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you as Assistant Prosecutor, should per-
nit the prosecution of the said Posczkow-
ski to fail?"
mo, SIR"
did you on December 8 last, and De-
cember s, or any other day receive and ac-
eept a brige of $500 or any other bribe?''
NO SIR
Did you agree with Simpson that you
would appear on APPLICATION to withdraw
the Ilea of Bosczkowski. and sanction
such APPLICATION and refrain from opposing
the same?'
NO sir, excepting what I have already
said in open court with Mr.. Manning" re-
piled Mr.. Noonan.
did you sanction it?"
mo, sir; I had no knowledge of Mr..
Manning's application, and didn't know
until I went into Court
ibid you ever appear in court and ac-
quiese in the granting of the same?"
mo, SIR
"Did you ever advise change of plea in
court?'
mo, sir; never
ibid you take any part by way of CO.
operating with the application to permit
Bosczkowski to withdraw his plea?"
Excepting as I have said with Mr.. Man
ming"
Gross examine" said Judge Noonan,
and the Attorney General the next mo-
ment asked if November 26 was the date
when Bosczkowski was arraigned. He
was told it was.
''At that time Manning was his coun-
Sc l?' he pursued.
Manning told me so,'' said Mr. Noonan.
Now, when did you first learn of any
other person representing the Pole as
his counsel?"
Two or three days before these parties
came to me-
How did you learn this?''
''Mr Simpson walked into my office
and said he was in the case,'' replied Mr..
|-Noonan.
Ibid you say to him that Mr.. Manning
was acting as his counsel?'
81 don't recall that 1 did,
"And did you say to Mr.. Simpson that
Mr.. Manning was in it?''
"I don't recall that I did,"
Mr. Simpson was. actively engaged in
helping the Prosecutor" asked the At
torney General
more. l was single handed and obliged
to get help"
Had you any acquaintance before with
Beck?''
81 saw him once before"
after your interview with Beck and
Pidgeon you went over to Browns. How
long did you stay there?"
Only few minutes"
after they left where did you go?''
Back to the Court House.
Where did they go to-"
Il don't know"
Didn't you receive telephone mes
sage from New York on December 1?''
Yes
You gave them your telephone num-
ber?'
Il don't recall that I did, but may.
Had they asked me l would probably
have done So They could see it. in the
book" Noonan replied
Did you see Mr.. Simpson that day?"
81 don't remember"
What time on Thursday, December 2,
did you see Simpson,"
In theafternoon, l think"
Had you sent for him?
81 don't know whether I did or not"
On Thursday you went to Engefs, lat
er to Weber & Fields, later to the Gilsey
House and later to the Star Hotel, that
was the sequence wasn't it? Now, where
did you first become aware that you
yere under the influence of liquor?' asked
the Attorney General.
Hotel Renard, think
What time did you leave the Star Ho-
tel the next morning to return to Jersey
City,"
I'm the early morning, 1 believe
What time did you get back to Jersey
City?"
II don't remember
what time was it when you got shaw
ed?'
about nine o'clock 1 think"
What time did you go back to New
YorlS?''
Il don't recollect.''
What was the last fact you recollect
on Friday before you recalled your MEM
ory on Saturday."
when / was at Browns
How are you able to deny expressions
imputed to you by Beck and others when
you say during all that time you have
described yourself as being grossly in
ebriated and unconscious?"
II have answered every question fifth
fully and truthfully. / have never pre-
tended to know anything about that pc
riod. My mind was a complete blank from
the time I left Browns until the next
morning.
''Mr. Noonan, do you remember sitting
in the hall on chair in state of
stupor?"
81 do not"
whom do you recall seeing on the
parlor floor when you went up stairs?"
Il don't recall seeing anyone"
That's all" said the tAtorney General
that this sudden termination of the cross
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