, 1879-02-02

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! Tfte Chafruan..nfd vo,, roa,-a . .a,.,h f,, Aha
draft Of The indictmenta -" 1AAAe osa III 1ol tD'
Jut7pe Ranrs-No ~. r ,-;11 ,.na ,.,a rat ri
If it w.s nrreerrod W. W.! senu anp r.. -, =
vas nreserra5 W "ot Aao" "ne1"ei II
- :rha ~ 1.ha;.,... 49, ,u
eoa 49, 4ne totn1nlttee "oo4o Aae "
1,,ats 49, pa.
crand nangs Nsnt on to TESTIFY tnaI tas y
asu 1a"s caly were occupied quite numpe o.
oays IN lnquir1ng into the conduct Of bank n
uuhtsJ uthJ oneAs One holcSnent aealnss ~ ~, l.,
n.uoAo cna1Reo hlm WITH taxing Illegal lees ~
4ute as = 9onoer o. cases, possioly he..r tMene1,
iLey hao al Ills Textbooks, ami ran "a tnrousu
ment z, covered only three c:ses, amounting 70 70
slo.oV Inc reason was that 1t was necessary ~ "
SEE lhem out with some particularly, anu maAe
each the basis OF count and perhape 1ne "an' m
o. time prevented there beng more pus -
Those that we're the most susceptible Of PROOF,
and leading cases Of 1rregulat1ty IN cna1etnl: INV
tees, were selected, as he undefs.oou' an1 a.ni
Grand Jury found irregular 1ees II sesGta4 e.s:ns
other cases that were not 1ncluaeu ~ u.e
rnent- he did not remember sayans au5 Lille
to the Grand Jury about the hu1nues as v, e1,es.
included in the Indictment. there was W., eesa
ton IN his Office when the 1naiS1nsuss 1 t;nos
being drawn whether they should nave a s.uo ~,
to put them all in, and nls oilecLlon ~ a. h.ro w
select the prominent ana sanent ones t"0 N@'0
them carefully set out In tic lnacteue. .e;t,1o
..s4h Iii
connection Judge Blodgett eau hase VIII ;n,s ~. -
The indictment was 1onno anu tttu.a ~ =. .ha
court he Aao notnlhG " w "A'" ~ 80
world. i IN shov
A1r. Cu1person-l guess tne ooJeee - W 'n0"
general favoritisn ot HiDpafa. .e-
Judge Bangs 11rtner salo ina, uuiias H.nh" %e "a
sion OF tue drand Jury, ~ nsns ~ 49, ,o1;,, IN.
Tor bis books de o1o not 1e1ieoei h,,;d;rtr
tery1ews with hln ne "aa no9us % LIZ H. Thrift
anu Witness saw n'Il ha5 e1e'5 ~ ~ ,,atta,. wos
have told Mr. Hibbard wnen @ tas s. Ieiet n,bt WI
iaken up o1 toe .at n "a 4ai.ed ~ - the nistrict
Jaosc aoout 1t, 1ai gar' H. H;hherd M sourht
re neither aioiuGu MI -. tuua" ~ ~. Nd baenrn
nun ne lfeateu n'4 ~ JIso ho,1-s H. H;hIard
" nsn ne ~ene ~ ~ ~ fo~,es If Tonara1 ori7er nf
naEoeu nlm une ~ et1 hca,, so1, n,cst;on raise
Ic,elence, +! inIi I.fore 11i iro1d InryEh
~ tae aa ni nna Wincss did mt cai for Tie
ee olo not An4M ,nade w, ~ aTn1snoton nf
lorm' .hl. nlopa1u 20 .,ada ~ = onfr fhat that
wnat t us & was shor;nr ~ w 1e fnc anl }he service
80 a,u ~ - 49, i1non rn1iTa R1oapett osl,in9
1850, 10 ~ n,otns+ ~ H;nhord ,yos
MN "nae Sns.n,.; I'm 1,1o,, H,hhar1,s renort
oaseu upo, ~ ,'a ~ 4ha Gsno1 vao- au5 top,
VI lees ~ ~ tnS ~ - ~ ,a1.a+ ND hon1oi IL ~
copy ~ ~ tstn ~ r ,iet ,hat wac ni1rre t he
ta, tns 49, ~, .,o,h - 1b,t wae the rhtnr nnon
lasse a.1u .ne oa.n " o-,rr t,..ir d. d;1 t as'-
Mnien 1nsx ass.sueu pe. ~ ~ r-ani ~ 1nrr
juicy npuses. ~; ~ 80 ~ horinr r;rcn Az
and give us e'1uence 40 W ia'ius .1 a,,.
