, 1879-02-07

f1Fc 10 cl1llnp TIC IhFeettRatIDnf OUT 70 kcep 1t
Cul. Cooper said ne appreciated tat, admitted
that perhaps he might ba suhfett IT, sono rrtt-
cism on that score, md announced that he was
through with the witness.
W. RI. BRADLEY.
Mr.. William II, Bradley was then recalled BY
Col. Cooper. lla sad that from the t!inu ol tho
lrc oil 1877 until last summer Atr. Ilbbartl had
not been In the habit of sending In an iicmizcd
bill Of costs. tie called Mr. Htbuartl's attcntuu
to II, but novcr spoke 70 Judge B1otlgett about
It, because no complaint had been fna4le lie
mentioned The matter to Jud1e Dlu!grtt during
the time Of the Bar Association Investigation.
All tbs other Registers returned fcc-bills Mr..
nibbard was The only onu whu did lot. It was
the Clerks duty to tax tho Registers fec
bills; he had called Mr.. Grains attention to
aunc Of bis ovcrearres, a,nl IN some cascs
modified Grains fco-bi'ls himself. Nj. llbbaf,1>
would send In abatement OF Gusts a,ld dtsbursu-
n,cnts. but y waa not fec:bil slicl. as the law
entered hts fees OH ais books, which were open
to thv inspection Ut all parties, but witness Ind
never gone into Hibbard's Office and taxed Tie
fees himself. He spoke TO Mr.. Iibhurl as
many as three times abo4t h!ss no. returning
fee.bilts, because he wanted to bind up the fce-
bill with tue other papers In cacl, case. lie was
not nwarc that atioFncys had been loath to
make complaints abnut slr. Elibbard.
In answer to the Chairman, witness said he
spoke 70 Sir. N!bbard about hts fce-bllls three
Or four years ngo, A,,l told bin be ought To 0lc
item In the Clerks oice, - all the oslcr Kctls
tiers did, a!ll as he used to do before the IRE.
lie lid 10 because he thought The law required
every paper to bc kept not because it was his
duty to tax the costs.
"'D,d It never occur to You that you had
duty 70 perform in the matter yorrseifr'
"it occurred to you TINT you had that duty
to perform in regafd to Mr. cFan's fee.bt'Is,
~ INV attention was called by one of ms depu-
tics to Mr. Grains fcc-b!lls, where there wrro
one OF two itetns that thought wcru over
aW!tucss further stated that he spoke to
Jut1Ke rio<lRctt abont Mt. Ht5}mnl's nut Ieturu-
notlccd It. He did not think the Juigs
Rnuw nnythtug about 1t. A tilc1e nevcr NIT
bevn any complaint, mud sitncss' attr1tt!nn
nuyer had been especially called To tie matter,
ho never n'ade any STIR nbout Il himself.
Col. Coopes-Il!e law requires you 10 tnx The
feabils Without any eomplaint from any cred
iior. duas It mott
atr. TIradlcy-Ycs, str; hut never l,avc under
stood that thu law requires mo to make an urlg-
Thu Chairman-what do yop mcau by an
- Mr. III brsdley-Why. to make an orle,nal ta,a-
tnaks q fee.bIll fur him.
~ ND NOT ron understand that by this inv,
which aboislEs the Office Of Auditor, you were
10 stand there - the ollrcr who waa 10 SEQ to Il
tllat all tAe illegal fecs TINT had been charged
BY auy Of tho bankruptcy officers weru cut down,
aid illat you were to do this OF your owu mo-
tloui"
ii DO not know. I am not sure that haye
clcur conception that tl!at was my duty"
'ln 1S79, wllat was the registry Vi the United
StatGe District Court2h u
"Ille Suo.lrca4ury."
"WIat clseth
"lhe stecl,anics' National Bank wos dcstr-
mated us the bank Ia which :Asslgnyes ind o.iier
purites were to put money In the Dtststcs Court
uuLcr the bankrupt art."
"Suppuso nioury Was paid Into court, did you
deposit ti,st @ money In the AecllanIcs' National
''yvs, Dir, In bankruptcy"
''supp9s;,e money was paid into court Ia
"That was dessostcd lu tie auleTsca.ury."
s'supposc money was paid luto cuurt III sd-
mlraItv casest"
VI was deposited IN the sub-rrcasnry."
Witness further said shat 81! moneys puld
Into court are deposited In tho 8ub-Ireasilry,
except BANKRUPT lnoIieys deposited under tlle
rule Ut Court designating tl.e depository. Thu
National bank Of Illinois had beea tic 1ep0sIt-
Dry Of thc court since tho arrlne or w,uicr OF
1911. Witness had been q Director of It since
Its or1anlzation: Tile bank paid nu tutcresl OIL
deposits. Mr. iltbbarl was stoekholdc1, bur
Judge hlod9ctt Haa 10 l!owxy connected With
Tho bank, md never haul been. 4 number Of
his fa.nty WAS very small stocktolticr. VT.
lcss Hus on tho Discount Comn,itlco OF tic
BoasA Of Directors. During tt,r pust tiyc years
tlo bank bad made two small loans to Judge
sloaSstt = .. 1wS = steo years ago thu Judge
III auswes TO TIC Chairman, witness saitl that
tl,ess ltans had been tn nu rrApgct whatever OH
any dttIerrnt' terms tlau money loaned to any
J1dge BlodEett asked lcaye to exp1aiu tl,ut in
the spring Of ts7o hs borrowed sl,5DO, at,l had
previously borrowed t9b00
IL auswee to Ms. t:oudy. Mr. Dratilsy aail
t!4at Judge Blod9ett kept hls regular account ut
uss bank In question.
On cross.exainnatton witness described the
poa!tlon Of the rooms Oh The court llo1r Of tho
Republic Lie Building, those VI thu officers be-
Ing un one ttdc OF the hall aud the courts ou the
othcr. le Ia! not cxan,tue4 Atbbara's fcu-
books. but had been u his oIlice al..i knew they
were these. In the Registry an account wss
Kept with the Circuit alnl District Court, debit
nrss a!waJs made the drposits III The Sub.
Trcssufy. Thc fun.ls xere drawn out upon the
o9dsr Ct either Tie District or Circuit Court. the
check being signed ~ ono of thc jndges and
tered Of record. IhcFe had been IRON $4,000
to SooooQo In tho Registry for the last tour Or
Ia {s.F' All Tue ,s sa'ass s,, now W: sdo".
sourt 70 tnta tho Registry. liz hankrups
funds did not 20 through the COURT 1T alI, but
were depOs'ted BY the AssIgHccs, and drawn out
By them upon checks c9unterslgped either by
practice Wa for Iiibbard to cuuntsrslgt, them,
but the Judge could do 1t uuacr tho law. liz,
however, had noTes known OF an instance.
BRADFORD HANCOCK.
Bradford Hancock Ma sworn mud examined
By Col. Cooper. As xas In tho "Rscciver and
Assteuee business iu thu State and Federal
courts" Hs kept hls account 1t the National
Rank NJ [t]InoiS and ulwaYA had. In raans