, 1875-05-27

III Al could not te't.
MAYOR ooLT1K.
Tho MA1of vas then sworn anhject to objeo-
Lion. api Examined hJ Nj; fen'e.
Q.-Did you receive the otinlon in 7ueston
fran sir. .ramosou7 Al did. lrsausssod It,
and no delivered II 10 me.
o.Ewhst :. I. ID you do With '' AL think
Q.-Wi.an ,l,d you soe II sgaini AL cannot
ehv that evor aAw It aEaln.
Q.--Wero you Waited that day by any OF tho
Ahisr,nen7 Al think probably Wa, by per-
hap1 fur or i've.
U.-l)o YOU remember ahowng tho opinion TO
any ons of tilo.n7 Al do not remember show |
ink 1t, except to ono man.
Q.-Who was tha.7 Aid. Dixon.
Q,-Dia You doiivas 1t to hIn9 Al may
Q.-lJid any Of tho Aldermen asterwarrls dis-
c,isH te matter With you; that -, prior TO tue
time tic votoa wtse canvhsaenf A.-Mo thkea
great deal ahons It from dsy to ~, . oi. . 10
opinion. had 20 entirely forgotten II that.
whom / camo into court this morning, II ! hal
gone onto tho stand, would laEe aaorn bad
Maycr Hcen it.
Q.-rho opinion, thea, waa not considered Of
much cousoaugaces A.-f4at IL aflotuer tnat-
ter
Q.-You remember An opinion that was after"
wasds given by tlle Corporation Couaasl and tho
Q.-Uil not Aid. Fotoy aud Hildseth talk to
you about JamleHon's opn1on2 Al would not
Bnear positively that they did not. II la my ir,-
rfeshion t'atseycral Aldermen salaed aboa. It.
rafsy Ii .d "e'Ses Seo, 0a h@Yos: e'ea 'sa' 'D'''
Q.-Was no. tia. dono at the solicitation Of
the comm,steo Of the coTmon couuciif T.
Yes they authorized It. Wien hasls1ed my
power, favored tI,otr employment and notified
iLe eentIemen that desired then 10 otllciate.
Q.-Was 1t not becauso OF Ja,nieson's opiulon
thov wore eugsgcl7 A.-Sot at all. -.
TINT opluion. why did you put She city to tl1e
expense ot employing four additional counsel
Ain the il1st place. four Noror, knoW that
we had a large delegation OF men, self-coastl.
tuted, known as the Ci'zene' Assoelation:. fre OF
whom these gentlemen [the attorneys for the
cotuplainantsl saprosent, and proposed as
Mayor Of the city, to defend tho Common Coun:.
cit With AS good 1t Ieaat as they Ithe Citi7ons'
Ahsocision could produce; 'n o.. thnk. i i
I over, yon will ,iud that they arc. [lauEhter1
Q.-You felt TINT tha cltys counsel {Janieson
aud Adamn) wero not competent 70 d,sohasge tAe
duties imPozod upon thasn3 ALI your llouor
| Tue fact was Jameson was City Attorney ADJ
ans WAS Asnhtaus Corpns ntion Counsel. but vas
engaged Ia athas matters Of great importance !;
and Judge Dekey was abaont. Ms. Janiexou
vas opposed to tho adoption Of the act Of 1872 !;
wo wcto IN favor of 1t; and was not quite satla-
fled that Mr. 1amiebot's mind would bo uubf-
azod. Now. salk things just as tasy aro.. !
call them BY their right nnluoa. That Ii the fact
aoout it. I asked him to submit the opinion to
aud Baid he would bp glad to have mo do II.
Q.-lIow il 1t that. after such coaycraaefon,
you could have forgotten tho opinion entirely :
A.-Welf, s!r. cannot tell. ! aavo 20 dlsposl-
| tion 10 dsEuisc one word Of the facts or the
truth; hut upon my word Of honor, lad for
gotten entirely about 1t.
