http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/mccullock_and_montfort_defrauders Comments for "McCullock and Montfort, defrauders" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/mccullock_and_montfort_defrauders <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Benjamin McCullock also appears to have been caught up in a scandal over military pay.</p><p>The state senator from Halifax County was expelled on Dec. 11, 1786, for taking as much as a third of a cut from military paychecks that were sent through an office in New Bern.</p><p>The account of the scandal in &quot;The Colonial Records of North Carolina,&quot; Vol. XVIII, (p. 305) is a little hard to follow, but it appears that McCullock and state Rep. Henry Montfort falsified receipts and allowed military pay to be taken fraudulently.</p><p>Montfort, of Warren County, was expelled from the House on Dec. 15. He later testified in the case of <a href="/tags/john_bonds">John Bonds</a>, who was <a href="/under_the_dome/john_bonds_defrauder">expelled</a> in 1787. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/mccullock_and_montfort_defrauders#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/mccullock_and_montfort_defrauders#comment Benjamin McCullock expulsion Henry Montfort history John Bonds Under the Dome Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:51:45 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 3778 at http://projects.newsobserver.com