New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-19
THE UNION BANK DEFALCATIOM
CASE OF JACOB II. MOTT.


CASE OF JACOB II. MOTT.
The examination Of the complaint against the fore
going party, charged with acting in colusiOn with
Frederick X Botherson in defraudng the Union Bank
out of sl4l 600 commenced on Wednesday Afternoon
and reopened yesterday at o'clock p. M before Re-
corder Barnard at his private office. Ex-Jadge Sam
uel A. Foote and his John Fooe appeared yester-
day for the people and Charles Ga Nun, esq, acted
for the defense
The fret witness called yeserdsyfor the prosecution
was Peter A. Klssam.
Examined by Judge Foote-Q. What is your bus
ness A. am Receiving Teller for the Union Bank
O. How long have you acted in that capacity A. 1t will be
O bnrps that TIME ha, Jacob Mott kept account at the
O When did be open account there A In July l8a
O. you bad opened in the bank 10
bis name when you commenced your services there as IL"
G. When did he commence hi. sccouut there 4. In 1856
c Did O. s. Mott have an sccognt thee at the tns you
q Since BE- opened account with the bank in his oEa
,sHe has he from time to time made deposits in MS own name
be made those deposits did enter them in the de-
O you compared thos entries u the deposit book
VII" i6 Did Ss' sas n a se BY p By g. in til, ledger
OBJECTED by counsel and objection afterwards
O. Wherein do they dlaer 4 By false euhesby entries
msdc in the ledger that did not sPpF in th- ep.t book and
made 10 larger figure o the ledger.
O. How many Of these dsreens entries did you fad on
From the commencement of Motifs account to th. disco
vory what sgsr. gate of excess credited Motifs
account above the amount shown to his credit in the deposit
q Prom what book did Broherson in regularly posting make
hi. entries in bis ledger! A. From my drpo. book
ot speneS Ii. sccoan, in ycar bsnt in lis own nae A.
do ipcw certainly but thn ia octO5r 1855 Thick
reference to tine books have knowledge Of my own
about Il.
Sopsrsd my Io1a s ra 5hf sssS ftslra sa "a, ooos
I nv and or fye
deposit ks commenced TO ex.nine rom the an Of October
wss all exXnncd made thu exsuipson at tho request OF
Mr. Arthur Mr. Smith Wa not I'D 20 examine any other
nation; was never directed before this morning make tho
xsnpaton Of these books the examination OF any other
g. Do you Lnow whether there any other accounts al
tered the ledger b.des Mottsl A. do not have not eN
O. What are your duties in tbe Bsk A. am Depos; Clerk
Mott wre credited tie ledser A. cannot positively,
but they credited in my book since nave been
1855 about years ago my book showed all the money de-
post. the Bank BY individual depoto: all the entries IN
entre. made by the time the deposits were made
em.s sometimes when have been Vety busy
have d the tickets in my desk sud the hrt leisure mo-
uen rade the entry Of the tickets should III tae
nesn tine be abs,racted would make the entry then
When came to balance the cosh AZ night should MD IL OUT
@ How would you determine in such case whose cash was
over! A. II did know would sud round 10 the dealers %
whose such nhsp however have never known
file them and put them away have not examined the Ae'
fom O. TO M made in Brohersons but no, all
he got different Popsto poet or HIM sometimes he got o'hs
O. How often is the that bank to balance the o.
is done Whenever the booikerpr pcs,es generally done
about every three months sometimes they are allowed 10 run
hd BY ogg bank ae to sy of our d a.. The book
bssneed and tnen the customer could see .ne sa ~ ~ Sr
down they could the balance at oae nave not
received all the deposits there since was % SeGone h e & ia ,ne
was Second Teller TIE dersn' persons ~no nave 1ea s
a thiLK am positive these ar s regular assistants.
the Third Teller r Grant sometime. ha. received deposit.
ose named will not say. sbsoutely some Others did no,
these gentlemen would sometimes receive deposit. when nav
oyer three weeks in oil when was aO.eu NJ Gram IoA &
place he then made the entries Of drposts c.yd she"
be that did BY hs handwriting when ~ II tu' "eN'
T. VII yos swear positively there handwriting on your
box. be,ae your own except ths, Of the four gentlemen
lAned A. Iwil positively, because ha's no;
.metne. b. sb.ent wodd BE- ab.eut dadas ,ho.e hour.
,om.,iue. two three times week and sone'ae, NOV 'Eo %
present my dc.I the Note Teller sometime. a.',':
.one CT nv To- 9.ei e sersss deposits bank
sbou, oo PER day. This has been the sVeIass % @
tine was siyNCeO to s2cO0o; il has sometimes been %
hsh ssooo though not oitn ,1ose wnSa S ,a
foken OF % Assisting have sometimes a19eo w ~
smoUnts d-po.i'ed and sometimes made entities IL my V
- about half an hour making The e1aTi , N ,Se IN
do rot know IL whose handwriting all the entries wois
The ledger, tbst Lot made by BroAerSoh Nv H.
bow much paid out average Pf Gay of e .
Che,ks the p, mad by J. H. Mot IL oul DsN
the etn of Mach this the cunt ~s either 30 o
think t6oo, can't .ay po.iivelyi WI say ~, ,i,
u vss not 800, b.cause looked az II todty na,
t.ues goo ard +50J my head. bat can say
Is other spsk ou!y " the beet oi my
caEnot tell The amount u the deposit be Ae heA ,sim,
kHow the the deposits made on.y ~
n book referring my tickets tcosct me-. Le g.,
deposits made there ba. o remember tnr -,
my books and tickets ii the tickets and oo ;,bin tae
would " IN 90 not know OF any I5s- rim.
last year sDd bali whose balance sheet nss o1en
tlrIe are tlTee individus.sbooAte-irf oLe
snd assistant bookkeer-r; csnnJ, f'I 1e'-'
tIi.s made in the ledger mode oy tAe~ bi.
sEow ireq2elily Outside deser Ia IH
box there 10 b. written up they are dong 80 b,y.
they doing frequently now tnan tofuiey
beeu Going il .pe ay wrLiu tue l.s. week ort"o
b,wren the letters @ s-d NJ are lno. R,bsy
alnous 10 have wnen up
sons d. paTturr Mpts reputation vas a. AZ ~ a. mo
a our bank udgrg from ths books hr eanA - ~ ,b.
within the last years; oaly Juise i'0-H '- ~
bAIk. -, ,.. ~ ,h. A.
Reexam ned by Juds- Foote.-Q Did you % ~ ;i
po,its of M Mott IN your bank A. d1d not, o
III ny s:,eutor called 20; 90 isr - - ,h a...
find a: scra Omitted the ledger sneh ,ne Pas
booSs up the deser as me eh, IL. f.rsr,
given him did look 70 see vntAs -, - 80,
d-to.it. ere m in B,o handwriting OF nov u pe
70 Pearson Rof-rs Taylor ard tie osIstai -,
fLeir duty 10 assist me IN making up the cas-.
soneirts the a<s.s,aAt when wss AoseH- "'N ~ ~ AZ
po-ts and isy down ill csfue IN -.
Auzus,u. 4 Smith rreaed-The clics " .1'
wi,ne., Wa, ..ors "Wednesday 20 aoS hin 70 ns
hok, o. or by Mr. Foose-Did you md slJ tas hs.ea
lesS sStes n Mss eeQSai made v Ees ~SS7S ~ "AN