The producers news., 1927-07-15

Q. Farming A. Yes, Alf, 1 guess
Q. Anyone else present at the bank
that you know of when you had this
talk? A. No.
Q. What time of the day was that T?
A. Oh, it must have been between
seven and eight at night.
Q. In the afternoon or evening I?
A. Afternoon.
Q. After the bank had closed? A.
Yes.
@. And did you say Mr.. Riba called
you in the bank? A. Yes.
@. And who brought up the CONVEX
sation, Mr.. Riba or you, about this
colt? A. l did.
Q. And what did you say to Mr..
Riba at that time and place? A.
told him his brand was on my colt
and we went out there to look at it.
@. You say Mr. Riba went out there
and looked at it? A. Went out with
US; Malcolm took us out there.
@. In other words, the three of you
went out there to look it over? A.
Four of US.
@. Well, Harrison Malcolm and you
and Mr.. Riba and who else? A. Alf
Marsh.
Q. Well, what did Mr.. Riba say be-
fore you went out there and looked
the colt over, if anything? A. He
said, "do you want to go out and see
it?"
Q. He said what? A. "Do you want
to go out and Sc it,"
Q. Was that daylight? ? A. What 3?
Q. | say, was that daylight or dark :?
Q. Pretty light to see? A. Yes,
sir.
Q. And Mr. Riba told you he would
go out with you and look this colt
over? A. Yes, sir.
@. And Mr.. Riba told YOU at that
time that if the colt did have yom
brand on, or his brand on, or if the
colt belonged to you he would be glad
to turn it over to you? A. He didn't
say nothing about it.
Q. Well, he said "we will go out
and look it over, didn't he? A. Yes,
sir.
Q Q. And where was the colt !?
A. In the pasture.
Q. Whose pasture? A. My pas
ture out there.
Q. Whose? A. My pasture out
there; the one got my horses in.
Q. How did you get the colt in
your pasture? Drove her in there.
@. Beg pardon? A. Drove it in
there.
Q. At whose permission A. No
body's permission.
Q. Nobody's permission. A. Got
him in Hank Timmerman's pasture.
@. You had talk with Mr.. Riba
before you put it in there, didn't you :?
A. No.
Q. You went in his pasture and took
the colt out and put it in the pasture :?
A. The colt and mare both.
q. Then you went and had a talk
with Mr.. Riba, is that right? A. Yes.
Q. How long before you put-how
long after you put the colt and mare
IN your pasture from Zimmerman S
pasture, was it that you talked to
Mr.. Riba about this colt? A. That
same day; same night.
@. And what did Mr.. Riba tell YOU -?
A. He said, "Let's go out and. look at
Q. He said he would go out with
you and look at it? A. Yes, sir.
Q. And said if it was your colt YOU
could have it, there wouldn't be anv
argument about it? A. He didn't saw
nothing about it.
Q. What did he say? A. Just said
ne would go down and look at it.
Q. Well you and he went down
there, didn't you? A. Yes.
Q. And you took along who? who
went with you out there? A. Harri-
son Malcolm and Alf Marsh.
y. And when you got there, did YOU
clip the brand to see what the brand
was? A. No.
Q. What did Riba tell you out there
In the pasture? Now, you don't have
to hesitate. so long. If YOU want to
tell the court what happened. 90
ahead; you remember that ten DAYS
ago? A. Yes.
q. What in the world did Riba saw
when you got to the pasture? A. He
said he would see about it.
z. l say, after you got to the pas
ture, what conversation was held be-
TWEEN you four people, if anything I?
THE COURT: Give the witness
plenty of time to think.
MR. BABCOCK: Beg pardon, Your
Honor.
THE COURT: I say, give the wit
ness plenty of time so he can think.
MR.. BABCOCK: l am not irving
to hurry him at all. All am irving.
to do is get the facts.
(Question repeated).
A. l don't think there was in par
ticular.
Q. Well, did anybody speak about
the mare and the colt? (No answer).
Q. Alright, let the record show the
question isn't anSwarad