Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-11
TRIAL OF BREvET BRIG. GEN.
JOSEPH Q. BRIscoE, ny COURT

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JOSEPH @. BRIsCOE, ny COURT
MARTIAL. ", Fy-rN
The trial Of General Brlseoe, charged with the
larceny Of doternment taonsys, was rsspned
to-day, iu ths General Court. .mastiai Of which
Breyet Major Gchsral Greono is President and
Major n. y. Burnhsm d JudsssA Adsocateg CAPT.
Girard, whowas III vida carbsncis.last week,
was present to testify.
Mr.. woRTHLEY S-S.As
recalled. Witness Identified the money packages
| taken from the quArtermaster,s Is safe. e.--witnass
| opened the packages, which contained Confeder-
ate money instead Of Virginia State bank bills,
Cross.examned by Gov. Ford.--saw Captain
| Alberger on Thursday, September 2s, counting a
lot Of State money, and supposed the packages
were made up Of those bills. '.'" 20 - AL
"... H CHARLES n. aIRARD, '1 'ir h,
mt quartermaster at Lynchburg, was sworn
| and testified that he was ~ the Orange and Alex
andrla Railroad depot In Lynchburg one day last
month. Captain Alberger, A. W. Lackey, Cap
tain Sampson, and Dr. II. G. Hull were present
with some others. Lackey was sutler.
Question Did you hear any conversation be-
tween Mr., Laekey and Captain AlbergerH 20.
Objected to by counsel for tho accused. .r 1g
The objection was not sustained. .... .
Witness resumed The interview took place on
Thursday evening, Sept 2lst Witness went
with Capt. Alberger 10 the telegraph oflce, where
The Captain sent dispatch to Secretary Stanton,
:" send Col. Baker to me at once or can come
TO Washington on business OF importancef''
Q. Did he state to you his reasons for sending
that dispatch .. % r" o.. .... o..
A. He did. ...r.... ., do.
Q. State what the reasons were. ....,
Objected to BY counsel for the accused, OBJ
lection not sustained. D. ~ |..''. '..
Witness resumed: Captain Alberger told me
that certain parties had made propositions to him
to withdraw his deposits. II was In consequence
Of conversation about this he sent the dispatch.
Witness was present at the arrest Of Lackey at
Mclver's station saw the wax impression Of a
safe key in his pocket when he was searched.
1.-THE key aud wax were produced and identified.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Hines for defence -
Lackey was not drunk when the conversation
occurred at the depot The conversation between
Captain Alberger and Laekey was private they
talked together In q corner OF the depot. Captain
Alberger never manifested any but friendly feel.
ing towards Gen. Briscoe, except on one occasion.
To the Judge Advocate. This feeling was caused
by witness, who, when he came to the post. was
ordered to duty as post quartermRster by Capt
Alberger, to report to Gen. Curtis; and this was
not understood by Gen. Briscoe, who said he had
got two or three quartermasters broken, and he
would see about Alberger. -r.....
To the Court: Capt Alberger and Lackey had
been acquainted n considerable time, .
The Judge Advocate offered in evidence the
paper appointing A.w. Lackey sutler Of the l9sth
Pennsylvania regiment. 'g..l
Objected to; objection not sustained. 'sF
The different packages Of money, the safe key,
ana wax Impression were Onered In evidence
aud admitted without objection. This closed the
testimony for the Government. ..
THE DEFENCE. .a
The counsel for the accused called Mai. Gen. |
Curtis. Witness had known Gen. Briscoe in the
at Petersburg.
Question Do you know his character as |
brave, faithful and efficient officer
Objected to by the Judge Advocate, who held |
that the character OF the accused for bravery In
the field was not in question, and they could |
only inquire into his character for integrity.
He said Il has become too common to bring be- |
fore military courts the conduct Of accused par
ties In the field, when 1t had no relevancy liza |
man is accused Of sheep stealing 1t Is Of avail
to prove that he is valiant man. Good conduct |
In the field might form ground for Executive |
clemency after = party has been sentenced, but |
Il is not the province OF the court TO entertain |
any such consideration. a ..!.. ....
Here our report closed. r. 7