Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-16

low that the goods had been delivered
e. the date which the face of the re-
9 ipts indicated.
The witness was withdrawn and Mr..
n. B. Hansen was brought in, but it Was
Iound that the receipts were made out
A. Hansen, and Mr.. johnson was re-
called, He said he had not hauled any
grapes for A. Hansen. The receipts
were then withdrawn.
Crcss ss.examined witness said he owned
two shares of the stock of the incorpora-
ton Never told old man Davis If he
didn't buy the stock he would make trou-
BILE, nor did he tell Eli Davis the same.
His wife had said something about it.
One day his wife had walked over to the
winery and had asked Mr.. Eli Davis if he
wanted to buy the stock and wrote
note to me to take to the bank to get
$50 or the two shares. He
sent the check back because he
thought there would be enough
money over to pay dividend. He had
no particular dislike for Mr.. Young, but
he had said that, if he was guilty, he
ought to be sentenced to the peniten-
tiary. He had never said he believed
Mr.. Young was guilty, nor had he ever
instructed his little boy to tell ANYTHING
but the truth, and what he knew. He
wouldn't swear positively that MIR.
Young was at the winery any particular
day, but he had seen him there near the
scales one time between the goth and
Goth of August. The grapes were un-
loaded in plain sight of the distillery.
E. A. Shepard testified that he lived in
the city of Fresno, but had lived in 1887
close to the Fruitvale winery, where he
worked from August to the latter part of
October. Some of the men at the
winery boarded at his house from Sep
tember 22d to November I'd. These men
took their supper between and 7 O'Clock
in the evening, and then took their
lunches with them for midnight meal.
Witness lived quarter of mile away
from the distillery. He could tell
whether it was in operation by the smoke.
He had seen it in operation at night be-
tween the 5th and 11th of October.
James Warner ran the still at one time
when witness was there. 1t was between
s and O'Clock at night when he was
there.
Cross-examined-Never saw More
Young at the still. Saw Eli Davis at the
still, experimenting it. They were
making brandy. 1 tasted the brandy
when it ran out of the still. When I was
at the still at night l couldn't tell
whether they were making brandy or
not. / saw kettle there with a fire
under it.
Redirect examination-I smelt an
odor that night. 1t was like whisky or
brandy.
H. T. Hansen testified that he lived
four miles from Fresno in 1887, and had
sold grapes to the Fruitvale Winery. He
had delivered the grapes to Mr.. Young
and Mr.. Davis. The first load was de-
livered by him on the Oath of August.
He had heard Mr.. Young say how much
wine had been made at the winery in
1887. The statement was made at
directors meeting in February, 1888.
He said that 16 900 to II 900 gallons had
been made. He had seen the distillery in
operation in the daytime and night also.
He had been in the still at night in Sep
tember. One evening he had bought a
gallon of wine, and had left it at the
winery until he came back from town.
When he came back from town, at 10 P.
NJ, there was no one in the winery and
operation.
OIOSS- N6NCT CTl6u W bcll
the stock to the Directors, nor did 1 ex-
pect to get reward from the Govern
ment.
J.V. Carter testified that he had hauled
wine for the Company in 1887. The still
was in operation in October. One night
he went to the still about II O'Clock and
delivered Mr.. Gardner's mail to him. He
had delivered Mr.. Gardner's mail to him
several times after night. Gardner was
a distiller. James Warner was also at the
still at night. He had never seen Mr..
Young at the still, but he had seen him
at the winery weighing grapes.
James Caviar testified that he had
been employed at the winery in October,
1887, as laborer. He had also raised
grapes and sold them to the winery.
Mr.. Young had weighed the grapes. He
had not been in the still at night, but
had seen the smoke almost every night
in October, 1887. He had seen some
brandy stamped and sent to San Fran
cisco in January, 1888. He had been
ordered at one time to pump brandy
from barrel into the wine tank. There
were no stamps on the brandy barrel.
Adjourned until this morning.