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ton and being somewhat insensibIe; his
death probably resulted from the injury
received on the head.
The court then took recess until Fri.
day morning Dec. 18th.
DIR. s. E. STEVENS
testified to being at the house of the de
ceased that evening and saw the injuries
received. He knew him to be a drinking
man, from visiting his family. James VIM
was sent for as neighbor. He saw no
signs of Winn's having been drinking.
Roland was IN his shirt sleeves, although
it was a cold night.
MIR. Winn offered his team to 90 for a cor.
oner. Ills appearance was like any neigh.
Dor and saw nothing marked in his appear
ance. Mrs. Donoghue's expressed grief
occasionally as she sat in chair with two
small children by her side.
DIR. II Clark and DR.. T.. Hazen expressed
the opinion that such an injury might have
been occasioned by fall.
Testimony of James winn the sse.
spOndent
am So years old, have known Dono-
ghue since | was a small boy saw him on
the 18th of February about 8 o'clock a, M.
He had an OK team with wood, so h d..
l saw him again in Windsor village.
went to post office, giist mill, and other
places, and then started for home. Dom
oghue went to his daughters and next saw
of him was on the Narrows hill; he over
took me from Narrows hill ton to Mrs.
Wheeler's house onc-third of IA mile.
stopped at Mrs. w. Donoghuc was ahead
of me then, and he went ahead up the hill
and he was on his sled; we had talk going
up tho hill. l saw Donoghue 4 rods from
where his body was found; he was on the
nigh forward end of his sled standing up
hold of stake; | next saw him lying side
OF the road; lying partly on his face with
his driving sticS in his hand; don't recol-
lect any movement of his when | passed
him; l thought nothing as had seen him
in such a condition so many times before.
l passed on got off my sled and drove by
and then said to him scratch up and come
along; afterwards saw his team coming
saw Roland in the road near the watering
place. He asked me where his father was;
l told him lying by the side OF the road.
lie asked what the matter was | told the
same as usual. l then went heme, coming
up the hill we talked about our oxen, and
about my selling them aad about my oxen
being unruly. / told him | did not con-
s.der them so; we commenced our talk soon
after we left Mrs. Wheeler; we talked about
finishing our settlement which we had not
quite finished; we agreed to do it some
stormy day. tn s talk and about the oxen
was all the talk we had, except we talked
about what we would do the next day and
that we should double our teams next day
going up the hill we had no quarrel or
angry talk between US on that day.
There was no such talk as Mrs. Wheeler
has testified to on that occasion about
''knock uie down then, lay there dunn you
I've taken enough of your sauce none
such was had; / did not touch Donoghue
that day; latterly have not helped him
up when drunk; l used to help him home
but not latterly ho was so, SO often l have
not. lie used to get up and come along;
he and was on good terms this time 4lh
of February; had no trouble nor aay quar-
rel between us l went to Donoghue's house
that evening stayed till about - o'clocl;
and assisted them, went home and got
shirt for the body; Mrs. Donoghue had no
Cleah euht 81 "eht hoihc anu got Oue.
l have been called to Donoghue's house in
time of trouble By his daughter Sarah, went
and found Roland up stairs, stayed 10 min
utes; this was the last OF May 1878; Sarah
said Roland would kill his father; l went
up second time and we bound Roland; /
went home and IN the evening Sarah come
again and wanted should go up and un-
bind Roland l went up; saw signs of vo
lence up at Donoghue's. In Nov. 1878 l
was called up in the night by Donoghue's
hired man but did not go up at this time !;
l have wife and seven children. My
sister lives with me, she is 6Oyears old.
Cross-examination-I thought nothing
special about his falling of the sled did not
take very particular notice of him when 60
ing up the hill; got on the bags on my
| sled; my oxen was between me and Don
| oghue's team so did not see hin all the
time; there was nothing said about COW
in our conversation going up the hill after
| last saw him standing on the sled until
saw him laying on the ground cannot
| tell low long srace of time elapsel, i
| MN SlHuul0k Ou HIS bleu 10 WuSTS E6 Itll