The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-10-27
HENRY HALL
TALKS COW
(From Thursday,s Advertlserl


Henry Hall was subjected to a vigor-
GUS cross-examination in the Parker
ranch case yesterday, particularly upon
his statement that three-fourths of the
animals furnished to his butcher shop,
during Carter IS time, had been cows.
Kinney produced account books of
the Parker ranch out of the big boxes
in the corner and began quoting figures
to the witness, who thereupon said that
his statement had been from memory.
Kinney asked for his own books, but
they had been left at Honokaa, which
gave Kinney an opportunity for an
other dig at Magoon conduct of the
case. He said that the plaintiff at
torney preferred to pass over the books
of the witness on Hawaii and the books
of the Parker ranch actually in court
and to rely instead upon the unaided
recollection of witnesses whose testi-
monv would support his views.
With reference to bruised meat of
which the witness had complained,
cross-examination brought out that it
had always been deducted from his bill
by the Parker ranch. Kinney produced
statistics upon this point as well.
Kinney pressed the witness as to why
he had come down to testify without
subpoena. He brought out that at one
time Hall had run behind $1,000 in his
account with the ranch and that AL
fred Carter had stopped his credit,
whereupon Sam Parker interviewed and
paid the bill.
On redirect Magoon asked If this
debt had been settled and the witness
testified that there was 5000 still due
to Sam Parker. Magoon inquired about
the rate of interest, but it appeared
that no interest had been charged.
The next witness rejoiced in the
name of Kanakawiwoole. He testified
as to the spread Of ivy on Paauhau.
He had been one of the gang who WORK
ed on it during Carter's time and he
had rooted up and burnt it, but it grew
again over the same space. He had
also pulled up the Hitchcock berry,
but in pulling it up they left the roots
and it grew up again. One paddock
had been almost overrun with jobs.
These grew so tall as to hide the cattle
and the cowboys took their lives in
their hands in chasing cattle in this
kind of country. AS the witness pie
turesquely put it, elf you have regard
for your life you would not catch
wild bullock all day long,
The witness went again into the Yues-
tion of combining of cattle in Kekua-
hanai pen without food or water, testi-
flying that they had sometimes been
kept from Monday until Friday.
| The cross-examination on this point
followed the same lines as that of the
other witnesses. Kinney brought out
that the witness was away from the
pen driving cattle during the day time.
When asked how he knew that the cat
! tie were not taken out and watered
during his absence, the witness replied
| that they had not been accustomed to
do that in John Parker's time. The
prevalence of rain at the pen and the
question of whether the cattle ate the
grass or trampled it was also gone
over extensively.
Kinney closed his cross examination
| by bringing out conversation between
the witness and Ikua Purdy prior to
the witness coming down to testify.
The examination closed at three
O'Clock; but as Magoon IS witnesses had
again broken from the paddock, the
case went over for the day.
COURT NOTES.
Judge De Bolt yesterday continued
the new habeas corpus case of Wong
Lung, whom Attorney Straus is trying
to get out of prison on the ground that
there is no law against receiving stoler
goods.
Judge Lindsay accepted DR.. G. B
Cooper resignation as guardian OF
Reynold Brodie McGrew, a minor, ant
appointed Mrs. j. S. McGrew in hi!
stead under $4,000 bonds.
Pacific Hardware Co., Ltd, VS.. Sing
Chan Co. was ON for the fifth day be-
fore Judge De Bolt yesterday.