AID. DIXON
was then called. .........
op,n!on7 Al saw 1t, beiio7e, tic day 1t wss
Odd you receive It from the slayor7 A.
Q.-7pia yon show i e. to sny T.; Of tho Aldermen
Q,-After it was published IN tho nswfpapcrs
did you hayoany conversation with Adermea In
reference toi.1 A.-Nos tha. ! remember.
! AID. CAMPBELL
or hoa1d Of il until ihls "Wednesday morn
o.-Do you read tbs newspapers A.-Yes
when my business a1lowa.
Q.-Wiil you awasr that you did MT read tht
opinion? AL will not swear sny aich thing
o.EDii you road The TRIBUNE the morning
after tho injunction Eaa iasued7 Al ma!
o.-You no not much interested in this mat
ter? Avery slightls. LLau8hter.l
Q.-Ana swear that you ueyer heA't ct IN.
opinion until this nornlng7 Al do1't think
, over heard OF IL until this morning,
bodied In tue interrogatores q. Al under
stood tho intolrogato1!cs wcre 1loa ta!' morn
, Ing. IN. .,ar
Q-Did you know what qneee,5fanrso ~, x9a var r
answeranE Wnan sou mh.t et,sear TO- l, 1t
was mentioned In the tnseo snotico il. II I lad
TOO slight Importance to p IND - i'1 MI ~ ,unnnas =
never heard Of 1t befoE.e,i riyen.
there had been such ..Ewercd .ho intos1cgatory
: nn,ior oasbI i@.aas haa never soen t.
s.,or, fneve- SAW the opinion, and did nj neaf
~ = st.ifjl trn OK three days sgo.
W -piu you read the newspapars tue daf hftct
~ iuiunc.!ou WA lssuodi Al pEstasno
Odd you road the oplulon7 A.-S't that
~" o.mw.il iii you swear tl.t you did not7 Al
will swear that did not.
Q.-Dld you consult With the Asyor about 1t
ak 3D. 2n!ts oi 1959s5 t5s sdseneo a'a .b0u
Mr. GoudY then read tho an.wass Of the Alder
men and counsel, and also thea3 to
TIE SUPPLEMENTARY 1STthhooATohK!.
: / Mr. AIA{us Ip hia 4ABwer, ahted that b. Wae
present in court At tho time sf tue Application
; Gayinu boau informed by clerk in the l.kE Do
, partuient that lo WAS wantel By Judge Wllams
! that ho stated to the Judge, that he ~ ther 10
. | for tue nFRk ktNo tctRfFA sNs
sppfcation for m ipjunc.ion ; that lie bid no
considered tho subject and was ny P1pe
!. WAS actually engtged 10 csee progressing bc
= foro Judge Jsm:son In tho Superior Court 1hlct
" lid Leor on lrtal nearly SIX weeks; thk sh
a counsel for tic defense xers mailing their rg.1
snant, aud was his duty to. roply; that :udg
= I1ioEey VA, absent from tue city, aud woull no
y DO back ,util tho following Thursday tias b
= had la no oppossuntty 70 consult wit. e. q
. IA is;s limo 30 to d. and tAst argument niel,
!. i,e dIsirnllo before tho Court took any rsio
70 ~ "a matter; thlt the Court atAted tht h
valid hoar tho bill rsad, and the bill hwin
tstu raad, tho Court expressed the ortutou tina
III made rslma-facio ca1o for An injunction
t4at le [AdAms1 thou aald ha nada no tama
obleolun for tie reason that II wha mol hi
: habit 10 ohjsat TO An opinion expressed BY th
1 t'ou.t, unlsss prepared 10 sustain such ohietlo
lty reasoning and argument that the Courtthe
slated that, under Tho practice Of tue 64pcn'
i cofsactncsn Of which no acoeded, anh did MOI OF
p ltos to temporary orller tor the reaaon thai "
It Judge Lad already e1p1ossed Eli opinion tha til
writ should issue.
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