The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-06-10

perjuring himself? [ submit that
there can be but one view of the
matter, and that he was deliberately
classifying; it being taken into con-
sideration his manner on the stand,
how he lodged each question by an
swering "Aole maopopo," which is
the whole defence in this case
"aole maopopo."
The testimony of Mr.. Markham re-
quires but slight comment On it's
face, the absurdity, falsity and lack
of ingenuity with which that man
testified, is so apparent that it is
useless to comment upon it. 1t was
even unnecessary to bring in Colo
mel Sam Nowlein to prove that Mr.,
Markham lied when he said that Mr..
Nowlein made certain statement
The testimony of Mr. Markham was
that the object of this league was to
prevent Her Majesty the Queen
from promulgating new Constitu-
ton. They were to uphold the
Government and prevent Her Ma
jesty from committing an illegal act.
Even the other defendants could
not stomach such u defense MS that.
I say your Honor cannot believe
that story, / do not think that any
sensible man can believe it. The
Constitution he tells you he fought
against once in 1889, he is now so
devoted to, that he is willing to
join an association to prevent the
Queen from promulgating q new
'Constitution, by which she gets
back all her prerogatives Is that
the evidence of a truthful man, and
also another circumstance in Mr..
Markham's testimony, which is well
worthy of taking into consideration
is as to whether he has the instincts
of an Ananias in him or has he the
instincts of truthful man running
through his disposition. In regard
to q new Constitution being pro-
mulgated by the Queen, that is
denied totally by every witness for
the prosecution and for the defense
who has taken this stand. So much
for Mr.. Markham, so much for that
part. And another thing to be
taken into consideration, is as to the
probability of this cock and bull
story, this fabrication that is worthy
of nothing better than a two year
old child. In regard to this gigan-
tic scheme which Her Majesty was
going to perpetrate upon the people
by springing new Constitution
upon them by force, even the
common soldiers of Her Majesty's
Household Guard solicited Mr. Mark
ham to aid in furthering the matter.
Now, if your Honor please, it seems
to me that anybody with any sense
at all, when they were trying to
make up falsehood, would have
had sense enough to get up more
plausible one than that. The ideu-
for any one to contemplate that Her
Majesty should take into her con-
fidence common soldiers that were
within her Guard. And Mr. Mar
kan states that this organization
was prepared to prevent the Queen
from promulgating that Constitu-
ton by force.
The testimony of Mr.. Puhili, the
next witness for the defense; -the
gentleman who has been convicted
of bigamy, of larceny, of adultery
and of drunkenness, and then, as he
said on the witness stand, when he
was asked, do you want any more?"
/ thought l had got quite sufficient
out of him. That gentleman, how
ever, in telling his story of this
offense and these meetings, says
that equal rights were never mem
toned at any meeting at which he
was present. Now Mr.. Rosa has
repudiated him, Mr.. Thompson has
'repudiated him, aud 1 think that
there is nothing in his testimony
which can in any way shake the
evidence given by the prosecution
The evidence of Baloka, one of the
\ defendants whom your Honor dis
charged, and I must say the best
appearing witness they have but on
the stand, not excepting even the
two principal defendants themselves,
tells your Honor that the object of
the association was to get new
, Constitution and that at none of
these meetings did he ever hear
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