Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-26
AMONG THE COURTS.
THE TRIAL OF CASHIER MARTIN
AGAIN CONTINUED.
Strong Evidence Against the Defendant
Introduced--Notes About Cases Which
Were Acted on Yesterday.

Judge Shaw and jury were occupied
all day in department five Of the super.
ior court yesterday in the trial of the
case against George M. Martin, charged
with having, on September 18th last,
embezzeled the sum of $4,000 from the
Southern California railway company.
while in its employ as cashier at the
First-street freight depot.
G. A. Davidson, Jr., clerk in the
treasurer's Office in the Phillips block,
testified to having issued receipt card
for $1442.05, the amount of the dupli-
cate certificate of deposit transmitted
from the teller at the Los Angeles Ma
tional bank, as the amount of money de-
posted by Martin on September 18TH.
Since he issued the card the figure
zone" had been changed to "six."
III. G. Whitehead said Martin told
him of his shortage, and explained 1t BY
saying that ON the 10Th he put the
money, $4,000 in gold and $1,000 in cur
rency, in sack and called out to Dunn,
the collector, to take it up to the bank !;
and while hewas engaged at the cash
window the sack disappeared. He sup
posed Dunn had taken it to the bank,
and paid no more attention to the mat
ter; especially as ne noticed that the
treasurer's receipt card for September
18th was for $6442. .05.
A. III. Brown and three other clerks in
the head Office were called; but each
denied that any telephone message had
been received from Martin relative to
keeping his account open, as he had
$4,000 more to deposit.
Walter B. Trull, travelling auditor,
stated that on Monday, September 22d.
he copied off the treasurer's receipt
cards the amounts received from Mar
tin, and went down to "check him out''
and make his report. The amount re-
ceived on September 18th was $1442. .O5.
He was called to San Bernardjno that
evening, and hurried off leaving his re-
port and the receipt cards on Martins
desk. On his return, on Tuesday 23d,
he examined Martins report, and found
that both the card receipt and report for
September 18th showed that the amount
turned in had been changed to $6442. .O6.
Mr.. Dunn, the collector for the South
ern Califorin railroada CO mpany was then
called in, and denied having taken a
sack containing $4,000 to the bank on
September 18th, or that Martin ever
called his attention to it, and at this
juncture court adjourned for the day.
The case will be resumed at 10 O'Clock
this morning.
COURT NOTES.
Judge Smith yesterday extended the
time for the appearance of William
Crumb, to receive sentence, until Friday
morning at 10 o'clock.
A st. Louis notary public was yester-
day appointed by Judge B. N. Smith as
a commissioner to take the dispositions
of T. A. Morton and Jane Doe Morton,
the missing witnesses in the Lockwood
embezzlement case.
Judge Wade in department three yes
terday granted decree as prayed for by
default in the foreclosure case of the
California Loan and Trust company vs;
Charnock ct al.
Judge Van Dyke yesterday overruled
the demurrers in the case of d. w. Field,
administrator, VS.. Shorb ct al, for want
of prosecution, and granted the motion
to dissolve the injunction therein as to
the Los Angeles County bank, but not as
to the other parties.
The demurrer in the case of Mr.. Ar
cadia B. de Baker vs. the Riverside,
Santa Ana and Los Angeles railway CON-
pany was partially sustained by Judge
Van Dyke yesterday, the plaintiff being
given ten days time in which to amend
his complaint.
In department five, Judge Mckinley
ordered judgment entered for plaintiff as
prayed for in the suit of Mrs. Grace G.
Lawrence ct al. vs.. j. M. Padon ct AL,
the default of the defendant having been
duly entered.
In accordance with the stipulation of
the attorneys for the respective parties
to the suit OF the city of Pasadena VS..
T. B. Bishop ct al, Judge Mckinley
yesterday ordered that the motions for
a new trial and to retax costs be set for
hearing on the Both inst.
A complaint was filed in the township
Justices court yesterday by Mrs. w. III.
Cowles, who resides on Brooklyn
Heights, charging a neighbor named
Duncan Mcneil, with having maintained
a public nuisance on his premises since
January 1st last.
The preliminary examination into the
charge of perjury preferred against Den
mis- O'Brien by Miss Jessie Marshall was
continued yesterday by Township JUS
tice Stanton until 10 O'Clock this morn
ing.
Judge Mckinley, of superior court de-
partment five, has rendered decision
for the plaintiff for $1022.25 in the case
of Henry King VS.. Richard Dillon, exec
utor of the estate of James German, de-
ceased. The plaintiff King and his
family took care of German during his
last illness, and furnished him with all
the comforts of home, medicine, etc.
The executor of the estate, Richard Dill
Ion, was willing to approve the claim for
$3.50, but this was refused by King, who
brought suit and recovered the full
amount sued for.