New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-04
eral character of Mr.. Leonard IN the com
munity where he ivesY
M sir
rrsr1NoNY OF =. P. oAsELAR.

A. know him like gentleman ana al
honest man.
O. You know that he is honest?
A. know that he is a gentlsmap and al
honest man; / know him for long Ions
time.
Q. How long have you know him?
A. Since l845, that makes twenty-five
years.
@. Who are You, and where do you live
A. live down below in the parish O
Orleans. right there.
@. Who put you up to be summoned t.
prove the bad character of Patrice Leonard
A.. Nobody, I do not know anything
Q. Did You not put somebody up to cal
you a. witness
@. Did You not say that if called as s
witness that you would prove his Lad
character?
A. No. did not tell nobody nothing.
TESTIMONY OF W. L. CAMPBELL.
W. L. Campbell. witness for the defense
was called and duly sworn by the Secre
tarv.
Examination in chief by counsel fo
respondent:
Question. You are clerk in the Auditor
Office
Answer. Yes.
@. You were a clerk there during the ad
ministration of Mr.. Wickliffe?
A. was.
@. We're Won in the Office before Mr.. Wick
life was appointed or elected?
A. No, sir.
Q. When You came in the office unde,
Mr.. Wickliffe, what department was as
signed to you?
A. The general tax department, an
afterwards, when there was vacancy in the
assessment roll department. was elevated
TO that position.
Q. Do you know whether the assessment
rolls for 1868 we're made out before or after
Mr.. Wickliffe was elected?
A. After; some of them are coming in
now.
@. From what parishes?
A. Several parishes; I can not exactly
mention them.
Q. Do you not remember. if mention the
parish of Orleans; has that roll come in q?
i A. Yes, I believe 20.
Q. The roll came in while you had charge
of that department?
A. Yes.
q. Were, or not, the proper affidavits at
tached to the rolls,
A. In some isolated cases they were not;
but received instructions from Mr.. Wick
life; he left it entirely to me, because he
relied on me. In one. or two cases there
were some slight discrepancies, and l told
him of it; but the facts were such that he
had to accept them.
Q. But as general rule those assess
r,ent rolls had the proper afidavits at
tached7
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you ever accept any one without
A. Not that l know Of.
@. Did You ever report to Mr.. Wickliffe
any discrepancies in the rolls?
Ill L. Yszr-1 e.
were some rolls that did not come up to the
requirements Of the law.
Q. Did he, on those occasions, order them
sent backs
4. Most undoubtedly he did.
Q. Did you ever report any defects to
him?
A. All that found, did; but in Justice
TO myself, must say that when Mr.. Wick.
life put me in charge of this department.
relying on my own intelligence, may have
committed some errors at first which were
very pardonable. from the fact that was
Ds,t fully initiated in regard to the duties of
The office.
Cross-examined by the managers
@. How long were you in the Auditors
office?
A. AS far as I remember, about nine
months.
@. What department in the Office were you
charged with?
A First, / was assigned to the tax
department, and eventually, as l said
before, there was vacancy in the ASSESS
ment roll department, and was promoted
to it.
O. When in the tax department, did You
have anything to do with the DELINQUENT
list,
A. Yes; the delinquent taxpayers.
Q. You we're in the habit then, as clerk
in the tax department, of receiving these
delinquent lists?
A. No. sir. We had nothing in the world
to do with it; our duty was simply to settle
with the delinquents.
Q. Who received these lists?
A. Mr.. Lagroue, the chief clerk.
@. Who settled with the delinquents gen.
orally?
A. Mr.. Lagroue, the chief clerk.
@. But when you settled you had to 60 to
the rolls2
A. Yes; but at the same time they having
been accepted
@. These rolls then came in your posses
sion?
A. They came under my observation.
Q. Did you observe any irregularities in
these rolls?
A. Probably some; but it was not our
province to examine them.
@. / understand there were some such
deficiencies?
A. Yes; but you frequently observe def.
ciencies in that particular.
@. In what particular?
A. mean the delinquent lists, not the
assessment rolls.
Q. But in what particular were they
deficient?
A. For want of proper description?
Q. In what particular?
A. That would be hard to answer Some
that came under my observation were old
rolls, from parties from the country. Our
principal duty, however, WAS to settle with
the delinquents from The parish of Orleans
Q. These delinquent lists that you allude
to-were they old lists, or not?
A. Yes. as far back as 1865 and 1866, but
not all OF them.
Gross. examined by the managers:
Q. would like to ask whether the proper
oaths were attached to these rolls.
A. We had no time to examine those things
so infinitely.
O.. You can not say. then, whether or not
the proper oaths we're there?
A. No, sir, I can not.
The testimony for the defense was here
closed.
Rehutting Testimony for the Prosecu-
lion.
Mr.. Manager McMilen: Mr.. Chief Justice.
we desire to introduce some rebutting testi-
mony, to invalidate the tie ,timony in refer
ence to the general reputation of Captain
Francis.
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BAKER.
William Baker, witness for the prosecu
ton, was called, and duly sworn by the
Secretary.
Examination in chief by the managers:
Question. Do you know the general repu.
tation of Captain Francis for truth and
veracity in the community where he lives?
A. l know him four or five years. in New
Orleans, principally. l knew him while he