New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-19

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O. DeB,ys eramue-Is Comptroller of the city, has been
since 1872 The Of business between the Recorders
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persons lined on this witness would give orders on the Urea
receive the Witness produced
cor fn s Wers precisely
nt nes paid in during the plaintiffs tern
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for violations Of police ordinances least such witness
Thsre % nut noTn as Jail fees
credited plaintiff do include jail fees they made
q 9as he
thss under r Winter NJ gars4d was Treasurer The time
Conneof the Board Of Assistant ldermen and
lection plaintiff was reported BY The Finance Committee for
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H. to witness he could
he nSssgston 9 he eemmiss paa
anything Of his knowledge Stories circulated every
not wish to commit himself BY an plain
In The opinion Of people With whom witness
who would stop at nothing to carry out his objects
By the Finance Committee cannot remember anything dis
tncy that took place at that time. There other politicians
them
sy Sp Hsa
classes whose general opinion the already stated
H. Place erainsd.-Was formerly member the Coun
ss Fin oa e n T a s s
in contact with the plaintiff The report of the Recorders
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examined tile Of Recorder Winters clerk and found
this nans q @ Treasurer snd mentioned
yae Office and told him he must pay up or he witness Would
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witness knew nothing per;snalIy against him
sos ess
aud that he would make him them before the
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practice the Recorders Offices in reference the collection
Clerks they were collected BY the Recorders Or their
8 resided in the city since
city, L. ls5 witness vas robbed Of bank book the Branch
Two of the parties who committed the robbery arrested
one and hs ohe5 Witness
for the asked that they First
dc a $40 essh W.T. VIZ
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spe NJ Jones' ndeFs.and my business those
plaintiff said Does know whether the prisoners gave
d1f kGT bv e WHs
the prisoners had left Col Henry Forno Captain Police
District Attorney told witness he WIS
suing for the collection Of the forfeited bonds Of the prisoners
a1es farno ezanea1as ivsd IN New Orleans thirty
poee nghn s Of the
the bail of the prisoners yanderdoss and vaiancour The
dsasa aEs the bopd being aSsd By
the Recorder There was at that time fee Of one dollar
0 ss P s e Wod bn s At
asafy b w
such Sometimes, the Recorder would persons
who wanted 10 give bonds other whom he said
that time the Recorders office was in the basement of the
be Ths clerk
witness much head for bringing negroes
hs office by the shpPng a h sometimes BY
wg Ihe ohsr br Of this
would be as high as two hundred in other months they would
mna before the Recorder sometimes averaged one hum
psa III ar psE e. in which
greenhorn 10 the Office and waned to make affidavit
the wne WIZ
the s @ asr with hd 1 that he
the money upon which the did refund
the compromised by the accused parties
Gross stated particularly so far as he
knew the manner in which bonds issued and paid
onseneh between Witness reference to bring
ing the office be bonded the Recorder may
cases s marked tic back the AFFIDAVIT only half
nssf clerk
% S that
Witness understood n prasce in ali
Offices the year 1886 almost the present time
se sy ssas &
city and the auctoneer but any of them
ready to take for the uctonee and talk the
| dipe into compromise.
The hour being late examination closed
continued to The following aay Jsdgs Rey%os stTie
Illumination until that time The court then adjourned.
| SATURDAY May TO-
jurors and witnesses and the parties tignn being
present twelve o'clock the trial resumed and the eXami
nation of witnesses for the defence proceeded with
Col Henry Forno erdminedHa resided here thirty
Captain Of Police in the Second Municipality and First
from 1919 till 1858 inclusive Plaintiff was Recorder par
the witness served under him during the year 1852
Remembers the robbery Of Samuel T. Jones arrese
the robbers Vanderdos and Vnaeour Remembers par
culas of their being baed. Vauderdoss bail old
Mosey carpenter, residing in the back of
the habit of going bail for people, we'll know
coder also Cannot remember who bail for the other
Remembers that made objection the Recorde
about the amount of the bail $500 the extent of the robber
being 200 Witness told the Recorder that he believed osel
worth the of the bond offered by him but Muse
IT. and tho Recorder accepted him Does think III
Recorder made reply to his remarks There
deal of bond collected In the Office. Every VIII
gave bond in criminal had dollar the bono
separate desk which that business
the paid the hands OF Mr. Wood the Cerh
It all done pnhcyhere secrGsy about it, TIL
doubtless knew MI that going Could
distinctly how many bonds per month issued One
there twelve hundred arrests Of that number onehft
gave bonds. which parties objected pay
he fee objection that there law authorizn
of such fee 1t caused considerable disiurbac
occasions which the Clerk ha
the parties taken Justice of Peace
heard objections made in of the Recorder. Bon
appearance the Criminal Court generally taken late
the day. after the departure of the Recorder bonds for
before the Recorder taken Immediately the R
presence his verbal direction The coGctt
in great number of Wi ness became acnnnined
plaintiff in 1872 succeeded him Captain Of The Wch in 1874
Watch, hal used the police for eectioneering
Mr. Miller objected to testimony based general repor