NOVEMBER 1- 1935. me i.H/iizi.o1"rl:'rowN ruaanlaiu _ ,AU ' 5,_v,._,., _ __A ___ , , , , .. V... --el .~ -. -_-_ ., ,,»,,., »;.-. »- nf f -~""»" '1-';-svn, --,- ~',»,,," 7 4' 1, '»,'.'.'-,.‘/1,.” '4.'.-1,-'-;:» ' ve ~»»;..,»,- ,pr .;'.- 1. ~~ f other .gr -“ffl-"i-~.. " -5 'et-f*¢"y "' ` -_.L '. 1#"".. :.j’-."‘i‘»;f;;-. ‘ 1 ,-L-f,'.",~‘~..-.=»'f -=.'.~.--. "‘.i'.-.r.. ,,_ ,.,f,~.¢-f.='_l'~ 1. , .,. . ~ '.11 ,f. . , '_», . -,f-.’.= ‘».“_.,'... "" 'I ' ` ` 5'* fi' '»"“"~.» - ’ - ' 5' -‘€{1>.""-’~.`-`7"~". ""3:7`lf>"'rf;...-riff,~‘Ff*ff'i5--’f1‘1if‘=f. .rf'»"1:?.”?<'7'.'%ff”;';"} »":-‘r‘»l'/ fi' ’ '~"" "' "'"1'-`!!ff°r'-fi""?Zi‘-3”#T'¢7!”‘-§€5“=’?"‘fv ii/-‘ 3"” 9"; by", - 1 r ~ - -,.', '» .. l- » . ',f 1 1-; , ~,‘-~»-_,'<' __ , ;.--,;»_-_ .-.'.' ey' 4., 4 . , . _ _ ____../,_,~_ ._,_-,f.,V.__,, i .off ' ' 1 r 4-e' ' f '[471' ,;_,~4 ’ , , . _/.._ 1 _ /,.~ - /f,'. »»¢~:. ., , 'ht wi -1*- ' I .I H *°"'-=""i'. "~'.“"~ -- _~°:.-..'.' 19 W -g -'i-ia: StrangeA Qjf 1917 Elections , ig? | T * fte rmath l 'rem oouivr: You so not have ' with any people on the mens lu re- itil Wh° l°ii the feet. and I Under- ‘ " I HAMPTDN PASTOML CHARGE W0!-.1-0 BAY *ND VWINWY ren” to mi ' - stand his chin-go was $154100 and ‘ -The services for Sunday, Nov. 2nd ' _- A__Pouib]y I mu, hut Vg;-my he was paid by M,-_ Ma,-¢f_n_ 1 lore; vicwria at 11; Bonshaw at 3; We regret to learn oi the serious Q y y , _ . land Hampton at 7. Rev. Geo. Ayers, illness of Mies Annie Doucette Nev _ ' - were? Mr- Sinclair, who won the seat and AT mDAY’3 mx SHOW- TUE Minister. Zealand, and hope for her speedy le- ! MR. .lou-nwrou: surely 1 have 'ri-ns comer: Does that melee e,s°t his nrst entry into Parliament" Ch”"“"°" ‘"4 “"5 ¢""“‘°‘°“ “U” -- oovery. the risht lo :sir the question? difference-i continuing. so-. Johnston stereo "°“-‘ will he P*°°¢- DW* ml” this 'ms aarrlsr crwlwn-or. vin- - , ;_ . 11 . 'nm ooUa'r;- not the wiinm lim .loHNs'roN: Yee. I think it is . that he. Mr. Sinclair and oihers had “fe” “Um 3002"* wit lakes as his "willing Buble", M6551* Wm" D°°8lf and 1"\"“=‘ ' Xlbcd not lnswel-_ tha question, not fmP0l‘¢l-l\U- ‘met 4-‘WT 9110 1\1d8D'l¢Ii¢ WM dnliv- A "‘Mi.ssionary motives." The evening E. l\i:cDorlaId ar'-‘.ed liollle !3’t - '11i~1E COURT: 1 dmfg 5” lg, ered. One of the party sent out for Fm! ‘u‘Al‘M*T'1“°m`°”\°“ *W1 Bn! semlon. the sixth in a series on the | we -K from Rhode I.~ler.d. where th'l?' to answer that question. witness. The fe whole question is the issue here. There are no pleadings on that count Former Liberal Attorney General ;‘§§,,Z‘” ‘°"’“° ‘”°°"' Y” “’°“” “"°" ' S1168 LOCa1 Liberal SGIIEIIOI' F01' leneillu wr roi- yn, for “sinner which 1 intend is brine sue. Professignal Services Rendered worlr for anybody rm-‘ n.,¢hi,,g_ I l to somebody in Neve seotle or on- But Is meQ_fj:pi?;;hh:;ght be reasons whypresent when the :conversation took lllothiig but I am sskinbodbou oilfl COURT: Y°u might "mke ii Work for you fm, nothing? Ishow its relevancy if you had said CmMi,__ “/num was iq, befmep _ A'>__N3_ -I-hae! ,S why I went b that in tha first place. . !n the County Court on Thursday :crore I-Us Honcur Judge Duffy the] :asc of James J. Johluton. vs. tl-Ion.) lonn E. Sinclair, action for profes- lional services, was tried, the plain- zift being 'ion-suited with costa, thc :ourt citing the Statute of Limita- tion as ground for judgment. ' _ The action was entered to recover a total sum of $300 on two accounts. the first, dated March, 1918, being $150 for, legal services in the matter of an application of Aleziallder Mar- tin for recount of the civilian and soldiers' votes in the Federal election ef 1917 when the application was dis- missed and Mr. Sinclair retained his scat in the House of Commons. The second account, also for $150 dated Feb. 1923, was for expenses incurred in going to Boston, Mass-, at defen- iant's request and interviewing Bk’ Cbarlw Dalton with a view to ob-I taining the la»tt'.