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EVIDENCE _

Continued from Pals l.

mb, 10. 1928, it appcars frog the “tg stamped ‘on the cheque y the Bank that you cashed it on' March s. ms. what did you do Wh the funds when you received theln? A, 'ri-lay would be put in the safe.

I had previously Paid some items out or it taut were ons-reed against lr. The $100.00 had been Poldato Mrs. Gallant. in December 1927.

coming in and rule wk pre-

toil;

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would funds comefrom

youwereiwyilltolltinaizganoel

A.llfIhldcsshonhl.nd'1ong-

ing to the Government I might use it. or if I did not have it I would

psy rt from my own funds.i§ _

Q,Wouldtberebetimuwhenyou

would have advanced fairly; lame l\imlinthiswayto!hsGovernmsnt?

A. There wouidbe no largesums

atall.

Q.Didi’°\ltakethembacktoyo1|l'

effioeand place theaefunds ln the gafgq-dldyouusathemforaome other purpose?

A.Ibroua"ht the moneyin and put

itintbesafe.

Q. Did you carry this money on

yourperson?

A.No,Idonottl'1inkso.Iwould gooothebankandbringthemoney baekaudputitintheaa.fe.Ican- norreeallheepingltmyrormyown

Q. Did you deposit all or-any part

ofthesefundsinyourowuol-other bank account?

.A'1‘hatdepmdsollhowa.person

wants to iniM'l»'¢t that For instance if I had a certain amount of money in the safe and I cashed 'several oheilllw. I would not know the exact notes I get from the bank for any particular cheque or the exact notes I gave out. , 0

Q.Wereiny'0uinthehabltof k'eepixlg your own and Government rlmd.-l together in the rubllé wdrla Department safeil. ' '

A. Very often, yes. I did not always deposit any money I got directly. I very often put it in the safe. Q.Doyounotthink this',wua

mlnaks, keeping your own personal and Government funds togetlier?

s.rmol»soao.uusnsmgrom-

ed. I felt thi if I Md Gov- emmentalllmoklnforthemit was all rldhi- "

Q.Didyouloananypartofthese

funds to any persan_or per-sons?

A. I may have made advances to

men working for the Govmnment. very often some person eamein that was working for the _Government and was hard. up. and if I could not have them issue a cheque I wquld ad- vance him some money. ,

Q. If YW did Done of these thinie.

state exactly where the fun were from Mhroh ard, 1988 until ygtum- sd them over to the Treasury Ds- partment 'late in May. 19N. _ A.'l‘hefundswouldbeinthecssh me/war, unless time would be some advances made out of them,

Q. De you mean to say thlt the

balweaof thepmeeedsof this cheque for $485.80 rentlned in tha caan drawer from early in March 1929, until Nl! 22, 1939? _

A. lit is difficult to say whether it

vrasailthereallthetime.Ipald certain almounts out of it. I might have several hundred dollars of the Govwnment money there.

Q. Did you in themeantime use

any Dirt ol these flmds for your personal affairs?

A, I MM not say positively. As I

told YW. I vary often make ad- vances and just take a note _ot them.

Q. Apart from advances to the staff

or for other Govemment purposes. was the balance of the funds in the safe?

A. To the best ol my knowledge,

apart from any legitmats advances thevbalance of the flmds were in the safe. '

Q. On the same date that is March

3, 1928, you also canhed mother Canada Cement Comlpany's cheque amounting to 88.11. Did you keep this money with funds received for the $485.80?

A. Yes. Q. You knew the 8985.08 is the ex-

caa amount that was to 'the credit of the Bank account over and above outstanding cheques. Why then did you tell the Premier on the first oc- dagion he spoke to you that the $495.80 cheque was included in the $986.08 item.

A. I did not tell him that. He

might have misunderstood me. I told hfm that the bank account showed an excess of 8966-08 and I thought D0!- sibly I might have deposited twice by mistake some of the money that I had received. "

Q. 'rh-is* suggests a rather loose

system of handling funds. does it not?

A. Yes, I admit that probably

things were not just what they should have been in connection with the refundirlg of that money. but we never departed from the principle we started with. ,

Q. Your evidence now is you with-

held the $485.80 cheques as you con- sidered the Bank account incorrect and you wished to have the bank ac- count checked up. Why did you not fell the Premiewthis instead of tell- ing him the $485.80 cheque was ln- cluded in the $958.08 item?

A. 'I'he statement I made about the

bank account was at the end of 1928. When the 8485.80 cheque came in February 11738. the 1927 account was closed while the cheque was for bus- iness transacted in 1927.

Q. When the accounts were closed

for 1927 was there anything ‘to in- dicate thot- there was ll. possibility of there being a surplus in the bank account? ‘

A, I do not remember about that.

I was busy at the time and did not check the account at all.

