The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-05

the type or servlceS am requesting, and throughout the trial, he has been doing that sort of thing for the convenience of the states attor- ney. Especially do I take exception in connection with your honor's ruling that the exhibits in this case and the records should be placed exclusively in the custody of MT. Brown as against the custody of the clerk which I requested at the com- mencing of the trial. You may in- quire.
 Alcorn on cross examination. Leary Pays Visit
 e. MT. Alderman, when MT. Leary called you up on December IA, 1897, where were you2
 A. was working2
 c. Where?
 A. Standard Paper Go.
 e. What were you doing2
 A. Accounting
 c. Was anyone there helping youP A. No.
 Q. You were doing 1t alone2
 A. Yes, sir. Q. How long had you been on the job?
 A. I don't remember off hand.
 c. Can't you tell me how long you had been on the job since Decem- Der 1897? A. No. Q. Matter of days? A. No.
 c, Hours ?
 A. Possibly.
 Q. How much work had you done? A. I can't tell that either. I think 1t was preliminary work to- ward the close of the year.
 Q. What were you doing?
 A. General accounting, prepar- ing schedules for the end of the year.
 c. Schedules of what? A. Either insurance unexpired or some such schedule required for the work at the end of the year.
 c. Is that the best description you can give us2
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. Don't you know how long 1t took your
 A. It is very difficult to remem- Der now what was to be done at that particular time.
 No Difficulty
 c. You had no difficulty in esti- mating the work you had to do for MT. Leary after January 1, 1888? A. No, sir.
 Q. What time of the day did he call you?
 A. Early morning.
 e. Did he talk with you long on the phone?
 A. He didn't.
 o. Did you leave your job?
 A. did.
 c. What time did you leavea
 A. About noon.
 c. Where did you go2
 A. Executive office of the Dia- mond Ginger Ale.
 c. Whom did you see there?
 A. think MT. Hannigan was there.
 Q. As an employe of Mir. Leary?
 A. He was an employe of the Diamond Ginger Ale. ? e. Was MT. Leary there2
 A. Not at that time, no.
 c. Did you go back to your job that day?
 A. don't remember. | Mem0ry's o. K.
 e. What is the matter with your memory? Can't you remember2
 A. Nothings the matter with my memory. I can't remember now whether I worked that day at that place or whether I went to work another place.
 Q. Can't you recall whether you went back to your job that day2 A. can't recall whether I went back to the job that day?
 e. How long were you there in the Diamond Ginger Ale before MT. Leary appeared?
 A. Possibly 6 half hour.
 c. Did MT. Leary tell you where to go when he called you on the telephone2
 A. No.
 e. He asked you to go to the Diamond Ginger Ale. Didn't he?
 A. Yes, the first time he called me he asked me to go to the execu- tive office of the Diamond Ginger Ale.
 Q. And he told you to wait for him?
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. Did he tell you over the tele- phone what he wanted?
 A. No, sir. He said he wanted some accounting work done and told me to go.
 c. Did anybody come with him? A. No. sir.
 Q. What time did he get to the Diamond Ginger Ale? l A. One o'clock or whereabouts. c. How long were you in con- ference with him? 1 A. Not very long. o. About how longa
 A. For fifteen or twenty minutes. c. Did he tell you what he want ed done?
 Given Instructions A. He told me he wanted me to go to the city hall and work on the warrants payable and checks, to veri- fly the checks for the period of eleven months against the warrants pay able sheets.
 o. A gew moments ago. you said you neve" worked on the warrants payable sheets in your life.
 A. did not.
 Crawford: I submit there is no such testimony. l Q. What did you say to Mir. Crawford with respect to the war rants payable sheets?
 A. That my best recollection was that the last time worked on the warrants payable sheets was on the February reconciliation for 1881.
 Q. That is practically all your lift. You had only been there about a year?
 A. A year. 1 o. In the city hall?