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latsman--I am not certain.
Bird--But you think SO.

other customers beside Senator Kenpey
during the period have mentionsdP
Batemau-Oh, yes.
The witness was CROSS examined BY
Mr. Vandegrft. who asked him: Did
it frequently occur that good customora
were permitted to have oYerdraftsY
Batoman---To the extent Of holding
the checks until 0 o'clock the following
morning after the day they were pro-
sented aud found not to be good.
Vandegrift--W this the rule with
this defendant?
Batemnn-No. sir.
vaudegrift-- Why was IL NOT tho rule
| with this defendant?
Bateman--As stated yesterday, his
account waa such that II required
watching.
| Vandegrift--whnt wsre your orders
to William N. Boggs respecting the
payment of the checks OF this defendant
when his account was not gUod?
Mr.. Bird objected to this question
and wus sustained by the court.
| Mr.. Vandegrift then askod: Did this
| defendant come within the category OF
tho persons for whom you would carry
checks over until the next.morningY
Bateman--Ther might be circum-
stances under which we woula do 1t
when the checks wero not too large.
Vandegrift- you ever do it?
liatoman-I believe did. .,
In reply to Mr.. vanlesrift witness
explained how an overdraft would show
on the hooks In red ink, and said that
checks which wore carried would not
appear ms oveIdrafts. lie also ex.
planned that shora WA never any formal
permission given to anybody to have
an oyerdraft, but sometimes good Gus
tomera were allowed to have overdrafts.
lie said tho oyerdrafts of the defendant,
such ns had heen testified to, would
not hnvo boon permitted il be had
known they we're so largo us they ap-
pear to have becn at times.
WITNESSES CALLED TO TESTIFY TO snHA-
TOR KENNEY's REPUTATION.
Counsel for tho defence called the
following Witnessed, eaoh one OF whom
was asked to testfy to the reputation
of Senator Kenney for hunesty and
integrity in the community in which
he lives: Hon. George v. Massey oil
Philadelphia. formerly of Dover. eoun-
sci for the Pennsylvania Railroad Go.
Judge William II. Bryce of George
town; Hezekiah Harrington of Har.
ringtou, Speaker of the State Senate
Gun. Robert Il. Holiday of Dover,
superintendent of the Delaware rail.
road; Dr. Ezekiel w. Copper of Cam
den; ex Register OF Wills j. Wilkini
Coooh Of this county, and OK United
States Senator Anthony Higgins.
Mr.. Massey said he had known tht
defendant for at lvast 10 years and his
I reputation for honesty and integrit,
was good.
Judge Boyce had known Senator
! Kenney since 1871. They wsro &C
quainted when boys and had kept u,
the acquaintance. flo knew bis ropu
tation to be good.
Gen. Holiday, who had known Sena
tor Kenpey for seven years gave simila
testimony, as did also DIR. Copper ant
i Speaker Harrington, DO tn Of whom ha,
know him for several ysafs.
Mr.. Coooh, who had known Senate
Kenney since 1851, had nerer heard hi
: reputation questioned.
Ex-senator Higgins said he ha,
known Senator Kenney for several year
: and had never heard anything agaius
his character s.,
: "You mean until this trial2" Mr.
Vanderbilt asked.
, Yes" was the reply. 5.
TESTIMONY OF HARRY BRoCKsoN.
Harry Brockson of New Castle va
. called to the stand by the defence, AM
Mr.. Bird asked him: Did William N
| Hoggs, on the Sunday after the con
! viction Of Thomas S. Clark, in th
parlor OF the Jail at New Castle, Will
) talking to you, say, in answer to ques
ton from you: mo, the =
- don't speak to me. and I'll take car
OF him; I'll show him the road" o
c words to that effect.
Brockson-That's right.
9 MIR. Vandegrift took the witness II
l hand anu asked; Who was there beside
you and Boggs9
!. Bro3kson Nobody.
VandegriIt-Who did you first tel
1t tot
Brockson-Mr. Hunter, the post
D master, l think.
Vandegrift-Did you first tell it (
the defendant, Mr.. EliaHon. Mr.. Pad
1 berg and others in your place of bust
nees?
The defence objected to this questio
and il was ruled out
Vapdegrift- What other conyersato
) did you have with BoggsP
This question was alao oh iected to an
+ ruled out.
CUSTOM AT THU FARMERS BANK.
Ezekiel Cooper, paying teller OF th
Farmers Bank, was next called. MI
Bird asked him whether it was tn
custom at tho Farmers Bank to with
e hold checks and not protest them whe
- they were for larger amounts than tn
makers had on deposit.
:, Mr. Vandegrift OBJ iacted To the quos
" tion, hut withdrew his objection.
Mr.. Cooper replied to the eifeo. tba
!, in q case who~e customer has a goo
account and has never giycn an
trouble and he has check to come /
y for larger amount than no bus 10 th
i bank, tia cheek is often paid and he |
n Informed that the chock is in and is re
y y quested TO make il good by 3 O'Clock /
\ tho afternoon. Such check, he said
would be cUunted as cash and th
!. amount would be entered on the books
Il and il il was not paid by 2 o'clock /
- the afternoon would be charged up o
;. the books as an overdraft. Tho differ
ence between legitimate overdrai
!. ana check being carried over and with
:, hold, he explained, in reply to Mi
Il Vandegrift, would be that one wouI
a show on the hooks and tho other woul
not. He said banks sometimes carrie
). checks for day or two in the cases q
q customers with whom they had had n
= trouble and where it was known tia
y thoy would be made good. Whero sue
; thing was "a frequent oceurrenrc. it
4 customer, however, such "A Chez
4 would be protested lecture che end {
4 tho dny's business. "a
n CLEMENT II. CONG DON SoS EST.