National Republican., 1885-02-07

many thousand dollars worth of work for
him. lie bad printed 900 medical jour
nals, but could not remember the dato.
The court said IL did not matter about
the date. The defendant claimed to have
furnished tho goods under orders, ana
why did they not introduce that proof
If they could show that the goods were
furnished under orders and that the
bills wero charged by the department.,
then he would do what he could to ac-
quit them.
WILLIAM II. DEMPSEY, THE DEFENDANT,
testified that ho had resided here twenty.
seven or thirty years, and been engaged
in the general stationery business nearly
all of that time. In relation to the
voucher for scales for S2lj witness idonti-
fed an order received from the bureau
signed by DIR. Wales. dated Jan. 10. 1852,
and directing him to deliver 200 30 cont
postage stamps, 20 Is cent, 500 10 cent.
900 cent stamps, in all S2l5. The order
was read and put in evidence. witness
testified that when the bill for the stamps
came to him through tho mail and the
vouchers were made out as they were for
scales no Immediately went to tho depart
ment and made inquiry about II. Carri-
gan told him that they had no money to
E0L DIHtnpS WlIu anu lhu W NhSha
In that manner
lie OBJECTED TO SIGNING THE VOUCHER
unless ho had something to show what
articles no had delivered, and thoreupon
Carrigan gave him receipt which em-
braCed the stamps called for in the order,
and which was read in evidence. The
witness's attention was then directed TO
the voucher for medical journals for SS9l.
a - A. nrsA ah ufa
by him and signed by DIR. Wales the goods
were furnished. 1t was dated Aug. 10,
1889, and ordered go medical journals at
81 80 each, and 2GO at $1.60 each, amount
ing to $SOl the sum set out in the
alleged false voucher.
lie presented memorandum bill to
the department for tho goods furnished.
Witness's attention was noxt called TO
the voucher for diet registers for $l,036.2O.
In answer to that an order dated Dec.
Is. 1852, was put in, which directed wit
ness to furnish books to the bureau not
to exceed Sl,036.20, aud return the list TO
the bureau. IIe had the books made and
presented tho bill for them. The next
voucher was for microscopes for ~, lJ2.
| In response to this he showed an order
of DIR. Wales of Aug. 13, 1883, in which
| he directed witness ito furnish the arti-
cles of stationery on the accompanying
| list not to exceed S2,192." The witness
testified that the goods were furnished.
| He presented his bill to the department
and they changed IL to other items. He
| asked why 1t was done, and CarTigan said
it had to be done to pay it out Of an ap-
preparation. The next voucher was for
structural cases, &C., for Sl,591oO. 10
meet this voucher the defendant sub
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| IL, ,1SS3, directing him to furnish stationery
| to an amount not exceeding $l,59G5O
and to return tho list to the bureau. lie
received voucher for something else
and visited the department about IT,
when they gave him q receipt for th'
goods actually delivered. and that wal
sent in evidence. In reference to the
bills being made out In the manner which
they were he knew nothing about 1t unit
the vouchers were sent to him.
HE NEVER DIVIDED DOLLAR
Of the money he received with Kirkwood
Carrigan, or any ono else, and he fur
nished an cquival lent for every dolla
received. He know Mr.. Mclaughlin
but never borrowed dollar from him
He had loaned him money often. Nc
Laughlin's voucher shown.
The witness said that he had never
seen tho voucher before, and had nothing
to do with it except collect the check
which he did. He said that on juno
1883, Mclaughlin came to the store o
the witness with the check, very mucl
intoxicated, and asked tho witness tc
cash it, which he said it was impossible
to do. He then asked him to loan hin
$50 and hold the check as security, whic
the witness did. Tho next day Nc
I.aughlin came in and the witness calle
his attention to borrowed money that h
owed him and the note he held for il
and said he ought to pay it. Mclaughlin
asserting, he counted up the interest o.
note ana loan of 500 He had $3.50 casl
in the store, which he gave to him, aud
check for the balance, payable to bearer
Without concluding the examination q
the witness, the court adjourned unit
this morning.