, 1880-04-18
ALLEGED PERJURY

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! ALLEGED PERJURY. -
why John Aston Was Arrested ~,
| Why the Case Wns Dismisaed
Mr.. john Alston, President OF the A1s+o-
Manufacturing Company. and for many .vu psa'a
we'll and favorabfy known as the asn;as .s
partner in the wholesale paint and oil hoao!
of John Alston & Co., was Friday lat -
rested and taken before Justice Nsaei.
charged with having committed perinrr &
swearing that he had never been ctooI y
holder in the defunct Bank Of Che
Justice Mech discharged the prisoner nj:
out hearing the evidence, because the matta.
related to suit pending in another court :
A TRIBUNE reporter called upon il.
| Aston yesterday to ascertain
| THE FACTS In THE CASE. ?.
and the following is in substance tha rponu
! Of the interview: -
| Mr.. A1ston stated that, in 1869, when Ii,
stockholders Of the National Loan &. T,n:t
| Company reorganized under the name nf ass tIs
Bank of Chicago, he was requested to H.
come a stockholder, and consented to do ~
| BY some combination Of circumstances ~
never was called upon to pay dollar into
! the institution, although it afterward nr1
| peared that twenty shares Of scrip had hesn
| assigned to him. This fact was discora,sd
by Messrs- Shufeldt Il Westoyer, attorneSss
who wound up the affairs OF the concern
denee Of Mr. Alston's indebtedness consisted
Of the "stubs'' OF the shares found n a.
scrip-bo0k, and was Immediately taken AZ
vantage OF, although every one OF the shaha
was marked across its face "eanceled," II
A1ston was in the course OF time called unon
to pay the face OF these shares, and, refusing
to do so, proceedings were commencn7
against him. Upon the examination be swora
that, to the: best Of his knowledge and Be-.
lief, he had never owned any stock In tha
bank, and upon the basis Of this
testimony he was arrested upon ths
charge Of perjury. Mr. Aston claims tbss
he never considered himself a stockkoidsrs
into the Institution, nor received a single eer.
tifcate Of stock. The friends Of MI. Iston
claim that the late proceedings In the Justiea
Court were wholly malicious, and cop,mentJ
with view OF getting him to commit him.
self in some way that could be used IL
civil suit already commenced against him,
4 SOMEWHAT FULLER HISTORY OF rm
CASE
was obtained from other sources. It giys
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stnck s IN tha bank viii Hfr aistnp'a nam. ~.
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thag IN the 1H A s1ape t Of an adayt sa sets9e
forth a contrary state of facts, THIS pieceol
friendly advice seems to have been diHe-
gar4ed:. In the course OF DAY q txo ~
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