New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-02
PROCEEDINGD OF THE eENATB
WHEN sITTI S6 AS A COURT OF
IMPEACH AENT.
Evening Session.

, At seven o'clock P. M, the recess haviu,
expired, the Chief Justice entered tn
Senate chamber and took the chair.
The roll being called, by direction of. tn
answered to their names:
Anderson, Antoine, Bacon, Beares, Camp
bell, Coupland, Darall, Day, Eagan, Foute
jerks, Kelso, Lewis, Lynch, Monette
OHara, Packard, Pinchback, Poindexter
Pollard, Ray, Smith, Todd, Whitney, Viii
cox, Williams, Wittgenstein-27.
BY direction of the Chief Justice, tn
Sergeant alarms opened court with tn
usual proclamation.
MIR. Bacon: l move that the reading o
the minutes be dispensed with.
Tie motion being put and carried, thu
reading of the minutes was dispensed
with.
The Chief Justice: The Secretary will in.
form the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives that the Senate is ready to pro
coed with the trial of George M. Wickliffe
Auditor Of Public Accounts of the State o
Louisiana.
The honorable managers on the part O
the House Of Representatives appeared ani
took the seats provided for them.
Mr.. 7. j. Semmes and Henry Gray ap
peared as counsel for the accused.
The Chief Justice: The Chief Justice
desires to know the pleasure Of the Senate
in regard to the witnesses who were sum
moned and failed to obey the summons
! is for the court to act.
MIR. Ray: Mr.. Chief Justice, would sug.
gest that we proceed with the examination
| OF the witnesses present, and take that mat
| ter under consideration afterwards.
The Chief Justice: If this suggestion be
not opposed, that course will be pursued.
There being no objection, the examination
OF witnesses was proceeded with.
TESTIMONY OF PArRICE LEONARD.
Patrice Leonard, witness for the prose.
cution, was called and duly sworn By the
Secretary.
Examination in chief by Manager Lowell:
Question. State your name and residence.
Answer. Patrice Leonard, and reside in
the parish of Plaquemines.
Q. What is your business?
A. am Sheriff of the parish of Plaque
mines.
Q. Are you editor of paper
A. Yes.
Q. What paper?
A. The Empire Parish.
Q. Are you public printer for tina: parish?
A. Yes, sir.
9. You publish the laws of the Slater
A. Yes.
Q. And with whom do you settle your &C
counts?
A. With the Auditor of Public Accounts.
Q. Did you ever have any difficulty in
settling your accounts?
A. Yes.
Q. State what it was.
A. The first account that I had against
the State had cut up into small bills, and
when l called on the Auditor, and asked as
favor to give me small warrants, he re-
fused, and said that he could not. and if
wanted any favors that I had to pay for
them.
Q. Go on, and state what further oc-
A. came back with another bill in Feb
ruary, and met with the same difficulty
until the fifteenth of February, when the
Auditor told me to call at night; that he
had no time to examine the account, and
that he would look over it. When called
at night, he told me there was some irregu-
larity in the printing; some difference in the
and he could not allow the
whole bill, and that if he took the regular
it would cut down the bill
that, if could not do otherwise, and stop
printing. He then made several calcula-
tions, and made several offers, which I re-
fused, and said that the only way would be
to make two certificates, one for $500, and
one for S531. Not being able to settle diff
ferently, got the $500 certif-
cate, and he kept the one for S53l. |
In March had the same difficulty, and |
the same remarks were made, that accord |
ing to the measurement of the printing I |
was only entitled to oEe.third. We could |
come to no agreement, and l left. Several |
days afterward | came back, and he cut the |
bill in two. The claim amounted to $1,000 |
and something, and he gave two certificates |
Tor 1882 so, OF which he kept one and gave !
me the other. Then l had some more bills, |
but he never would receive them. went |
q. Did he cut down your measurement?
A. No, sir.
Q. What did you receive your pay in?
A. Certificates of Indebtedness.
Q: Did you ever receive warrants for those
certificates
A. No. The first settlement was in No
7ember, l believe, and | got warrant,
which I exchanged for smaller warrants;
,ut the other settlements were in certi-
icates that have still.
@. Have you made any attempts to- get
A. tried to do so, and through come
riends-the Endorsement on the back of
ne of the certificates will show it.
Cross-examined by counsel for re-
pendent:
Q. How many settlements did you have
With Mr.. Wickliffts
A. Three.
Q. The first one was when?
A. Some time in November?
Q. What year?
A. 1t must have been 1868.
q. The second one was when?
A. On the fifteenth of February, 1869.
Q. The third one when?
A. On the nineteenth of March, 1869.
Q. The first one you gat warrants for?
@. At the first one the difficulty was
nat he did mot cut it up into small war
ants?
A. Yes.
@. That was all?
A. Yes.
@. Did he do it? Il
A. No. He said that if wanted any IA
ors would have to pay for it.
Q. That was all that passed?
@. Was that settlement for printing!
A. Yes.
@. Was there any question then about the I
Measurement?
A. No, sir.
Q. There was no difficulty made about the I
ill-the only question was about the war. I
'nts. and If he cut it into smaller ones, he t
anted pay for it?
A. Yes. he corrected the bill and took off
few squares.
Q. But the main question was about the J
arrant?
A. Yes. c
@. You say that was in November, 1868? t
A. Yes. T
O.. The next settlement was when?
A. On the fifteenth of February, 1859.
Q. What was that for?
A. For printing.
Q. In the Empire Parish?
A. Yes. s
Q. What was the amount of this claim?
A. Two thousand thirty-one dollars.
@. You presented your claim-what did
~ predicate it upon as a basis? T
A. A bill that have with me now. d