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of $13,000 or thereabouts, were sums that
had been used, during a period extending
over some years, in and about the busi=
=ness of those companies by the defendant,
who was the president of that company?

A. It was not.

Q. 132 From whom did you get the inform=
=ation, Mr. Miller, upon which you made
that charge for the use of the schooners
"Elko" and "Truckee"?

A. I have not any positive recollection
about it, but I think from Mr. Towne.
My impression is, from Mr. Towne.

Q. 133 You mean the general superintendent
of the Central Pacific Railroad Company?

A. The general superintendent of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company.

Q. 134 Did you ever give the defendant
any receipt or voucher in settlement of his
account that offset that Exhibit "A"?

A. I do not recollect doing it, but
probably did.

Q. 135 What do you know, Mr. Miller, re=
=specting the matters alleged in the complaint
as to a contract between the plaintiff, or
the Western Pacific Railroad Company,
and the defendant for the purchase of coal?

A. I do not know anything, of my own

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