New-York tribune., 1873-01-31
mittsd not harsh or Yguust concuson tnss
tho defendant guilty Of wiisni nesoct In pse"S
this claim OF J. Mob Davidson.


the defendant wss guilty OF wifi1 neglect In passing
this oxim OF j. McB. Davidson.
KEYssR's BILLS sEvER AUDITED
The second class was the Keyser claims He had 70
Chains on which ultimately warrant was issued
What was the character Of those ciaimsf he would
give them @r Keysers own evidence He testneo thAs
nc the time had claims against tho County OF nov
York. , ..,,....u, n
then continued They would find the 10 vouchers they
had here what purported 70 he the receipt OF heleI
These bills were mace mp IN very curious way oows
f tbese bills had been before other Boards Of AUDIT ana
he had some bills accrued witnm tho ist year VI w.
ssi per cent These gross frauds and no honest
man could otherwise consider them: ola ana s ns~
bills mingled and an addlten Was msao, s,
In Judging whether those were audited they cOuiu
look into the character OF the blls ana hc proP2sen
call their attention 20 some points about tnem ne hes
IN Ls hand EKhib. O. one OF these accounts NO Honou
10 call their attention 10 the internal evidence tnat
was never audited. IL was made agslhst hooouy aus
for nobody. singular fact, put 40 u was, s II
read Board Supervisor hut there was no SHsrgs
10 the county aud none TO keyser 90. ~ Ws
signed by nobody. II had nothing at IT'S head 70 SHOW 70
whom il due i was S @ i9T sSoS 81 STec ~ ehd Wm sna
NJ Tgeed f. A. woodward. Clerk" These items are
many pounds OF lead ana wtouS s yspy s,
item Which is for tin sheets around the county oour@
No was another which he would like 70 cal tneir
atfention The certificate not signed Oy hayN
Hall THIS made out 10 Iayor ol hO g ~
work done on the County Courthouse anu @ 81
NAV 10 For plumbing work and gIte-h09scs on sA
county buildings from Jan II To date faD % hn,,dnea
Another sundry bills for various county buiidhgs Ihers
were items for $1,000. over $4,000 ana over h
ali merely sundry bills rendered Was not this ntrih,1
evidence that no Board OF Audit ever sat down an.
examined these bsi IL showed that keyser tstnJd d
and tSa new bills since some Of these bits were ~ no
stated five six years Old 1et nono Vh ~ os hieh
were earlier than 1858 lie submitted TO thenl ~ .
cent men what the reasonable inference was Dus t &
these not examined by any Soiser BoSrd these
WIRE not signed with knowledge that they were eA-
charged
THE FALsrrr oP THE CLAIMS PROVED.
This was entirely aside from Garyey5 testiHop'
These accounts were false. This alteration aggoers'
,iop and surchargng the accounts much false
claim as though Keyser had had any claim against
the city As matter OF law he CHARGED thelh tnA' '"'
falsity OF these accounts was clearyimade out -.
Revser testiles aud see reason 10 doubt ~ that
his name upon those warrants Is IoiEery'
,h ts co,ints went TO Woodwards credit on the
same day the tickets show transfer o uhdV IVni
wards account to Tweeds account In Sohstde,.
n I'm the light OF human falbty. The boohs OF tss
bank show ndisputably when the entries wore maue.
These entries we're made by third party, and upce
those books you 6nd the transfers HOm MOo'"a 70
Tweed following each other as rapiuly as I"o @a"'~
10 conclude in all that has been said az to the impor
and ts result ia Important to the defendant Is i'm
portant to his family and to ms trlend, by a. cen
vlcon All these things are proper 10 De eohsde1eu & n.
inries, and you may consider them aeIe ID .I' Sa an
eyamnle 10 the community. You must take into cen-
era ion the fact that he public ohicer hoIahs
high and responsible trust, and whether pubic oIhcsrs
boding such nigh trusts to be held accOuhlaoie it
their proper fuhllmeDt. or what value, you uay ib-
1uire IS IL that iutrust public onicers Win uuuos
Dat the people cannot themselves perform they are os
10 be held 60 a strict responsibility The people are eo
source OF power in this country, aud Ves,ed power
i'm him AS your servant, tho servant OF tue peOPo
he mad duties to perform and with these trusts Ia us
nsnd his duty was to maintain strict integrity to see q
il that the public were not plundered Inc means 90
MAINTAINING these relations is subject Tor you 70 CON
,.turo ia
suggestions into the jury-room aud tell upon your so
emn oa rus whether not under the proofs DeIVTe ~
there is or il not satisfactory evidence that mr IWceo
neglected TO fulfill the duty he owed the pubic In tus
audtng of these accounts and the issuing OF hese COT
tes of audit and YOU are TO discharge that duty In
the CHIT OF the evidence and under the sanction OF yo
Oaths and should bear IN mind that there ~ no s,
ms ow character than by being false !" us oaA an"
bringing in false verdict.