, 1879-01-30

liver 10 him The said elarea Of stock coltatern
ths thsts ta 5 ~ n ss, BY said "
In reply to Mr.. Lapham, witness said he had
no dontt titst the A*s'gncpA report IT the lG,h
and Judge Rlo'ccttfe memorandum, flied lint
day, were opeh tu tho puhic. lie hal never
HIT he had no nersoaa! knowledge aia,ut II.
Exams aid Copp hal the prtncipa, charge of
bankruptcy matters. The ortiers aino*t
AWAY. tn bankrupt.y for 'hs tast ~ ~,
bv the Judge, the attorneys and Assignces
having tree a'sess to hI't. frosn to ~ fh tin.
morning, antlt In the absence OF the rlerk- The
Assignee or the attorney would takc thc ortlcss
entered orders late In Inc day, md eonictlaies
ht'.!cl an order or memorandum to tbc clrrk.
1t was not the uniform urartfce for tic clerk to
70 to 'l,e Judge in Chambers. In the oventnE,
thu day. ,ie was not awass Of suct, a habit Or
custom. It had hecn done sometimes. lie
never left hte Office nntn nflcr Il o'cltxk. Tie
clerks suspended their labors at Tint hour.
Q.-1 want to ask yuu, fram rhat sou know
Of the whole matter, The appearance Of the
books. thu: fact TINT p0 notirc was taken of the
matter by the Law Bulletin ur uny Vt the papers
Q: .tprff &, whether II Is not .our. iudEncnt-
,1tat no minute oF the iIcsirg Transaction waa
made IN The clerks docket and the mInutc.book
until after April n
THIS was ruled nut as Improper.
VII oi1E@h3s'CSHIflEattotttH HltUtk3 1I1lGl klNL HE
barkruptry dies were kept IN the most accestt-
!fc room Of those llc occupied. 11Ic papers were
In pg"on-holcs against tue WALL nWl in tctnpD-
rary r'.to.llo'rs on the table. The tlIca III the
table. Copr left the ot.iee In 1876, and Evans
IN 1874. liz tih, not know where they wcrc cx-
uctly+ bnt could get their address. He saw
nothing on 'hr facu Of i1,c nInutc.h book which
ray there uns nunc. 'rLe using of minute
book lad grown nut Of the accumulation nf
business: thrrc would bc So many n,,nutcs upon
ll!s dtrkct on particular dav That they GUILD
not be entered without fct.lantn0 Mt the Office
in slt evening. Wsen minute cos'id not bc
entered Tic day II wns made, the practice was
to pat 1t Ia a. p|eeoiid'c, and enter It thu next
morning, 1aa.!er tie proper dale. The minutes
nude, but 'tle ptaettre Ut the office was 10 do
that 10 I4r as It could t,c dunc Sometimes IL
was Impossible tu get through with all tic Cu-
tries .! orders, as le cIcrcs Vt us soun ns thu
clock atriirk j. without wultu. Jn,,t,,cnt,
III answer to Mr. tu,LntxN,,, ,yl,ucss said
thirteen orders III bankruptcy we're ina,lc Arri,
:, It would lake clerk half III hour to enter
tint nt,ntH.f.
To str. tioasly, he answered that The minute.
alner 1874 lad l'ecn usls ~ grncrally from The
orders as they we're brought Intu The utlirc Gy
attorneys or Asstgi1ces. I'll. lnurbing hour In
chambers expedited business. Much t1n,r used
to bc tAIseH up III puurt with tiles. matters.
ll' c}trKx+ CDnp a11 Erans. }artIcaIas'y the
latser, were frequently caiIed on 10 pefforr,
| othur duties than those pertaining tn hank.
r1ptcy mattcss,-issung processes, filing pa.
pers, et<.
Witness then produced the docket At My,
Coolntfs request, and read sc following orders
tiolle1:
order. Ars1l :. FlIed fxport "f as%sses s'nd md
entered order asntcpascd. April TO-. Filed report
t.s o. As'ianes and Ae5i 60 En'tfed
order approving.
