The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-16
THE REPUBLIC.

THE REPUBLIC. .',..
p THE eAnDTHER CASE.
CRIMINAL COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
r "a COLUMBIA. frr t..- sta
TanPoarkD ron rHs RnPvsLIo.l "a
FORTY-NINTH Day Txesday, Msy 10.
In coHrIxuArIoN.
Cspssi. HY.ssr, recalled. res
Mr.. MAY. Did you the mining title in the
of1ce Of the alcalde at Laguinillas?
Fms. saw paper there purporting to be such.
Q~es. Describe to the jury the mining title re-
Ans. There was q document there composed of
two papers. One was dark and the other light.
The dark paper embraced the kght-colored paper.
Of the dark colored paper. The white colored pa
per vas between tho dark one, AMI the rents on
he DARK -colored paper, when compared them,
htted each other precisely; that u to cay, became
fully convinced that the rent in the paper that
vent before the mining title, end ia the one that
followed il, were made ut one and the same time
Here the witness explained that by doubli ing the
aiming title q Light colored paper under, be bad
compared the rent in the preceding paper with the
in the pa per which followed the tic and found
them to correspond. u -5a ~
Mr.. CARLISLE. l understand you to say that
there were number Of different files or documents
Sc we'd together?
An, There was one small document pertaining
to he same subject rtL
CUES. Do you mean that the por tions of the same
document pertaining to the same matter on each
side Of tbs title were torn!
Ans. think
Mr.. MAY. Did you read the documents,
Ans. No. sir. II $50
Cues. Who were they read by?
dns. Captain Doubleday and Mr.. Partridge.
think they read them through. l the sigma
lures that were on the clean white paper. made
little note Of these facts at the time, which now
have with me. II desired, will read it.
MIR. MAY. You cannot read it; you can only
use it to refresh your memory. .s...r sF
Ans. Ii 10 pretty nearly the same nat have
stated IL was made At the time / was there.
Quss Did you notice the in squality Of the stains
on the paper?
Aas The outer papers we're stained.
MIR. BRADLEY. You may read the memorandum
the other side know there is any thing of opinion
| in it. you cannot read it. IL there any thing of
opinion in it, H'
Ans Yes, sir; there 10. .-l-- II..a.s 81
&wss You cannot cay any thing about your
opinion, rrl -
hns. That is the why do not to
read il.
Mr. MAY. You have spoken of some par ers on
either side of the mining title az being dark-col-
ored papers; do understand you to say that those
oark-colored papers were part Of the mining title,
or that they related 10 other matters3
Ans. l did not read the documents through
and do not know whether they related to other
matters not
Qles Have you visited Arroyo seco'
-Ans. have.
CUES Weat 10 the distance from LARuinillas to
Arroyo Seco?
Ans. took note at the time thatit was little
over four leagues.
Mr.. BRADLEY. Is this within the ruling Of the
court? -H
The CoUnr. The witness may speak Of great
natural objects, and say whore they are. He can
say bow far it ia from LAguinillas, so far az he
travelled himself. I'D. ...rr
MIR. May. What course did you take from La
guinifias to Arroyo Seco? Cd - rU t1r
Ans. think that we travelled little ov six
miles nearly due south; then we inclined perhaps
two points to the west-but cannot be positive
| about that-until we reached Arroy 6eco, making
the balance of the distance of \ little over two
leagues and halfsouthwest. The whole distance
from Laguinliss to Arroyo Seco noted Mt the
time to be over four leagues
| Cues. Did you meet with any running waller
in our journey from La guiniilas to Arroyo Seco!
dns. No, sir.
Ques. w here was the 6rst river that you metz
Ans. We met q river about three and a half or
four lea CUES from Arroyo Seco between three and
four O'Clock in tho sitter noon OF our days travel.
We estimated the whole dista nee from Laguiniias
to the Carrasai river to be about eight leagues
a little over. M
Ques. Is the Carrasal a considerable river'
Ans. Yes, sir.
Quss What its direction from where you
| saw iR
Ana. Southeasterly.
Qses. After you had passed to the other side for
a considerable distance, did you see the range OF
mountains which confined it,
Ans Yes, sir; il seemed to have cut a gorge
| through the mou ntaiHs where we bad crossed it..
CUES. How much soothipg from Laguniilas had
you made when you got to the Csrrasal river
| Has A certain answer TO that iuterrogatory C an
| best be given after little calculation. boo
Mr.. BsADLEY. How far did you say that it was
| from Arroyo Seco to Carrasal?
| Ans. About four leaaues
/ ouks How MANY miles9
| ans. About eleven and a half miles
The Counr thought you said that the distance
from Arroyo Seco to Carrasal was three leagues
| and hall?
| Ans. 1t 10 three and half or four lea guess
cannot be- positive. had no means Of essimatin &
the distances except by timing ~ travelled
Sometimes may have travelled slower on ac-
count of the bad roads, and sometimes faster.
! Mr.. BRADLEY. Did you observe whether the deed
in the alcalde's office at Laguinilias was sewed
with fresh thread, or notS lis
Aas. have distinct recollection a. to how the
deed was sewsd.
Quss. Have you any recollection of the papers
having been united, and that the deed did not cor
respond with the Two outside papers,
Ans. 1 recollect that. ..l M.
Q~es. w as the bundle Of papers united by a fresh
| thread? l1.-a.l-. ~ 80. - ..-.l.
Ana. The pa pers were united. but do not re-
member whether by fresh thread or not
- Ques Did you observe the character of the stains
on the title deco? ...r Ie- o i-.r. r,e.l
Ans. Not particularly. The deed written
on WnIte per. u
Ques. Did you observe whether the stains were
uniform not all the way through r.-.
Aas did not. s.- f-.
CUES. Did you observe that il was stained with
acids, and in a different manner from the outside
papers' 49, 49,
| -Ans The stains the deed were different from
those the outside papers. The papsr on which
the deed vas written also different from tina
on each side of is. One struck me a. being an Ole
paper, and the other being new. I.lr1
Cues. ! understapd you to say that the stains or
the deed To- ked fresh, and that those on the Outside
! papers looked oldl
! Ans. Yes, sir. -.l..
| Qx<s + believe that you have stated that II a.
about eleven miles to the Carrasal river from
Arroyo Seco '..r
4Ams. Yes, sir; that river IL little to the east o
| south.
Il james r. Partridge, recalled -.al
Mr.. MAY. What do you rscollsct about thu
course the commissioners took, and the distance
they travelled. in going from Laguinilian
Ans. We went in = southesly direction the hfs
part Of the distance. We went out Of Lsguniliai
81 sunrise II was directly on our left.
Qtss. Do you remember the turning of place
Ans. IL was 1T the hacienda called -, toward
s