The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-22
Secretary or Standard Beer
 Sales Corp. GiDes Testimony
Signed 1Oo Penalty Clerk Bankruptcy Called Stand by Special Prosecutor for Ioma
 Donate Pie :raroria, Contractor

1 turn? Did you include in that re- turn all of the taxable properties of Santalucia? Objections over-ruled0 A. Yes. Q. Were you working for Santa lucia that year? A. Yes. @. What were you doing? A. I vas secretary of the cor poration and he was president. i @. What was the name of the corporation? A. Standard Beer Sales. Q. Did he own the corporation himself?
 A. He was the president.
 o. He was the president? A. That's right.
 o. And whether or not he was there-you saw him daily?
 A. Practically.
 l. Now, if you recall having any conversation with him in respect to making his returns of his motor ve- hicles?
 A. No.
 Q. You can't tell me of any in- structions that he gave you? i A. Nothing.
 o. You can't tell us now why you presumed to sign his list and take oath to it?
 A. can't.
 o. You can't tell the court and jury whether you did so at his re. quest or not?
 A. can't.
 Doesn't Recall
 o. Do you mean to say that you didn't do it at his request?
 A. Well, I did it but I don't re- call having any conversation with him about it.
 Q. But the point of the question is that you didn't do it at his re- quest?
 A. That I can't say. just don't recall any definite request.
 o. Do you recall any indefinite request?
 A. know that he had knowledge that I did it.
 o. How do you know that?
 A. Because I talked to him.
 Q. And what did he say?
 A. That don't know.
 Q. Did be say anything about any mistakes he mace or any er- TOTS?
 A. No. l Q. You told him what you had done?
 A. Yes, Sir.
 o. Whether or not he sent you back to make any changes?
 A. No.
 @. He didn't?
 A. No.
 Attorney Cassidy:
 @. As I understand it, this list was signed by you more as 8 matter of form without knowledge on your part as to what you were signing. Is that true? | A. That is true.f
 o. Yes. And this declaration ot property and signing of the lists over here in the city hall before the tax commission was quite as much a matter of form?
 A. True.
 o. That is, the lists were all made out and one of the assessors said: Will you kindly sign here? Correct?
 A. No. He didn't ask me to sign it.
 o. And you made no investiga- tion at all as to what was contained on that list?
 A. No.
 o. So what you signed, as to what property was on the list you didn't know at the time you signed? A. The property signed for I knew he had.
 o. Did you know what was on that list at the time you signed it. in other words, did you examine the list?
 A. Yes. did look over the list.
 o. Do understand you to say that you told MT. Burns about the contents of the list?
 Alcorn: MT. Santalucia. l A. No.
 O. So that he didn't know what was on that list that you signed. Did he? ] A. No.
 At this point, Judge Inglis warned the jury to consider this evidence against Santalucia only in the event that they felt that MT. Hartigan had authority to act as MT. Santa lucia's agent in signing the list. | Oath Re:d
 Alcorn: Do you recall this pro- vision in the form of an oath be- ing administered to you-the in- structions at the bottom of the sheet. Do you remember that?
 (Objection by Cassidy over-ruled) Alcorn read the oath.
 Should this list be signed by duly authorized agent on authority of taxpayer, the authority admins tering the oath shall by Chapter 115- 1927. require the attorney or agent to take additional oath that he is authorized by taxpayer to sign his | AAoI. 1NOW, IAl. 1o tAAC man who administered the oath to you-was that oath also admin istered to you?
 Objection overruled.
 o. MI Shanahan who also signed that with you-did he also admin ister such an oath to you?
 A. I don't think he did. I don't remember.
 Q. Do you mean to say that MT. Shanahan did not administer such oath to you when you were sign ing as the agent of Santalucia? Objections on the ground that the witness did not testify and did did not recall the oath) Overruled. | A. don't remember any such oath. Q: Did he administer any oath to you?
 A. remember an oath as agent. o. Did he or did he not? A. That was a mistake. signed I fho fov 1ct utISin1S y,rono rod