-:r`s interest ln thcwgmt Guardian newspaper. is Mr. Johnston opened his case by ' .ll A.-~Bef:i'e the County Court Judge Q.-Who was that? but I would have to refresh my memory oil that. acting for Mr. Martin on that re- count? of Q.-Do you recall who were act- ing for yourself? ~ A.-Yes, I remember that. War- b m ., Q.-Did anybody else act for you? A.-Yes, yourself. reoo was e recount didnt proceed That my recollection of it. _ Q.-I will give you all the time you Q.-You mean. I suppose, that the HU-H5 UF-‘il the d2‘fe“¢*“l' W “K5 ,recount was disallowed by the Judge. :he stand. _ THE COURT: Isn‘t is ratiher`un~- m usual for the plaintiff to prove his ease by the defendant? the MR. JOHNSTON: But perfectly right. I submit. I subpoened him here. ed HON. JOHN E. SINCLAIR. wus duly A.~I suppose that might be the Q.-And the result was you got seat, I believe. A.-After the recount was finish- A.-I think it was Judge Stewart,.` A.-Offhand I couldn't, Just say. ,I | Q-Is there any reason why I A-No reason why you should would'nt ask anybody to work for I wou work for some f , 8 Y lthere is any reason why I should vnur office before I paid the other Q\1¢€I\`5 COUDW- A Ilull, to make sure of my standing. I , Q.-I _gave you notice. to produce 3 letter, date Sept. 8. 1924? l A.-Yes. i Q.-Have you git that letter? Q--D0 YOU remclnbcr l\’n0 W8-Si A-I havent got that letter. I .cnuldn't find that letter in my files. Q.--Will you lock at this copy. Will you examine it and see if it is a ‘copy cf the letter to which I refer. A.-There are sixteen foolscap pgg- ,eil in this. Possibly a general answer urtcrn and Shaw were the prirnelwould be sufficient for the purpose, overs in my case. lwithout reading the letter. I remem-l ,ber receiving a long letter from ynu. lwhctller this was the letter and the Q.-Do you remember what the cleie I weuld have to read it over to result of that application for the know. S:me years ago I remembered' unt was? fleceiving the letter. | A-Putting it briefly, the reoounti Q._1 would like you to ten “sl not proreecled with on some whether your impression is or is noti that was raised by my attor- _that that is a copy of the letter, I Guardia" Publishin! C°mP°“Y "ld neys. It was allowed by the Judge; a._-it would he hen-l for me to' acquiring the ownership oif the ,md gh - _ ' | swear that. ,want to examine it. | A.-I would require to get the leg- fel' I 1'9Cf.‘iV€d before I could swear ore proper way to state it. to lt. i I Q.-I was not asking you to swear ;to it positively. I said your impre5-`_case. If this took place in your l sion, in the Old Country and in France. A.-Well; i Q.-And after the recount was Q.-Perhaps you never read the' sworn. Ehramlhatlon by Mr- Jilllii- thrown out hom .letter lton: . Q.-Where do you live, Mr. Sin- h :ia,;r.‘l ETC A.-At Summerfield, Prince Ed- entered me House of c5mm¢~m57 ward Island. Q.-You are a member of the Senate of Canada? A.-At present, yes. Q.-Did you get an account from A,-Yes? work that I did for you at that time? ine. sent to you by registered letter. paid the other lawyers, and you told for $300. The account is dated Aug. m I8. 