Polynesian., 1853-01-08

did not see Greenwell kick the Chinaman in the
field, he kicked him in the small of the back, 4
he appeared to be very feeble man.
Choo, tChinaman) sworn fo- Pros:-Says, fAsing
and ALu, sworn as interpreters, admitted by de-
fendant's Counsel,l that witness was Mr. Green
wells cook on the 1st November. The first time
he tGreenwell) sent Salal to impregnate pumpkins
in the night he was stranger and did not know
what it meant, he went away little while and got
nothing and came back, Mr.. Greenwell then be-
gan to beat him with a stick, and an iron crowbar
tshe means think said the interpreter,) an iron
they dig stones up with, and tied him by the feet
and hands and hung him up and kept beating him,
and then let him down again, and when he was
let down he could not stand up, the next morning
he beat him again. Mr.. Greenwell called one of
his own countrymen and took him out of doors,
s. the dead man felt cold, and Greenwell called
one man to bring some water and he did So and
they poured it over the dead man; the day the
Chinaman died he brought him back into his own
room, the first day he tied him up, the second day
he beat him, and the third day he died, they gave
him nothing to eat or drink not even drink of
water, the first day they caught him and beat him.
the second day they tied him up and beat him. and
the third day he died, saw Mr. Greenwell beat
him, he called us all in and said any of us that
were bad would be served the same, and after he
had tied him up he struck him two or three blows
| with his fist in the sides, this took place after
was 2 days before he died, undertook to give
him kalo anu Mr.. Greenynll refused to let him
have it, | saw him the day before he died, inside
the house, they took us in one by one to look at
him, Mr. Greenwell was inside too, three or four
of us saw Greenwell beating him with a stick
about two feet long and two inches thick, it was
coffee stick, he also beat him with the handle of
theswhip, and afterwards struck him in the ribs
with the butt end of it, / saw him in the night,
next morning he died, he was then tied I'D with
his hands behind him, tied in three places, his feet
were tied about the ancles, he was tied so hard
that he could not move, and his hands and feet
were black and swelled up, he was tied with
small rope which was sunk into the flesh it was
so tight, the rope tied to the beam by the side
OF the window and he was thrown forward on his
knees.
Cross-cramined, By j. .Montgomery.-Gr
well had the Chinaman down outside beating him
when the native man and girl were there, Ong
was the name Of one Chinaman who was called in
by Greenwell, Apu was another, Chang Sing was
another, and myself that was all that went in, the
native and the girl were on the door when the
Cinnamon beaten. they were neither outside
nor inside, the Chnaman had nothing to eat or
drink while he was tied mp, after the native and
girl went away Mr.. Greenwell called another
Chrnaman in and tied him up worse than before,
and beat him again, when he was beaten blood
came from his skin on to his shirt and Mr.. Green
Chnaman who assisted to tie him up, he was up
one day and night and then died.
J. 5. Fuller, sworn for the crown Says know
the accused. | saw the corpse of Salai, | never
saw him while alive to recognize him, | was one
of the Coroner's jury, then saw the body after it
was disinterred, not before it was buried, when
the box opened we found the body covered
with blanket with his clothes under him, we
removed the blankets and examined him before
we turned him over, we found his body marked
in various spots, bruises from his breast down to
his knees, there was a portion not bruised except
slightly, his right breast there appeared to be
a very severe brulse, on his left breast were also
bruises but not SO severe, his thighs were also
nearly covered with bruises down to his knees,
more on the outside than inside, his sides were
also nearly uniformly bruised down as far as his
hips there was scarcely any spot not black and
blue, the right side was much more bruised than
the left, his hips were almost entirely covered
with bruises, hs back was not bruised down the
middle, but it was along the sides, there were oc
casionally bruises down the middle of the back
one in particular down near the bottom of the
spinal column, the shoulders were bruised badly,
one in particular ! think it was the right, we
turned the body over once or twice, | noticed
bruises under his jaws but they did not appear
very severe, on one hand the back a good
deal bruised, otherwise the limbs were not much
bruised, think from the shoulders down to the
knees at least one-half of thesbody was covered
with bruises, the skin was not much broken, the
bruises appeared not to be made by anything that
would cut the skin, the bruises were black and
blue with yellowish tinge around the edge.
Cross-eramin. d. think it was Friday we
examined the corpse and understand he died on
Tuesday, three days would alter a corpse more
here than in Kona, as the climate there is quite
cool, have assisted at several post-mortem ex-
aminations, the injuries would have been superb
cial if inflicted by a light stick whip like the
one in court.
Preston Cummings sworn for crown:-Says,
am the Sheriff or deputy Sheriff, for Hawaii,
was present when the body of Saai was examined
at the inquest, we found the corpse on Friday,
November 5th, as stated by Mr.. Fuller in the box,
after we removed the cloths we examined the
body very closely, there was small space on the
left breast and down the middle of the back not
much bruised, but on his right thigh and side was
a large bruse, and below that was a smaller one,
on the left thigh was another dark place across
the hip; below the small of the back, were several
marks as though he might have been struck by
whipthe left arm considerably bruised near the
wrist a discoloration, the left hand was swollen
and two marks the back, and in small place
the skin was off probably the size ofa rial. | saw
the deceased before he was buried and saw nothing
unnatural. compared his face with his skin up
and down his body after dsinterment and saw no
great difference. rubbed the skin off with stick.
The body was much swollen and gave out often
sive smell.
Cross-eranained-The marks on the body might
have been accounted for by a whip | think al
whipping might have proved fatal. | saw no marks
that looked as if death were produced thereby, the
face was not much altered in color but otherwise
very much, his eyes and tongue were protrudng,
it was swollen The body appeared like skinned
beast severely bruised or beaten, that is as the
flesh would appear with something transparent put
over it, the weather was rainy and cold. If this
coolie had been exposed without much covering
for several nights, it might have caused his death
or have contributed to it. | know MIR. Greenwell,
he is neighbor of mine, have known him some
two years, he lives or miles from me, con-