The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-01-31
TRIAL FOL, LIBEL.
ID. M. Crowley Versus The HawaiiaG
Gazette Company.
FRIDAY, Jan. 80.
REBUTTAL.


Crowley & HASTE; consider Crow
iey's reputation good; Hastie's repu-
tation was not good, he ran away and
hid himself in Kau can't remember
seeing HASTE in New Zealand; can
not charge anything specific against
Hustle.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Hatch
Had no acquaintance with Crowley
did not think Crowley and Hastie
were partners.
GEO. CAvANAGH, sworn: Have
lived in Honolulu about twelve years
had room out of six belonging to
Turner the jeweler time of Crowley
& Hastie's bankruptcy; slept there,
never saw any parcels in my room;
was asked by Mr.. Anterior if had
seen any and told him no, that he
could get the key from Turner's
shop, as would not be responsible.
j. A. MEHRTENs, sworn: Knew
Mr.. Crowley, he vas an uphoIsterer
on King street; was at his place,
don't remember the date; can't re-
member the occasion, was a police
officer at the time; went there with
Marcos, another officer; perhaps
went out of curiosity; spoke to Has.
tie, nobody else being there; went
to Crowley's house on Liliha street
under orders from the Deputy Mar
shall can't recollect nature of in
structlons, must have had papers
went there to look for goods; Crow
ley was working on chairs that he
said belonged to other parties;
Crowley, Hastie and Crowley's wife
were there; Tucker was also pre-
sent; can't say that | found any
thing or carried anything away,
don't think we carried anything
away; don't recollect going there
with a truck or sending one there;
did not know anything about the sale
of assets.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Hatch-Re-
collection is not distinct about going
to Crowley's, never have had any
occasion to think of the matter.
d. M. CROWLEY, sworn: Am plain
tiff in this case; have lived here
nine or ten years am an upholster-
er, was such in 1884 had partner
that year went into business alone
in 1888; place was three doors be-
low Castle & Cookies; style of firm
was Crowley & Co., partner was
Hastie, formerly a clerk at Dilling-
hams; firm was solvent when | took
him in; partnership continued six
months; firm was not involved, it
owed debts, had great deal of as
sets; soon after | became acquaint-
ed with HASTE in business | learned
his true character, disreputable
one, that of gambler; he did the
collecting; | found that he received
moneys that were not accounted for;
cannot speak of exact time of part
nership, six or eight months, as |
destroyed the records of that un-
pleasant period; unpleasan,Dess
arose when l charged HIM with dis
honesty; he began to live more
economically and | concluded to
stay with him a while longer; he
shared part of my house, when |
found he was not good husband,
he came home late; tried to end
partnership in July, 1884, when a
man we were working for cffcred to
pay 5000 for Hastie's interest; Has
ties wife ingratiated herself with my
wife, and offered to put money of
hers from property sold in Mel
bourne into the business; there was
$1,000 worth of stock all mine; diff
culties were not the cause of our as
slgnment TO Anterior; goods were
sold TWO or three weeks after assign
meDt, sale conducted by Mr.. Ellis,
representing E. Z. Adams & Co. +;
remember Atherton calling Monday
after the signment, he was
IN door evidently waiting to meet
me; / babe him good morning and
his reply was, "Mr. Crowley, | al
ways thought you were an honest
nan Till now. Last night someone
Tor perhaps "you") entered this
store and took away goods. 1 will
,all the Deputy Marshal and have
you sworn" l asked him who the
Informant was, and he declined to
ell, which told him was not manly;
left the store directly afterward,
not even taking away my tools, aud
never entered 1t again, (Witness
describes building, saying u was
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