1930. _ A.- Yes. (Account tcnclcred in evidence.) Q-Did you answer that letter? _ re A.-No. Q-When were you first elected to Parliament? A.-‘In 1917. Q.-Do you remember who the candidates were at that election? A.-In the riding of Queens? I :hinlr A. ls. wel-hui-mn, panels Nich- olson, Alex. Martin and myself. Q-I believe there was a general returning cfilcer for Canada at that time, was there not? A.-I am not sure of what the .nw required at that time with regard to a general retuming oillcer. Q.-lvos that the eie:t1:n at which the soldiers voted overseas? A.-That was during the War, yes. le).-Do you remember now, after recallfllg that fact, whether or not there was a general returning of- ficer lol' Canada? A.-I havervt refreshed my mem Dry or looked that up. I am not pre- pared to say until I wzuld make sure. 'Ji--fi-lil: were declared elected that tlme, do you remember? A.-I think the declaration was for Donald Nicholson and myself, tits final dcc‘ari\tlcn. , Q-.~-Do you resell what your maj- ority west' A.--On the final count I think it was four, but I wouldnt say wheth- er it was three or`folli‘. at Q.-Was there s .recount held orln-:uid be fair. l thetl &ked f:r in connection with election? A.-There was. Q--Do you remember who for ii recount? A--I think il, was Alex. Martin. Q----As against you or Mr. War- blu-lon. wllieh? li.-Well. if it was directed at any DM particularly. it would be at me. Q-»-Mr. Warburton was not el- asked e . anything of it afterwards till the Ist Q.-Was that after Judge Stewart A.-Yes, I think it was.- Q.-Afwr the work was done? the other lawyers. Q.-Are you uitc sure that that lr: A.-I remember- tltat. Continuing. Mr. Johnston asked witness if he recalled a meeting be- tween himself, the witness and other parties after the Judge had givcn his decision. Witness replied that hc had no recollection of such a meet- ing, but would not swear that it had not taken place. Q.~Did you pay Mr. Snaw or Mr. Waiiburt-on for their wok? A.-I paid Mr. Warburton. °Q.--You never paid me for it., though? . . A.-No sir. I went t.o your office; before I paid the account from the' other lawyers and spoke to you and you told me that Mr, Shaw would be entitled to that. Q.-Did you offer to pay thc mon- ` ey? A.-No. Q.-How much mcney was it? A.-That I paid Mr. Warburton? Q.-How much money were your going to pay me? A.-I dldn't tender any money tor you. Q.-Did you ask me what it was? A.-I asked you what you thought Q.-That took place on what, date after the judgment was de-‘ Ilvlercd? A.-I oouldn’t give the date for that. - A.-Not to my knowledge; not Q.-Anybody present? , A.-Yee. it was not proceeded withl' Q.-'I rather think I did. Q-You \vouldn‘t like to sa . I _ . y Q.-Was that the first time you llvhethcr _vcll read the letter or not? , A.-If it was addressed to me and VI received it, then I have no doubt Q.-Did you ever pay me for the`that I would read it, no matter who .signed lt. A.-No slr. I went to your office; Q-Do you remember receiving a and asked you about it before I 4 letter from me of the 22nd of April,! ‘192ar i ,wt to mind lg 1 never hem-d A.-I don’t remember that letter.' Was that written in Ionghand? of September. _ , Q-~No_. it would be a typewrittcni i letter. . nde,-ed his daemon? l A.