The Daily bulletin., 1890-06-19
At l2 O'Clock the Court took re.
cess one hour.

cess one hour.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
MIR. DAVIDSON resumed his adj
dress TO the jury. II they found
Richmond's testimony contradict
ory, or contradcted by credible
witnesses, or proved deliberately
false on any salient point, they
would have TO reject his testimony
as unworthy of belief. They we're
to judge whether it wps possible for
horses to be heard passing on soft
road at the distances given by wit
nesses. Mr.. Overend testified OF
gambling habits of the Japanese on
the plantation, sometimes accom-
panied by drinking. He had also
told them that Steele never had any
thing to do with giving medicine TO
the men, and further contradicted
testimony Of the Japs regarding the
strong language used by Steele 10
enc Of them who complained of sick
ness. Mr.. Davidson, showing the
cap, held that it was impossible for
a cap Of this kind to conceal the face
Of man with head rs large as
Mills. Oldenburg's evidence ac-
counted for the seeing of man on
n white horse seen by the japanese
who spat cut of window in fit Of
coughing, also corroborated Steele's
account OF himself that evening.
Hart, clerk in Mills store, proved
| absence of motive on the part Of
Mills against Goto, who was shown
to be good customer of his. Coun-
sci discussed the reasons for and
against believing the evidence Of
different witnesses on both sides. 1t
was for them to decide on the conf
dence to be placed in Mrs. Mills
testimony, taken in connection with
her voluntary explanation given this
morning.
With regard to the memorandum
book given MP by Mr.. Mills, it was
| open TO the prosecution TO bring
forward Mr.. Grote, who lived on
Maui, to prove the truth or other.
wise OF Mills statement. They had
done nothing in this matter. Was
it likely that Mills would willingly
furnish evidence of his own guilt,
when it was entirely in his power to
destroy: There was nothing in the
manner or bearing of these men, at
the inquest, or preliminary examin.
alton, or this trial, that would cause
any suspicion against them. Mills
and Steele, without any design OF
testing them, we're brought into the
presence OF the victim and showed
no symptoms of being guilty men.
MIR. Davidson stated his theory Of
the crime. 1t was that the Japanese
had lost their money in gaming with
Goto, that after the meeting at
house No. 4 they had inveigled Goto
out, and ,ha, they hanged him to
the telephone pole. This WAS a
theory that would remove u painful
feeling from the community, that
four such men as these defendants
should have confedersted together
TO murder man, because there was
a suspicion against him OF having
set fire to a field OF cane. Mr.. Mills,
q successful man Of the world; Mr.
Blabon, a man Of unblemished char
acter; Mr.. Watson, who earned his
living by honest toll, and Mr.. Steele,
another man Of stainless character
who also made his living by honest
industry! What motive had any OF
them? If they should find these
men guilty on the evidence Of Rich
mond,a man with the most damnable
character in the whole country, he
should begin to think that trial by
jury should be abolished. Counsel
related the story of Sir Walter Ra.
leigh destroying his manuscript OF a
history of the world, with the re.
mark, "lt cansot instruct persons
trnthfully upon events that trans
pire before my eyes, how can 1, in
transcrihing manuscripts and tradi-
tions of other countries and other
times, instruct the present and fu.
ture generations correctly and truth.
fully"
1t was their privilege to restore ts
society men who rested under sus.
picions not supported by evidence,
Nothing WAS easier than to attach
suspicious to men under the circum'
stances OF these men. Suspicion
could easily attach to any man with
in a radius OF twenty miles fror
where the murder was committed,
Mr.. Davidson called on the jury il
the name of justice and humanity tt
acouit the dofendapts