The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-01
WAS CALLED
To ACCOUNT
C,Iasi, of the Attorneys
in Counterfeit
Case.

| Assistant United States District At
Robertson. respectively counsel for the
| government and Bolton, the soldier
who is accused OF uttering counterfeit
money, had a clash yesterday after
noon. in which the former called upon
| the court to take cogniza zee Of an al
legged insinuation l1ade by MI Robert
son against United States District At
| torney Breckors.
The incident took place at the aft
ernoon session, when soldier Jackson,
the Russian, who is alleged to have
received counterfeit money from Boil
! ton. was on the stand testifying for
| the government. Jackson speaks in
| distinctly and the court, jury, stenog-
rapher and attorneys have extreme
| difficulty in following him. and each
in turn frequently has to have the
witness repeat his words.
MI Robertson questioned the witness
| closely on what Jackson is alleged to
have stated with reference to Bolton
| at the preliminary examination, and
/ also what conversation took place be-
| tween him (Jackson) and Mr.. Breck-
| ons at a subsequent date. Mr. Rob-
| ertson was endeavoring to show to
I the court that Jackson had not stated
at the preliminary examination where
town. but that during his conversation
with Breckons this identification of
! the place, d cigar store on Fort street,
| had been brought out. Then Mr. Rob-
ertson asked:
DO you remember saying to Mr.
| Breckons that you did not remember
! meeting Bolton, and Breckons told you
you had better fix meeting place.
/ Mr.. Dunno was on his feet instantly,
and extending his right hand toward
! the witness with the injunction not to
make reply. he faced Mr.. Robertson
and under suppressed excitement ask
ed with cold emphasis:
do you make the claim that Mr..
Breckons did anything like that? Do
you mean to say that Mr.. Breckons
said anything like that? If you do
L viii call upon you to prove it.
want to know if the claim is to be
made. or the inaputation cast, that
Mr. Breckons did anything of the
I1ind?"
There was a. hushed expectancy in
the courtroom during which the court,
jury, witnesses officers and spectators
watched the central figures with deep
interest
& ask that the court stop this meth
as Mr.. Robertson made no instant re-
ply.
II viii stop when the court stops
me- replied Mr. Robertson
We'll don't cast any imputations Of
that character then" said Mr.. Dunno
Il will conduct the examination as
L deem fit" was Mr.. Robertson's re-
ply
There was a pause and then Judge
Dole asked the stenographer to read
the question Nothing more was said.
and Mr. Robertson then asked the
witness:
Did you testify at the preliminary
examination that you and Bolton met
at the cigar store?"
Il don't remember"
That closed the incident.
The witness then testified that he |
took MI Breckons to the store. The |
location OF the store, he said. he had |
learned from Bolton. He stated that |
he was not sure of the location at the |
time he is alleged to have visited II
with Bolton one Saturday night, as he |
had been drinking
Jackson earlier in the afternoon stat |
ed under INSTRUMENTATION by Mr..
Robertson that Bolton had given him |
the counterfeit money which he had
found in his clothes, and that on
Sunday afternoon at $50 he had d con-
versation with Bolton IN which the
proposition was made by the latter
that he Jackson keep the money, pass
it off, and they would divide the pro-
ceeds Jackson said that at the pre-
liminary examination he made this
same statement, with the exception
that he did not state on what day it
had occurred. He did 50 at subse-
quent date.
r. l. Spalding, cashier of the Claus
SpreckeIs bank was called to the stand
Mr.. Dunno handed him several coins
and asked him if they were counter
felt. Mr. Spalding replied in the at
Mr.. Robertson objected to
this testimony on the ground that the
coins had not been offered yet in evil
dence Mr. Dunno promised to intro
duce them as evidence at the proper |
time by several witnesses. DEr. Spald-
ing took a coin weighing and rneasur-
ing machine from his pocket and
made the usual bankers tests.
He said there We're three essentials
for gold coins to be true-thick
ness, diameter and weight. The coins
offered had the right diameter and |
thickness. but lacked the proper |
weight. Also they were not good |
in appearance, the gliding hav-
ing been worn off. The milling was
excellent. Individual coins would not
pass him. but if deposited among hum
dreds of others, they might. Temperate |
Iy escape detection as being spurious. |
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