-I couldnt find a letter of that` kind in my .flle. it is dated April 26, _1923. A-That is my signature Yes; ii 1 ' - mnect’ Mr_ sinclsvhq l there is no doubt about that letter. I fhavelft got the letter I received, however. to which that is a reply. , (The letter. afterwards admitted fin evidence, read as follows): Privy Council of Canada. Ottawa. April 26, 1923. I-lon. J. J. Jollnston, Charlottetown. “My dear Mr. Johnston: "I have your personal letter of the 22nd lust. with enclosure and I am astounded with the develop- ments described therein. One thing I want to impress you personally with is to be particularly careful tllat you do nothing that '-vill in any way estrange you with the Lib- eral party. no matter what the provocation may be. The position you occupy in your profession and in the Liberal party is a very prominent one: in fact you are at the top in both.and any hasty ac- tion that would imperll your posi- tion ln this regard would be plny- ing into the hands of those who wish your downfall. Your ambi- tions are well known to me and _voll know my att'tude ln regard tllereto. Your ambitions may not been anticipating. but do nothing that will prevent their being real- ized in arv other ways at n later date. I krrr and believe your provocation will be great during the next few months and I know you are big enough to over- come it successfully. I have nothing more to add to what I told you when I saw you at Easter about the fourth Judgeshin. I will say nothing further until I see you here Mav 7th that I remember of. Q.-'I’ha.t is your oath is it? A.-That is my recollection. THE COURT:-Mr. Johnston, that tried? A.-Nntthen. no. There was no declaration at that time. Q--Do you remember who that re- count came _up before? V A.~’Ihe recount in Prince Edward unfair. If he were an illiterate man _ Island? ' Q--Yes. between Mr. Martin and yourself? A.-There was a recount here and lint/ther in England. The one on‘h the Island came before the Countyi Q-Was it after the recount in simply your recollection? Ehifllnd that you were found to bo, four votes ahead of Mr. Martin? 'tn _ A-The declaration was made af ,already answered that question. l lm- ine re-ount in England, yea. . is hardly fair to your own witness. MR. JOHNSTON-He happens to be the defendant too, your Honor. i THE COURT:-You cannot cross examine your own witness; it is very ; I might let it go: 'if he were ini doubt as to the nature of an oath. lm. .lol-lNs'roN.-I should thlnkj if he were an illiterate man e might demand the Protection of* tile Court: but he isn‘t. THE COURT:-You do not have aiswer that, witness. You havel Q.-At any rate, as a matter of` Q-'Ilia declaration to the effect_fsct, you have never paid me? diet y°\i has a lneloriiy or four vot-| is ever Mr. Martin? _ l A.-Yes, that I was elected. , ‘I-The recount thee :ook him Court Judge for Queen‘s County. Q.-Ls that your oath or is it Th A.-No, I have never paid you, at _is correct. = Q.-Are you claiming the privil- Ols of the Statute of Limitation? on _ . "I saw Andrew Hayden yester- day. 1-Ie wlui enoulring about our huslnefr. with Dalton. Was any- thing further done? " Yours truiyf fsgdi John E. Sinclair." Q.-Have you any other letters there? A.-No. that lathe only letter. . Q.-We have now dealt with the first item of that account. Now for the eeeona item. nhl yvii have anv- thing to do, in the year 1923. with an attempt to Pll\'¢\ll3° 5”' Uh“]°' Ds.lton’s interest in the Guardian newspaper? A.-pid r have anything to dv with an attempt to purchase? Q.-Yes. ' A.-Well. I was informed about the possibllty of_ purchasing in 1923. Q._nia you have enythlns to da with it? » A.-Not as between Mr. Dalton Bild .Q.-Perhaps you might look at this.; A.