Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-19
The Burn.cnse


At 9 A. N, yeste. caay, in the case of the
People VS.. u. y Burns, in Department One
IF the Sup srior Court. the cross-examina-
lon OF George Gale was resumed.
Witness said he was not personally ac-
quainted with Gum, the man Burns paid
money 10 for ballot paper, neither did he
know wnst paper firm ne represented. He
remembered that just prior to this payment
made Gum there was somewhere in the
neighborhood of $4,000 in the safe. After
Gum S departure he noticed that the money
was gone from the safe. Subsequently he
saw a receipt from Gum for $500 for bal
lot paper, He felt confident Burns paid the
money over to Gum, for he saw them both
sitting at the desk with a large pile of
money between them. The paper furnished
by Gum was 200 reams. He understood
that contract had been made for ballot
paper, but he did not know.
Thomas H. Reynolds was once more
called to the witness stand by the prosecu-
ton. In response to a question propounded
by Mr.. Carey, he said that he did not know
of any such person as Meta Woodland ever
having been employed in the Secretary of
States office.
OOuIlS6i lOl uGittfSS OUjSCtGQ 10 llit lSSti-
mony in regard to its irrelevancv the de-
PENDANT was being tried for the embezzle-
ment of S1S5, and whether or not Miss
Woodland, or anyone else worked in the
office of the Secretary of State or not, was
something that had no bearing upon the
matter in issue. He would state for the
benefit of the counsel, however, that Miss
Woodland did perform service, was. paid
| for the same. and at the proper time coun-
sci for defense would put in proof the char
i acter of the services performed. They
wished to leave nothing covered up, but
| they should not allow counsel for defense
| to PROFOUND improper questions.
| General Carey said the object of the testi-
mony was to prove that no such person was
ever employed by the State, and that in
this case a dummy was used in order to
enable the Secretary of State to pocket
State funds.
The Court sustained the objection made
| by General Hart, and Mr.. Reynolds was
! withdrawn from the witness stand.
| J.J. 0'Connor q clerk in the State Con-
troller's office, was recalled to state what
was the unexpended appropriation for
| ballot paper for the years 1882.
| Objection interposed and sustained
| Witness was then shown the letters which
We're offered in evidence Tuesday, and after
examining each one carefully he testified
| that he obtained them in the Secretary OF
| States office.
AT 1880 A. NJ. the prosecution rested their
case, when recess was taken until 1:30
| P. VI.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
| On the reassembling of the Court General
Hart made lengthy statement to the jury,
reviewed the evidence in the case, said the
| lol f,Il ol
tempt to prove the guilt of the defendant,
and stated that he expected to prove be-
yond doubt that Thomas II. Reynolds
was responsible for all the alleged crooked
ness which occurred in the office of the
! Secretary of State during the administra-
ton of Mr.. Burns.
| The first witness placed on the stand was
| Daniel West, who testified to having paid
into the Secretary of States Office sum of
money for a certain corporation. The
money appeared on the cash book credited
| in hls name instead of that of the corpora
ton. The Controller had claimed that in
asmuch as no credit appeared on the cash
| book from the corporation that the fee,
although it had been paid, had not been
turned over to the State.
This evidence seemed to be conclusive.
There was another similar charge against
-, - - " ~ a"iiAS HI.'"i
Judge /. b. Mcf arland took the stand, and
1t was shown that the money when paid
had been entered upon the cash book IN his
name, instead OF the corporation; lie ex-
planned that the mistake was evidently ow-
| ing to the TACT that at the time he was the
corporations attorney. IhlS Item cleared
up the items against MI Burns, except
| those for the certified copies which were
used for the purchase of ballot paper,
| AS Mr.. west and the Judge walked away
from the witness stand, General Hart and
his client smlilngly looked over toward the
| prosecution, and MIR. Hart remarked: No
trouble to prove away any apparent crook
edness alleged to have occurred aftel Rey-
nolds was discharged"
Il. H. Graft, who was State Janltor under
Mr.. Burns, was next called to the witness
stand. He testified that 1t was his duty to
receive the ballot paper, and in tact all sup
plies OF whatever nature. he was asked
particularly about the ballot paper. He
| told how 1t was received, where and now 1t
was stored away, now 1t was sold and ship
| ped, to whom and IN what manner he
reported all the transactions relative there
| to. The last lot OF ballot paper received
was about the 18th or 18th OF December,
| 1851 1t came on the steamer Apache from
San francisco, was delivered at the Capitol