In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York Volume 8; United States of America, Petitioner Against the American Sugar Refining Company, et al., Defendants (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...25425, 25431, 25432 25434, 25763, 25764, 25765, 25766, 25767, 25768, 25769, 25778 26014, 26015, 26016, 26448, 26449, 26450, 26451, 26731, 26732 26958, 26959, 26960, 26961, 26962, 26863, 26964, 26965, 26966 27476, 27477, 27478, 27479, 27480, 27481, 28372, 28374, 28375 29377. 28378, 28379, 28380, 28381, 28382, 28383, 28385, 28386, 25753, 26017, 26730, 26971, 26972, 27483, 27484, 28387, 28388, 28389. 25150, 25441, 25529, 25681, 25851, 25907, 26086, 26429, 26434, 26677, 26767, 27171, 27445, 27541, 27695, 28037, 28208, 26734, 26735, 26973, 26974, 27485, 27487, 28392, 28394, 28396. Q. Were the claims you have just read into the record entered 9957 into a tissue book similar to Petitioner's Exhibit 2058? A. Yes, sir. Q. The course of business with respect to the presentation of these claims did not change during the period of time that you were in Mr. Palmer's office? A. Not at all. Q. What data were these tissue claims or these claims made up from? A. So far as cooperage was concerned? Q. Yes? A. From the paid freight bills. Q. The paid freight bills? A. Yes, sir. Q. Those paid freight bills were kept on file in Mr. Palmers office? A. I think they accompanied the claims. Q. They accompanied the claims when presented to the railroads? A, Yes, sir. Q. Did you have anything to do with verifying these claims? A. I used to until the last few years. Mr. Crawford: What do you mean by the last few years? The Witness: When I first went in there I helped make them np, but as the business grew I had them made up, but I did not actually make them up myself. Q. What did you do? A. Why, I simply saw that they had them checked up, and saw that they agreed with the freight bills and sent them along to the proper parties. Q. That is, the claims showed what? A. They showed all the...