a.ona14 lne S eoosi. asnon ao sda+e;v az ti,a
e,n. Mleu ~ ~ the h'siness and he was ycrv much
Goee - nI .."n4;a, a .r,s. ,,,;ocY in
ndiete,v hafore tha iurv ent into conrt
pa;or 3,,s ,;n,o @ hs had not tnown that Mr.
frlor 10 tnls tlne he nau i0t hho"u tnat Ml'
Hubbard claimed tnat Juase baoogete nau slven
His understanding was that MIR. Hibbard had
mol applied to Judge Bodgctt.
The Chairman-How did that conclusion
af1Sea 1,. pon,e +,;,,- - .ros. from, sone +es-
vuuse na.s ,; tu,uA !. aAoS1 ttou T- SSe 80, 49,
t'mohT OF Mr. braales, Me Clerk. ln1fe Vas
it was Mr.. Bradley's testimony that settled my
mind that he had not. My recollection Of Mr..
Bradlcy's testimony is that he had consulted
Nr Rras1.v. md Mr Rradlrv d{1 not apree
1rj,b h;,n That was Mr. RTodiev,s testimony
-. W.T. n.a rna 49,. ~. ,,o.,a ~, onssr;nn a.
as a ~, e ~. .,a., In.3 Td,-a
Blodgett had given that construction. 1thousht
it emlncntly proper they should do so.
In answer to sir. Lapham, witness said there
was no claim or suggestion made by the jury
not rorrcct and that Nr. HibhartI wonJd still
1e 1;ab1a IT. nerinrr. He never heard That
point raised until ne was Ialklns Win Mr.
cooper, aIel LUZ 0fanu ouI. uau ~! neu.
~ answer 10 COL cooper, "1tness salo ne palo
i copy Of the perjury indictment was shown
him by the Chairman, aud he identified it as in
the handwriting Of his assistant, Mr. Baldwin.
The u,nYnnrialietS offered a FOny of the jnijrt-
e - ..1,idnoa tr;a1.d ~ its ~ varbioSa +
niens - aM SS1ApPeo ~ As' 'eA o'A6S' ~
WAS rs 1o'4o"s'
July q, 1876, Homer y. Htbbard, being Regis
ter in Bankruptcy, duly appointed and qualified
under the laws OF the limited States then anu there
netting as Register, did come before E. 4. Drum
mond, d Commissioner OF the Circuit Court, and
then and there produced and exhibited .
certain annual report ueposltfon. ana
declaration, in his, the said Hibbard's,
writing, and subscribed W htm as Register,
for the GEAR ending June 80, 1876 to the Clerk OF
the District Court OF the United States for this
district. OF the total amount OF fees, charges.
costs and emolumsnts OF every sort received or
earned by him as Register during said year in vol
ing said year; and OF the total amount Of fees,
charges. costs, and emoluments OF every sort re-
ceivea Of earned ~ nm d hee1ster aurlns saad
{eal L. W. rasEs ,ri III an;
nv a,r 80 ti,cn aod thsre IN +ha tshn,sr fnrr,
nretcribed bv the Justices Of the Snprenac Court
That said il. n Hubbard. on said 31st day OF
July, before said Drummond, Commissioner, was
sworn and took his oath touching The truth Of the
matters concerned IN said report etc. said Drum
mono naslng power an1 anthoiIty 70 aamlnistet
tas oatat ,,; 1nlaa, nrs,s ,rii;t,9 nu
tno.~,nr5v hno md maiic,onsv denosed and sworc
among other tainrs. that lie total cmount OF ices
etc. Of ever7 sor1. received or earned by him as
Register in voluntary Cases during said rear was
in involuntary cases was 81, TIL 81, as in
sato +rsi. snd !, sac{ 1pp saia II;hhar',
then and there well knew said sum Of S., 9l3. 10
was not the total amount Of fees etc.. received Or
gntaTu csses =, % IN antSnntcr Coming ncfore Kim Int
,raa nrh rnora Than 81 {l4Y IN md .ras to- uit