The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-17

~. HOW many VrtpS diQ you make to Hartford after the books were taken awayp
 A. Several.
 e. And how many times did you examine the books while they were there?
 A. Several times.
 e. For the purpose of advising yourself of the papers that were missing from the Warrants Payable Bookp
 A. I did not examine the War rants Record.
 c. You didn't make such an ex- animation here before you went to the grand jury, except the one you suggested in January9
 A. I did not.
 Alcorn:
 e. You were present when MT Hickey took these booksp
 A. Yes.
 e. And when they were delivered to him2
 A. Yes.
 c. By whom were they delivered9 A. MT. Rowland and myself.
 Took Receipt
 c. At that time did you take Q receipt of the books?
 A. Yes,
 (At this point, Edward j., Hickey took the witness stand). Alcorn:
 c. You are @ resident of Hart- ford county?
 A. Of Hartford county.
 c. You are special New Haven county deputy sheriffp
 A. I am.
 c. You are assisting in the prose- cution of this case?
 A. am.
 e. Do you recall that these War rants Payable Books for 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 1884 and 1885 were turned over to youp
 A. l do.
 c. And do you remember the day they were turned over to youP
 A. February 5th. remember 1t A. I do.
 e. What was the day? was on Saturday. and on the fol- lowing Monday and tuesday, l re- ceived some more. So 1t was Feb- ruary 5, 2 and g.
 e. From whom did you receive them?
 A. From Mr. Purcell and MT. Rowland.
 c. And are they still in the same condition in form and contents as the day that you received them? A. They are.
 Murray:
 c. Did you 90 through these Ex- hibits of Warrants Payable sheet after sheet?
 A. did not.
 c. Did you look in the boks what pages were missing?
 A. did not.
 So as a matter of fact, you had no personal knowledge Of the con- tents of those books?
 A. I had not.
 Under Control
 Slade:
 Q. So the books were not in your physical custody?
 A. They were under my control. c. But they were not under your physical custody2
 A. They were under my control. @. Do you understand my ques- ton? They were not under your per- sonal. physical custody2
 A. Yes, sir, do understand your question.
 c. Answer the question yes or no Do you feel that you understand or don't?
 A. want a definition of physical They were under my control, and under lock and key, and l had pos- session of the lock and key. They have been in my possession except while I had been sleeping,
 c. In Hartford. didn't you h . ? other people there in charge of the books?
 A. Yes.
 c. You were there all hours of the day, every day of the week, since February?
 A. Not the full twenty-four hours. c. And not any large portion2
 A. Oh, yes, a very large portion. Anywhere from i2, l6, IS and some- times even 20 hours.
 c. Tn your office?
 A. In the office in the county building in Hartford, and here. c. During the time you were out of the city, they were not in your custody2
 A. Of course not,
 c. When you were out ot the building, they were with you? A. No. but they were under lock and key.
 Judges Ruling
 There has been no change in the condition Of the books since they left the controllers office.
 (Mr. Purcell again takes the wit- ness stand)
 Mr. Alcorn:
 c. want to call your attention to Page 40.
 c. Have you got it before you? A. Yes.
 c. Was it approved by the Board of Finance? A. Yes.
 c. Is the date of the approval Of the Board Of Finance oil the sheet? A. Yes.
 c. What is the date Of the ap- proyal by the Board Of Finance? A. The same date--March 2. c. The date at the top Of the sheet and the date of the approval of the Board of Finance are the same?