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eOGC 79
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The said Furaphrey testified under oath in the Guy case that he had not in any way whatever communicated to Robert M. licLane, State's Attorney for Baltimore City any information concerning the character or reputation of the said Wein, who was, as hereinbefore set out, a witness in certain liquor cases in Baltimore City to be summoned on behalf of the State.
X.
That said Hammersla testified under oath in the - Fi3her case and again in the Guy case, and a third time in the case of the State of Maryland vs. Cleary, who was one of the parties indicted for violation of the liquor law upon the testimony of the said Wein and the said Metcalf, that someti e in the summer of 1902 the said Vein had offered to leave town so that it would not be possible to convict the parties so indicted, as aforesaid, upon the testimony of the said Wein, provided the said Hammerala would secure from each of said parties so indicted the sum of Twenty-five dollars or Fifty Dollars to be paid to the said V/ein; and said Hammersla did further testify that he did not cause the arrest of the said Vein for soliciting a bribe, as aforesaid, but relieved himself of responsibility in the matter by reporting the same to his superior officer, Captain Henry; that as a matter of fact the said Hammersla did not know the said conversation with the said V/ein, but on the contrary the said Hammersla in the month of June, 1902, did endeavor to persuade the said Wein not to prosecute the case against the said Cleary for the reason that the said Cleary was a friend of the said Hammersla.
Your informant further states that it made an investigation into the character and reputation of its said agents, the said Wein and the said Sperzel, before their employment by it, and again in the interval between the trial of the Fisher case and the trial of the Guy case at Bel Air, and stands ready to prove to your Board that they are worthy of belief.
Your informant therefore requests the Board to fix a day for the public hearing of this complaint, so that it
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