The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-03

John whneman Jr Newhans checks were given for
these memorandum 'oks and other matters it for
1852 coo. (Check handed 10 witness. THIS the
check; II is dated September 20, 1857, for s262,25t
rs, PAYABLE To exchange bearer This not paid
by me. | have 10 doubt was pad; have
recollection if il was paid my side: have doubt Of
It's being paid II charged 10 his account in his bank
account; my file and the receiving teilers file mark IS
upon IT, gave the memorandum TO the Teceivng teller
do not reco!ect II gave the memorandms 10 Mr.. Cox
the receiving teller in the usual course Of business the
memoranduns would go from me TO the teller, but this
check was for two three other transactions; a
ter cash they would be destroyed paid tn
check If paid would he placed upon my file.
Mr.. Alfred Cox testhed-I employed in the bank
foreign note clerk collected all notes placed deposit
this city, other cities and different parts Of the United
States had charge Of Mr.. Peabody account drew the
bills OF exchange and placed them IN their proper account
the 9th Of July 1851 Newhall obtained fl7 000t Is
ss21S3 in our currency; was bill exchanged II was
then sold at 90 per cent; drawn Peabody 10 the
favor of Mr Newha On August IA, 1857, another bill
was drawn for Ell 900; 90 was the rate il was then
sos 655 So on the LIST September, one bill drawn by
the bank Tor fl9 $50 5s 4d.t amounted 70 500 199 %
the % Of September 1857 drawn for CO 600
1t amounted 066 60 money the then of
exchange; the bill Of July g. 1857 directed to draw
by Mr. Abone; do not rccolect seeing Mr.. NeWhall,
but might have given them TO Ncwhal they were signed
by the President and Cashier did not the money
for the bill creditet Peabodys account the receiving
tellers books that is the first bill OF exchange this
done the 14th inst gave the receiving teller ticket
credng Peabody 4 Co with the amount: T. A. n, or T.
A. Newhal x Co upon the foot Of the ticket
morandum: this done 10 show that appertaned TO
Newhall 4 Co. and he woald eventually settle for il;
on August Ia the bill arranged in the way;
September l remained with nothing done, till the
time Mr. Newhail paid for them with his check as also
the one of September 2, on the 18th Of September ALI
bone purchased bin of exchange for ESQ 900 OF Mr. New
hall Allbone made all the arrangements reference
these bills, and merely filed them up and kept the re-
cord OF them on September l5 received bill OF ex
change on Messrs Rosrano Co for the purpose of send
ing il TO Peabody 4 CO. drawn by T. A Sewhal Co. 1t
was for Ca, 900 did send il by Mr.. Abones direction
wast avn to the order of G Phier, cashier, and en-
dorsed to Peabody 4 Co. by him. cashier; the bank
then the debtor to r. Co to 900 ESQ 900 ser
ling these bills part of the CIT, 900 ana ell 900
Drawn for Mr. Newhall sent the bill to Peabody Co.
by mail; have two Of his sons about the
bank that is, Mr. Abones sons; do not know If any
money was paid for the $780, 600 bill Newha got credit
for the bank il for $40 900; bill at the rate
of eight per cent the credit not given on the 18th of
September it for sixty days sight drafts credit for
gwen September 30 by Newhall, who requested
settle up these matters they rather large
his credit and debt-which did. on the following day
asked Albone II 1t was all right and he said was had
extended by Newhas request; the credit went to the
books of the receiving teller and s240 900 was credited to
Newhall on that day
bank Of the G50,ooc b the bank drew Peabody for
Mir Stewart two bills Of 10000 each, and think two
other bills for fl0000 and Tor f5 900, which
were not accepted there was one for 10000 and that
after September 10 when the 100000 bill had gone
forward the bank got the money ON the 10000 bi to
Stewart: don't know about the other; do not know
whether the bills drawn for Mr.. Stewart were given to
HIM for cheeks or for cash. si599 9s was the amount
in federal currency of $50 900 draft that bill fur
nshcd by Mr.. Newhall TO the bank: il drawn by
Brown Bowen Brown, Shipey Co, OF Liverpool,
payable in London at sixty days sight Mr.. Newhall
brought that bill to the bank will not be certain wheth
Newha or Albone brought ii to II was torw irded
Peabody for the account of the bank September the
bank settled with Mr. Newha for that bill the I'D of
September between the LIST aud 22d OF September Mr.
Newhall had nothing to show for IT. think he had
randum Mr. Newha was aware he could at any time
settle it; entry made Of the 100000 bill until the
22d Of September the settlement with Mr.. Newhall, on
September D. made by me in this way There were
bills for ESQ 900 and OF csc, 600, which Mr.
Newhall entitled to have credit for, there
four bills of exchange which he owed for Of eli 000
and OF eli 900, comprising the two memoranda Mr.
Whteman drawer, for flo $50 SIS 4d and the other
Go 0O0 amounting together to ,254 IS; | gave
HIM credit for the bills for $40 900 and the other
for sl45 9o9 9s the receiving tcllers book where
Mr. Newhas account was, and he gave his check for
S262 ,254 IS; with the check which he gave |
took up the two memorandum checks in Mr. Whtemans
drawer and also settled the bills OF exchange Zone
for Gls 500 SIS. 4d and for &c 0O0) by placing them
the credit Of Peabody Co, at the receiving telcrs
desk and pay ing him with this check OF T. A. Ncwhal x
Co; the two memoranda presume, were destroyed.