The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03

to show that Mr. Moore ted 43S III strp1
patent before became to Wsa6 IA 1850 ia
thus relieve General Casa fk6a Bo6iable se{aul
of any su0posed inf1uencas1 hia srsEik il ls,5uin
misled Moore-and have fHe Iroof st hss9sIfx II
Statements make haysa& cosy Of tbesa fIenaa;
tons from the clerk Of the 60aisss 9
4 Hiram Moore stated to ma ia 4 conversation
which had with him isN themeatf, of Noyenabe
last on nv farm IN The town Of SchGocraft in ~
county Of Kalamazoo Michigan, that he had = writ
ten proposition from Sey mours Morgan, the de
Pendants above stated, for tie purchase Of an in
/ terest amounting to ofe-f oufth, in Moore Has
IIcails harvesting machine; that they propose t
Ispay him a sum not less than 1--WE thousand dol
lars" sHe also stated that part Of the con
federation connected with said proposition wa
the right on the part of said Seymour & Morpa,
to use his, said Moore,s sicklein the construefo,
of their reapers :, 81 Hiram Moore ha
repeatedly stated to me ia conversation that al
the main features in Mccormick sareaper were his
said Moore'ss invention; and 10 also stated to THU
dePonent that the reason why he had not prose
fcuted persons for an infringement OF hispatent wa
the fact that he wanted to procse first the renewa
OF the patent for Moore & Hafcalrs harvesting ma
chlne. - 100
| sc. LAKIN BROWN Z
| N"And this deponent states that Hiram, Moore n
the year eighteen hundred and fhirtv-si cnt IA,
him, this deponent three acres of wheat with the
harvesting machine aforesaid being the frat acre
/ that had ever been cut with said machine from
that time to the present date: this deponent has
/ been famiar with said haryestnp machines one.
Frations.n 4 = ssThis deponenf has been ia.
miar with all the onerations nf Monre q Ha sca Ii,o
harvesting machines in MICHIGAN. and only five Of
said machines have been ,,aed IN said STATE This
deponent further states that the estirna te naced on
| said machine by said Hiram Moore. when Offering
/ to sell the same was never eas tha,, a;Yiaa, hnr
/ dred dollars This denonent further states that
the machine aforesaid reo,ires Il it's oneration =
/ train of sixteen horses. - 4 y s.T'bis demo.
further states that said Hiram Moore has seye
raj times told him. this eenonenf thai said nlain
tiff Mccormick. and others. were rsnoe snhstan-
tally his said Hiram Moore,s. invention in ali
the reaping machines; but that he did not intend
to prosecute for an infringement of his patent in
asmuch as he wanted first to procure n, tension
or renewal of his patent nv Con oress- ;, X y i
ssAnd this denonenf further states ta he this DO
ponent, never used zigzar sickle mill the yea :
eighteen hundred and forty. two. and further this
depont saith not ANDREW y. MOORE,
What do we find here Inste.d IF th;., .roor
innncert mo :, .co,,;, ~, - 1 1r.s 49,. go: 80,
his natent 81 he patent nfs;a f ;a -
fte cnnr,a ~ 10 ns,a - :; 80 ~. - n
ram Moore) hasssrepeatedlv stated to different
persons sthat all the maj, fet,.res il, M Go,,;ck
reaper ,cere his. said Moore,s invention .sthat
the reason whv he had not nroeecnted oo..o,,,
for an infringement of his patent was,, that he
wanted first a renewal. &c Another witness
states that Hiram Moore ssseveral ti,oes,, fold rim
that ssc Oor;ek and Others mere
has inuention in all The Recpiag Mnch;nes., &, Z
before ssprosecutng for an INFRINGEMENT of his nn
tent, He WANTED FIRST TO PROCURE An ExTEn-
n rs
Again, / had stopped short of the object Of this
bill, it would SEEM From what / had seen 4 at
court) of chs patent and heard him swear Of his
first experiment, the impression was left on NV
mind, and had supposed the SICKLE was What Re
was after. but II tnrns ont Thai ,,,,I.
had mediiated claim orof ' ha III. s
in the nodeI-mu ,nhole ,oac5;,,a :. nnd others ~
su 'o1'oe m0cnt'te 0na otHefs ~
aa % re oaM AZ
a. sVaa. JI.g eae gear 1859 as
first ,Gte,t in y;e = f,d H. Tue year gIeT my
dera1 NO. Goribar &c ssc"e Du.d un
$50 80 ~ ~ ~. !ueI .nan W present the
as,bod, o. giving notaee 70
nc man .nat; ne would pc
nd ~ ~ ~ 49, 1a 49, -. iia congress pdtehs'
15oran bowever us se .,a j;
h ~, os .,s cause 70
3 Hasoai Wy a. ~. WIN Moore
az. sey Ia,se no voice
aS;na "',a v4 aSy ere
bsen r;ghtlyss ,;s;o- fa, .he y nave
II Th ca,r,,sn5 aIoouns OF
comment - ,,nnanossar,, = e'e'4i' anu iurtner
~ :. -. Z -
vow II was ior tne purpose OF assalilng the claim
H.. ,o4o os .ne reversed cut sickle,
tnas lne testimony OF Moore was taken upon that
cialu at C0H0RadaSad, (Wnere the jury dlsagTeed;)
anu as mere was no ailuslon made to 1t IN the
cnarge o. eJuoge, VINO charged IN favor of costs
.o GO, " ooulse y was uhavalHng; and at
.lee 1ou1sy TERM, IN OCtoDer following, the patent
OF o4o was not on trial. because ofthe oath of the
oeiendants TO the absence OF sasd Moore and two
olner Witnesses winch was overruled by the court
D ~ 9o' oAu c''c Wulie tHe 0epOSsIe0n Of
le thard hdd previously been taken upon the point
on fonlcn ms testimony acas requiredl making it
IsaT aInn e 80 60 70 s.iai on the patent OF
deIau he;n fh oh;at of tha VI 'nS case
snit has heen statea - sA' 0o'e1'0A's ne re-
While nv annlication IVES hefore the so,a+a
committee objection being made tn sarne IF th
provisions of the Moore & HascalI hill as IL nassed
the House. as calculated to operate unennallv and
inuriously to the rights and interests ofother
ties 1t apas proposed BY a friend of the Moore r.
Hascal bill on the committee to give the bill in nv
case the same form of Moore & Hascall's: but "a
which objected, on the ground that II would he
impossible to pass bill for the extension of NV
patents in that form: and, moreover that the nre
else form of Moore & HascaIl,s bill drawn 70 s;t
the peeuliarities af their case would NOT annIv
mine as to them. And fndi1p afterwards that
Moore and his friends were circnlating as widely
as possible as stated, that had in the manpfac
ture Of all nv machines used his Moore & Has
call'sl sickle proposed to him Moore thronphs
another person an amendment to his bill, simply
placing other parties who MIGHT have to contest
rights Nth him under IT. on eeuaI ground with
himself as to PRIORITY of inpenfion. without anv
further regard to Legal rights b, nntemt. or other.
wise; indicating at the "a me tire thai with a1ch
an amendment should not ob;ect to the nassa ore
of his bill To this nronoait ion be nnnnal; f;ed7v
objected. When / Afterwards mentioned The eli.
5cumstance to a member Of the Senate Committee
favorable to the passage of nv bill, and onnoaed
~ - 80, 800 II