Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-11
STUBBS AND WOMACK
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tosen NV the committee. The other four
~ ne ~omreittce concur liz the view that
l have expressed. -..,...
rof,oNTL TAYLOR DIsSENTs.
colonel TAYLOR: viii state that have
sisscnted from, the opinion OF ane So~n
here for the purpose OF getting all the
fscss we can. / do not know anything
about the legal points or the technicaii-
tiea We came here for the purpose OF
irving the case. Colonel Stubs has been
accused. and | think the question is o
very proper one, and the witness shouio
The Chairman: would suggest 20 Gene
raj Hundley for whose opinion as law
Yer / have the highest respect. that
In the event this witness should decline
20 disclose the Information asked TOT,
that IL this committee were 10 open up
,A, question ssgf Il no the ts Tssh aHT
OF counsel for Mr.. Stubs TO ask this
question. in case this gentleman declined
TO answer II (and II seems that Is his
purpose, as far as 1 have heard nim)' II
extent. possibly. that Il might be neces-
Sary TO summon witnesses frOm dis
lance. and while we are here ready ana
prepared 10 stay any reasonable and ne
eessary time TO give thorough trial. yet
II IL proper for us 90 say that with these
checks before US and their genuineness
not disputed. In my view OF II. this COM
mittee would not be influenced by any
testimony as to how these checks were
gotten: they have been admitted to- be
genuine. and. not being disputed, they
stand IN that position before us.
General Hundley: I have no further
questions 90 ask this witness.
VIEWS OF JUDGE GREEN.
Judge Green: ] beg TO say. I'm addition.
that while agreeing with General Humid
lev in his statement OF the law in mat
tiers OF criminal examination. It occurs
20 me. and the ground on which put my
view Of this case Is, that this Is col
lateral proceeding. IL is an offer 20 in
terject matter about which there is no
dispute-the exisience Of th4checks. The
question as 10 whether the checks were
come by honestly or dlshonestly-to draw
OF the attention OF the committee tand
n we had Jury here, 10 turn their at
tention, and cause 1t TO appear that the
manner In which the checks were gotten
Is the chief object Of the inyesiga-
ton. Now, we are not authorized 10
make ans such investigation; We are not
esre for that purpose. except in so FAR
as II might be rendered necessary by the
Impeachment OF any of the witnesses,
and II you can impeach this evidence by
any system OF questions TO this witness
the evidence that these checks are genu-
Inc checks and genuinely endorsed-I
think II would be admissible but IL does
not add anything TO the evidence what
ever TO show that they were gotten sur
reptitiously. admitting that that could be
shown. as 10 which the committee know
nothing. Ii does not add anything 10 the
evidence in this case as TO the bearing OF
these checks upon the conduct of Major
Stubs: II does not add anything what
ever 10 show that some rascal stole them
from his house. or from anywhere else,
IL they were stolen. He says the checks
were given to him and are genuine. and
II Is an entirely collateral matter and
would turn the committees attention
into an entirely different matter 10 in
quire from whom those checks were got
ten 10 be presented here. They are here.
and Colonel Stubs has himself admitted
their genuineness.
General Hundley: ] have no other ques-
tions % ask the witness.