, 1879-01-30

be kept by statute; there YVES no rule OF RI =
1nircncnt making 1t Necessary. It WAS merely
for the convcnienco uf ,l,c Clerk. 1uLre Blot
Eett hail M control nf the tninutc.luox ip any
way Whatever; he did no. know tas .Iuds.,
Biptltctt ever saw II. lie Wis never, t, wit.
rchs' kno"lcdce, in The habit OF inspecting Il Of
looking at It. The docket was required IL lrs
kept bT Lar, That Was The oply ous that rAs
fclufred 30 far ~ hH undcrAtood the psactive
ntIu the law.
Mr. bradley further stated that he wa. NOV
prepared 10 n''sScr 7neatlon nskrd by Tie
Committee in the morning which be was tilc:,
unable 10 answer. lie found eleven Instances
IN which tie ia5'a nrhec'ngs had been carried
nit,ng t1 anks on the opposite page. Tt,osu
wsre on Artii rnd 10 md Aua. 8, on paye
back, in which the entries wctn mahc on tho
opposite rage IN tho game wsr precisely, IN
page lt4 Of the ninute.bopk; md also Oh paxb
i!v 1t was carried back from thu pa:o on wticI,
blank payc. nndcr dhtc .nf Sept. II.
On pngc .5s the proceedings Ut Dec.
10 were ,carried to tic L'ants on The prcvlo,ts
page. II was possible tlIut rntres were f,ad.3
IN the minutc.buoh fu ca*es wllcrc ttr ordcr.
came to tl!e Clerk at date subsequent 10 IT,.
day IN which thc oslcrs were made. 10 that
wien pare had bceh filled uE-ntal the nrxs
page commenced. The clerks would ttansfer
them tH the blank page preceding. Attorneys
hail snfnltmcs Kent nrslars fur dar uF twu 3D.
tnrr they wnltll1 bring them in, attcr getltuE
:srf:t ffom the Court: Tic had knnwn them to
take ortlrEs with the Endorsements Ut TIC Judge
lilotn them, hlI1 not return them 10 his ofll.,
for day Or two. Il Vas quito possible TINT
when tf,at was ,'one, md N" ortl.rs 1hl nut
ders were mule was past. mil lie puge WINS
filled MP. llr orders wnulh hc nit on tile rrr-
vinus pMgs, Vllere margin 1,al i'een lcft for II.
lie sotll mt h''eak OF that irom personal
fa nnsrcr to Mr. tloudy. TIN: witness sa,l
that when papers wrrc brought to ha olllcr Nv
aftorncys IT, ting lna,iner lie llau stated, they
we're marked itiet1 - the Inuneut tie rlrri,s
Rot them. The practice was to lic them wien
They Mclc tlcltfesed.
On further examination by Mr.. Cooper, tho
wttncts .a!u tint II oil order came III IRON, .,i1gs
was fccsfTed OF thu lis: hy the Cserk. he knew
Ut 10 pra"tcc except 10 l1ie the paper wheu tt
vas received. IT. WaA II conclusion that liz was
hurd!y prepared to subscribe to. tlat an urIcr
was ':,'ns.dercd as VI ,lir date when lie judge
passed i. Cnlcss there was hu.nr s2cclnt utreG-
stun t0 file 1t rs of thus ia.e, thcv would His It
whc.l t1ry tecclrei y. II the record was ope',
IT would f,c et'fcrrd In ,hr or,lcr n'wcll It was
1nadc. II i wns perfectly clear, distinct. nu.t
definite. II thr Judge liked the datc upon which
hc male ttle order, It woud bo entered as Ut
% TIT aate; u the iesori w. w. not open; they
ters material orlcr. BY 1lle rcsur1 being
!'pch he ntraht wl!erp these orders were sprrud
~ cxtensb upon tllr record ~ distinetfop froln
blanks wrre left IL tn. rr.or1ihook 1o enter oF+
dcrs, When the Clerk runI not write up ,llr reg
orl: but IL was done very seldom in bank
ruptcy. |. hnd Aonlrtttnes tcen dune Ill
distributions In ndnralty, whers It MAS tul-
possible tu gat lou. ar.1er VI distribution per-
teet Or euMElcte. AMI q ilank page was leii On
wl,tci, to enter thit dittribusIon. Hlcrc orlcrs
had e,u,u In which could not be cutrrrd up ut
lhr tnc, blank l'ad t,eru LETT fur the entry Ut
the 'g.ct III tts urOp1r tlace un ,llr record, but
1t Wa very rnrGly uale: It sometimes Was dono
upDn the chtncsry r1ruTd.
ln answer tD the EnairnlaH, Mr. Bradley said
IL wus tile rruetlce In III. ntrv to uDte pAaer
tlle'l IN the uay u which IL was delivered. fta
rc3urt Ut an Assignee IN bankruptcy WINS He'd
III, u girtn lny, nisu banded 10 llc Judge, anal
tie Judge n,aaie memorandum on TINT reuort.
