The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-12
raE sElleUs,- Nesbom CASE.
Ninth DAYS rroee-u, nss-- Examina ton
~ yyttuesspa for the IRefense.

I, tha limited States Circuit Court the whole
" Yesterday was given 10 the hearing Of toe
D tim,pv in the cotton conspiraay ease. The
first witness was
q. Il. IL DUpuy,
Cashier state National Bank, recalled. Wit
nass ptt,tt,ced and identified passbDok OF
Henry Peyrhaud. syndc, with the bank.
There Ia but one deposit entry In the BOOK,
which IL dated September II, 1914. for s9sess.
the ,len,,at was made by cashiers check.
rlaeinu that amount to the credit oi Pey-
,heu1 "a syntltc Of the creditors of Bello"q,
Noblom 4 Go. There was also annIhe, account
The whale transaction was ne tplluWsi
Oh apptembr, TO- 1874, The bank bought 81
Henry peynhand check uf the Treasury De
a,artn,ent numbered A 1896, for Sl5a,s95 o.,
A. par OF ta aY w. as ed u vas ,e Y,sy AIDE
Until The fifteenth vi September on that ne
count
There were two accounts opened, one with
Henry leynhatld, syndic as mentioned hl-
ready, and Ole with Henry peychaua, agent,
f,tt Ssn.3,T 54 against this seeond account
pnvehaui drew two ehechs, one for $50 ,oot. IN
,loised Henry peycha,id; agent, dnrosted II, u,
STAMP Of thai bank the other TOR s8D,3oI ~.
similarly inlulsel. deposited IN aud paid by
10 IL tha New Orleans Canal aud Banking
As against the deposit of spa,Gas ! have
trrnaurinr them, twenty-eight checks drawn
hv peyphaud "a syndia, aggregating sas,
Ga5 on, leaving q balance. yet uilealeh tut oi
"A %. tshown two checks. one, NO y, late 4,
March IL, 1875, FOR sai3 10, and one No. ~;
dated JUNE .. 1915 fol .sti52 sa'; Witness saia
they we're drawn to Pevchaul's own order.
and hooked AZ II they had been paid to him, az
they bore bis own Endorsement
Identified the treasury check hpu9hI ny we
State National Bank Of Peyehaud, the stamp
Of tile bank and signature Of = I Kennedy,
president aud the signature OF i u. Ferris.
cashier Of the Bank of New York; also Fey
chaud'e Endorsement ON that and the other
two Treasury Department cheeks.
FELIX MUNIa.
identified pass-hnuk Of Henry Peychaud
with the Union National Bank ! made the
entry of Septemhe, Ii, 1874, and received the
dppdsit which was made On that day Cannot
remember whether II was nade by cash or
check.
Am Mavor of this ely have lived here forty
three years. have known Peyrhaud forty
years: know his character, Il. is Of the very
highest order. no thah has better fenntatl'h.
HENRY DENIS
Am n native Of this city and d n,enhernf the
bar. have known Peschaud from my earliest
trprolleetipn; have been attorney OF the in
suratice company for twenty years, during
All which time pevrhaud has been its president
lie is n man 0t most fSeellnlt entlHclpi.
Cd IT, q MILLER
recalled Il gave notice Of the distribution to
the creditors Of Bellocq, Nohtom co, In ac-
cotyiance with Pevchauds Instructions, to
parties in at. Landry; that is, the notice was
proposed 81 be given III the following manner
| had Il correspondent All attorney u W.
Landry. 10 whom ] wrote. requesting MN u
most a notice at the courthouse door; don 9
know that Il was 80 posted of my own per-
sonal knowledge
q. BABhEr
recalled Have examined the accounts Oh the
tabular statement ! found some Of the books
missing only find the cash ledger, III two
volumes | find here only four or five books:
there should be others. The missing books
are those OF Belloca. Nohlom " Go In quida-
ton and Of ], h. Bellocd y Go.
@ The witnpas was here examined AT some
length by the prosecution as to Q number OF
accounts, "a shown bo the books III court,
after which,, continuing, he said The books
hlom II Co in linnisiaton; have examined
the Fourth District Court; don't know
where they are now, can't, say when
transactions of the firm subsequent to the
time of the opening OF the books produced in
court. @
shown the account q Dr. A. Landry, wit,
ness IN answer It'd tho prosecution enid | find
nothing On tho books III BrlIpcu, Nobloin 4
o. here produced, to show that they took pos
session Of the cotton in question: these
books would not show anything of that nae
tutr. That would he shown only bv the pro
duce receipt book have not seen that book
since was in the employ Of the house, before
Tho c,.aaiun Of aRspts
Have been book keeper since 1850. There
Ia no evidence Ia these hooks to show that the
cotton was not taken possession OF by Bel
lpru, NnblDln n Go.
Al. Is l..t,t .,E{ 1.St nprtl Ii
ns the first cntry i'll tho account OF David
Raoae ID In February. 1894 Don't know
whether ii came from any other hooks
These books were opened on the tblrheth
az Scntemher. 1859. closed about June, 1896.
at the time OF the cession Of assets.
arnna NonhoM.
Am n nanhew Of A. 7. Noblom was account
sa,,ss clerk from 1859 to April, 1864 then book
kneper up to January, 1896, The Last time
naw the books they were IN Gontads Office
where examined them. Vas smplnyea iof
that purpose by Bouchard. Bouohaid and Con
rad were present, but made the examina1
lion alone. lShewn tabular statementl
/ looked over the hooks, went through some
Of these accounts, found them correct anu
made some five or six accounts current EN-
aninad the books now in court. ~ to some OF
the accounts on the tabular statement. nam..
ing thcnl some OF them correspond and
some do not; some were more some ,ess,
pevrhaud 10 be paid tor my work that Fey
chaud had nothing 10 do with the prosecution
Of the claim; that he lBouchardl was man
aging II and would attend To my being paid.
cRoss-ExAairNED.
The books In court arc part of the books
examined The others were the books, o
Beloea. Nohlom y Co, in liquidation, N,
recent examination was confined to the book
In court The accounts were not all trans
fcrred to the new books.
10 the lury-Think There is an account OF
these books with Belloea, Nobtem ~ Co,
liquidation.
10 the Prosecution Don't know how tn
entries were made ON the books from 1889 Z
1864. was not book-keeper during that time.
REDIRECT.
"a Don't remember making a statemen
of cotton purchased by Pierre Roy II
1861 and 1862 Can't state now what cottol
was bought by him in those years.
T.. Il. BERNARD
a Am a son Of Mrs. Theresa Bernardo m,
mother is an invalid. (Shown papcr.i TIL,
- SIGNATURE is my own The other signature /