New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-23

,ton mon the Government And believe according to the
denos Of sshobe himself be sos about s2oc Of It, o, for
soe so. IietIes bill was = 80 40 while the aGtn.I
biz was fN1 These six seven bills were all fraudulent
lv fu,n'et snd they were presented 20 the disbHrsng
oihc. the Ierod when the rielHes oi was p al
sTcter al fsadren hills got up by persons who were rep
resented havns sbssted or ed r1 so Sna nominal
sams presented by him. and the money i0r the "h'e
sn e cna other witpe. that want to call your
to whom you will remember and that Bauer lie has been
,oue what leading witness for the Prosecution you De-
l.ve his testimony be brings home guilty knowedse 70 TIE
a, the bar lie claims to have been in the employ
ent me gsoner That h. was engaged IN making oI'
Joining room. and was In frequent communication WIN ,e
ph-cer about these hs beyond dispute. he mas i'en
bed many OF them When the contractors came wilton, any
bin made ne took the particulars OF the number OF men
and time aud made out the bills, which were aer~srd
Now he very important fact and for which
some Of these persons After he bad made oat Two
bills he says be sent TO them with directions nom the
prisoner these bills upon their books and IN ono Gaze
these books produced in court and he says I'M. Ne oa
them that If they called upon IN reference 10 hs ehsl
ter their bills they could show the books evidence that
ey were correct implying that the bills made out from
instead Of the books being made ont from the ou
Now Gentlemen If you believe this testimony OF sarer
the bills fraudulent, and required device ana cohv
ance to support them But belongs to you to de'e'nne
how much credit you viii give to the testimony ~ ihis
gentlemen bears upon the question OF guilty know.dse ana
IL b. duty weigh H. and give such credehce as
| your conscience and your duty require. ,
You have seenwe all have seen In TINS caselIauus ,n.
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in this case we should the conclu-on-we must come
to thst this dbsrsing Office of the Government was se
here not the purpose of receiving and paying honet ana
genuine claims but for the purpose OF paying false hnd Hauu
len, SO the evidence IN this goes those were
the only presented The whole Of them were Frauds aud
oil were paid t..i
Tho learned Counsel for the prisoner gentlemen produced
wnes,es on bic behal Of tho highest character and respeca
lihty who known him for the last twenty years o. more
AMI who testified to bis previous good conduct ana cLsi
scter They did this until uterposed to stop H. uns- the
counsel for the prosecution propose TO contest when ny
admit they did not that In doubtin case TINS
evidence Of Character entitled 10 controlling weight but II
evidence Of gull. that satisfactory u the
mind and conscience Of the Jury
That eyd.u-e must control aans. ovGenee oil good
Character II tic proof taxing ell together brings your
mind the guilt u the prisoner previous good character VI"
not save hii The back To the question o 'e
guilty knowledge the prisoner at the tine the b was pc
tented -. =,
Tho Jury retired ten minutes past four lie Honor an
uounced tat the Court would take until 0co'A ol
h,fre Justice N.on bad cl the building word was srt 70
lin tia, the Jury had agreed the foreman declared t y
found the prisoner the guilty crime charged m Cue
nd tn,eut. . - -,
move for arrest Of Judgment
DstrcAtorney-Your Honor. counsel have given me no
co Of motion in arrest Of Judgment; A. ectto name an
cary day would propose Saturday next for H.
| Mr. Evar,s-TEat Will DO
! Tie Cogst-Very well Il il 30 arranged