Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-09
CABOT GIVES BAIL.
ON MOTION HIS BOND IS FIXED AT
$1,000 INSTEAD OF $4,000.
The Trial VIII Commence Monday. Deem
Der Isth-Mr. Meredith Asks for Re-
cords Of transactions by His Client.

Mr.. Seymour s.. CABOT appeared before
/ the Judge OF the Bustings Court at u
o'clock yesterday morning and gave bond
| in the sum Of 5000 for his appearance In
( that tribunal on December 18th TO answer
/ TO the five charges OF embezzlement and
one OF forgery found against him by the
/ grand jury on Monday.
In view OF the prominence OF the accused
! and OF the great amount OF interest that
his case has attracted there was a large
.crowl i'm the courtroom long before the
/ appointed hour for the matter to come up;
| Many close friends Of Mr.. CABOT az wen
as a number OF well-knOwn lawyers In the
CITY occiiied seats in the enclosure set
apart for members Of the bar. and Inc
/ remainder Of the courtroom was Illcl
with an indlscriminate audience.
As soon as the court was opened ana
the Jury IN it's place. Mr.. Charles y. Mere
dith counsel for the accused arose hhl
asked the court TO make the bhll p"i'n %
Mr. CABOT AZ reasonable as possible sHs
eestIng the sums Of 5000 or $500 lie
sald of,orVards that he asked this In
view Of the TACT that Mr.. CABOT had not
lived here all his life and was not promi-
ncntly Identified with the leading business
men OF the city because he really spent
very little Of his time here II would there
fore be q hard matter for him TO give bond
I'm the sum Of 5000.
The commemorative attorney thought
I'm view Of the large sums involved IN the
charges. s. 90 security was little enough
70 bc required Of Ar CABOT
Mr. Richardson. who was representing
the Live Oak Dstillery Company IN this
case. and assisting the commemorative at
toruey I'm the prosecution, stated that
whatever bond the court saw m 10 re-
qure Of Mr.. CABOT would be agreeable TO
himself
THE BOND FIXED.
Judge witt said It was necessary for
him in al cases 20 consider the c!rcum-
stances surrounding them. Mr.. CABOT had
not been a lifelong resident Of Richmond
and had not been thoroughly associated
with the leading citizens Of the city, and
II was possible that he could not give bail
so easily as a man who had these alyan-
tagcs He would therefore only require
him TO give security in the sum Of 5000
Mr.. Richardson suggested that the bail
should be $500 in each Gaze making the
sum total that which had been named by
the court There was no objection 10
this
Mr.. CABOT and his bondsmen. Mossrs.
X. l.. Butler and Parker Conrad. were
then called into court They entered from
the clerks ofli,e and as the accused came
I'm an eyes were turned toward HIM lie
looked calm and had nothing 20 say 10
any one Judge witt said that before ar
ranging the bail it would be we'll 10 fix
the day Of trial. After some conference
upon this subject IL was agreed that the
case should be tried commencing Monday,
December 18th.
BOOKS IN THE CASE.
Mr.. Meredith then arose and announced
that he wished the Live oak
Distilery Company TO furnish state
ments Of all sales made by Mr.
CABOT during his term Of employment
10y that concern. and eiso all books con-
tanning records Of the transactions be-
tween Mr. CABOT and the company.
Mr.. Richardson objected TO furnishing
the books on the ground that 1t would
take almost every book the company had
away from its Office. Mr.. Meredith de-
clared that he could not help that. that
II il required forty cars To bring those
books 10 Richmond he vented them here.
The court said that was q matter for II
10 consider when the case came up. and
asked Mr.. Meredith n he desired TO serve
notice upon the Commonwealth that he
wanted these books. Mr.. Meredith stated
that he ala.
The bondsmen We're duly sworn ana
Mr. CABOT and his sureties departed.
The court then went into the matter or
fixing the date for the trial Of the other
cases, indictments IN which were brought
in by the grand jury on Monday.