~Arter I received the hill ll-om, ‘P"’d“°l"g leiiffi- Thai was in relilyrl bc realized in the way we have I MR. JOHNSTON: Your Honour, of course, is not cognisant of the facts 'I'HECOUFtT: Suppose he spoke tario, how does that help me? MR JOHNSTON I happened to be place your questions plainer. It would Q.-Do you remember? A.-’I‘he only conversation I recall at the time was s. conversation I had I with Senator 'Hayden at Otawa. Q.-Didn't you have a conversation lwlzh senator nerdy et ottawa in rny presence? l I A.-I don’t remember that. - Q.”-Did you bring me to Senator I Hardy? Is there a Senator 'Hoi-dy? , A.-There is now. . Q.-Was there then? A.-I couldn‘t say. Q.-Well, a man by the name of Hardy? .. , A.-I don’t remember that circllni- _ stance' at all. l Q.-Was it arranged. in your pres- ence arld mine, that Senator Hardy was to furnish the money to piu'- chese this interest. of Mr. Da.lton’s? A.-Not that I have any recollec- tion of_ Q.---In Senator Hardy's office. A.-With me? A.-Yes. A.-Notthat I remember. That is entirely news to me. i Q.-You say your memory is pretty good? THE COURT: It seems to me ‘hat ,you are gcirlg backwards witll this presence you are the man to give thc evidence. WITNESS: I don’t remember vllat he refers to at all. ‘ THE COURT: 'I'h’s is very much in the nature of a cross erlminfltion, you must, ccvnlt, Mr. Johnston, f Q.-'Dc you llIl.! l-Ulzmat sign," 3033.1; bride was nitrczi in ivol'_\' sfliiii and cl':irge him? ,__ ;'.‘fil und cill'l'icti ii Ilfiiflivi of iiriclzil roses nnri ivzls nitclldcsl bf' iw' slr.- MR- JOHNSTON? 1 WTO” ‘him ,ents “ned and demgnsh-ated by “_ I ter, Miss l\’ial';:ztref. ivllo wore night- milhy Years afterward-5 that I had `n°t !,.,,.t from New york Monday 3,-5 and 5 illgale pan velvet with hai to matcrl. charged him, lvllicll is quite true. But|;I,l_esda ma M09” 8: M(_LeDds' and C_~_,.,.i,,d H bC,,,,,,,,, of P-al.; ,-0 ee wllilc thc s'l‘or~:\l wa'-‘ :xtivztclofl iw his cousin. Mr. l`.l:ilii.~l i"1‘i'i'.~. of Han- nr ever agreed to do the work for ,nm FORMAL CLOSING of thc'ovcr. After tile ccl'clllr'rif', a ividdillg ` supper was scrvcd at thc hclnc of the and absolutely incorrect- Mr. Sill- , - mid- io the linu;c:ll;~i~ rrinfl~-.~~, The '_ .1-ri H 3 L c- ~ - ~ CIM’ never “PPr°“°hed me in any ming at 8 ocock S on T leuv _\'oulli¥ ccllplc loft for New York on ma Y‘--1’ “'13 \‘ W UQQB. n .. -.i .4 ` n lloircvnloon. . that I ought to be paid, from the day present me championship t`°r"1'c` ...___ that I did the WOI'k down £0 the pres- and banners to the winners' . _]['\'|0R RWD Cgoeg on \\/0d_ i 1 .. .. r.. _ . fl ti . H - v - - en me e never offered to Day AT TODAPS Fox SHOW, .1."E`llc.cia_1 aftclilocil, October 29th. the Insmmc mom at Smms _ ,est ow me' Those are ab5°]uf‘e1Y the fans champion and Grand champim rib_ pupils of Albion Focllool. lillcil' thc F _dav “Mt lat _nv ‘N al goo( ofthecaseandMr.Sl.la` kno _` .4 ' - f.~.'~_#l' .A.. - rl' "1 S' " ` ‘ pc r ws bcns will be l9|il°€d- DJIW m'-V; UTS gmdame Q H cn lndcmlf D Mac ,music was filvnlslicd and till- at'.eru`- Cormac. lrcld a nlcctillp in thc spent the past few years and are via- lting relatives- and friends in I-'ice River Ss‘_'th. A very enjoyable da')ce 'ms mat hi in Gowan Brae cheese factory sir( Wednesday night, Oct. 22nd. by the Gowan Brae Womens Institute. A large crowd rin-i grind millic ful'n.is‘.i-| led by Messrs. P1-.‘.".' C"/llssrn :inc Dolphic Burke, Bear River. and others made the time pass all ton, quickly. A number of baskets werll auctioned off by Mr. N. H. