The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-10-12
OCTOBER TERM,
Fri u OF AID re LouIaene f,r Tre assa
FRIDAY, October 18th.
AFTERNOON SESSION.

p. m.
Mr.. Rosa said the defense rested.
The Attorney General called Col.
Ri. Baker in rebuttal. He was ex-
anined us follows: i am an officer
on tue Kings staff, have been col.
onel on the staff nearly Ave months.
l know Il, w. Wilcox. l WAS in
court and heard him testify about
my hrn1 lug messages to him from
the king. l first took message
from Wilcox 10 the king ON the
morning OF the outbreak l had
not carried messages previous to
that from the king To Wilcox. did
not deliver any message to Wilcox
ut his office from the king on poll
tical matters, or about the Rife AS
ISOLATION. Wilcox and / went to
see the king to ask if he would I've
an honorary member OF the Rife
Association. l well remember that
he refused. The king said il they
wanted HIM to do anything they
must wait until they had a shooting
match and he would give a prize.
No further talk between them, moth
ing said about the proposed pi olect.
l did not take a message on the 18th
from the king to Wilcox. Did not
see Wilcox The day before the OUT
break.
Cross-cxamined by Mr.. Rosa Il
am librarian for the palace. The
library is next to the Chamberlain's
office. Do not exactly know how
many volumes there are. 1t is
fact | have no occupation. / am
being supported by His Majesty.
The message l received from Will
cox TO take to the king. His men
had come to my house for me. The
message was to tell the king to come
in the palace that morning. l deliver
ed the message. The king sent mes
sage to Kahalewai and one to Robt.
Parker, for the former to hold the
barracks and not let anyone have
arms or ammunition. l took no
other messages, only those two.
| took no message about the tabu of
the palace. l do not remember go
ing with Wilcox around the pa
lace some days previous to the
3Olh. The order TO Kahalewai
was taken by me before Wilcox
had been to the barracks. do not
know where the King WAS that night.
l used 10 meet W llcox now and then
previous to the 10Th. | think the
reason that " ilcox got me to take
the message was because l was a
staff officer. Some evenings Wilcox
came down TO see me. l do not re-
collect we talked about the rights of
the King. 1 was turned out OF office
by the new constitution. Have had
no employment since. Wilcox had
q civil engineers Office. did no,
call on him often. l never advised
Wilcox and Pahia that l was the
proper person to show them where
the cannon and ammunition were.
Tue Acknowledgement approached
me yes erday evening, and asked
me to 90 into his office. Wilcox had
confidence enough in me TO get me
TO take a message to the King.
This concluded the evidence in
the case.
Al lao Mr.. Rosa commenced his
address to the jury. He said he
thought the jury could find no fault
in his conduct of the case. He hlc
been as brief as possible with thu
exception of the cruss-eXaminatlor
OF the two principal witnesses BOYD
aud Markham. The defendant tool
no part in the meetings. That h'
was guilty of conspiracy he admit
ted, but as to being guilty of treason
he denied it. The Palace was thu
Kings home. The entering Of i
by there men could not be called al
invasion as the King assented
When the denial of such by thu
King came out, people around tow
said, sit is lie." 1t was the bes
thing for the country that this thing
had come out and it would teach thu
King to do different. (This las
remark was received with applause
which the Court at once suppressed)
He did not believe one word of thu
staff officer, lie was evidently tryin,
to shield the one who sheltere,
and fed him. He submitted on TIT
evidence that there was nothing Il
show that the defendant was guilty o
treason.
Mr.. Hatch commenced the ad
dress to the jury on behalf of tn,
Crown at 2:15 o'clock. Ate
reviewing certain portions of tn,
evidence he went on to say that thu
defendant not only was present a
the meetings were there where arm
collected, but he marched with th
column and was with them wher
they held up the police. The polic
are some part OF the government
and that was an act of war in tn
definition of the penal code.
CHARGE TO THE JURY.
AT 2:40 O'Clock His Honor thu
Chief Justice commenced his charg
TO the jury. 1t was as follows:
Gentlemen of the Jury:-I shall
have to ask your careful attention
for a few minutes for a brief exposi
tion of what / regard TO be the Law