The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-11-14
CREWS vs. REAMs.
This viii be ,emenlbered i. suit for the

settlement OK u partnership business,
brought by IT,. Crews Of Granville
against II. A. Reams Of Durham, pending
for some time ID Granville Superior Court,
and by consent of parties referred 70 the
final arbitrament and award Of NJ. Me.
Gehee Esq. The hearing took place at
Oxford during the past summer, COL y. G
Edwards and NJ. ". Lanier appearing for
the l,anlIff, and Col. J. ). Amis and Ma,
Graham for the defendant The business
OF the firm Of Crews 4 lseans, and after,
wards Ii. A. Beams. hal been the manu-
frlure Of plug tobacco, conducted In
Granville la 1868, and afterwards removed
10 Person and carried on until The Spring
Of 1870. r. J. Crews afler the summer Of
1868 residing In Savannah. Georgia and
attending 10 the sale Of the manufactured
tobacco through the firm Of Thaxton Crews
& ca. The defendant claimed that u
settlement had taken lIlacein tile Spring
or 1872, os all matters except the casts aud
expenses ofsuits IN the United States
Courts growing out ofalleged violations Of
tile Revenue Law. This was denied by
The plaintiff, who insisted there had been
no setllslnenf and brought SUIT laying his
damages as l,ighlas S.o,ctOO. The trial
lasted for more than 80 days, and the
evidence, which was written down, a
great deal By question and answer, ex>
tended "a about $50 pages Of legal cap.
The attack Of the plaintiffs counsel WAS
opened by evidence, tending toshow that
tobacco llad IeeI sold on account Of tie
defendant after the close OF operations Ia
February 1870; aud upon this p,aintiii RES
ted his vasse The defendant WAS then In
troduced aud admitted tina: there WAS
ssnis tobacco sold AFTER the cllsc q the
operations, aud sl,owsd thas the proceeds
llsd been accounted for. and brought into
settlement Ia the Spring Of 1872. lie ex-
hib:ted both tile calculations made by him
self, and the plaintiff, nj thai tims, anu
tile result reached by them. lie also gave
. list 81 all payments made by him after
that date aud pointed cut some omissions
made III said settlement, aud als., claimed
that the books ofThaxton Crews q Co.
Snuld show lilo plalniiif more largely in-
dsbled to the firm of II. A. Reams, than
was admitted In the settlement Of 1877;
and that including this aud interest tie
plaintiff was Ia his ,iel.t 5000. Then be-
gan cross examination lasting for nearly
- days, going into almost every item ut
lie books KEPT by The defendant, aud iIlto
all tie mimu,ia Of the tobacco nIanufac-
Iure, Ine SUMS received aud ~ whom paid,
the reasons therefor. aud The technical
terms of tile trade, the investments made
Tor the benefit thereof, and ag.neral dis
coyery VI all matters pertaining aud re.
iating thereto.
Tie redirect examination Of the defen-
danl occupied almost day and half,
aud was mainly directed 10 a fuller ex-
hibitof settlers of plaintiff and OF the
knowledge on Ills part ~ the various
matters referred To Ia the cross examina-
ton aud hls approval thereof; aud upon
TINS cUuHsel huHWuhNed THAT hhe Nsich-
dant clUsed his case.
some evidence was introduced IN re-
buiIal, but mainlp upon pointsnot directly
relating 10 Tie operations after 1868. aud
the care was ei,p'ei wi,houttle Introduce
tim % the plaintiff as witness.
After few days for consideration fthe
testimony, the argument was opened by
COL Edwards for plaintiff. followed hy
Mai. Graham and Col. Amis for defendant,
aud closrd by Mr. Lanirr FOR Tie plaIutiii'
after patient Investigation Mr.. MrGehee
has fled his award TO illis firm ofGran-
silIe superior Court, determining that tile
defendant have Judgment Tor $95l, lrxrlu.
ding ~ We understand all consideration "
the dealings of the parties with TlIAxlon
Crews q COL Thus ends cruise. la which
the GOLDEN Fleece WAS not bnugllt back
but tie "sIiearers were shorn.n and al.
% paper have bceu DIES.
troyed, our friend II. 4. liraiUs comes oaI
We offer him our congratu.
la,iuns and hope he may be as successful
~ ubivining tie "0nc thing needtul" ~
his Judgment rs In Fine Wrappers ansi
Fancy smokers.
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