Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-14
| Til later on. Take this book for ballot pa
/ ner and see whose handwriting it la in and

see who checked the items paid
Witness-The first page is in Mr.. Gales
handwriting. On the following pages are q
number of items made by Mr.. Danforth.
Questicn--Did these young men, The
clerks il the Office, hand the money tt
your
WitneSs-If they did. handed il to Mr.
Burns, as that was his specific directions.
Question-Were the elerkssSo directed
and instructed?
Witness-I don't know what instructions
they had. don't say that they did give il
to me. | have no recollection of receiving
any of the ballot-Paper money 1 suppose
/ did but cannot remember. 1t was an ac-
head about it.
Question-Does it strike you at all
strange that you should receive such large
amounts of money aggregating s., 500, and
you should have no recollection of it?
Witness-I did not say received $500
Question-Was any of it paid by you to
ttle State?
Witness-Yes early in 1850 small sum
was paid in to the State.
Question-How do you remember that
transaction, and forget all the others2
Witness-I suppose it is because at that
time Burns told me to always hand ballot
paper money to him.
Question Would not such acts cause
you to have distinct recollection Of them?
Witness-Well, he told me the appro-
priation for the purchase of ballot paper
was not sufficient, and instead OF turning
the money over to the State he would use
it in replenishing the stock. He said he
had arranged ii all right with the State
Board Of Examiners.
II ., a I. .nly l. n
statementy
WitneSs-I don't remember.
J. W. sHANKLGN
Was next sworn. He was Surveyor-G Gen
eral of the State at the time D. NJ. Burns
was Secretary of State. He produced the
monthly receipts for moneys he had paid
into the Secretary of states Office large
number of which were signed by Mr..
Reynolds. He said he knew the money
was paid into the Secretary OF States Office,
and when he paid it over himself he was
sure it was received by the party signing
the receipt.
The receipts were placed in evidence.
II. D. GAMBLE
Testified that for the past year he bad re-
sided III Fresno He was acquainted with
the defendant. Was a clerk in the Secre-
tary of States Office during his incum-
benCy. In the office L made out certificates
of incorporation, recorded them and made
certified copies. Witness named the en-
ployes of the office during the time he was
there. Don't remember Of ever examining
any Of the blotters of the Office, and don I.
remember the date that saw them last.
Never had any occasion to look after the
cash book, Do not know there was one
prior to July, 1662-that is, | don't know
positively.
Question-Did you record all the acts
you personally performed, in the blotters ?
Witness-l think did, but never made
an entry in the fee book in my life. l re-
ceived money occasionally, when no one
else was in the office. Made the entry in
the blotter, and would turn it over TO Rey-
nolds, if he was there, and. if not. to Mr.
Danforth. Have no recollection of receiy
ing money for ballot paper.
Recess
AFrERNooN SESSION.
At the rcassembling of Court Mr.. Rey-
nolds was again placed on the stand. He
produced a small memorandum book, in
size about three by five inches, containing
about thirty pages, and having light
paper cover The book, he said, contained
a memorandum OF the tags Mr.. Burns had
placed in the safe for money taken out, and
had failed to replace them with coin when
he left the Office The tags. he said, were
collected each month placed in envelopes
and properly Endorsed. The totals for the
months were as follows: 1SS0-January
$50, February 500, March S3l3 %, April
1851 30, May $281 Is, June 1911 so, July
S57 80, August $563 30, September 1886 43,
October S967 IS, November s542 10, De-
h5-- 1SSf-Ionyar1- S-S-2
February Sl02 80, March S2S6 IS, April
1903 90, May 1857 81, June $173 IS, July
$265, August S312 so, September $i85, Oc-
tober 1923 90, November $512 so, December
$500 80. 18S2-January 1885, February
S427 TO- March 1902 80, April $23i 80, May
1928, June 1898 so. Total, $ll ,166 30.
He was asked to read the items as they
appeared each month, and he read Is fol-
lows
February 1907. C. PockmGn, 800.
Marcha7Boruck, 500; Pookman. SGD; tele-
graph bill, S53 g..
April-pockman. 500; Hannanan. 81 50.
hay-Warr0nts, SSS and So 10; Pockman,
sll0; d. N. Burns, for w. IL L., slo0.
June-Cigars, ST 60; warrant. s23; Pockman,
500.
July-Cigar bin, SIT 50: Burns, $40.
August--Lurnber bill, SIC 10 SCHNEIDER. go;
Wilson, Sl4; Tharp, 1857; balance TO cash.
September-Harland, 500; balance Of tags
e ID. NJ B.
$50 GO: James Cannon, $40: Nv < W" SIS:
Whittier, Fuller & Co.. So; Nelson, 50; balance
November-wood s28; dentist, $40; hack.
SO 30: Harland, SiUo: SCHNEIDER. SO: balance
" cash" or " ID. NJ. Il"
wilson. sat; charity, s.; Horland,
800; balance leash" or I'D. NJ b.
January, 1881 Baker. so; H w" s2a; rash,
500: Pockman, s1O0; Harland, so; cash, 80;
Iarland 100; taxes. 81 40: Poekman, so, cash,
SIS
February-Fcley, $40: SCHNEIDER. SD; knight,
81 81 Cash on bllai c..
harch-s25G %; all Burns.
April-Foley, $40; tax, s3i; Golden Eagle car
riages S23, Pike d Young. "a so; Mirror. So;
IS; cash to Emery. 80; balance,
/" cash"
May-Colored church, So; G f. carriages. $40;
cigars $50 San Francisco. $50; Wilson, $40 80;
g.; balance, " cash.
Ju e-foley, 50; poll tax. 81; butcher. s2i 30;
Woodland, $50; Pockman, 500; taxes. fl2 10.
July-Pockman, Wilson and - cash.
August-Toomey, g.; Wilson, $40 5o;lWheeler.
sepptember-%lfe, $40; wife, s6o "a. L. B.. $3.50;
balance "cash.'
The other months were entirely repre-
scented by cash.
Witness said / commenced to keep this
book i'll 1880. and wrote it up as the trans
actions took place.
OGiACi al Ildli topfN AIC btch, IL
to the jury, and claimed that it was writ
ten in one day.
The entries were written with n lead
pencil, were not in the least blurred. and
tie book was in All excellent state Of pres
ervation. indicating that it had been
handled but little. Witness said he had
carried it in his pocket but little, and when
he did SO it was always inside an envelope
or another book.
Question-Ycu account for large
of this deficiency, but what became
of the balance OF the money not accounted
for, and which amounts to $1,000 more2
Witness-All that can say is that did
not get it.
Question-What became of the deficiency,
according to your own book, of $4,000,
over and above the amounts entered on
your memorandum You did not enter
anything you did not receive, did you?
Witness-I have answered that before.
| don't remember of ever receiving any
money. from 3lr Burns He never left any
money with me to pay his bills. No one
ever gave me any money to be placed to
his credit that can remember
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