The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-08-09

The Court opened at g :35 O'Clock.
The Attorney General stated that the
/ prosecution would rest.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE.
w. J. Roche, sworn, stated: I know
! Mr. Michiels very we'll l remember
/ Friday, the Both OF July. l met Mr..
I Michiels the first time at or 9 o'clock
in the morning. 1 saw him at twenty
/ minutes of in the afternoon. He was
! at the house of Police Officer Marcos, on
/ Fort street. | was there with Captain
| Arnaud. We remained there five min
utes. From there we went To Mr..
Z Levey's auction room and stayed there
about twenty minutes. From there we
went to Nuuanu street and took hack
and went to ST. Louis School exhibition.
Michiels was with us all the time. We
left St. Louis College about half-past +
o'clock. Outside st. Louis College two
carriages nearly came into collision. In
one carriage was Mr.. Stillman of the
Custom House.
Cross-examined-I have been here
about eight months. l came from San
Francisco. My occupation is translator
of Latin, French, Greek and Spanish.
am not professor. L have no office
here and have no employment at the
present time. | have been idle about
seven weeks. / have known Michiels
intimately about two weeks. l have
frequented his place of business and
spent my evenings with him. Have
walked late at night with him. | do not
remember taking a walk with Michiels
about a. IN. on the Goth of July. l
cannot say that have walked with him
on the wharves at late hours. l went to
Marcos house with Captain Arnaud.
Marcos was very sick. He is no relative
OF mine. He did not employ me as a
nurse. Captain Arnaud is not now in
the Kingdom. We left Marcos house at
twenty minutes to. o'clock, because l
took out my watch. Captain Arnaud
had business at Levey's. | do not know
the direction we took from Marcos house
to Levey's. The latter's store is near
Brewers wharf, on Queen street, |
think. We stayed at Levey's about
twenty minutes. We saw Levey's en-
ployee there. From Leveys we went to
Nuuanu street and took hack and went
to st. Louis College. The driver Of the
hack was Hawaiian. Captain Arnaud
paid for the hack. Arnaud was
stranger here. We got to St-Louis Col
lege late. Arnaud and Michiels were
with me- We left Michiels at st. Louis
College about 4 80 o'clock and returned
to town. l met Michiels again at din
ner that day, about o'clock. / do not
know anything about the defendant from
the time 1 saw him in the morning until
o'clock in the afternoon.
L. J. Levey, sworn, stated: / remem-
Der seeing Michiels on Friday, the 30th,
at u 80 o'clock, noon, at his store. |
went to inquire about Captain Arnaud,
as l had business with him. About 2
O'Clock, as near as 1 can remember,
saw Michiels with Captain Arnaud going
past my store. | explained to the Cap
tain what l wanted him for, and he said
he would be back in a few minutes.
Roche was with them l went up to
Mr.. Writings office. The three returned
to my store about half-past 2 o'clock. l
went out with Captain Arnaud to Mr..
Writings office, leaving Michiels and
Roche in the store. Captain Arnaud
left Writings office about half-past 3
o'clock. l am sure Michiels and Roche
were at my store before 3 o'clock. 1t
was very little time after , O'Clock
when 1 left my store with Captain
Arnaud to go to Mr. Writings.
Cross business that
day vas with Captain Arnaud. l went
to Mr. Writings Office first by myself.
Arnaud went with me there about a
quarter-past , o'clock. 1t was nearly
half-past 3 o'clock when we left Mr..
Writings. Ibid not look at my watch.
find that 1 have made a mistake. 1t
was later than quarter past when we
went to Writings. 1 remained at
Writings and Arnaud went down to my
store to meet Michiels and Roche again.
He did not say where they were going
to. l believe ] accounted for these three
persons from , to O'Clock. l know
Arnaud was in Writings office until
after o'clock. first saw Michiels be-
tween II and l o'clock. l inquired
about Captain Arnaud, and Michiels
told me where to find him. do not re-
member seeing any of the three again
{ that afternoon after 1 parted with Cap
tain Arnaud at Writings office.
Oliver Stillman, sworn, stated: l
know Roche. On Friday, the Both, l
left the Custom House at 4:15, stopped
/ at Lucas planning mill, and then went
/ with Mr.. Lucas to st. Louis College. |
! met Roche a little distance from the
school; Arnaud was with him. They
were going from the school. 1t was
/ about a quarter before 5 o'clock.
Cross-examined-Ia am well acquainted
/ with Roche. l did not see Michiels.
David Naone, sworn, stated: l know
/ the defendant Michiels. On Friday, the
/ 3Oth of July, was at St. Louis College.
1 stayed there about an hour and half.
/ l got there before 3 O'clock. | saw
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