The producers news., 1927-07-22
(Continued from last Week.

anything about the mare or the colt
A. said it was mine.
q Q. You said that? A. Yes.
q. Anybody else make any remark
out their? Did Mr.. Riba say anything
out there in the pasture when yoI
looked at the mare and colt? A. He
said he would see about that.
e. Well, he told you that down al
the bank, didn't he? that he would
see about it?
MR.. ERICKSON: | object to that
question as argumentative.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Alright / will ask you this ques-
tion. Didn't Riba tell you in the bank
he would go out there with you and
see about that colt?
MR.. ERICKSON: | object to that
question on the ground that the at
torney is trying to testify.
THE COURT: will sustain the OBJ
lection on that ground.
Q. Well, what did Mr.. Riba tell
you when he called you in the bank
there that day, befoLe you went out
in the pasture?
MR.. ERICKSON: l object to that
as repitition. He stated time and
time again that the only conversation
was he would see about it.
THE COURT: Sustained.
Q. Well, tell me everything Mr..
Riba said after he got out there in
the pasture?
MIR. ERICKSON: Same objection;
he has testified all Riba said was he
would see about it.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR.. BABCOCK: understood this
hearing was to get the facts of the
case.
THE COURT: Constant repitition,
Bah; | don't like to
MR.. BABCOCK: @. Is that the
only thing Mr.. Riba said out there
in the pasture? that we will see
about it?
(No answer).
Q. You understood the question,
didn't you? The question is, was that
the only thing Mr. Riba said out
the pasture? A. God, l don't know
what he said
Q. Well, isn't it fact, Mr.. John
son, that Riba told you there at the
pasture that day, that if that was
your colt you could have it, it wasn't
worth over ten dollars anyway? A.
No, he didn't.
Q. What did he say then? A. He
didn't say nothing about
@. He told you that there wasn't
going to be any argument over that
colt, didn't he? is wasn't worth talk
ing about, didn't he, or words to that
effect? | don't mean those exact
words; | don't know what his words
were, but didn't he tell you practical
ly the same thing? If you thought
the colt was yours to take it, he didn't
care, and if it was his brand on it
he would vent the brand, and that he
had more colts than he wanted any
way? Glad to get rid of them? He
told you that, didn't he? A. No
Q. Well, | say words to that eff
feet? Not exactly the words; l don't
imagine as l could repeat the words
he used but he told you that practic-
ally, didn't he? A. No, he didn't.
Q. And he told you to keep the
pony, he didn't care anything about
the pony? That's right, isn't it? A.
No, sir.
Q. Well, what did he say?
MR.. ERICKSON: l object to the
question on the ground it is repeti-
tion.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR.. BABCOCK: On what ground,
Your Honor? Can't / find out what
the conversation was out in the pas
ture?
THE COURT: He has already told
you he didn't say nothing more.
q. You mean to tell me, MIR. Wit
ness, that the only thing that man
said out there in the pasture was
we will see about it,? Is that what
you mean? (no answer).
Q. Mr.. Johnson, please answer the
question. Was that all that was said
by Riba out in that pasture? A. That
was concerning the horses; that was
all that was said about it.
Q. All he said was eve will see
about it,? A. Yes.
Q. And you went from Plentywood
out there to try and straighten out
that horse deal, didn't you? A. We
was out there to look at it.
z. And that was everything that
was said out there-"we will see
about it,? A. Yes, concerning the
horse.
Q. Well, that was what you went
out there for, wasn't it, to see about
the horse? A. Yes.
Q. And after you went up there
from Plentywood, up to the farm to
see about this horse, all that was ev-
er said in the world about the horse
by Riba, was 1--WE will see about it ?"
mo answer.)
z. How far is that pasture from
Pientywood? A. Seven miles.
Q. Whose car went out? A. Har-
rison Malcolm's.
2. And Harrison Malcolm, you
and Gus Riba and another party went
out there to straighten out a horse
deal and everything in the world that
was said was 1--WE will see about it."
is that right?
Q. A lot of conversation, wasn't
there? Didn't you tell Gus Riba
year or so ago that you thought
somebody else stole that mare? A.
No, sir.
q. Well, | am not mentioning any
names now, but l am asking YOU to
refresh your memory. Didn't you
tell Gus Riba you thought a certain
party that lived in Plentywood stole
that horse? A. No, sir
@. You didn't? A. No, sir.
@. In the presence of two or three
witnesses? I? A. No, sir.