New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY APRIL % 1876

sS%in.g :Ss1 es hs.s s.s my slhe.Ss; h d.
barge; understand the figures, but not the
writing; would put down the marks and
dots; Thomas Kelly transacted the bua-
ness.
A detail was given of the shipments from
the witness memorandum book, amounting
to, between tho dates, 6990 sacks corn, 1924
sacks Of rye, and 522 sacks of malt. A
long examination of the witness bills fol-
lowed. and he certified they were his and
were correct. Mr.. Kelly il somewhere In
the city.
To Mr.. Sheldon-Always took receipts
whenever tho grain went; the bills disclose
all that was purchased for the distillery to
witness knowledge; did not question what
Mr.. Fehrenbach was going to do with the
grain; the memorandum contains all there
was except one small purchase-certainly
not much.
To District Attorney Beckwith-These
receipts show all that was sold by me, with
that one exception; have more confidence
in the receipts that are the greatest mum.
ber than in the memoranda; they contain
all know of.
To Mr.. Sheldon-Don't know where the
goods were delivered, except that Mr..
Kelly was employed to attend to the bust
ness.
Thomas Kelly called TO Mr.. Beckweth-
Was employed by Mr.. keenan, to deliver
grain to the distillery boat; got the dray
receipts; witness sorted them]; portion
are by Mr.. Joyce. the rest by witness; they
are given for grain by MI. Clark at tho
boat; the grain dray receipts show the
never went across the river to the distillery.
To Mr.. Semmes-A portion are filed up
by Mr.. Joyce; had to 60 out on the levee to
get them signed after some one had certified
on the other side of the river they were
correct.
To Mr.. New-Made the collections at Mr..
Karstendiek's g store; never from Mr.. Fehren-
bachs place.
To Mr.. Semmes- it was
money, sometimes check.
Theophile Conmagere, called-[To Dis
United States distillery book This is my
book. Bought of G. A. Fehrenbach, April
4, 1874, twenty-five barrels of high wines.
The serial numbers are 482 to 500. De-
stroyed the stamps on the packages. The
entry in the books was made from Q MEM
Orandum received from Fehrenbach. (Ex
amines stamps previously shown the jury.
These we're the enes destroyed. Mr.. Feb
renbach was doing business in Mr.. Karsten-
dicks store; don't know that they had two
establishments; purchased of Mr.. Fehren-
bach: saw both in the store together; know
Mr.. Karstendiek thirty years, Mr.. Fehren-
bach fifteen; don't know their relations.
They have been in the same store several
years; don't know that they are partners.
/ made the negotiation for the purchose;
returned the barrels and stamps for dump
ing, on from No. 122, under their serial
numbers; received the creditor them; have
NO idea what brand was on the packages;
don't recollect dumping over twenty-five
barrels; the memorandum on the entry was
from Mr.. Fehrenbach; do not know the
handwriting; the 20. II. K" indicates Mr..
Karsrendiek; 1t is from the store; l brought
it from Mr.. Fehrenbach'e; the memoran-
dunn was shown Mr.. Brooks; can not recol-
lect the individual who delivere it; sup
pose it was clerk; February @, 1874, pur-
chased from Mr.. Fehrenbach seventeen
barrels with the warehouse stamps on, also
twenty.six barrels of highwines; ON the
twenty. eighth bought fifty barrels of spir-
Its; on February II, eleven barrels from
Karstendiek; on the twenty-sixth, eleven
barrels from him; on the twenty.seventh,
from him, and twenty-five of highwines
from Fehrenbsch; March 20, bought thirty
three barrels of highwines and seventy bar
rels of spirits also from him; March q,
purchased thirty-two barrels of highwines
from him and seventy. two barrels Of spirits;
the barrels were not emptied and returned
with the stamps on; the stamps were de-
stroyed. ION examination Of the stamps
previously presented, he stated they were
the ones he supposed destroyed on the bar.
rels.1 The entries on the books represent
actual transactions; the liquor was actually
and the barrels never returned;
the purchases were made as most c0nve-
nient; the entries we're made from tho
bills; these eight forms-No. l22-are mine;
did not examine the packages for dump
ing; James was the gauger, as is indicated
by "James" on the memorandum, and 0.
q. Karstendiek was the rectifer.
To Mr.. New-I bought rectified spirits
from Fehrenbach; he was . distiller and
was q recti6er.
Mr.. Lambert, partner with Mr.. Com.
clerk did the warehouse
business in our establishment; our rec
flying capacity Was fifteen barrels per
lay; did not write the dumping notices;
;he clerk wrote them from memo
'anda that he had; it was customary when
'thers we're there on the memorandum
book, when Mr.. Brooks was there.
Two memorandas were then shown wit
less, who said he supposed entries were
made from them by the clerk; they were
marked O. H. K, and compared with en-
ries in the book.
Witness was ordered by the judge to
xamine his books and memOrandas by
londay morning.
The court adjourned until Monday morn
1z at ten o'clock, and the jury was ordered
D be locked up.