The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-16
EnLiDen Hectic
 Session of Cross Examination
Attorney Shades Questioning Purcell Whether Not He Is Telling the Truth Acorn Testng Charges
 Counsel in Appeal to Judge

A. Yes.
 Referring to exhibit 63.)
 @. You find 20 sheets dated by the B. of Finance, and how many sheets are there in the entire book?
 Crawfore Protests
 A. I didn't count those. Alcorn: You mean now or formerly? Crawford: I object to that sort of statement. If the gentleman wants to make an objection, he should say so. It should not be permitted. Alcorn: It seems to me entirely req sonable as incidental to the question that it would leave Slade: In connection with this mat ter, asked the mitness to tell me the number of sheets there are in this book. Am noy entitled to ask that question without resorting to the gentleman on oss-examina- tion? That observation that he made in no way affects the practice. I am seeking to establish fact of the number of pages in that book, how many pages are undated. It has nothing to do with the insinuation the gentleman made involving an independent fact. Judge: Correction required. Slade: Your honor, approve of the suggestion that myquestion be modified
 Judge: It may pass now, MT. Slade.
 Q. So. out of 273 pages-to &C., commodate the gentleman-NOW in exhibit 63, twenty of them appear to be signed.
 A. That isn't what I determined. I determined the number that were dated by the board of finance.
 o. I beg your pardon. I think you're right-20 sheets to be dated by the board of finance. Will you tell me the number or sheets in the book that are signed by the con- troller or anybody acting for him.
 A. 252.
 o. So far, out of the 273 sheets NOW in the book, 252 are signed by the controller. Is that correct?
 A. That's correct.
 @. Now, will you kindly tell us how many sheets in that book signed by the controller bear no date?
 Purcell counts them).
 o. So out of the 273 pages, 180 of them bear no date of the controllers signature. So far as exhibit 25 is concerned with respect to the facts disclosed by those sheets, there is no evidence on any of those sheets when the board of finance consid- cred the sheets. Do you understand the question, MT. Purcell? I'm anxious to have you restrian your- self to personal knowledge. Pause). Apparently you don't understand the question.
 A. I don't think so.
 @. So far as what appears on those sheets, there is nothing there which discloses when the board of finance had those sheets before them. Personal knowledge, sir, no inference, no gueSswork, no deduc-, tions.
 A. I counted the number that were not dated by the board of finance.
 o. I'm speaking now with respect to those sheets which appear to be undated. You understand, don't you?
 A. Yes.
 Q. So far as shown in exhibit 25, with respect to the sheets undated, there is no evidence on any of those sheets in themselves showing when the board of finance had those sheets before them.
 A. Yes. There is.
 @. You understand my question now?
 A. I think I did.
 o. I don't think you did. Iav- ing looked at those sheets and hav- ing discovered now that there IS no date as to when the board of finance attached their names to those sheets there is nothing shown in those sheets disclosing when the board of finance had those sheets before them. Do you understand the question?
 A. Yes.
 o. Without taking unnecessary time, want to ask the broad ques- tion whether you personally know that many of the warrants payable sheet of 1886 were likewise undated by the board of finance?
 A. I don't know.
 o. You have to examine the book. Is that it?
 A. Yes.
 @. Requests warrants payable sheets for 1936-substitutes 193O. Can you tell us the number of sheets in that book NOW?
 A. 328.
 @. And there are 328 sheets un- dated by the board of finance; so that not single sheet Tn that book is dated?
 A. Yes.
 Alcorn: And by the board of finance.
 Slade: Are you asking question?
 Alcorn: I want you to make 1t clear that the number of sheets un- dated by the board of finance
 Slade: Are we talking about the controller or are we talking about the board of finance? l thought your memory was good.
 Q. That was exhibit 62 for the year 1883. Is that correct, Mir. Pur- cell?
 A. Yes.
 Requested record for l932-ex- hibit 6D.
 o. The question now is how many of those warrants payable sheets are undated that the board of finance allegedly approved?
 A. The board of finance Or
 Court ndjourned).