The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-28

| Dias and Vida?
| A. Yes
! Q. There We're IOur2
| \. Yes
| q. Who were the four?
! \. Manuel Leal.
! BY Interpreter James Boyd.
| The prisoner says there were four
; BY Mr.. Adams. (To Pr.soner.)
! Q. You say there were only three?
a. I have made the statement three
IN a hurry. bat tae truth IS four.
Q. Were there not really five men
! there?
A No.
Q. Are you sure Of that?
| \. I am sure OF that.
Continued Testimony OF Joseph Leal)
a. There We're four police not mean
ing the one outside
BY Mr.. Adams.
.. The doors were open?
A Yes.
Q. 1t was not shut close, tight so
that you could get in there and thump
him?
a. No. sir.
BY Mr. Smith
Mr.. Vida, the prisoner has said that
at the time OF the examination there
We're four men in the room-yourseif, |
Mr.. Leal and Dias and one other; that
while in the room Leal struck him in
the ribs and on the face-did you wit |
ness that?
BY Assistant Sheriff Vida.
a. He could not have done it unless !
I saw him, and I was in the room ali |
the time,
Q. Well, 1 ask if you saw it?
A. No. 1 did not.
BY Mr.. Smith.
I think that unless someone else has
any other questions 10 ask Mr. Vida, |
we will not detain him Excused)
CONTINUED Testimony of Palenapa)
BY Mr. Archer
Q. Were you struck during the
night?
a. Yes, was struck.
Q. What hour was that?
A do not know what hour that
was; it was dark.
Q. Dark?
A. Yes, because down below in the
cell was asleep and it was dark when
they came and brought me up.
BY Mr.. Moore.
@. DID you confess at that time?
A. Yes, l admitted and confessed to
|
things that I had not stolen L denied,
sauIted by LeaI
.. I don't understand how that
could be; Holt-you acknowledged that
Holt was the one that asked you the
questions?
a. That was during the next day in
the daytime
BY Mr.. Adams ;
@. Why was, it necessary to have
a second confession if you confessed
the night before? y
a. This occurred Thursday night | :
when they questioned mel was ques-
up to be questioned in Z
regard to these articles that We're +
stolen, and they wanted to find out if
I had any accomplices with me going f
around making these thefts.
Q. That was the time when you $
were struck? I
A. No. not at that time; it was +
Thursday night r
BY Mr. Smith.
Q. What time was it that You fell
a. Friday. :
@. Night?
A. 1t was Thursday night when they Q
cox ms outside when other people T
we're being examined, and the other po-
ice officer ran to this officer and told h
lin 1 was trying to listen to what was
,ofng on in the room; that was the
ime this officer ran out and struck me L
nd 1 fell over the chair.
BY Mr. Archer
Q. Was that the time that your wife p
vas being questioned? s.
a. Yes, Thursday night. p
.. Was your wife brought here Il
thursday night? o.
A. Yes. she was brought fe
Q. Are you sure she was brought? S
\. Yes, I am sure of that, because el
y wife told me so.
" Mr. Adams.
Q. Did not You see her through the
eyhole in there?
A. No, l did not see. ju
Q. What We're You doing out there?
A. I came towards the water filter
get a glass of water, but that Of tn
Ger thought I was trying to come 70 te
me they struck me.
Y Mr. Smith. da
q. That was the time this officer B,
ruck you?
A. Yes.
V Mr. Adams. B,
Q. Was that outside in the hall
here you fell on the chair? BY
a. Yes.
@. Well. what do you mean by say BY
& that it was done in this room?
a This was a different thrashng ,
ID that was another one.
Q. Did you get another thrashing?
A. That was the second time / was BY
rashed that same night
.. The same place-did they hit you Bo
both places, here and here Gndicat- loo
g on body and hit you in the face? of
A. In here on the head and on the ~
IL here. and outside on the head. rel
Mr.. Smith. , thi
y Are YOU honestly telling the truth he
e you would under oath when you if
ate that you were struck in the room mo
d again outside? sal
s. L am telling the truth because inc
ere is no reason for me to concoct roc