The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-18
Court Makes a Technical Ruling in
Favor of Defence.
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
Pleaded rs Barto Nuch of the les
timony offered by the Stafc-Ihc
Entries show That Quay Paid
Little or No Interest for the
Large Sums Loaned Him
Exceptions Noted


PHILADELPHIA. April 17-Meyer
Goldsmith. ,he Commemorative expert
accountant. was on the stand all day n
the r.al OF senator quay, making state-
ments Of fact hat are apparently oam-
aging 90 The oo.eldants side of tne case.
G0.osmIth IS tie man witness Tor the
prosecution ana l. is through him that
al OF the documentary evidence is %
0e presented. Ials witness has examined
tie OaDK a DOOAs no. .olgAly, and nc came
iutO c0url tua mOrA.us with "a uuuDlr
Ol tyltNr.ttrn snects cOutalAB NS.rr5
tla- he Edl.e. ed nom tle NailOus DoO.s,
relating 10 the deposit of lne STATE Treas
Lrer
he sworc 10 the correctness of bis Work
and then tne District At.o4uoy formally
o.eieI the payer iu evidence. ms was
objected to ay the defense oA the orouud
ia. such d. paper is not testimony. III
was insisted tndt the b0O6s themselves
should be placed before the witness and
bus statements uttered u0m WLal he saw
entered iu them. The judge de-lueI IN
favor of the defense, thus giving that
si e ,he first piece of comfort it has eN-
p.r.cnced since she Trial began. Although
the defense a pIrenuiy gained this point
the pa or N.s practically i'm eNiIence
with Goldsmith Using Ils cont 'n'5 n
flaming bis answers 90 the District At
to.ney questions
When the quay lawyers objected 10
this they 80 met by the judee eX-
plarat on that while the paper could not
b. used as sworn ydence the witness
might use il to refresh his memory.
IT'S EFfECT.
one effect of al ti-. was 90 make cer-
tain that tie case VII now go to the jury
there having been some doubt ON TINS
point up 90 the decision 10 admit all that
Goldsmith might have TO say.
Ju-t before lnc close of the day pro-
ceedines there was another ruling by
Judge Riddle in favor OF the defense
which may have a bearine on the future
of the case. The statute of limitation
hes been pleaded time and again Dy sfl-
at4r Quays lawyers as bar to much
of the tasUmouy presented ny the CONE
mouWe4lth AS Mr. Quay was indicted
ou November d. l>3, the two years ale
lowed boy the statute Tor prosecution
would extend back DO November u, 1870
ON This basis Mr Watson has frequently
urged Judge B.idle tO exclude mention
DO transactions dating back ol l~1 Wen
AIr QUAY was State senator The Court
BIAS uniformly held .u effect that the
sfHtufe 0f limitations does nor affect the
evidence. tut does effect the crime. The
ID strict Attorney pointed Out that he
alleges the defendants guilt during the
TWO years the law confines him fo ana
to prove ibis the corroboratiye evidence
of the previous years should certainly na
admitted. judge Hiddie decided AGAINST
the commonwealth aud the quay lawyers
were very fapry. lie ruled that the evi-
dence should Doe confined Orb the cone
sniracy alleged and not relate to some
other cons Tracy
HELPS THE DEFENSE
The lawyers for The defense claim that
the decision practically rules out the ag-
ures prior 90 November l1. lN6
Mr R0thermel Says its effect will be-
10 prevent him from oifer'ng much of the
.,frorce ho hora1 90 orr. t"f.
All day long Mr. Goldsmith read out
figures taken from the bank books. em-
bracing the various settlement peri DIS of
six months EACH dating back to October
n. 1893 showing the amount OF the state
denoeit the amount loaned to senator
QUAY during each SIX months. the aWo
of interest allowed the State ON that
pOrtion of the state deposit apparently
not set aside for Seu9t0r Ouay's uSe The
amount OF interest If any the Senator
paid ON HIS loans and the amount ot
money used 20 purchase stock for him.
IITTT E INTEREST PAID.
The deposit during the years mentioned
RANGED from 81 100000 % 500 roo.
Senator Cuays loans were shown t0 te
ass great as S>f6N9 I'm one period of six
months Occasionally the witness said.
s,raTe- ard inade0uate payments of in-
terest hv Senator QUAY were shown. but
generally there was nothing 20 indicate