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[page 612] in plain words he was appropriating some funds of the institution to himself. Q. Who was the treasurer at that time? A. His name was William E. Leighton of Pembroke. The present treasurer, as I understand it is Capt. Lakin. When I speak of the treasurer, not of the present one; the names are very similar. Q. How large was the defalcation? A. Some four or five hundred dollars that we found. He was in the habit of selling dry goods and failing to give to the state sufficient credit. He was also in the habit of getting discounts on bills that he bought away from here and pocketing the discounts, crediting himself with the full amount of the bill. Q. That is, he would buy a bill of goods and charge it to the state for a larger sum of money? A. He would charge to the state the full amount of the bill, when he would pay the bill within 30 days and get a discount of 5 percent and sometimes 6 percent, when he ought to have credited the