Финансист

Chapter XLIII

           Asamatteroffact,ShannonactuallythoughtthatifhehadbeeninCowperwood’spositionhewouldhavedoneexactlythesamething.However,hewasthenewlyelecteddistrictattorney.Hehadarecordtomake;and,besides,thepoliticalpowerswhowereabovehimweresatisfiedthatCowperwoodoughttobeconvictedforthelooksofthething.Thereforehelaidhishandsfirmlyontherailatfirst,lookedthejurorssteadilyintheeyesforatime,and,havingframedafewthoughtsinhismindbegan:

           "Now,gentlemenofthejury,itseemstomethatifweallpaystrictattentiontowhathastranspiredhereto-day,wewillhavenodifficultyinreachingaconclusion;anditwillbeaverysatisfactoryone,ifwealltrytointerpretthefactscorrectly.Thisdefendant,Mr.Cowperwood,comesintothiscourtto-daycharged,asIhavestatedtoyoubefore,withlarceny,withlarcenyasbailee,withembezzlement,andwithembezzlementofaspecificchecknamely,onedatedOctober9,1871,drawntotheorderofFrankA.Cowperwood&Companyforthesumofsixtythousanddollarsbythesecretaryofthecitytreasurerforthecitytreasurer,andbyhimsigned,ashehadaperfectrighttosignit,anddeliveredtothesaidFrankA.

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