The New York herald., 1868-12-16
NEW YORK CITY.
THE coURTs.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
The Watson Il Crary Distiliery Case.
pofora Iudoa Blatchford.


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III ira ona IT'S christopher Street.-The hearing In
this case was resumed yesterday, with the usual
manifestation of interest on the part OF the crowd Of
speetators witnesses and counsel who have watched
or taken part in the double proceedings, and In
vbicb the same parties were and are the claimants
Messrs. Watson Crary.
This morning Mr.. Clarence Seward joined the
counsel previously engaged In the case-Messrs. II.
L. clinton, G. Donohue and ]. B. Bulock-for the de-
fence; United States District Attorney Mr.. 8. G.
Courtney and General Hubbard appeared for the gov
ernment. Collector Joshua F. Bailey. by whose
directions the dstilery In question and the large
quantity OF spirits condemned at the former trial
were seized, remains In court from the opening to
ais Also 70
gel and paving the greatest attention 70 the whole
Peter Nelson, flrst witness examined, recalled.
By Mr.. Courtney-Wh hen delivering whiskey at Wat
son Crarys there were generally three or four bar
Forty-fth street TO Christopher street during the
months Of February, March and April In all about
1900 gallons; each time he delivered spirits at Wat
son Crary'S he jumped or his wagon and notified
Andrews, Stewards boOkkeeper OF the number OF
proof gallons he was delivering; always kept men,
Mvered; in the month of June last saw Crary one
or the + all River boats witness was messenger on
the boat on his way from Boston to New York; saw
Mr.. Crary come on board the boat when we came
into the pier; he alone; Crary had subsequently
to his coming on board some conversation with
Q. Did Mr.. Crary put into your hanas letter on
that occasion-on board the steamboats, A. He did
not
Q. Did you see letter delivered by him to any
person on that dayY A. Yes; to Mr.. Andrews.
Q. After seeing that letter delivered by Crary to
Andrews where did you and Andrews go tor A. We
went to Stewards house: we did not see him there
and we went from there to Frenchs Hotel; we pro-
O. who was on the Fall River boat with CTary that
morningf A. A workingman OF his.
O. Was that the man who directed you to 60 TO
French's Hotel in search OF STEWART
@ VINO did you see at French's Hotels was it the
there, and then we went to Jersey City, where we
saw another person in the employment OF Crary; he
was there alone at Tayl0r's Hotel; went from there
TO Hoboken to see MI. Stewart, as we were told he
Q. Did you see any checks deliveredi A. Yes.
Q. Whose checks were theyY A. Watson Crary's.
rom rom sss the quantity Of the % spirits and ne price
that they were given in payment Of whiskey.
Q. Do you know what those spirits were sold for
ne r0m Mr.
g. g What were they sold per gallon for TO Watson
@. Did you see the checks given in payment OF
these spiritsY A. Not all; frequently saw them.
g How rs soon after you delivered spirits to Watson
Objected to. 4
9. Did You examine the checks as You got them'
9: State how you know the price per gallon.
Objected to.
three barrels Of whiskey at one time and he saw
check for the payment Of the whiskey, can he not
pretty well tell the jury the price per galonhow he
got at the pricef
Question allowed.
4. From the number OF gallons delivered and the
amount Of the check. know the number Of gallons
delivered by my own books.
Q. What was the price paid per gallon for the
whiskey you delivereds
By the Court-witness, did your distillery and
Watson Crary have any other dealings than con-
I'D 8. Did watson W. @ ' Crary and nd Stewart have other
dealingsS A. Yes, SIR.
-, MT: CoSrtney19 What M was ~ IT,. a. Stewart pur-
Q, What was the price per gallon OF those spirits
delivered by your
q. Before you delivered the spirits did you know
from WATSON Crary or from Stewart what the price
WAS 70 BET
This closed the direct examination Of the witness,
Mr.. Courtney reserving the right to recall him. =,
tillery business cannot say how long he was run.
ming the distillery at Fortyffth street, commenced
SPIRITS he sold was delivered in barrels unbranded;
sold spirits when he knew he was defraudipg the
internal revenue; usually ran his distilery during
the night; the dsrillery was seized IN April; ran
spirits after without paying license.
9. DID you not know At the time that you were
70 be sent TO the State Prison A. did.
The examination Of the witness, % when he was
haustive Of all the points that could By any possl-
bility be made admissible; nothing to shake his
direct testimony, however, was ELECTED.
George Andrews was the next witness. His teeti-
mony was similar to that gwen by him In the wnis-
key case with the difference perhaps, that was
little more positive and direct owing to the District
Attorney pressing him on subjects upon which he
was to some extent better informed tnan when the
witness was previously on the stand.
The hearing Of the case viii be resumed this morn
ing ct eleven A. n.