322 OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN SEALING VESSELS. 



them by Captain Warren, and he was to manage them, and I have paid 

 very little attention to them. 



Q. Did you pay the dollar?— A. Yes, sir; I authorized him to do it. 

 I was not there. 



Q. Subsequent to the purchase of these vessels did Boskowitz hold 

 a mortgage on them ?— A. I believe so. 



Q. For the full value?— A. I couldn't tell you that. I really don't 

 know whether it was a dollar or a million dollars. 



Q. You do not know the amount of the mortgage?— A. No, sir. 



Q. Did you give the mortgage to him?— A. I believe I renewed the 



Vessels remortaaaed to mortgage. I know I signed a lot of papers. I 

 Joseph Boskowitz. was so little interested that I don't know what I 



signed exactly. 



Q. If you purchased these vessels for one dollar at the sheriff's sale, 

 and those mortgages were renewed in your name as mortgagor, they were 

 certainly mortgaged, were they not, for their full value?— A. I could 

 not tell you that. 



Mr. Shurtleff : Q.. Is it not a fact, Mr. Cooper, that you purchased 

 those vessels for Boskowitz?— A. I could not tell you. They were both 

 there and they told me it was a matter of form, and I would not be 

 troubled any more. 



Q. You just did as they directed you to 



Deponent had no interest -j„ 9 j^ Exactlv. 



inves8el8 - q. You had no interest in them whatever?— 



A. No, sir; none. 



Mr. Lansing: Q. You have no interest in the vessels now? — A. No, 

 sir. 



Q. None at all? — A. Only they are in my name and I was told to 

 keep them in my name. 



Q. For what purpose was that done? — A. I could not tell you. 



Q. There must have been some talk about it?— A. Yes, sir; but they 

 did not tell me anything. 



Q t You had some conversation in relation to it? — A. Not with them 

 I did not. 



Q. With whom did you have a conversation? — A. I have heard from 

 hearsay — I have heard people say he was in debt to some one else. 



Q. Boskowitz?— A. No, sir; Warren. 



Q. Warren did not advance any money on these to Boskowitz? — A. 

 I bought them for one dollar. 



Q. Did Warren advance any money to Boskowitz on these vessels? — 

 A. I could not tell you that. 



Q. Was it not a fact, Mr. Cooper, that those were taken out in your 

 name for Mr. Boskowitz ?— A. No, sir. 



Q. Do you recollect a suit that took place in Victoria in which you 

 were one of the defendants with Mr. Boskowitz?— A. No, sir; there 

 might have been a dozen suits, but I don't know. 



Q. In which Mr. Warren was plaintiff and in which it appeared that 

 Mr. Boskowitz was the real owner of the vessels, and that Mr. Warren 

 was paid by him for managing those vessels? — A. I don't know any- 

 thing about that. 



Q. You have never paid any money for the management of those 

 vessels? — A. No, sir. 



Q. You have never advanced a cent other than that dollar which you 

 told Warren to, pay? — A. Warren has my power of attorney, and I 

 don't know what he has advanced; I don't know anything about it. 



