, 1879-01-30
That Was entered Under The date

III hl. own knowtetlue he lid not know why
ihc Court entered the order On the 1th o! AprIl
10 sell liie'o claims, nhonnt,n9 I" to'ne 3+.5M,
~ public auction, a,n! to tel tl,e clatu.e of Mf.
3!csinR IT. prsTatH sale. Being shown hook he
stated 1t was the tnnutc.l,ook md memorandum.
hook Kept Tor tho convenience of the tterkt.
by lhn bankruptcr clerk. anu was s1wuss
Upon icc tabe OF tlc principal bankrupt deputy:
ftnm that t,ouk and itc docket .ie reporters of
the press and the managers uf flr tlsIr Lnw
I.f'rti" USUALLY, fre believed, GOT their ntorna.
ton as tn what proceedings hui taken t,lacc IN
!Iankrnntcs nf THAT date. or any given date.
These orders were almost invassahly entered TN
the docket ns well ~ the mInulc.bouk at the
time they were made, or 1t the uate t1M'y wcre
made. That was the almost Uniform custom or
prLcttce.
ExTEn1So AN nnpEn
Q.-That II u say, cyerr day IN order was
madu In bankruptcy 1t would bc transcribed
.ltun the rcrori OF the Court .A.-rl.crc In a
liltIe distinction between the docket md the
record. Every order made WAS entered mi
losnl-thAt Is, IT. It was otherwise, It wns tic
execption-on HE tltnutc.lmok uui The A'Ehc:,
t,ml transferred to the REGARD as rapidly ss could
be. think there were ortiers at ditsrFcnt times
.l,t were not actually Transcribed Oh lc record
the very day they wcrc made. know that has
been the r1sc.
Q.-1st,'t II customary IN the Court 10 ,1clar
e & etf' Of 81 s Isfit k r y war q ss rs Gsns
Until several days after the orle'a wcre actually
nlailcf III otpr words, nra your Jerks right MP
to tic last dat's' buslnessf A.-Sot always,
Dwell, wtrut Is tho general condition Of
tltir work whit reference 10 trn,,sactlnc orders
III bankruptrtf A.--At il,at f!atc they were
trctty promptly kept up, tir. don't tay tiat
every order was entered up itc daf It was made
upon the retUFd. hit generally the orders weFH
nr.tty we'll kept nf.
Owl! snu turn 10 ynur tnfnuse-took In
wIllell The bankruptcy orders were first entered
mud SEQ whether YOU can iul lie entry Or the
x11tu$
tic t,rst petition whic!. read The sale of ttr
t4,pN worth vi c'ainnsf A,-Endcr date VI
April dnl on pags u vi tile tnfnutc.hoUk
No. al order to sel within H. ten days sel,sss7
page ls3, | lind in No. 1.tt,d. q ti1e matter Of
the t;crman INSURANCE. Company, bunk
r,pt, in bankruptcy, the following: " pon
rrs0}pg sud tlling tic. report ut William
ordered ,Iat satd Assignee be md he is hclehy
authorized to sell Ike claims in said report lneh-
toned Ut public auction after ten d., notice
first giyru os the ting and plarc Of said sale by
,tc Chlraao Latg ktx.;aa Joarnds al,d II is
further ordered that sald Assignee deivcr notcs
achcrcr Il llorwitz to Gcorgu stentzcf."
Q.-l)o yon tihA any metnorandul1l entered on
the 7th oI April !" sne lleslng mattcr! Al
tlo not SEQ II. have not examined sor II b. fore.
~ Col. Coopcr's request, Mr, Bradley hcgaa
looking fur It, md was assisted Ia Ills srarrl by
Judge jIiodgett himself, wits vailed acroes the
floor 10 thc ComEnittec's table for llat purpose.
lie presently answered that he did sec an oEtlcr
u,ul a minute.
OH whose Handwriting Is that ninntcl |
A.-rhas nlnute Is In the handwriting Of Her
bert Evats.
U.-WLo kept tie books at that ttncl A.
Mr.. kopr, and Mr. Esans. They were sitting
etnsr tnEether. One entered fn It quite ~ ir.-
q1,rntfY as tic otster.
Q.-Ssate the manner In which that appears
IN this hook. IL it not pu, IN to fiji out
1nNtt n r1uSHA FIHrfI
Allie proceedings Of tlat date On the minutes
arc on two pages. i shdoti be tncfincu to thnk
they commenced ou page -.
Q.-On what page do you hnd the first cntryf
A.-Fagu "a. =" !
Q.-undcr what entry1 A." Tuesday,
Anil 7, eontinutd.n
Q.-iou cauoot' state, Of your own kno.i.
etl9c, whetl~r that was entered there IN that
A.-Oh. uo, sIr., Ieouldn't state pos!siye'y.
Q.-Tho new wspabcr report crs md AIr Stevens,
tlle proprietor OF tllc Lau Dutf!n nal a:cess o
tilul book. hadn't they, at I'LL ttlness A.-Ihc
Air. Gu,luy sugeested tl,at the order about
which Inquiries Wesc being made hal not been
rca:l. !: -
Col. Cooper naked the witness to read IT. and
Conpapy; A!cu ,nport Of Assignee u,,l entered
order VI prrparcGts lSce itses,I
U.-rilc oiI.cr order ts on page 25i A..-Scrms
to bc. !"
O,--Ihth Is tli6 last order OIL paEo III Az.
Tile last one Ut fnr orttr1s Of TINT tiatc.
III answer 10 ~ inquiry iron, Mr.. Lapt!asn tic
witucss explained that the other three orders
referred to different eases.
q. {By Col. Coupcr)-1s It NOT true that the
mcinurandunis III tic nltnutc-book wera COM
u,encel tnr April Z, on paRa a5i Al should
fnicr no, for that DAY.
:. u.-AnI Tie last order entered on pagc 20 Is
NI,att A.-I1Lc Inst Minute Of au urytcr Ia the
que ,irst read II, Ills Ucr,pana INSURANCE. {,om-
many, ior The public ease.
V,-Wborc were tllr orllcrs for the tius cor
ttnucu toI A,-Coutipued On opposite r,a.u DR.
preceding page.
U.-l icsirc 10 introduce tue report of William
Woke, Assignee, maIe tu the Court o,i tile lt,,
day III AuriI. 1919, with reference to liz Ioinrs
un,cr tic orucr to sctl Tho claims aga!nst
Iic.inr--thc uutcs md stock At private sair. I
Lel!oyc Tint wae rral before, with lie jcttcrs
fron, lilo various BANKERS. Now. MI. BRADLEY.
,I.nt IN INK y,,u in wLotc handwriting IL ~.
orIcr Vii tAt ro,.ueti A.-JudEe BlQdxctl's,
I;nl. CM,l,cr itcn prucee,leu to rcnii n, In
lursenent. Anrll Id, bY ar. Brutllcy. nf th,.
Ming OF tic Assigneu's repurt, Below Il wns
liz f,yl.nrjnp: nEutrrrd pr,jrr tint ,Iptes u,lJ
nIul srCurities oc sold fos $500 uulrsn obfc,,
tto,,s arp h.eu by Mou.luy morning. II. ". E.'
~ ih, (..urt erten5et in xt1ur1lantn ,vith thfs
,-,4,- liz .,,-~AirtvI,, .c.,1 t-..,..