Reply of the judge advocate, John A. Bingham, to the defence of the accused : before a general court-martial for the trial of Brig. Gen. William A. Hammond, Surgeon General, U.S.A.

  • Hammond, William A. (William Alexander), 1828-1900.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Reply of the judge advocate, John A. Bingham, to the defence of the accused : before a general court-martial for the trial of Brig. Gen. William A. Hammond, Surgeon General, U.S.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    p. 479 them at thai price, $3 25 per pair. This wae previous to the 13th of June, L862, when he personally examined the sample blanket which Mr. Stephens had left at my office.'1 Surgeon Cooper Bhowed the lot p. 500 of blankets to Mr. Rene Guillou alter the receipt of them at his ware- house in Philadelphia, and Bhowed him no other lot of blankets about p. 1151 that time. Mr. Guillou testifies himself that he examined a lot of pu ex Same »v» .,. . ,y. unuu< ,.- ouiu uj utcpucun iu me ouigcuil VJCiienu ; examined but one lot; that they were not well cleansed ; that they smelt very strongly of urine and sulphur; that they were very offensive; that be smelt them from the street in passing- by; that he considered them worth about 83 25 a pair, and offered to duplicate them at that price on the part of the house of T. M. Pa- ton & Co., of New York, whose agent be was. Mr. T. M. (!. I'aton, of p. 1169 the firm of Paton &Co., New York, testifies : That in the latter part of May, or early part of June, 1862, he examined a sample blanket in Dr. Cooper's office, Philadelphia, of the same quality as those shown and identified in court; he offered to duplicate them at $3 25 or $3 50 per pair; he is not positive which, but is certain it was not above $3 50. May, 13, J 862, he sold eight-pound blankets to the government at 83 50 per pair, and seven-pound blankets at $3, duty paid. The blanket market did not commence to advance until p 1178 August, 1362. In October, 1SG2, he sold to government blankets of a better quality at 55 cents per pound, duty paid, and at that time they p. 1181 had advanced twenty per cent, over the juice in June. Mr. Lydecker, p. 1248 the warehouse register in the New York custom-house, identifies these 77 bales of blankets as a shipment to Spaulding, Vail, Hunt & Co., the last of which were received by them March 10, 1SG2, the book- lowing that bale No. 2S3 contained only 95 pairs. Mr. Vail, one of the importers, testifies that bis house, Spaulding, p 1237 Vail, Hunt & Co., imported these 77 bales of blankets with the trade marks 11 | H, and numbers running from 203 to 218, and 233 to 249, and 258 to 301, inclusive; that No. 283 contained 95 pairs, and No. 282 con- tained 82 pairs. He identifies the wrapper which is brought into court, and also the blankets produced and identified by Brastow & Brown, some bah- oi which lot remain on hand, as appears by their testimony. He never saw Stephens, nor knew him, but sold these blankets through two brokers CH. Townsend and Lord & Andrus, to Adolpb c\: Keen, ot Philadelphia, p 1256 on the 16th and 17th of June, 1862, at four dollars per pair as is also shown by his bill, and paid to the brokers two and a halt per cent out of the proceeds. He states that these blankets, as he held them at New York on the day of the sale, cost his house 13 45 per pair, and he would have sold them to anybody in June, 1862, at four dollars per pair, sola tnem ^ g ^ Philadelphia, testifies that he is a hatter by oc- p 1260 cupatio,,', and also a member of the firm of Adolpb & Keen; that a P' few day before the purchase he was called upon by Stephens and weed to be responsible to Spaulding. Vail, Hunt & Co for these blankets; df not receive the goods and never saw them ; they were shipped direct to he dldl ,;,.;,, l'hiladel.diia and he paid on account thereof, including S^T^a^AHJTfcO^Uh.tk.-rflWOa the