Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-02


Contested Deci-Ths Statement
sceured by Darnes-osher W.T.
ucsses.
On Saturday morning Court convened
a. D o'clock. John s. Bates, formerly
Juusce Of the Peace in Bear Valley. va
the frs, witness called. He testified As
follows: reside in MERGED. California;
have resided In Bear Valley from 1858 to
1862 am sixty-fve years old; at Bear
Valley was agent for Wells. Fargo 4 Co.,
Postmaster and hotei-keeper; was also
Justice Of the Peace Of Township No. ?;
in September. 1851, l held the Office Of
Justice; kept hotel from 1854 to the timo
l left in 1862; think I was agent for
Wells. Fargo 4 Co. for over n year
think I was Postmaster until tho time l
left. Witness was shown tho deed and
said: That Is my handwriting and my
signature, but I 10 not remember when 1t
wa. done or when I Acknowledged II have
no recollection VI tho event there IL no
doubt in my mind but that John Bishop
did acknowledge before mo that instru-
ment DO not think I would take an &C
k~nowledgment or certify to one without
the man appearing before me /; tirst heard
Of this case some time ago; Mr.. Barnes
spoke 10 me about one year ago about the
writing on this deed ; he did not show me
a Photographic copy l do not think
I would know John Bishop. To
judge Sawyer-Therc Ia no doubt at
all in my mind as To that being
my handwriting. In 10 to =
question by Mesick witness said (: Barnes
came to mo in MERGED and asked me i'll
remembered acknowledging = deed from
Bishop TO another party ; / told him no (;
he then, at my advice. went 10 MERGED 10
look at my old docket. but returned In q
/ few DAYS and asked me II I would sign Q
/ par-r 10 the effect that I never made such
| An acknowledgement ; I told him I would.
/ anl iil, hut when We went before my son.
| who was a Notary Public, no (my son)
said I could not sign il. as an acknowledge
| ment could not appear on q Justioo's
| docket: I then either ran q line through
| my name or INV son iid NJ INV request:
| ,binL he did n: Mr.. pey also spoke 10 mo
-, 4, anil nv .o, sbove.l me . pboto.
IN. III In ~hi.h I r..o..
1919 ~ ,;ns .,J my .i,natnr.. 7 sar
IL o,,sI Jaai aLa,; \ VEL 400 On
-sami,stion wine. admitteJ that
A.. Mi mo-, rscoIi..,, how m.nv aclpovI.
| elgmsnt. he took. but asserted thai h, re-
msmh.r,,i h.yIpg made ACKNOWLEDGMENT
M ,hc JeeJ i'm question. Witness was
sskrI IN Jnv mn an Acknowledgement. but
~ ,o, n.,yn,s from recent illnes.
,o writ. lie further stated. Don't
,.u.ml.r John Ri.bop. kn.v Given
AMI ID. panli don't remember San-
| born, have no recollection Of the deed
| other than the acknowledgment: I remem- |
Der some one bringing the decd TO me ;
dom, know who Il Was; remember Of
barnes coming back from Mariposa; told
him I would sign a paper To the effect that |
I dill not remember ANYTHING about the |
deed. and lid so; I lid not swear 10 Ii, be |
causc there was a clause in il that referred
10 an acknowledgment ON the docket; l
vent 10 sign II before q Notary Public: my
sou was a Notary Public. and l went be-
fore him: he my son) read ID over to me. |
and I would not then sign II: l told my |
son 10 draw the pen through my name;
don't think that there was a lawyer pres
cnt namcl Ward: think there were only
three Of us pre-ent-Barnes myself and
son; don't remember John bishop; knew
most OF the people there. Tho cross-eK-
animation was continued AZ great length.
without resulting In anything important
other Than what Is gwen above. |
Z. True resident OF Silver wy was
sworn reside IN SuV,r Ci'y IN ioo'i
resided IN what IL virginia now went
there the 10th or 18th OF June, lsJ9 went
there about the time the Comstcck lode
was struck in the Fall Of 1859 was part
owner in what was known a. tho Califor-