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the part Of the defence. He statedtha he was
State treasurer from December, ET2. In De-
cembcr, 1872, near the Christmas holidays,
Woodruff brought him a certificate and told
Merriam was. Woodruff replied, laughing
Nv. thathe did not know, md that the officers
and clerks Of the. two houses had drawn
it up M apresent for him. He had indignant.
ly told him to mark the certificate cancelled
and unused" and sign II In his name, which
he did. He(witness) Ind then informed Wood
ruff thatif he ever made any such overture to
him again he would see thnt he was indicted.
During the subsequent four years of his term
Woodruff Ind made repcuted ovcrtures to
him in order to try and get payment OF his
appropriation for printing before the work
wasdone. In the matter Of the printing of the
my Woodruff the SN.NO before the work was
done, md held back the money from him.
n nns Tssuts by him wus Sal SS. n The tirs, is.
sue was on the IitI Of Dccembcr. isT3. and the
Inst ,ssur nm lBth Decpniher liza Icorand
Hon o of tho Henmhlicnn pr,ntinu 1,om-
ESonSe Of these pav certificates were issued by
him 10 INV legislative EXPENSES in anv way.
In reply To the charge tint some time before
December 9th Cardozo hnd nm interview with
In which he informed them that there was n
balance OF $1,000 of certificates OF indebted
ness on hand, md agreed TO the arrangement
OF the S4,OW certificate for C.. l., Fink fort, tho
witness snid: That before December 9th he
could not have known what amount of Ger.
Aiioates Ind been paid for Legislative eXpcns-
en-, because there had not been one cent
until December rIith:: TINT thore cHuld have
been no margin OF certlticcs because lone OF
them were issued up to December IL, 1871.
He knew tll8t there wns an enormous over
issue OF certificates ench year, and did all he
could to stop 1t. After the appropriation was
exhausted he always refused to pay these
certificates, Before the appropriation was aS-
hnusted he paid them AK they came in. He
: thought the 0ver.issuc In these certificates
amounted t0 suit siOO!UO.
He denied knowing ANYTHING about the
Frankfort certificate, and claimed never to
have seen It before. He did not reccollcct ev-
er having puid It.. 1t might have becd pnid by
his clerks. as ne frequently len checks signed
with thom to he fillnd out to pny claims out
OF particular appropriations.
~IleuIso denied any knowledge Of tho F.. l..
christopher certillc'ite. nc did not know
when and how II was pnid. He did not go to
Washington with the committee for whose
usc this certificate was drawn up. He had
gone by himself and paid his own expenses.
With regard to the transaction with Wood
ruff concerning his S2N, QUO claim, he said
Woodruff put In u voucher containing an
iteinized account OF the charge. which NOUS.
ured nearly six feet long. Subsequently II
was charged that the voucher was fraudulent
and contained double entries. He hinlell
knew of one fraudulent claim OF $500
Woodruff cnInc to lin. and Offered to mike
1t of great advantage to him " lie would Civ
him bnck that voucher md allow him to put
in q small one containing only the total
nInOut. He refused to do this, and rejected
the bride scornfilly. -
In December. 1873, II there had been a mar
gin OF undrnWn appropriation Of any accoun;
he could easily have procured the certificates
Mt ,s low MS ten cents on the dollar. md have
dii..d m The amount and pockrted the differ
encr.
On the crosse examination Gen. Conner
S wns an ' ower.Issue Of certiSca ue tm tbi.s
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