New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-02

T. NJ Ryan rineryenors-Conper & son-Sworn say: He
seven months familiar with their business So During ID that
time has been their custom to make adyanee cotton
house George Peabody Co. Witness says that IT, W Con-
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have IN twe instances made advances e W
agreement with Mr. Conner make this consignment He then
Ship few days after this stated the ship upon
T the f0 Wa Ta to s os ls g. I ship
being Of delivery witness went roand the office
agents office the cotton all board the shiploss bales
RostoId Brown Cribs The cotton now in
bales The Ro.ehfo lot compressed at the Orleans
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cotton all board to have the bills Of ladng made out
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they would Be signed He ,oId The captain had &
sss when the f bis
s 1as ss day ok nes as a1 as @ Il
Conner Son the weight # the ss9n on the h Of
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ct bills lading and then told the captain had
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Meeker Knox Co. that account Of some difficulty which
he s s9 ta aane eesd not Signed
their office in about half hour and found tue dieuly in
Meeke Knox Co. Mr. Knox adv witness to to the
g Pres lid The
started the Orleans Press He got the about u
o'clock and gentleman he found in the office he could
tell anything about the receipts He sad that the receipts
them THOSE persons Mr. Bryant and the bookkeeper
M ais s Re aT .s whiting
absent also After waiting time Mr. Bry
ant came Witness stated the difficulty TO him. and that the
bills adng could signed for the receipts
eighty bales and he told him also TINT the receipts
Mr. RrFan gfat the
else had told witness receipts at the press was
mistake did not have said receipts the Witness
returned to the Office Of Mssksr Knox told them what he
the eighty three bales they wond sign the bills Of ading
Meeker accepted the Offer came Connes and Mr. Con-
promising that the bills adng should signed
Captain down They waited until o'clock the bills Of
the ship had been seized Witness then the
to find the had received and also e
press sevy and other persons in the Witness
sevy IL he could give him information this
Meeker Co. starke On witness saying that he did
Seyy refused give him any information. After
Their compensation witness stated to him ha, Bryant bad told
mistake because the had the receipts and had had
them until within short time because he had the receipts him
self but did not have them then neither did Meeker Knox
Co.. Sarke witness house. which savy did not
know Witness at least he suppoae that sesy igno
rant because he asked witness what house he represented and
witness refused to tell him
Witness then had further conversation with Sey which he
wished give information that would bring him
into court and that It Of the protect the
who with hem Witness returned to the ONCE oil
Conner Son. recoec Of other acts except such as
have since The trial Of this The last check
given starke by Conner Son. was on me q Of April and
was ol oysr s and s s ssq o Is @
Mr. starke the whole amount and paid him. which was
si4o6 ls now otter n eydeose TUG aea sor
court entry that receipt made that day in the
receipt book, and signed the same day.