Daily national Republican., 1864-12-10
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TRIAL OF DR. KnAsBr.-This morning the
I'll. yof d., s suss,1 ws 81 sss
nefore Gen. Bngg,' ,'eourtmsrtisii Judge Advocate,
The Judge Adyos sts csrsd ss evidence, m ~ NJ AZ
Of enrolment, and slso the Doctors aeoeptsnce o.
the same, on May 30, 1859. Also, offered in evi.
General TO the provost mar,hals OF the several dis
,riets relative to facilitating tho examination Of
recruits.
The provost m,rshAi OF the District, but not By
Major H. A. Hutchlp,, psyms.,er, test ned that
cavalry, AZ 4 member OF the Board Of Enrolment,
from some time in 1883 10 october ist, 1884.
The Judge Advocate inquired II accused was en-
Accused objeoted TO the question, aA tho act OF
Congress was the beat evidence.
Court was cleared for dellbershon, and the OBJ
Major HutohiDs recsiied, and identified the Pay
Dastet'. Manual, Of which the Judge Advocate
offered In evidences article No, So, pnge 6s, en-
mute their forage upon proper certificate Of the
witness had paid s,cu'ed nothing but the pay
Capt J. c. Putnam, Provost Marshal OF the Dis
rict, testified that he had been on duty as such
witness produced book, which he ssls was q
record kept BY DR.. Kes,by, snd Recognised the en-
tries under dstc OF May 18TH and iath a. in writing
VI witnsss vi then read the names, entered on ,h.,
date, an Washington TAFT, Wm. Harrison, John
Tolllver, J. Coleman, Harvey Harrison, Jnhn Ma-
smith, d all some OF whom were presented by c.
A. Kessby, and others BY II. Arnold. Some names
presented by both were accepted, others rejected.
Court took arecess until O'Clock.
The court reassembled at 1 o'clock, and Capt. J..
@. Putnum was recalled, and identified entries OF
uames OF VIM. Jobnron, George bryant, snd Others,
on March 2ist and 29!h, as in tho Handwriting Of
witnes. then testified ths, to his certain know
edge Or. Resib7 acted ss surgeon Of the Board OF
Enrolment from Jane I'd until the latter part OF Oc
tober, 1864, when he was put under arrest.
The name Of Peter Alexander, set down 20 70.
Jeeted on Oct s'h, % being under age, and Of the
Or. Keasbys record, and witness thought they
were In the handwriting of the accused.
In .nswer to a question, witness said the record
vas kept ,u cess .yely By Dr.. Kessby, DR.. Wood
Cross-exsn,ined by sir. Hlne. witnes. ha, eharge
.srSss IL Ss board 81 and SSs. iSp %
arrest dessrters, who call themselves detectives.
Wines, knew G A Keasby as q substitute broker.
city. witness 1; not sufioientiy sonverssnt with
the record referred TO above 10 explain II fully.
Under the head Of the column 10 the book, "Pre.
them as recruits, in order that, IL any din ,uliy
occurred they might hpd the party who presented
the recruit. Witness had no knowledge, persnp-
witness only spoke OF the hsndwriting Of accused.
He wss familiar with the handwriting Of accused
only frs N his signature,
Dr. Hlne aIkei witness whether he knew what
the word "self," ~ applied to George Bryant,
meanti
witness s,idhs supposed that 1t meant th,t the
man was presented by the accused himself. subse-
quently, he thought II might be that IL meant the
man had offered himself
The Judge Advocate objected to the question
and A7bwer, and the court was cleared for delbPr-
atiop; and the objection wss sustained, and the
question and ans : or we're stricken out
Concentration resumed: Witness had been
absent from his once from the 2s'h OF June until
AuRust, sioki but At other times he was there In
business hours; witness referred to the case OF
Peter Alexande-, a. rejected, on Ostober sth from
the record, not from his personal knowledge; he
gave his opinion from knowledge OF the hand
whiting OF accused.
Witness was asked whether, In his opinion, the
entries Of Nov 5th and 10th, with regard to Peter
Alexander were written by the same person.
Witness should say not,upon examining and COM
Question by the Court: Is there any record in
the book, under date ot Oct. T. Of substitute pre-
sentei by one Lindsll
Answer; The names o. persons presenting sub
stltutes on Oct 7, does not apnear upon tho book.
In answer to another question, witness said all
the parties IL quired about were recruits, except
Peter Alexander, who was substitute. The word
" self" It wai Understood in the ofiee, meant
when volunteer recruit presented himself
witness did net know whether that custom with
regard to the word "self" prevailed on the 2ist
with the offloe.
in answer to further questions, witness stated
that II was the duty Of the surgeon to examine
was In DR.. Keasby's hands up to about the time
the draft commenced on September 18th,