The New York herald., 1869-11-14

That the twenyaey day of July, 1853 there
G and
the Collector Of castoms herewith that the said mershan
tax dspsesa!
s o U1 re Sw &
as an allowance or & drawback Of said and he
further that no drawbscs the a.
claimant or any other party to his knowledge BELIEF and
that he will hereafter make no claim hereiSr o,cu.nns
Sworn and subscribed before me- this "a Day e S0S,9Oor
(sealI IS cts Revenue stampI Notary Public.
There IS no such man IN existence as this Nv.
Richards" purports to be; the name was affixed by
clerk IN Caldwell's of1ce and the notary signed
the jurat without any person appearing before him.
The signature Of B. NJ. Johnson & Co. IS also slmu-
lated, and this feature runs through the whole Of
these cases. There was some skill shown In the
preparation OF these papers, and IN getting the
| destination. The reason why the Custom House
certificates were antedated was that by the law Of
Congress on goods shipped after 1854 no drawback
was allowed The ship named sailed to the port
| designated; 1t had small quantity Of tobacco on
board and the real shipper probably obtained the
| drawback on It, and oil subsequent applications
| were false and fraudulent.
THE TESTIMONY.
The District Attorney then called Mr.. George W.
Wright as the nrst witness for the prosecution lie
was shown large roll OF paper, and after inspect
| ing 1t testified That 1t was the original outward
! bound manifest OF the bark Jennie, which cleared
from this port for Melbourne Australia on July 81
| 1868; that he brought IT. from the Custom House
! where 1t s on file: he mad examined 1t carefay and
found that such goods as mentioned in the Gus.
tom House certificate copied aDove) were thereon
entered He also identified the latter certificate as
being the original drawback certificate issued in
such cases, and that the initials rs. 7. B.n were the
| writing OF Mr.. Samuel 7. Blatchford.
| The next witness was George A. Mercer lie
stated that he was clerk IN the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington that the above certificate aud
accompanying documents were brought BY hin
from the files In the office OF the Register of the
Treasury: tAir. Pierrcpont here read the affidavit
| signed .W. Richards" and called the attention OF
the Commissioner to the discrepancy III the name, 1t
being given as IN: Richardsn In the Dody OF the
sn anu ~ hat m won svo "a tbe se
reasonable time TO produce the man In court, II he
had living exstence) The witness then Identified
the warrant and the DRAFT copied above as the origi-
mails issued by the department, and that the draft
mad been paid by the drawee and cancelled. lie
also identified as being the original certificates
issued by the officers named therein the following
two documents
No. 42,4s. TREASURY DErAaTmrSr5
FIFTH AUDfToR's OFrtOE, Oct so 1913. (
hereby certify that have examined ana adjusted an
ana ind that tho sum hftyhree hundred twcntyye an
s. 100 dollars a duo from the Unite states unto them being
snus per cer!cas No 7o herewith her VI arswOask allowed
1862, to provide internal revenue. ' :
Let draft the amount be remed them, 1870 Pearl
submitted for the decision Of The comg.roler thereon
10 rIrE FIRST COMPTROLLER Tns fnrasuar .'''''''
$3.50 80. TREASURY pEpARrMEsT, !
admit and certify The. ay.irrc hunired seventy live
and Soo dollars due aud payable e stated The above
10 THE REGISTER OF TUE TREASURY 0ONp"s''
loucall CB.Y.
FA. H. NC
Ne 9,170. TREAsURy DEPARTMENT, !
$3.50 So l00 OFFICE oF INTERVAL REvRNUE.l
WARRINGTON, Oct. "a, 1866
This certify that there has been MED this ONCE the
required BY the regulations Of the Secretary the
Treasury tho subject OF drawback showing that In
sy' s On ss De-
bacco at l5 cents per pound and that the duly
exported port of New York bond executed
with sufficient suretles conditioned that the be not
reianded within the United States.
And do certify that B. N. johnson CO., OF New York,
entitled TO an allowance, drawback thereon, amount
thousand three hundred and seventy Ave e5100
dollars PROVIDED by the i7is section Of the Excse
approved june 80, 1881. H. A. ROLLINS,
10 Hon. q. NJ. WALLER Commissioner.
Firth Auditor Of the Troasury.
Uu being asked, the witness stated that tho ini.