450 



A. No, sir. 



Q. In the case, who was the attorney for the State ? 



A. This fellow over here had a twelve or fifteen hundred bill; I 

 suppose he was the attorney. 



Q. Who was the attorney of record in that case ? 



A. Peter S. Palmer. 



Q. Where does he live? 



A He is dead now. 



Q. Where did he at that time ? 



A Plattsburgh. 



Q. Who assisted in the trial of the case besides Mr. Palmer ? 



A. Judge Kellogg done all the pettifogging. 



Q. He is now Supreme Court judge of that district ? 



A Yes, sir. 



Q. His residence is at Plattsburgh ? 



A. Yes. 



Q. Also Mr. Hessberg appeared in the case after Mr. Palmer's 

 death? 



A. In what way ? 



Q. Didn't Mr. Hessberg appear upon the trial as associate counsel 

 in the case ? 



A. He came around as anybody would and listen; I never heard 

 him ask any questions or say anything to any witness. 



Q. He appeared to be interested in the case ? 



A. He was around there in the room; that is all there was of it; 

 that is what I see. 



Q. That was several years in trial? 



A. No, sir. 



Q. How many hearings did you have in the case ? 



A. I couldn't say as to that. 



Q. Several hearings ? 



A. Oh, yes; as many as that. 



Q. Were any dther lands included in that action but the south- 

 east quarter of this township in the complaint ? 



A. Yes; there were other lands, as I understand it, in the twelfth 

 township; Thorn's survey, Old Military tract. 



Q. What lots were they ? 



A. I think there was one lot. 



Q. Can you give the number of the lot ? 



A. I think it was 13. 



Q. What was the number of acres in the lot ? 



A. One hundred and sixty; I think it was twelve; I owned thirteen. 



