Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-11

! that the man who received the cash and
! kept the books was the man responsible
/! The witness stated that at the end of the
| month the person who kept the books en-
tered ST. 10 for the same articles, in order
10 make his account balance.
The Metallis Equator Mining Company
filed articles OF incorporation, the fees upon
| which were 50 10. The entry in the cash
| book was 81 95. 4 couple of months after
ward an entry was made OF the same arti-
cles, in order 10 balance the books. The
). ". Blinn Lumber Company filed arti-
cleS, the fees on which were 50 70, and the
entry i'll the cash book made 50 90 in order
10 force a balance. There were but three
overcharges in the books, but there were
| numerous undercharges and many more
omissions. Counsel for the defense then
had witness turn to a large number
OF items i'll the fee and
| the cash books, showing that the
money had been received by Mr. Reynolds.
In many instances the amount was much
less than that received and in many cases
omitted entirely. Witness said he was of
the opinion that the fee book was written
up once in two or three months. In his
opinion it had not been kept up daily. He
said 1t was evident to any one who under
stood bookkeeping at ALL that the fee book
had been written up at intervals, many
pages at time. He also pointed out inter
lineatiOns made in order to make the books
balance. Witness said the same thing was
apparent in the cash book 1t appeared 10
him that from February /, 1882, to the end
Of June of the same year page LOG to 1907,
had been written ND at the same time. or at
least within week. From page 80 10 page
100, II must have been written the same
day. The amounts on the cash-book agree
with the amounts turned over to the State.
Witness never saw blotter in-the Secre-
tary of States office, except one which had
been used for one week. The investigation
OF the office Of the Secretary Of State was
commenced in June or July last. The
Secretary of State allowed the Controller
to have the books covering Mr. Burns
term Of office the Controller giving his re-
ceipt for the same
At ) 2. N. the Court adjourned
HOLLAND FISH MARKET Tile great
painting loaned to the Museum Association
by Alexander Badlam, of San Francisco,
for the Loan Exhibition next week in this
city. and for which Samuel Brannan paid
$1,000 was painted by Francois Gerard,
celebrated French historical painter, who
was born in Rome in 1770 and died in
Paris in 1886. He studied under David
In 1875 he produced the picture, =" Belisa-
rIus. ByrequeSt Of Napoleon he painted
the " Battle OF Austerlitz, one of his mas
terpIeceS. The canvas was no less than
thirty feet wide by sixteen high. Napoleon
made him an officer of the Legion of
Honor, Chevaiier Of Saint Michael and a
member OF tie Institute, and Louis XVIII.
created him It Baron. As a figure painter
he ranked among the greatest Of European
artists of modern times. The Holland
Fish Market was painted by him in 1915,
and purchased by the agent of joseph Bo-
naparte, the brother of the great Napoleon
Bonaparte. In 1877 it was sent to America
with q large and valuable collection of
paintings, and placed in his mansion at
Point Breeze, near Bordentown, \. J., the
Legislature OF that State having passed a
special Act allowing him ian alien TO hold
real estate. Joseph Bonaparte went back
to France in 1882, but returned to America
in 1887, and two years later sold his man.
sion, with all his valuable collection of
paintings, this among the number. At the
sale this picture brought SIS, 800 1t was
taken TO Boston and exhibited for the ben
eft Of charities cnriching their funds many
thousands of dollars. 1t was sold III 1868
to Samuel Brannan, OF San Francisco, from
whose hands it came into the possession of
the present owner.
WANTS THAT "OFFls. "-Ex-Assemblv-
man Lcverson appears not to have lost his
zeal for the office Of Large,
which he has been claiming ever since the
last election. lie was in the city yesterday
and caused to be taken before t. S Com
missioner Z. |. Robinson, Secretary OF State
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