The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-13

otfenutnf was insane.
DIT Mcdonald said he could only re-
peat his answer Of the previovs day.
thar II was some form of mania"
Loss OF flesh was symptom Of ma
mir. bus II was not in the Hypothetical
question. Depression was another
/! symptom and. asked II he found de-
precision In the hypothetical question.
sait not with the exception Of John
SONS coming to breakfast on the morn
lag III January and saying nothiny
beyond .ud.i~, where the boss was.
thus conduct might indicate that he
was downhearted. II did not neces-
sarily Indicate sadness or depression.
but It vas suggestive OF such. An
outbreak Of mania might be preceded
by melancholia
Are you an expert?' Mr.. Peters de-
manded.
Judge Robinson cut this question OFF.
saying: THE doctor has already an
swered the question, saying he did not
claim TO be an expert"
Then all your evience has been mere
guesswork?" the Attorney General
tainted witness.
Il will not admit that a single an
swer | have given has been guess
work" the doctor responded.
The court OF its own motion stopped
fresh inquiry into DIR. Mcdonald
postgraduate studies in New York,
when the Attorney General had asked
him Il the sole purpose Of his studying
there was not to fit himself for the
position he now observation-disclosures to
the Board of Health.
Mr.. Peters then said he would turn
witness over 10 the tender mercles of
counsel for defendant.
MIR. Harrison proceeded with redi-
rect examination. Immediately OBJ
jections came thick and fast. a large
proportion being sustained on the
ground that the questions were not
proper for redirect examination. Some
exceptions were noted by the defense.
side remarks by Messrs. Peters aud
Prosser both We're frowned upon by
the court, the jury being instructed to
disregard all such bypiay.
Mr.. Peters intimated that the pres
ident Of the Board of Health was anx-
ipusly waiting for DIR. Mcdonald oil
important business. He suggested "A
cutting short of the Doctors further
attendance. on which Mr. Harrison
tainted him with having unduly pro-
longed the cross-examination. Mr.
Peters then said counsel could go
ahead and he would make no further
objections. The running fight on ques-
tons. however. was soon resumed and
waged more fiercely than ever.
Or. McDonald's redirect evidence so
- oil In thuta @
follows. From the time that johnson
wanted gallon of Wine brought to
Wharton's house. which was Christ
mas. until January 3, Johnson's con-
duct was an Indication OF melancholia.
He would consider the symptoms very
suggestive OF melancholia preceding
mania.
"HomiciIal mania" was a very old
fashioned term. ct was on this state
ment that the prosecuting attorneys
made the comments that the court told
the jury to disregard) The term
homicidal mania formerly included any
disposition on the part OF the subject
to kill. They did not find IL in the new
books. What he meant by grave
doubts Of the subjects sanity was that
he thought possibly the man was in
sane.
Objections were sustained to ques-
ti0ns Of defendants motive I'm multi
ating the remains of his victim. There
was a laugh over the flavor of an an
Client chestnut In a ruled-out question
as To the Doctors experience in bury
ing people" Inflammation OF the brain,
suppOsing that Is what caused dila-
ton Of the subjects pupil, would be a
predisposing cause OF mania.
over objection by the prosecution,
Mr.. Harrison read the context of a
passage from "A book which the Attor-
ney General had Incorporated in a
question II was on transitory frenzy
and witness said the part now read
was as true Ms what had formerly
been read. The part first read said
mat the subject Of transitory frenzy
would not remember after IL passed
what he had done when under It's in
huence. What was now read said that
the subject might have dreamlike
remembrance OF the most important
facts Of his seizure by the malady. 4
person taken with alcoholic mania be-
came dangerous, he was liable to kill
somebody. The objective symptoms OF
alcoholic mania resembled those OF or
binary mauIn. Symptoms Of mania
might easily bee mistaken for alcohol
Ism,
Mr.. Peters. IN ecross-examlnation
asked witness what WAS the legal def
milton ~ Insanity DR.. Mcdonald re-
ferred him 10 the standard authority
quoted IN court. saying he could not
remember the literal terms.
The Wltneya was then released.
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