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Arguments Of The Hon. Edward Stanly, Of Counsel For The Receiver, And T.W. Park, Esq., Of Counsel For Alvin Adams: With The Charge Of The Court At The ... Receiver, Versus Alfred A. Cohen, In The
Author(s): Edward Stanly (Author), T. W. Park (Author)
- Publisher: HardPress
- Publication Date: October 2, 2018
- Language: English
- Print length: 94 pages
- ISBN-10: B07HWNTTRS
Book Description
Arguments Of The Hon. Edward Stanly, Of Counsel For The Receiver, And T.W. Park, Esq., Of Counsel For Alvin Adams, With The Charge Of The Court: At The Trial Of Alfred A. Cohen On A Charge Of Embezzlement In The Case Of Adams & Co., By H.M. Naglee, Receiver, Versus Alfred A. Cohen, In The District Court Of The Fourth Judicial District Of The State Of California, Hon. John S. Hager, Presiding, March, 1856. Edward Stanly's opening remarks frame a prosecution aimed at proving that Adams & Co.'s cashier, the defendant Cohen, embezzled large sums of money entrusted to him as Receiver. He asserts that more than $360,000 in coin, gold dust, bullion, and cash passed through Cohen's hands with no proper accounting and that the bank's collapse exposed criminal mismanagement and a systematic scheme by Woods, Van Valkenburg, and others to defraud creditors. Stanly reviews safeguards, questions the honesty of Cohen's books and letters, and highlights alleged failures to weigh and document treasure, as well as the destruction of books later recovered. The argument paints a picture of a conspiracy around Stockton street property, loans to the California Steam Navigation Company, and other transactions, presenting a calculated pattern of fraud against Adams & Co. T. W. Park then closes for the plaintiffs, arguing further that Cohen's conduct, if proven by circumstantial evidence, merits conviction and full accountability. The court's instruction to the jury directs them to determine both the amount received on the night of the failure and subsequent receipts, and to base verdicts on the weight of the evidence.
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About the Author
Edward Stanly and T. W. Park were nineteenth-century legal advocates associated with the 1856 California embezzlement trial of Alfred A. Cohen in the Adams & Co. case. Their published arguments present them as counsel for the receiver and for Alvin Adams, respectively, and place them squarely within the commercial and judicial disputes that followed the collapse of Adams & Co. Their work reflects the style of mid-nineteenth-century American legal reporting and advocacy, preserving a detailed record of a major fraud prosecution in California.