Q. Bo far as you can remember it

was not until the 1928 accounts were closed that it was discovered that there was a. surplus in the Highway Improvement Account?

A.Sofau-aslcanremembernow

that was what happened. ‘ Q. why did you let the Provincial Auditor' make a false and incorrect audit of 'the Public Works accounts

by withholding all knowledge of this $485.80 cheque from him?

A. I cazft say that there was any?

withholding at any time. I do not think you asked me any questions about receipts. You knew that all dur- ing the period there was money irl my possession and credited to the account and there was not any ques- -tions asked. The statements I pre- Pllod for you were never audited or checked. I did not withhold that knowledge any more than I withheld

any other knowledge relative to the highway business. There was never a question asked me`at any time as to the credits that passed through the Highway Account. I passed through credits for charges and there was no questions asked about them. We took them for granted.

Q. 'rock what for granted? A. I did not think ‘there wa.s'e._ny

necessity of telling you what was

-there. You never asked me about

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any crcdts that went through. I took 'lt for granted you presumed they were all right.

Q. The point here is what was your

reason st the end of 1929 for not dis- closing the fact that you had cer- tain funds on hand out of the 8486.80 cheque you cashed in March 1928.?

A. Until I had satisfied` myself

if I had a balance of $960.08. Ithought ie was quite possible for me to have deposited some money twice and for- got about it, and I wanted to clear this up before reporting the full bal- ance.

Q. Why did you not tell the audit-

or you thought the Bank Account was incorrect?

ltldonotknowasthlelewasvery

much excuse for it. I was not check- ing the bank account personally and I thought if I could let it go until I could find time for it I could check the account myself. Our Bank Account was always checked _in the Public Works Office.

Q. Do you llot think that you should

have reported the flmds on hand and the fact that there seemed to be some question albout the accuracy of the Bank account to the auditor at this time? ‘ _

A. For reasons that I have already

explained the matter was allowed to stand in abeyanoe.

Q. When did you first think the

bank account was in.correc't?

A. I do not remember exactly. Q. What caused you to think it was

incorrect?

A. The checking of the account

showed that there was apparently an excess. .

Q. To what extent did you think it

was incorrect?

A. I had no exact idea..As it show-

ed a credit of $956.08 I thought the wise plan was to tum that i.n to the credit of 'thc account for the time being.

Q. Did you have so much money

yourself as not to bo able to definite- ly know you were paying too much money in to the Goverrunent?

A. (No answer.) Q. I1 you felt you were paying your

ovlm money in to the Government why did you not chock up the Bank oo- colult without delay, instead of walt- lng eighteen months? V

A. During the year 1928 it was ab-

solutely impassible for me to devote time to checking the Bank account, ns I was too busy.

Q. When did you intend to check

up the Bank Account to find out if it was correct or incorrect?

A. As near as I can remember I

spoke to Mrs. Gallant several times irl 1929 that we must come back and check the account, ao that we could clear up that balance. At the time Mr. Hart came we were squaring a- way to get it done.

Early in 1928 you also received a

cheque from DeBlois Bros., Ltd. for $l02.23 which it seems you cashed but did not account for until May 1929. Where were these funds in the meantime?

A. The funds would be in the safe,

I plesume, less any amounts that I had paid out. V

Q. 'What use was made of them? A, As I have explained before, in-

valrialbly when I had money on hand I frequently made advances to P60- ple.

Q. What was the ds/te you receiv-

ed this cheque?

A. I do not remember. , Q. Did you go to the DeBlo|s of-

fice for it? .

A, I do not know whether I did or

not. I know I sent for it differ- cnt times, but whether I went person- ally I do not remember.

Q. Was the cheque delivered to you

personally in DeBlois Bros. office?

A. As I said before, I do not re-

member. ' . __ Q. Why did yell make a personal

visit to get this cheque? AA. 'rim ls covered before. `» Q. Where were the funds kept? A. In the safe with the othi' funds. Q. Were these funds in the office

safe in the Public Worin Depart-

ment? _

A, Yes. qnidyouuseauypartoftheso

funds personally?

A.Idonotknow,ast.heasfunds

werernired up withmy own funds.

Q. How' is it you have no record

‘nt cheque for $13.50 received Jan- uary 19, loan . V

A. I do not remember at this time

no recollection at this time regarding how it was disposed of. I presume the Government got credit for it.

Q. How did you expect the auditor

to make a correct or proper audit when you did not mention anything to him about the $485.80 cheque--the $102.23 cheque--and $1350 cheque or 'the 86.11 cheque.? `

A. All the credits during the High- way period were not checked or aud- ited and they were all handled the same. There was not any specific ‘dflference.

Q. In other words. you were follow-

ing the same system in regard to these miscellaneous receipts which

.provement account programmes was begun, whether it was right or wrong?

