The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-02

@. What is the significance? A. It means that the original was issued without a number. It cleared the bank without number.
 O. And how about the subject matter being approved by the Board of Finance?
 A. It was not. Alcorn reads: Dated: July r, 1883. Amount: $18.225. To the order of w. E. Thoms City. July 10, 1933 City Waterbury Services expended in Hartford in re- gard to legislative and financial matters. Authorization to issue bonds. Amendments to bond issue. Legislation concerning deduction oi municipal or unpaid taxes. Proposed personal tax changes. Proposed leg islation for fiscal year. Limitation of tax collection. Proposed legislation as to receivership of the City of Wa terbury. Proposed legislation con- corning payments of taxes in month- ly installments. Golf courses for purposes of recreation, Legislation as to improvement of highways in Bristol, and outlying districts. Ad- vice, opinion, and assistance in the sales of municipal bonds, and other financial matters. $18,225.
 Slip of Paper
 o. I show you slip of paper, MT. Purcell. What is that?
 A. That's the memoranda refer ring to payments made to w. E. Thoms
 0. When was it made?
 A. can't tell exactly.
 @. How nearly can you tell?
 A. Sometime after January 1884. Probably in the year 1884.
 @. And is the memoranda ac- curate? ( A. Yes. Q. And where did you get it? @ A. From cancelled checks. N @. And the cancelled checks of what year?
 A. 1883 and 1884. @. To your knowledge, are they in existence?
 A. No, they're not in existence. @. To what does that information on that slip of paper referP
 A. It refers to payments to w. E. Thoms. @. And was that information taken from the cancelled checks you've already referred to?
 o. And the memoranda was made by youP
 A. Yes.
 @. Without that memoranda, are you able to tell what was on the city checks.
 A. No. o. MT. Purcell, what is this num- ber, 55,429.
 A. It is the voucher number. Alcorn reads:
 January Is, 1884 $17,5oo. To Will liam E. Thoms. Cash: 1-19-34. 554l9. July IT, 1883. $18,225. To William E. Thoms. Credit of his account at Citizens. 7-17-33. Alcorn: (Referring to the sheetso The first in States Exhibit 183. That is for $18,225.
 O. I show you another paper and would like to have you tell me what that is?
 A. That is a duplicate city voucher @. In whose favor?
 A. Carmody & Thoms.
 0. And what year? A. 1885.
 Public Records
 o. Whether or not the original Of that check is in existence, do you know?
 A. Not to my knowledge. If Nf fha nIlhl1n records of the City of Waterbury? A. Yes. (Admitted and marked as Exhibit 1851 , MT. Purcell notice that this dup : licate has a pencil number. A. Yes. 0. To the best of your knowledge, is the original of that existent? A. To the best of my knowledge, it is not existent.
 o. State whether or not that pen ell number has any significanceP A. Yes.
 o. What is 1t. A. The check was issued without a number. The number was affixed . after the check had been paid by the bank.
 Alcorn reads: January 24, 1885. $18,O0O. January A. 1885. Pay $18,000 to the order of Carmody & Thoms, Waterbury, Conn.
 @. Are you able to state, MT. Pur- cell. whether that matter was laid before the Board of Finance? A. Yes.
 O. Was 1t or was 1t notp
 A. It was not.
 Cancelled Checks
 o. I show you two papers, and ask YOU to please tell me what they are? A. Cancelled checks of the City of Waterbury.
 o. In whose favorP I A. Carmody & Thoms.
 O. What year?
 A Roth dated November g, 1887. O. Are they part or the files of the City of Waterbury?
 A. They are.
 (Admitted and marked as Exhibit O. MT. Purcell, is there a number on it?
 A. Yes.
 o. What was 1t made with?
 A. A blue pencil.
 O. Is the fact that those two checks bear a penciled number, any significance?
 A. Yes.
 e. What is 1t? A. They were issued without a number, and the number was af- fixed after they had been paid by the bank.
 @. Whether you are able to say