Witness—Because Mr. Jovansen said: If you testify to the knife, I will not pay you the six months' wages.
Mr. Bassett—Why didn't you tell me these facts when you came to my office the other day, in the presence of Inspector Morey Witness—I wanted to make it tally with the former testimony I have given.
Mr. Bassett—If you wanted to make it tally the day before yesterday why have you changed it to-day Witness—The day before yesterday Twas frightened. To-day I am io my own mind.
Tu cross-examination witness said should not On resuming at 3 p.m. Sab-[nspector Eek wan sworn and stated that he was at Singapore from March 25 to April 11 of this year. He saw Jovansen there. Jovansen started to be manager of St. George's Hotel on April 1.
F. E. Hinckley, sworn, stated that he was Clerk of the Court. He had made a request to the Danish Consul for subpoena to Jovansen. The vest was returned with the remark not found within the jurisdiction."
Mr. Fleming objected to the admission of a copy of the request and the original of the reply from the Danish Consulate.
Witness then identified telegrams he had sent and received from the U. 8. Consul at Singapore in regard to Jovansen. The first was a telegram asking for Jovansen's address. The reply to this was that he was living at the Hotel Delapaix. At the request of the District Attorney witness then prodaced the transcript furnished by 'T. B, Jackson of the proceedings at the former trial. Witness stated that he bad heard Jovaosen give his evidence, that he had read over the transcript few days later, and that to the best of the transcript was substantially Jovansen stated, he Mr. Fleming objected to the sion of Jovansen's evidence in this way, bat his objection was overruled, and witness then read through the evidence aloud The evidence of the late Inspector Gibson was put in the same maoner. after objections from Mr. Fleming bad, been overruled.
Cross-examined by Mr. Musso, witness admitted that telegrams bad been dispatched to Singapore to endeavour to procure Jovansen's attendance in Court. The reply la code from the Consul, stated that Jovansen was entirely out of money, but would come Singapore Hotel bill of £9 was paid, and he was furnished with a first close passage to Shanghai and retura to Java, together with Shanghai expenses.
Mr. Fleming then moved to strike out Jovansen's testimony, on the ground that it bad been shown that!
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Ave 28 1808 he could have been obtained to give ace. Defendant would have been willing to pay his expenses ashe was anxious to have him cross-examined, especially in view of the statement made by the Chinese witness that morning. It was quite possible that Jovansen's statement now woald from the one he made at the trial.
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