Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-14

IA III. gradually increased till the Court.
room WIS well filed.
The first witness called was Mr.. Angus
Of san Francisco. accountant OF the
Bank IN that city. In this evidence the
examination Of the books OF the Virginia
Agency. as testified to by Mr.. Osbiston.
was confirmed. ~ was also the manner
Of the discovery OF the false entries to
which Mr.. osbiston testified. Beyond
confirming Mr.. osbiston in these psrtie-
ulars. the testimony Of Mr. Angus was
that he had examined the stock transac-
tons Of the bank rs detailed ON Its
books. There were no entries OF the
sales Of n such stocks and amounts
AZ were minuted on the deposit tags OF
the Auds account. The witness had
examined with special reference to these
purported sales. and no such sales were
found.
The witness further testified as to the
false %entries. Some OF them were debts
when no credits corresponding thereto
hal been made. When there In u debit
entry there must be u corresponding
credit. In such instances the false
entry ought to be found out, unless a
corresponding amount Of money Is
taken, when the cash account Is bal.
anced at night. The debit entry could
be remedied by packing the cash back,
or by depositing some mans check for
the amount.
The witness also testified. as an ex.
pert, upon the written authority author
izing the defendant TO transact the busi-
ness OF the stock account OF L. L.. Nude.
The witness had examined the figures OF
the date. particularly the figures 1871.
Under the last Z there was an 8.
The witness stated this positively. 1t
was not only visible by tho aid OF a
ma~gnifying glass, but by the naked eye.
In the opinion Of the witness the Z bad
been made at a different time and with q
different ink from the balance OF the
date. lie thought IL also made with u
different pen-a broader pointed pen.
He believed ii had been made by several
strokes OF the pen, and then the ink bal
been wiped up before It had been able
to dry. That was what caused the
blurred appearance OF the figure. The
ink. too, had q different shade. IL ap-
peared darker, because heavier, but was
really lighter. The figures Isl proceed
ing the final Z were made by the same
ink ~ the body OF tho instrument and
by the same pen.
The cross.e1amination OF the witness
was particularly rigid and very pro-
tracted. The whole list OF false entries
were again gone over again. the witness
detailing each one and whether or not q
corresponding credit was found. The
list has already been Published in the
Nkws.
j. II. White, stock clerk in the vir.
ginia Agency Of the Bank. was next
called. lie testified that there was no
such sales through the Bank on account
Of 4. l.. Aude-the 10 Chollar. 20 Cali
%fornia. April 23d. or any sale to which II
could apply. At that date Mr. Aude
had no Oyerman stock to his credit in
the bank. lie had 80 California. but no
sales were made.
There were no sales 10 the credit OF
that account Of 40 shares Of California.
as purportel. nor Of the 20 shares OF
Cholllr at Sa5, nor the "Ophir sales
which are puTported to have been made,
the proceeds Of which were SJ.OOo. IL
is not usual to make memoranda OF the
kind on these deposit tags. The account
Of L. l.. Aude had credit for 90 shares
Of ovsrman and Is Of Confidence. That
stock was deposited.
The witness was examined particularly
as TO the taking OF the 800 shares. They
were taken without any authority what
ever and were held by the bank az secur-
ity for the indebtedness OF the account
OF 4. l.. Aude. The defendant had be-
fore taken some stock from the wallet by
authority. aud on the % day OF Novem-
Der took 800 shares VI ophir without
leave.
ON cross examination the witness said
the reference 10 the sales OF stocks made
on the deposit tags Of the account OF r.
l.. Aude, might have been made by the
defendant for his own special benefit.
Tho sales might have been made else
where. The fact that the sale OF %
shares OF Chollar at $50 is credited at
$500 would look as though the memo
rsnddm might have been made for the
defendants W reference and convent
ence. The same il true OF the memo
nndum OF the sale OF 40 shares OF Cali.
fornia at SIS made upon the deposit .ag
Of $1,000
The witness also was present SUNDAY
evening in the bank when the converse
ton occurred about the taking Of the
shares in question and the false entries
and the bonds. Witness demanded to
know why defendant had taken the
stock without witnesses knowledge.
The defendant had no explanations to
make. Mr.. Osbiston made inquiries n
to the false entries, and still he had no
explanations TO make. The substance
OF all these conversations has already
been published.
The witness on redirect examination
stated that he had compared the num-
bers OF the certificates stolen. as per
memorandum made by the defendant.
with the entries Of stocks on hand and
those certificates were at that time in
the possession OF the bank.
Recess Of thirty minutes.
After recess John Mohun. cashier OF
the bank, was called and testified as to
the stock wallet. aud corroborated Mr..
King aud Mr. White a. to the defendant
having no authority to withdraw stocks
from that wallet.
ON cross-e1aminaiion he said the de-
PENDANT had withdrawn stocks from the
wallet he supposed on authority and
given them to customers.
J. NJ. Taylor. bookkeeper OF the Con.
Virginia. California aud q. n q. shaft
then testified. showing the false entries
in regard to those companies. and W.
II. Lowell as 10 those OF the Pacific
Mill and Mining Company.