Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-06

account and using money of the Bent ley estate, Attorney Geary was asked about the mortgages in question. Mir. Geary was shown an exhibit purporting to be statement of money he had re- ceived and he was asked if the proceeds of a mortgage on and in Lewis lane. amounting to S67S.56. showed in the statement and MT. Geary admitted that it did not, but he thought that the mon- ey had been turned over to Mrs. Bent- ley. Attorney Hull showed the wit ness a check of the Savh gs Bank of New London. mad, payable to Mir. Geary, for the amount in question, and endorsed by him and also a de1osit slip of MT Geary on Dec IS. 1902 for he amount of the' check and asked him f the 1e9osit was not for the check in question MT Ge2ry said that the mat ter had entirely escaped his recollection and that If the deposit slip showed the identical amount I will not deny that received it.''
 The witness attention was called to the mort-age given by Cassara bro,h- CTS to the estate and he was asked if Cassara had paid the interest to him. to which he rep jed Yes" Asked if he had credited the amount to the estate, MT. Gearv answered that he had. He was handed the exhibit and asked to ! point it out and he was unable to find il | but he admitted that it should have l been credited.
 Attorney Geary was asked if the orig inal S200 to bind the sale had been paid to him and he replied that he mortgage on June S, 1904. and Attor- ney Hull called the attention of the witness to the fact that on that date l Cassara had transferred from his bani book to Gearys book the sum of S46; and asked the witness why it was dont that way and not paid to the estate, tt which Mir. Geary replied that T tolC him to" and added that he had givel the estate credit for t.
 MT Geary was asked if he knew any thing about the sale by Mrs. Bentley L
 the New Haven road of land in Pequo
 avenue which was her personal proper ty on March 5, 1904. and Mir. Geary sai
 that he did not know anything about |
 His attention was ca led to a deposi . in his own account of S2,4s3 at tha
 time and the witness said that he al not remember about 1t.
 He was asked about the sale by tn
 estate os property to NJ. NJ. Kelley O September 5. 1902. the purchase pric . being s1.S5o to which MT Geary sal that Kelley paid Mrs. Bentley s25
 which was all the money he had an that Kelley had raised $500 addition , al on a mortgage given by Mrs. Peel a client of Mir. Geary and that the nor
 ey had not been paid to Mrs. Bentle
 nor was it received by him but retain
 cd by Mir. Kelley who erected bar
 on the property. Mir. Geary declare that the la ance on the transaction du
 the Bentley estate was paid in 190 s when he got s1 1.60o. Tt was a peculia I transaction testified the witness. T Attorney Hull said that he though
 SO. too Because Mrs. Bentley parte Q with the land, and didn't get the puI chase price, security or interest whil , Kelley got the land and mortgage" NJ 2 C;eary admitted that he received tn = interest for the loan advanced by MT, ] Peck and probably got the interest fo $ Mrs Bentley. The omission from tt 1 account was probably due to error. e was a small sum- said Mir. Geary.
 MT. Geary's attention was ca led { :. the mortgage given by Charles F. Potte 2 to the estate in 1904 and ne was aske h if Potter had not paid all the intere! amounting to s450 to him to the tin l of Mrs. Bentley's death, to which Nj = Geary replied that this was true an | said that this was omitted from the al | count through era and that it shoul DC 2dded.
 Attorney Hull questioned the witnes regarding the Sidney Snarks mortgag l of S1.S00 and asked him if he had nc
 received the interest on that. 'T proi
 ably did" replied Mir. eGary. "But
 don't know" He was asked if he ws administrator of Mr. Sparks estate ar
 said that he was He was asked if tr
 account contained an item creditin
 himself with the payment of s135 il terest on the Sparks mortgage. NJ Geary said that the money had not bee = actually paid to the Bentley estate bl was retained by him. He said that h
 failure was an error which should
 corrected.
 He made the same admission regart ing interest of $1S0 on the Char'e
 Goss mortgage and s5s on the Farir
 mortgage.
 The hearing was adjourned until ne.
 Tuesday because of the death of Alto
 ney H. A. Hulrs mother.
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