St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-10
IN CONTEMPT.
Newton Bradley Gets to Jail Because
He Mixed His DEPOSITS and Busted.

Newton Bradley, formerly one Of the pub
fishers of the st. Paul Press, and later of the
National Marine bank in this city, appears to
have gotten into trouble. He left St. Paul
several years ago and located at Silver City,
Grant county, New Mexico, where
he appears to have again engaged
in the banking business, being the
manager of the Grant County bank.
A sale of a mine by master in chancery
under order of the court, placed over $685.
900 in his bank, shortly after which the bank
failed. In making an assignment he made
the master a preferred creditor, but the court
held that he should have regarded the court
fund as a special deposit and not have al
lowed it to go into the general funds of the
bank. He was brought up with a round
turn and the Silver City Enterprise thus re-
cords the opinion of the court and the SEN
tence:
''Upon a careful consideration of the facts
and evidence in the case the court is con-
WINGED that Newton Bradley fully understood
the nature of the deposit; that he knew the
master had been APPOINTED to sell the mine,
and that he had placed the proceedsof the sale
in the Grant County bank while acting I'M
der and in obedience to the order of the
court. The manner in which the money was
used showed conclusively that it could not
have been done innocently or in ignorance
of the nature of the trust. Mr.. Bradley is
no unskilled youth, but an old and exper-
fenced banker, thoroughly acquainted with
the banking business and understands
fully the scope and character of its trans
tions. On this score he cannot claim ignor-
ance. and must have known that the master
was representing the court, acting wholly
under its directions and not in his individual
capacity. In his own affairs and business
we know Newton Bradley to be careful, at
tentive and methodical of sober habits, with
disposition to give rather than waste-more
of the 1niser than the spendthrift-and with
these habits and this experience he cannot
shield himself behind the shallow plea that
he used and disposed of this money entrusted
to his keeping in ignorance of his duty, and
without knowing that he was disobey1ng the
order of the court and violating its
trust. 1 feel that a gross deception
has been practiced upon the court and its
confidence violated, and that the money
placed in the Grant county bank as judicial
deposit was appropriated by Newton Bradley,
with a fraudulent intent to use and dispose
of the same. The judgment is, therefore,
that he be committed to the county Jail for
the period of sixty days for contempt of
court, and at the expiration of that period he
be required to give bail in the sum of $780,
900 to appear at the July term of the district
court, to await the action of the grand jury
upon the charge of embezzlement and a
common cheat.
An Enterprise representative visited Mr..
Bradley on Wednesday and found him con
fined within the Jail yard enclosure, perusing
late paper and having a bible upon his
knee. Upon being Intercepted he stated
that he had nothing to say in reference to
himself that would interest the public. He
had no alternative but to ''grin and bear'
his sentence, and would not ask for bail at
the expiration of the sixty days. He is con-
fident that the grand jury will never find
bill against him ON the judicial deposit
charge.
Foreign emigration is said to be crowding
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