Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-13

Burns and of the ability of his employee to
I forge his name. With these circumstances
and many others of q similar character, we
propose to establish to the entire satisfac-
ton of everybody that poor Burns has
been made the victim of one of the most
outrageous plots that has ever disgraced
the annals of any country.
Witness said he never told d. p. Wig
CLINTON, Charles Reed II. ID. Gamble or
John T. Carey that he had Buns cash tags
in his possession. He never told any one
that he had them. In October last | did
not tell Harry Gamble that | gave those
tags to Judge benson. The tags amounted
to over $4,000, and did not include the
money received for the California reports
and ballot paper.
General Hart showed witness receipt
dated March l. 1880. reading as follows:
MARCH l. 1850.
Received of J. W. Shanklin, State Register
the SUN of two hundred and Lightweight (2SSl
dollars. collected by him on land patents issued
from Governors Office and certified 10 by me
during months of January and February. \. D.
| 1880. u. NJ BCRNs,
Secretary of state
BY THoS II. REYNOLDS, Deputy.
Others signed in the sumo way; For
June, 1881, So; July, ISL, $Ji; March,
1881, 81 March, 1850, Sl1O; Nay, 1850,
$7S; July 1850, $25; May. 1880 $50
| Witness admitted the signatures to be his
own, but said he did not remember of hay
| ing received the money for which receipts
were given. The money might have be- d
! paid to other clerks in the office, and still
the receipts could been 3. ned bv
me. Il would look rs though
should have received the money, but
| have no recollection OF il. 4 large num-
| Der OF receipts of similar character,
signed by T. Il. Danforth, Il clerk in the
office, were produced Witness said he
had no recollection of having received
any such sums from Mr. Daniorth.
and if he did get them. he did not know
why II did not appear in the fee and cash
book.
Witness said it was Burns custom to
count the money each evening, and on that
count witness would make oUt The report.
receipts OF the office
Question-Did YOU State officer. as
such officer, authorized by law deliberately
write down statement misrenrcscntin&
facts?
Witness declined to answer
Questionable you not know that when
you were making entries OF the fees in No
vcmber ISL, you Were deliberately ant
knowingly making false entries i'll the pub
lie records OF this State?
Witness-No. sir; ! did not.
lie was asked the same question about ;
number of other months, his answer to nj
of them being, '' No. sir did not.
Question--W hen you made a cash-boob
in which you made false entries OF fees, u
you say under the direction of Mr.. Burns
did You not know you were falsifying pub
lie records?
Counsel for the prosecution objected t'
the question, saying that il was going owe
the same grounds. Objection sustained.
g., Witness said he turned over all the book
of the office before he resigned. SOM
weeks before | resigned. | was not dis
charged, but handed i'll my resignation
Witness was shown q couple Of check
from a. L.ssBancroft q Co. He said he ha'
drawn the money on one Of them, and ha'
an indistinct recollection of paving tn
money to Mr. Burns. on the other he di,
not helicve be bad received the m9Dey, q
least he he'd no recollection oft and c0nl'
not account for the fact that his signatur
was on the back Of it.
At II. N. the Court adjourned 10 10 A. NJ
| 10 day