The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-10-26

sofa 70 the house OF 0cNOmlle q Gross.
Another VS. loss On some -four, cold to
man named Spencer, uhoas christian name |
| do not Fecollect.
The amount Of that los vas between
three and six hundred dollas. did know
| the exact amount al, but do not remember
II There was some other small account
which at the time when j left Hill, An.
| thony II Co had net been collected, and
| which in the aggUgate were less than the |
| inst two have mentioned. / do not re-
member ~hom they were against, nor the
amount oi either Of them. Calling them
Losses, the aggregate OF their LOSSES dbl not
exceed two thousand dollars. l cannot
state the amount or give the items any
nearer than ] have done in the above
statement.
To the sixteenth interrogatory :he witnsss
says:
Either Robert l.. Hill or George 7. An
lhony. | think Anthony did give me .
statement Of their loses in business s,ls-
tanned while l was in their employment.
He gave me suck statement in the city
ii New York, about the middle Of Novem-
her, 1861 a. near as ] now recollect the
time. such aslrin.iri was in writing.
cannot annex the writing or copy Of it TO
INV aiswrrs to these interro:a:ories, for the
iei-on that have entirely lost said writing
s,i :. .nnot find it, and have no copy.
have been anable 10 find il for the last five
years or more. have at different times
during the period looked for it in every
place conld think OF where II could be,
without being able to find il. am sure il
is lost or destroyed cannot state the
contents of that writing any more definite
~ than This, that it stated their losses to be
'i'' -an,s As have stated them in my an
-wrr 10 the fifteenth interrogetOry, and
showed the aggregate TO he not over two
thousand dollars. ! cannot state the
amount Of any particular loss, or by whom
or how sustained, or the amount Of the I'M
collected accounts, or against whom they or
any oil them were, as stated in that wiring,
any more definitely than ! have stated the
same in NV answer to the fifteenth interrog-
aiorJ.
la answer TO the seventeenth interroga-
tory, the witness says:
"ln stating the amount Of the losses Of
1Aili, Anthony n Go IN my answer to the
Fifteenth inierrosatory. ! did 20 both from
own knowledge derived from my ac4uaint-
ance with the business and sfiairs Of Hill,
Anthony X 20, and from the writing re-
ierred to in my answer to the sixteenth in
terrOgatory. l knew all that the writing
told me ahout those losses from my knowl-
edge OF the business independently OF the
writing.
In answer TO the eighteenth interrogstory,
the witness says:
".just before | started to 90 West the
first time on the business OF Hill, Anthony
~ Go, got statement at the Commercial
| If X N in
a cash eapital in their business Of siytv
thousand dollars. / took that statement to
Mr. Anthony, and showed it to him and told
him thought that would be good thing to
take with me to show to people of whom |
solicited business He took it and looked
al it and handed it back to me without any
remark. l showed that statement to
Hughes n Lester. l supposed the state
ment TO he true.
Hill, Anthony 20 knew before 1 hrst
went west on their business that was ac-
quainied with Hughes 4 Lester, and that
l meant 10 see them and solicit business
from them. Soon after Hill, Anthony 4 Co
failed, Anthony told me that they thought
vi stopping business in the spring Of 1861,
on account OF the state OF their affairs,
and that dhey leally ought to have done 30
but that, on talking the matter over. thew
concluded to make an effort TO extend their
business AMI Sc II thew conld NOT r. that
way retrieve themselves 1 ,h;nk of moth
| ing eIse in answer IN The eighteenth inter.
rosa,orv Is..cN HAIJn.y
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
18th J,y al Nav 1858
Jnuv V.S S.Srwoop
Comm;ss;onsr
| THURSDAY, 18th September, 1868.
| C.u,t met u,rsusnt tn adjournment, PRS.
ent Hon David ] Brewer, Judge.
Arthur Hughes, Samuel + Lester and John
NJ Hughes Va Robert l. Hill. George III
Anthony and Isaac W Swan. partners
| a. .Ia;,;g.
IT E,;.n,J &c ,hn;r .,,a.n p .nI ~
- $500 -, I:a,,s ~" .n
ma.;n 81 H. III 80, -; ~.
60, = 80 80, -, an aa.aaJ 80
mant - iac,s .o .nt ,hp oon,, r sm hsa'a
,h me. ar;dsn.a ,hanosd n ,ha n.sa;4 s saJ.
70, ,h. nla;n,;G. and n A. ,hirs u In ir"m,
the said defendant. George T Anthony. 10
the said pI aiut,ff. the sum of ten thousand
five hundred and sixty dollars $50 5GO).
II i, therefore coDsidered ordered and adj
Indeed hy the court her. thai the said
p!aintiti4 have and recover of and from the
said dei.n5ent Geor.. r Antbony. the said
ann, al len thoussnd five hundred and air.
" dollars no 5G0I 90 a. aforesaid found
dua as we'll as all cat. in and shont this
sn;, sxa,Ja5 .n1 d., a~ao,,,;o,. ;.,,,.
therefor 10 which fndings and Judgment
said defendant Grorae II Anthem 6y his
counsel eycents