A. Yes. Probably the whole thing

was wrong, but the Auditor did not ask any questions about it or I did not offer an explanations.

Q. On May 6, 1929 you cashed an-

other Canada Cemcnt Company's cheque for $448.00 dated Feb. 1, 1929. Will you state what you did with these fluids when the money was paid by the bank?

A. l took them over and put them

in the safe with the other funds.

Q. Did you use any or all of this

amount personally?

A. No. But that was abou tthe time

I had several hundred dollars of my own money in the safe and I did take out $500. I think it was that I got for my dividends. It was all cash and when I was taking my own money

I do not know .as to the species of the money I took out.

Q. Did you deposit the funds in

your personal account?

A. I, have already explained what

was done in this respect. Q. If none of these things' were

done, just where was the money be- tween May 6, 1929 and the time you

accounted for it some wgeks later?

A. I advanced $75 to one of the

Highway Superintendents which I got later. I may also have advanced small amounts to members of the staff or to nlymlf. This was done fre- quently and the funds were always accounted for,

Q. When you were asked by the

Premier on May 21st t,o show him these funds you were unable it ap- pears, to produce the sum of $448.00 from the officg safe. All you could

-Where was the different between $370 and $448 at that time?

A. There was over $500 in the safe

at that time. I do not remember the exact a/mount but it was somewhere

can remember, without any I. O. U.'s.

Q. You consider then at the time you exhibited this money to the Premier that you had more than $370. _ A. Yes. ' Q. The date on which

you exhibited the funds to the Pre- mier amountillg to $370. you appar- ently had on hand funds amourltiru to at least $32.90 belonging to Fal- conwood account. Were these fundsl part of the $370, which you exhbit- ed to the Premier?

A. It should be in the safe as near

as I can calculate, unless it was in the Falconwood receipt book.

Q. Would the Falconwood cash be

in the sa-me drawer with other De-

was started when the Highway Im- A_

out I may have taken some of this.,

then find in the safe was about |870. ,

in the vicinity of $600 'as far as I'

Successful Shao

FO'

for ,a banquet which will take place at the arrnories Friday night, April 11, at 7.30. Every member of the M R. C. is eamestly requested io be "

night's shoot, possible 100. are as ic lows:

A. Gormley S. Moore ....................... K. Burhoe . A. J. McCabe Roy Prowse

S. Jones

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Ralph Jenkins G. M. Moore ...................

Spillett

W. Walsh .

IE. McCabe Mr. Beairsto ............... Russ Chandler Fred Nash J. H. Judson A. Arsellault I. G. Love .. ..... . W. Phillips 89 W. Dinnls . . . . . . . . . 88

Team shoot won by Russ Chand-

lel-‘s team by close margin of 2 points. Team scores, possible 50. Russ Chandler A. spillett A. J. McCabe w.P1lullps Fred Nash

4:8 47 47 42 42

Total 228

Ralph Jenkins 48 Roy Prowse 47 R.. Burhoe 45 A. Gormley 43 w.wu1m 42

Total . . . . . ._.224

BOWLING

Last night on the Lealue Alleys the

“High Ten League" were in action a- gain when they "Royals" met and defeated the Regals by a majority of 228 pins in one of the best games| bowwd this season. W. Coyle rolled high single of 310 pins while E. Rob- ` in had high total for 748 pins.

Regal:

J. A. Bentley c. McDonald J. Clalaghan ... .....` G. Essery ... .. Rev. P. McMahon

Royals

178 292 225 221 224

209 1 88 200 247 208

1 82 22 1 252 1 94 209

200 190 193 178

218 244 221 204

230 247 310 294

J. Hughes ..... R. Duncan ... ..... W. Coyle .. R. Harley ... ....... E, Robin .... 239 294 213 Tonight at 8.15 the Abbles meet the ,

Stars all _players are requested to be on time. -

Y. M. (LA. ... ... .- ... .. ... ...

CHURCH LEAGUE

Last night St. Pauls ns.:-row'1ly de-

feated St. Peters by 25 pins.

J. William of St. Peters took`e.l1

individuel honors rolling the high single and three string gamas of 264 and ow pins.

In the second match of the evening

the Baptists lost to the Central Christian, five by 53 pills.

partmental funds?

A. It used to be but for the last year or so I`have tried to pay it over just as soon as I got it, but it might be in the receipt book for a few days. They would issue a cheque and put the fund! in the receipt ‘book until it was deposited in the Treasury.

QYoucannotlememhorta*this time

just where the Falconwood funds were on May 21st,?

A. No. they might be in the receipt

book, or they might have been with

thafundllahowedhim.

Q. When you cashed this $448.

cheque on Why 8, it is understood you received in part twenty $20 bills,buttherawereonlyonaortwo

Owldllsintheollhvhichyoilax- hibihd £0 U10 Prihiar on the lllt

M. Carter- of the Central Christ-

ians scored the highest single game and total of 273 and 677.

