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to a large number of State bonds to the 

 amount of $528,000 in excess of the amount 

 authorized to be issued by the act of the Legis- 

 lature entitled 'An act to alter and amend an 

 act entitled An act to perfect the public works, 

 approved June 24, A. D. 1869, approved Jan- 

 uary 28, A. D. 1870.' " 



2. That in violation of the same act he did 

 " fraudulently conspire to issue State bonds to 

 the amount of $1,000,000, for the purpose of 

 purchasing the stock of the Florida, Atlantic 

 & Gulf Central Eailroad Company, for the use 

 and benefit of persons and parties, and with 

 full knowledge of and consent to said purpose, 

 and in collusion with such persons and par- 

 ties, for his and their pecuniary benefit." 



3. That he did issue and sign the $1,000,000 

 of bonds referred to. 



4. That in violation of the same act, and of 

 the constitution, etc., he did "cause to be 

 issued and did himself sign his official signa- 

 ture as Governor to $4,000,000 of State bonds 

 for the use and benefit of the Jacksonville, 

 Pensacola & Mobile Railroad Company in the 

 State of Florida, having full notice of the frau- 

 dulent title of said company to the property 

 of the Pensacola & Georgia and Tallahassee 

 Railroads." 



5. That in 1869 and 1870, in violation of 

 the constitution and laws, and " especially the 

 act of the Legislature of the State of Florida, 

 entitled 'An act to fund the outstanding debt 

 of the State, approved August 6, 1868,' and an 

 act entitled ' An act to fund the outstanding 

 debt of the State, approved February 1, 1.869,' 

 he did fraudulently conspire with one Milton 

 S. Littlefield, and with divers other persons, 

 to embezzle the moneys received from the hy- 

 pothecation of State bonds issued under and 

 by authority of the aforesaid acts of the Legis- 

 lature of the State of Florida, and did embezzle 

 a large amount of the moneys received from 

 the said bonds, to wit, the amount of $22,000." 



6. That in 1871 he did, in violation of the 

 constitution and laws of the State, "receive 

 from Milton S. Littlefield the sum of $3,500 

 as a consideration to influence his official ac- 

 tion in sustaining the claim of the Jacksonville, 

 Pensacola & Mobile Railroad Company to the 

 title of the property of the Pensacola & Georgia 

 and Tallahassee & Florida, Atlantic & Gulf 

 Central Railroads, and as a further considera- 

 tion to influence his official action in all mat- 

 ters between the State of Florida and the said 

 Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile Railroad 

 Company." 



7. That in 1868 and 1869 he did "conspire 

 with one Charles Pond and with one E. B. 

 Bulkley, of the city of New York, to defraud 

 the State of Florida of $15,000 of bonds ot 



, the State of Florida, and in pursuance of said 

 conspiracy did defraud the State of Florida of 

 $15,000 of the bonds of the State of Florida ap- 

 plied to the purchase of arms and equipments 

 for the State of Florida." 



8. That in 1869, "in violation of the con- 



stitution and laws of the State of Florida, and 

 especially of the act of the Legislature entitled 

 'An act to provide for and encourage a liberal 

 system of internal improvements in this State, 

 approved January 6, A. D. 1855,' and with full 

 intent to violate said act, he did receive from 

 one I. K. Roberts, Esq., in behalf of the Florida 

 Railroad Company, a draft for the sum of 

 $1,140, which was paid in currency of the Uni- 

 ted States to said Harrison Reed, Governor, and 

 chairman of the Board of Trustees of the In- 

 ternal Improvement Fund of the State of Flor- 

 ida, and did tender to the Treasurer of the 

 State of Florida scrip of the State in lieu of 

 said curency, which was due to the Sinking 

 Fund on account of said Florida Railroad 

 Company." 



9. That in 1872 he did "conspire to in- 

 fluence one J. W. Toer, a justice of the peace, 

 in the exercise of his judicial action upon a 

 case pending before him, to wit, the case of 

 the 'State of Florida against George W. 

 Swepson.' " 



10. That in 1871 he did "unlawfully con- 

 spire with one Aaron Barnett to prostitute 

 his official influecne and position to the uses 

 and purpose of the said Barnett, in receiving 

 the sum of $10,000 from said Barnett for his 

 official sanction and signature to a contract for 

 the conveyance of internal improvement lands 

 to the said Barnett, as assignee of the said 

 contract from the Jacksonville, Pensacola & 

 Mobile Railroad Company, and did receive the 

 said sum of $10,000 from the said Barnett for 

 the reasons and purposes aforesaid." 



11. That between September 8, 1868, and 

 July 1, 1869, in the city of New York, he 

 did "unlawfully and improperly appropriate 

 moneys belonging to the State of Florida, to 

 wit: the sum of $6,948.63, placed in his pos- 

 session by James D. Westcott, Jr., and received 

 by him as a trustee, in this: that the said Har- 

 rison Reed, Governor, did substitute for said 

 moneys certain securities of the State of Flor- 

 ida purchased by him at a large discount, and 

 did pay said securities into the Treasury of the 

 State of Florida, and appropriated to his own 

 personal use and benefit the difference arising 

 from said speculation, and with intent then 

 and there to defraud the State of the full 

 value of said moneys in his hands as trustee 

 for the people of the State." 



12. That " on or about the first day of Jan- 

 uary, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 eight hundred and seventy, and on divers 

 other days and times in the said year, also on 

 divers other days and times in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- 

 one and seventy-two, he did embezzle moneys 

 belonging to the State of Florida, to wit : the 

 sum of $1,897.24, in the possession of Jona- 

 than C. Gibbs, Secretary of State, and did ap- 

 propriate said moneys to his own use, benefit, 

 and purposes." 



13. That he did, "on the 24th day of April, 

 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 



