The Monmouth inquirer., 1888-11-01

section of the law, which l read you 10
keep o true account OF the moneys which
he should from time to time receive and
should pay the same within two weeks
after the receipt thereof, to the county
collector, accompanied with copy OF
the account thereof from the minutes.
would he not have been perfectly able to
pay the true amount thas be had on
June 13. to the county collector He
did comply with the law as 10 the entry
of the names of the licenses, the amounts
due from them as fixed by the court and
the dates of payment, but followed the
custom and practice OF his predecesso RS
in Office as TO his payments on account
and yearly settlements.
O Then it was because the clerk
thought fit ia follow practice and custom
instead of the law? don't know what
he saw fit to do; he did do it.
@ Did you keep the Dr's. cash booki
A did not keep them and l haven't them
with me.
@ Do you know at the time he drew
his check on June 18th last, when he
drew his check for SO, 900 he had in his
bank the balance Of s.. 450 he yet owed
the county? A I don't know; | didn'i
see his bank book at that time; l don't
know whether he had used that money
or not.
@ From your knowledge Of the way
OF the Doctors transacting his business
for the clerks Office. if his account had
been good for the balance he then owed
the county, would be not have drawn
the check for the whole amount instead
OF $3, 900 only? A I have no doubt that
il statement had been made out and
rendered to county clerk at that tima,
he would have given his check for the
whole amount due.
@ Then he didn't give his check be.
cause he didn't make his statement? A
No, he pursued the usual custom OF Civ
ing a check; his check on account at the
end OF the year, fixing the whole bus
ness.
@ That is very good custom for the
clerk, but very bad thing for the coun-
ty, is it not? A Not necessarily so.
Q By that custom the clerk gets the
use of the money instead of the county,
doesn't be? A No, on a minor portion
of them may be balance in his favor
from time to time and at end OF year
there is no balance at all.
G Whether they are minor or not is &
question to be determined by the
amounts left over does ii not? A I sup
pose it does.
@ Yeu have seid that the amounts un-
der the new law went into effect the 1st
Of May last. Are not the amounts re-
ceived by the clerk now for license fees
nearly three times as much as before?
A Nearly so.
O You have stated that the fees for
services in criminal matters for the clerk
since the early part of June last up to
Oct. 25th. a period a little over four
months, amount to over 81, 600? A |
said about.
@ Is that an extraordinary large sum
of money to be paid the clerk in the
criminal line? A Yes sir. but it was an
extraordinary term.
Q Have you statement of how that
is made up here? A The criminal clerk
and myself made one and part is esti-
mated md part actual.
Il LOW much is estimated and how
mitch actual? A About 81, 200 actual
and about $500 estimated, could in
few days get it in form of taxed bills of
costs;some of them are in existence.
Q Mr.. Patterson, collectors receipts
specify what the are given for. Do you
know by having examined clerks books
of the amounts received by him as com
pared with those receipts. whether he,
the clerk, has paid over to the collector
during his term of ofioe the whole
AMOUNT due from him up to May 8. 1888?
A YES, the whole amount due from aim
up to that time, that is from the time /
took charge. H. W. Murphy had charge
before 1886.
@ Do not the clerks books show for
years 1884. '85, 'S6, '67 to May 'oS that
the clerk has received more than 81 900,
Ito be precise 81, ,010) which he has not
paid to the collector for license fees? A
No sir.
Adjourned to 7:30 P. NJ.
Mr.. Ewing Patterson said that he had
some important matters he had to attend
to on Thursday and his lawyer said he
had to go to Farmingdale, therefore Mr..
Vredenburgh had to acquiesce in the
to Thursday,at 2 P. NJ.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Deputy Clerk Ewing Patterson re-
quested that before any questions be
asked Counselor E. w. Arrowsmith.
who had retained for the prosecution, but
had been absent owing to prior en-
gagements. should be present.
Q Mr. Patterson on the 25th of Octo-
ber last did the clerk owe the County
for stenographer's fees and if so how
much? A don't know OF any.
Q Have you any knowledge upon the
subject A don't know of any stenog
rapher's fees being due.
Q Why do you object to answering
this last question? A I have not objected
to answering this question.
Q Have you any knowledge OF any
stenographer's fees? A I have no knowl-
edge of any stenographer's fees being
due from the clerk to him.
Q Have you any knowledge of
any judges fees being due from
the clerk to the county Objected toy
A / have not.
@ In this bill you claim credit for
stenographer's fees and judges fees due
the county? A No.
@ How long. Mr.. Patterson. has
there been only two lay judges in the
county A During our term OF Office.