Following a.re the scores and line

ups: '

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B. Poole . . . . ... 185 237190 11.5.01/falend 122 237 281

Will you stale what you did with the 1:1111 originally received? A, I .lid not take any stock of the species cf any money I got in. I felt I was responsible for any mon- ey I got and it all went in the same drawer. I think I have already ex- plained what the practice was in this

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about it. , ' 'W' , 1 . '

. Q what became of the money N_| Quite a number of riflemenwere on |

caved from thu cheque? hand at the Armories last night and I ~- ‘ ~ ’

A M I “Wed when um mum, _held a very successful shoot, and ati ‘

Wu “Mum some weeks ago' I ,uve which final arraugments were made] _ _ ~

, OF

hand as the method of trap shootin , _ will be discussed and the advisabllif _ _ - of getting an early start on the ou " ` . door rifle range. The scores for l I

stock Must be cleared q ,

STARTS

1 1 l -.5 ' 4

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89 ,

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B. Cox A. Mlurley . . -~&

202 183 198

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780 954 929

Total ... ... ...

St. Peters `

E. Varaey . E. Johnson

192 157 172 235

174 97 167 264 105

218 188 182 183 151

J. Williams V, williams 92

848

867 932

Total . .. ...,.2683

Central Christian su ,.. 191 las -_ ... ... 213 191 174

.. ... 158 139 273

131 231 88

Mclbod ... 158 159 138

849 875 841

. ...2565

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Total ..

Baptist

A. H. Msculuun zoo' los J- Forsythe 1s1 leo

,M. Carmichael .. 187 136 R. F°r°vthc 224,184. A. Amour 109 112 les

, evo *usa val rotsl 2512

154 144 176 145

' BOWLING TONIGHT 7 to 8.33 Y's Mens' L¢ngue_ 8.30 to 10. Y’s Men’s Mixed League.

Basketball

At The L. Of C.

The

rated as about the best team in the ctiy will meet the L. O C. miamrocks

Tile Charlottetown Curling Club concluded their season’s activitleson Tuesday evening, when prizes won during the writer were presented The event was ol' a social nature, auction forty-flves was participated in by the members and their guests.

The interest in curling has been well maintained during the season, which opened the latter part of De- cember and extended until almost the middle of March. The local club is well or-ga.n1z.ed, and has very ef- ficient officers namely:-President, Justice C. G. Duffy; vice-president, Gordon Hughes; secretary J. A. Fras- cr. Several trophies were played for by Slunmel-side Montague and Char- lottetown during the winter months. The Senator McArthur trophy was competed for by the several P.`E. Island clubs and was won by Mon- tague curlers.

The nnile Gaboury prize was keen-

ly contested for by the curlers from Prince, King's and Queen's Counties. Charlottetown competitors were suc- cessful in retaining the prire for an- other twelve months. During Feb- ruary rriendly matches between the local club and Montague and Sum- merslde were conducted: both of these games were won 'by Charlottetown.

Local Curlers Conclude Season

WRIGHT TRQPBY

The G. D. Wright trophy was con-

tended for by 14 rinks and much en- thusiasm was manifested..

The big event of the year llowevc .',

was the contest between East ard West. The dividing line in this tl.-

stance was Great George Street. Trp shield was won by the wear, wig have now been declared victors fluff out of flve_se_ssons.

Montague was successful in wiria

ing the Senator McArthur Tro;lQ this season, and have thlls taken il prizes to King's County for the is-Q time. The splendid showing made Ui Joe McGregor of Montague on 1* recent trip to Winnipeg, was a@ gratifying to Island curlers. He, Q gethol-wltllsomeorru.1knlsmenrr& Mnotague defeated the Flower of-IQ Thistle curling club of Winnipeg H a score of 8-1. ` "QT The game is gradually growing

probably that before long centres in Prince Edward Island establish clubs l-nd. rlnks in

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hllld 79,713,787 Bbw Ind 29,” used bags.

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Y_M5-;_-b_M_um1 Prince Edward Island’s

have a long string of victories to; their credit and s. loss to either team will be a bitter pill 'to swallow. The game starts at 8 o'clock and it may be a. di5aPP0intment to miss lt.

ANNOUNCEMENT ,

The Garden City Circus Company

which has been conducted during the past week in the Market Build- ing officially closed Monday evening at li o'eIook when their prizes were drawn for arld all business mattell settled up, and this committee wish to state that they have nothing tg do with the affair new go¥llg on.

Exports of silk hosiery from the United States last year totaled 11.- 053508 plirl.

some uum .s1.soo.ooo straw md'

grass hate were imported into the

respect.

(Te Be Continued)

United States last year.

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