The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
How mnch wasit2 ssnn

How much was it2 $500.
How many bottles of wine did that repre-
sent2 One hundred and sixty.
Did Mr.. Potter pay that bill? Yes, sir.
Did ne pay you? He paid me by an order or
check on Miller & Lux.
Where was he when he gave you this order
or check that you refer TO? In my house, 205
Post street.
Where, If you know, was that check or order
drawn? In my house.
By whom was it drawul By Mr.. Potter.
In your presence? Yes, sir.
Did you or did you not furnish him with a
| blank upon which the order was drawn? No,
sir.
Did you furnish him with anything in con-
nection with the drawing OF that order? Pen
and ink, that is all.
l show you draft marked Petitioners ex-
hlbit No. 512, Nov. IL, '95, II. w. s" and ask
you II you have ever seen that before? Show
ing.) Yes. sir.
Where and under what circumstances did
you first see that draft? Mr.. Potter gave it
TO me.
Is that the draft to which you have referred
in your testimony at this examination? Yes,
sir III should Judge SO; it looks like it.
In a room in my house.
What did you do with it? He asked me not
TO present 1T myself to Miller & Lux, but to get
some business man TO cash it for me. / went
TO my housekeeper, and she said, 81 will take
it TO Marchand's."
Never mind what was said. You took it to
your housekeeper? Yes, sir.
What is your housekeepers name? Fannie
Howarth.
Where were you when you gave Fannie
Howarth that draft? Standing in the hall.
And she took it? Yes, sir.
At any subsequent time did she return to
you any money upon the draft? The next
day.
At about what time? One o'clock.
In your house? Yes. sir.
How much money did she give you? Eight
hundred dollars.
And what did you do with that money? l
paid my debts with it, suppose.
To what purpose did you apply it? To the
household expenses.
Did you apply that in settlement of any ac-
count? Yes, sir; of Mr.. Potter's account.
Did you make all entry OF that fact at any
time? did.
In your own handwriting? No, sir; have
lady housekeeper, who keeps my books for me.
Who is that? My hair-dresser.
What name? Louisa Heyson.
You have no entry in your own handwriting
then in relation to this particular draft or TO
what came from the draft Yes, sir.
- Have you IN your possession now any book
of the receiving of this $500? Yes, sir.
Is it in your possession? Here it is.
(Witness produces IT'D
Will you please place your initials upon the
particular line of that book which contains an
entry in relation to this account?
(The witness does SOY
Is this the winebook? Yes, sir. This is the
paid winebook. That IS all paid
Mr.. Barnes-I offer in evidence the entry
appearing upon page 10 of the book known as
the paid winebook, which reads as follows
"March 7th 16O bottles 500 - and which has
been initiated by the witness with the initials
"S. Y" AS further description, page Is
begins s with the entry, and is headed "March
What is the other book which you have here ?
These are my unpaid bills, some, and some are
paid; and when they pay then l enter it in
this other book
This book is one of your books, is it? Yes,
sir.
1t is marked on the first leaf "winebook, cash
owed" What does that mean That is un-
paid wine.
That has been bought in your house ? Yes,
sir.
1t is, you say, from this book that you gather
together the entries which appear in the ag-
Yes, sir
| ask you to initial upon page 13 of that
book each line, II any there appears which
pertains 10 Jesse S. Potter account and each
entry. (The witness does so.)
Mr.. Barnes offer in evidence the book en-.
titled winebook, cash owed, on page 13 of that
book, so much OF the page as has been mi
tailed "S y" by the witness, which entries
are as follows:
December ], 1892, December l. December /.
Jesse Potter December 1, Jesse Potter, B 10, $50
December J. Jesse Potter, b 80, $3.50.
December 3, Jesse Potter, B 80, $3.50.
December A. Jesse Potter, B s, $25.
December, paid.
Can you now state, from your individual
recollection, whether, at the dates set forth in
this memorandum, Jesse Potter did not buy
and have charged the numbers of bottles of
wine here charged to him. Yes sir
That is n fact, Independent of the Dook7 Yes,
sir; 1t would not be down there if it was not
At what time was the word "paid" written
beneath that account that appears there? Was
that written prior to the giving of the draft
and the receipt of the money or afterward? I?
This was before the draft.
l call your attention to page Ia in this same
book. Please initial each line on that page re-
lating TO Mr.. Jesse Potter. (The witness does
so.)
Mr.. Barnes-I offer in evidence all of the en-
tries upon page IA of the winebook, cash
owed, which have been initialed as. Y.n by
the witness now being examined.
December o, 1892