The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-20
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT C0UsT.
The Trial OF Benoni Gcd
CounterfeitIEg Case.

The further hearing of the case of Benoni Howard,
who is indicted for counterieting match stamps,
yesterday before Judge Benedict ana the jury
Mr. A. H. Purdy, United states Assistant District At
torney appeared tor the prosecution and Mr. hunting
don and Messrs Bankman for the defendant.
The first witness examined for the defence was Mr..
william F. Bonynge, the stenographer who had taken
notes the testimony oil David W. ives, government
detective who had been nterrogated in regard
case before Mr.. Pierrepont when that gen.
tlemanman filled the office OF United States Attor-
ney district Counsel for offered to put
in evidence copy OF the evidence OF Ives taken
by the stenographer but counsel for the OBJ
jeced the ground that this original tran
script the The stenographer would prob
ably settle the difficulty il he read his short hand notes
Finally the Court allowed Mr. Huntingdon read por-
ton OF Mr. Ives testimony the press copy and he
had on the present Trial he he
had made before Mr.. Pierrepont
when Mr. BENJAMIN Bankman was on the sandas a WIT,
had any conversation win Rpon the principal witness
o the e at
without passing upon the question which objected
Mr. was recalled Judge
as had bee ihe BY I S1 Il
70 the man facts OF the case ed for RpSI had
was now offered TOR the purpose OF conradIctng him in
Mr.. Blankmsn then that in the fall of
sSy ne e pon sS e " to % s
n as s wo do 20 % pay e rea a ne
means That was some time in the autumn OF 1869 do
ns S the e eae 3 hm M %
~ss sa he asP Sh bm Mr. g,D Howard
ne payment Of the rent BE said that was was
me sssa na to Ne ss s 10 %
ns sr @ that II he might make
:. Mr. hoSsTds mining ope5stons i Vermont lie
sna & II Mr. III sa ne
1 ae snatch s % h LATTER 6s part S yans
asaIn third time saw Mr. kipon. Mr.. Howard and
We Ky % s
Mr. Rpon a8Sa oe M moa the @
the rent stating that he was at that time that
SSaa
~ tso% he 2! your Mr. Towards meet.
between Howard and Ripon but the remark ct MI
Rpe ssisOt the Ts
our 70 hSys o h and
made some remark to the effect that whenever Ripon
might nss6e n The city NJ sIanS@ah then Went
On 'ne Posoi oil lar hoWards house
unity q BToad%sy and EisSth avenue and sr0s %
borhood He also described the internal arrangements
Showing made y the TJ se
ention with regard to the locality and ARRANGEMENTS of
Howard and his family moved rom the in ques-
August 1858 witness mas been Mr. Howards egsi gar adj
sG great 5 Of Mss s n s sa
such the time OF the seizure Of Mr. Howards tao
,
there were no associate counsel with hum IN the
cept those at present in II; Mr. huntington called
tnio the al the suggestion OF witness; attended
the examination OF this before Mr. Pisrrepont
only day OF such examination: much difficulty
had been experienced in getting Mr. rierrcDont attend
to the matter, as he much pressed with bust
ness was sent during the whole OF the examination
Ives examined on that day; he did produce or
show at that examination any matches match
there occasion tor him. Is witness knows
to do there was occasion suggested by Mr. Pierre
pont to do witness states lawyer that there
occasion for Ives 10 produce matches boxes
there was none by the other side Ives did not
his initials: present with Howard during
every moment OF that examination; Ives did show
any match boxes to Howard ne did not produce
show him any bilfhead match boxes opened at
that examination by Mr.. Huntingdon and Mr. Huested
70 show now they were put up and If there de-
ncency in them Mr. Howard carried the bush
up April 1869 when the factory seized; he
was in process OF closing mis- business the time
factory was seized.
The evidence reported above in relation to Ives was
given the contradicng the testimony
that witness who been examined the part the
government.
Mr.. Blankman was briefly cross examined by Mr..
Purdy and other evidence having been the
case adj ourned till this morning.