= Enter osdcr.n anu ~ forth, anl II WIS 1sut
tiAu!cd to ,lle Clerk lor day ur Two afterwards,
ao mtg would be i'A,ie q It until ilrr got tho
tended UIpn The 1uurnai, It Wuuid be put unlcr
the .'a,a OH which the Court tnatlu tt. nrdtr, IT
there WAS AuyihIhg to determine ttn tIatr. X
,r1e was nothtnx ut al! II 4eicrIninu II, escrp:
II simple lncInoralltlum, they wul!u nut iG usl.
rrrur.t whcY tit. orlcr was brought Ia. Both
Jul ~ l)rumnl"lldaM judge nludRcttf fregusutly
Teluscu to ltN'S Ut paper, ,or "pcn!t, nmH 1t had
been tiled With the Clerk, n,nl they lla1 ire
qucntlY rrtn,ttcd parties ii !he clcrx'. olco to
'lie pai,er before they would lnai Ut It. Wheta
ii icts'nl ur application MAS He'd by MI As:
sttii"e il tt u cci tain date, aud the IudEn vi
tt,. !. u! taat pei.ltun nude IN tutiurseIlcnt.
"Enavr or.trr." etc.. Wien iltat 0:urr caiia to
b. cnscrt.l on ,lIe ruror l-,>nk, ulea, there VAS
u lay tics,guated lit the order It would be cn-
tcrg1 on the day it was received. iltut would
not hc iii absolute md imperative ruiz. Sollu
urlers required tu pu entered 0t re:Ura that t,:
lerrctl to day: rule 10 allow cause. nr an ur-
DIR of that character, ,nust bs entered c.:ral
unult,cr OF days bctoru thu expiration ut tho
rule; but uslal!y, where there was nothing spe-
ctal to dessuate ii. or.!crs wtuld be entered lhs
DAY Is} wsrc haaded in. =, tl"' record Journal
w;lA In tI.e handwriting of Mr. Cupu: itte uoctiut
fHrtlt III t1t .jWrit}ny nf MF. Tam
partly sIat Ut Mr. Eraus.
In at'twcr to Ny. l.apl!ain, The witarss stated
t1lut ~. copp a'll Mr.. EyAus wrtu employed by
I,ulsclf, nut uraotistel hy Tic JudEr. lie In
trusted tl!tin io links entries ~ ,f!r minute
book without .lirceth,l.s tram hl,n. Cuu.tru:t-
lively iI,cY would tt under the ulre.tluu oi tie
judge. II lie Judge hau my tilEet ttotIs to
iaasa, II Ii was III bankruptcy, hc w"uii scuL Il
IT, tue deuut, In Charge NJ tbs bankruptcy mat.
trrs. n'are frequently. probably, than liz would
to tho witness himself personally.
II. l.. TNLAt.AS.
Henry t. To!lnan. Iaw-rrportcr for Tua
CliCAno TRlHuSs, was tho nsxt witnvss ex-
an,lhcl. tte statcd, in rcplY to Col. Couprs,
tiMt lle tad bcen cnEuRed la,y.rcpostcr siugt,
September, ls1a. Its duty WAS to take synop.
sis uf afl tl,at crrretl III the courts not COM
petu rces,r., but everything Vi general hnpor.
taucr. In April, ls74, llu gut thu orders .nala
tn bankruptcy cascS from tic n.inutn
luok. II the entries did liut show what tEt,
yla,artcr nf tlie ot,trr was, lle wud also make
Inquiries Ut tho clerks, VI 20 TT tl,u papsrs.
HE TN,nuNE of April, IH74, eouta!nru an iteta
at1otIt ,lie sale 1T sol4e desperate accuuuts and
Judgments by William V'ekr, as Asa!:uce ot
the tirrsaau|a Insurance Company. Witness did
not tcport u.t application made TN tte 9Th Ut
April ~ Tie Dl.stlet Judge rciat,Ye to tho tll'
postum !.,ade BY the AusIg11re Ut twn shares OF
Il. L. lirsng. sevllrad by III nuics u: thu
sts1fs-zes"ay E0Httasur: he d.u h.t Know VIII,
but ,,rcsuulcai 0cca,.se le uid Eut EnoN Vi H.
1t wa1 = matter whlcll lr woulI Iilye Iudgca Ut
sufficient tMpurtaIce to publish. Hs was
familiar Will! tue ut.c7.l,o0I wlIsl WAS kept.
II Ae !saA eeen Tie me.aorass.u.n on page ~ u
the minute took with rclcrrnec to lll'' Gertasl'a
ln.utusacc Company, It would ltatu s't hlIh upoa
!u.u,1y. Hs Lad nut ,le slightest trru!les:i"h
wHe:lit's II was urfr Ut !!c s'u.e b. m4!s W
hts rcpurt, hut he wonl hare u,stiucsIlonubly
Looked tl,r u,atIer W 1t he Ind .reI! It. II 1t
hul lrsu IN the Luus un tho 'th of april h"
Moa!l hasu scsu l.. i. did nut tlnd n Iits.
of r-port made hy WtlssM Yoke, :as.iguse o!
the Eer,nal,ta Insurance oinpa'y, iueofllpan.c4
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