed e.lctter to One
z Eyed Thompson think did show It to Ashley.
The hour for adjournment having arrived the Court
suspended for the day