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made between the Central Pacific
Railroad Company of California and
this witness under the name of
C. Crocker and Company for the
construction of a portion of the
railroad of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company of California.

Mr. Sanderson[underlined]. We object to the question
upon the same grounds as above
stated in relation to the construction
of that road and advise the
witness to decline to answer it.

A. I decline to answer by the advice of
counsel.

Mr. Cohen[underlined]. 155 In the next paragraph in
your answer I read from line one to line
eight inclusive of page 9 you say
" They deny that by reason of said
" contracts, said defendants, Stanford,
" C. P. Huntington, Hopkins and E. B.
" Crocker received from said C. P. of C.
" or appropriated to their own use or
" voted to their own use, or voted to
" themselves under the pretence[pretense] of being
" directors of said C. P. of C. or otherwise,
" large sums of money or any money bonds or any
" bonds or assets or any assetts[assets] of said C. P. of C.
" of the value of $7,000,000.00 or any other
" sum over and above the actual cash and
" reasonable profits of the work done and the materials,
" furniture and equipments furnished and supplied, in
" the name of and under the directors of
" said C. Crocker and Company or at all."

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