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Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant depositons, numbers 1-15, 1859-1880

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Ans. No. 7 I paid them in checks.
Int. No. 8 You mean you drew checks for those amounts?
Ans. No. 8 Yes, sir.
Int. No. 9. What did you do with them after you had drawn them?
Ans. No. 9. Turned them over
Int. No. 10 Turned them over to whom?
Ans. No. 10. I cannot tell until I can refer back to some transaction: I know that--  those vouchers were presented to me, endorsed by two members of the Executive Committee, and I drew the check and Mr Cisco signed it, and it was paid on that voucher being endorsed, and the voucher was receipted and put back in the files of the Company; that is exactly the transaction as it occurred.
Int. No. 11. You say you turned them over, and to whom?
Ans. No. 11 I think it was to Mr. Thomas C. Durant-- No, they were not all for him. 
Int. No. 12 Where are the checks?
Ans. No. 12 In the files of the company in Boston. I recollect that the checks were drawn for each separate one: I think every check was drawn to order, though

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Ans. No. 7 I paid them in checks. Int. No. 8 You mean you drew checks for those amounts? Ans. No. 8 Yes, sir. Int. No. 9. What did you do with them after you had drawn them? Ans. No. 9. Turned them over Int. No. 10 Turned them over to whom? Ans. No. 10. I cannot tell until I can refer back to some transaction: I know that-- those vouchers were presented to me, endorsed by two members of the Executive Committee, and I drew the check and Mr Cisco signed it, and it was paid on that voucher being endorsed, and the voucher was receipted and put back in the files of the Company; that is exactly the transaction as it occurred. Int. No. 11. You say you turned them over, and to whom? Ans. No. 11 I think it was to Mr. Thomas C. Durant-- No, they were not all for him. Int. No. 12 Where are the checks? Ans. No. 12 In the files of the company in Boston. I recollect that the checks were drawn for each separate one: I think every check was drawn to order, though