Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-05

On which the court sustained Major HulPs objection to their admission, unless the books were produced and | Attorney Desmond said they would | produce the books in court.
 The witness told of going to police 1 headquarters after coming from the hospital, giving bail for MT. Holmes IL was 2.25 when they finally reached i MT Holmes home.
 On cross examination Major Hull | pointed out a man in court and asked I the witness who he was Mr. Tarrant l said he was Mr. slaves, @ New York | detective, hired by MT Tarrant in l this case. The witness said he had l made no effort to get into the Lennen l house to have the bloodstains on the | doorframes photographed. He had not made suggestion since the trial to have the blood spots examined.
 Afternoon Session.
 John Tarrant was on the stand when court resumed after the noon recess and the books from the offices of N Iarrant X Co.,, were offered by At torney Desmond and laid in as ex- nIpits They were cash book, deposit books in UnCas and Merchants na- tional banks. They were all used, the witness said, in obtaining the fig ure on the firms business. There were also an insurance notice and a cancelled check of N. Tarrant S Co. dated Feb. 27, 1918
 Then Attorney Desmond offered as an exhibit typeWrittan abstract pre- pared by MT. Tarrant. The statement covered receipts from Feb. 1, 1913, to | April 10, 1918. | Major Hull objected because the statement began back on Feb. l and ! there was a lengthy argument on this point, after which Judge Maltbie said | he would admit it for what it was worth.
 MT. Tarrant said the cash book riod. On the Uncas National bank
 book he found a large deposit in Feb ruary not shown in the cash book. 1 Attorney Desmond attempted to in- | troduce in evidence a premium notice 1 for $1,041.1O due Feb. 25, 1918. It
 brought out continued objection from 1 Major Hull and the couct sustained 1 him
 The witness testified to knowing 1 of the sum of $500 from the sale of an automobile by Richard L. Tarrant to Charles Oscar Tracy late in Feb ruary. This went into the business. There was another item of s400 of which there was no record on the cash book.
 On the Uncas National bank book the deposits in the period were s1,- S7G.64 and $4.552.13 on the Merchants National bank book, a total of $6,-
 428.77.
 | A cancelled check was shown to MT. Tarrant but he was temporarily ex- cused from the stand while his broth
 CT, Richard L. Tarrant. of the firm 1 of N. Tarrant &5 Co. was put on. This ! ZFJt0psc Identified tha
 for $1,G4l.10 as referring to a life in
 surance policy on George Greenberger
 He said the cancelled check was for Q premium on the same policy due for the year before. The cancelled
 check went in as exhibit l.. It was for $1,041.10 with the signature George
 Creenberger & Co. on it ard was
 dated Feb, 27, 1918.
 MT. Tarrant said the check was paid to him in the presence of MT Spencer of The Travellers Insurance , Co. within an hour and a half of trair time when Mr Tarrant was to leave
 for Camp Devens.
 Another check shown to the wit ness had Royal G. Holmes signature on it, he said. It was to pay pre- Tniums to the Travellers Insuranc, t Co.,, including the s1,04110 amount l The figure on the check was s1,09S.12
 It's date was also Feb. 27, 1918. On cross examination Mir. Tarran F said he was not home in March 0, ! April. He got back from aviation f service on Dec. 10 or 11th He solt f an automobile for $500 to a maj
 named Tracy late in February. H > deposited the money in the Merchant
 National bank. He pointed out t V Major Hull a. deposit of $8S762 ol n Feb. 26, which he said included tn u $500. The witness testified he had n personal deposit in the Merchants Ma 0 tional bank. He showed this banl f book which he had in his pock a ct, Major Hull pointed out deposit of $500 on Feb. 26 on Nil n Tarrants personal account and ask VI ed if that wasn't the $500 receive ,, from the automobile. The witnes , said this was the proceeds of a not c which man named Nowatzky pal F him. The note was paid through Col Q onel Gale The witness did not be Y lieve he had any papers that woul q show the payment of the note
 Sterrill Chase of 29 Ward street - Free Academy student, said he wa :. employed at Fagan's Smoke Shop 0 Ib7 Main street on the evening of Dec. rr- and that MT. Holmes came into th ! store about [ o'clock that evening"
 John Tarrant was recalled to tn 7, stand. He testified there was abso Il lutely no record Cn the Tarrant firm ,+ cash book Of the receipt of the chec ,s for $1.04110, neither was there a cas book record of the paying out of $1
 G9G13
 On the cash book S6,421.80 is show ii receipts. There was no cash boo
 record Of the $1G411O nor of tho s5C ,o of the proceeds from the sale of til automobile
 On cross examination Mr Tarrar ilI said there were num%rous other book :, in the office. There were a number which he had not looked He ha . made no attempt to ascertain whe expenditures had been. He did nt ,4 look for any books of Mir. Holmes pel ~ sonal accounts. MT. Tarrant was asl Le ed why his summary ran from Fe 5, l to April 10. He replied that it WE 'i a coincidence. because the cash boo
 began at Feb. l and the page ws
 footed on April 10. He was lookir ; for an amount that would cover fl ar payment of $1,800.
 e, To 6 question by Attorney De- in mond the witness said the books q ,n not show at any time the amount m money that was in the office. Id George P. Madden, a cigar maker e. Norwich over 20 years, and residir ,h at 40 Otis street, testified that he tot CT the 9.30 car from Franklin squal l. Gn the evening of Dec. D He didr us see MT. Holmes on the car, but sa or him after he got off at Otis stree IS. They walked up Otis Street togeth h- as far as ETr. Madden's house. r it's noticed nothing unusual about hi
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