The orlcrs Of tl,c 10Th 4pd e3th seemed TO be
contained ~ the general record do'ket. In which
we're rccoFticd the orders Mt length. like oruers
in u:hcr cases. ll'r writing In the docket Was
partly koDp's and purtlt Evans. This huols was
] o. accessible as the tntnutt-bnoh,- Kept IN
tlG room which The public entered iron, the
bali; 1s ct'trlcs were tirst made in the minute
bunk. Those In The doeks. were sl,a,lc ll.c au,nc
.lay Thy sswo were supposed tn br made to
gctlrr. The order was ou tic mtnatc-book
a. m1,e"' IN da,, o. 50 ~ befor. being put
n'!der !hr prastice OF liz M Baskrnp. ] LUZ. s,", 10
| !uisl,ite.book VAS kept. EVERYTHING was put On
the docket The tn"ts,ent It was loile. lie could
not tcil whether my Other orders 1lal been cu-
tered In th' Gcrtna,lia sasc exccp, ttosc read,
| without examining further. Ito eaw no 0thtrs
Nit. Cooper uaked him to hunt lur more dur
| Ing the reeess.
e. A. sSOWDEN,
Clinton \. Spuwilcn WAs 1lic next witness,
atE WA loNlhH141t4 a4N uu" LILY Etl1lUF u InE
7"mes. III April, 1871, he WIS Inv reporter for
that paper. His duty was to yet I'LL thc legal
! news in the local coarts, including prItrs 10
! bankruptcy. A. be Remembered. there MAS u
| small b,,uk in thu Clerks olIlcc 10
which minutes were entered OF all or,lcrs
tnndc in bankruptcy matters, ana nlHo OF all
ncw rases Copy had charge of tho room. II
there was minute ot a new case liz would 70 to
| the pigcon-hola md get the papers. 1t 1lieru
Wis one OF an order that showed what the order
WIS, he wuul.l take 1t frUM the minute: but II
vi Ar Druer such - ''unteresl ortler ID pre-
pafeti," lIu would ask Gopp atsi taIc h!a wutu.
II tile matter was VI H,'fc Than usual ln,por-
taacc he would goto ti,c tiles. Copp always Eavc
them 10 the Reporter. The original source Ut
information Was tile memoranda in tic ininutt
book. llc ncser cxatuiheti tho docket, ur the
record wltcrt the orders were entered at lcngtt.
As wisness didn't ilaye q copy Ut uir Tn.r4 Ut
April Y, 18Th, but Ind sent for one, hp WIS
dropped until the paper arrived, aud ulcn the
examination was rcs,tInel.
Q.-l wish yuu would turn 10 tile Tnles Iaw
reE.urt of April y, covering the Court pruece j.
Ing OF April I, and n,certaln whether there Il
| aMy repurt nAau thrrc u an application OF The
Assicueu Ut itr ticrtnanla Insurance EuInpanr
II sell certain desperate raips, ui tlle oEIer Vt
Court thereon IL sell l.!elM 1t public sale7 A.
Yea sir. there ts II minute Of that kind Etrc.
The witness, li4yliis rcad tho paragraph re-
ferrou to Irun tl,e tlr u the paper. was then
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application ItAdc by tic Assignee Of the Gcr-
glAnta lnsunlnvc Company with reference t.
.certatn nutcs OF i. &. Ile.ing wAlel. he hell
secured hy stosk Of tlr ldln0:s .stauts. Zetnng
Company. tle sud II was, At some subsequent
tlntr, but not ut tiiat Lille.
p.-Utt tt.u know Gu tli. 1th Of April about
this application Of Mr. Woke with reierus,pe ~
| tlir l]cslng matter, or the order Of the Court
t!,ertanf Al 10 rot think did, unIrss It Is
| III Aotue Oultr part Nf thu phlmr.
OIL that had ir,lU tn your attention On the
It'll Ut April that stieh AT application was nsalv
a, 4lctl al order w:ts Gase, OH l(e application
with sctcrentc to til" l!eh!ne nntes ind stock,
wuu!t you hayo rep"rted tit A.-Yrs, sff.
CIVIL you PLEASE surs, tu your law report
fer AnrlI II. covtFl,. April III; f. t.cIu any IN
formation gsvrn tn 'tat se;ort ut MY ordrr tlat
WA cntrFrl tu the matter vi the Grrn,rn[u III
Aurmnue IuInpahy an tiiat day, upp,. t.,e report
oi tho Assignee, which destre Il, call your vi.
sentiln t., ~ ocin: 1ht: do.,IHent now sI,own
yu,l, rol,tuinlnE Hts rcNorts Ut hIds u 2lso tic
comics uf hid. trlln varli,us ha.kvrs unl brokers
III l!!t city lar tin lluics A,nl sterki Al .!o
not aee anything at'out 1t h. the taw repurt Ut
tllut day
Q.-Nhy VIA not that reported That day! !!
Al uu i.ot tnow Of my rr,su,. except that
did ,nt tna tlstlA Mith these ua,rrs. s.'neboly
Called my attention tn thlkn plpetA, NJ retct,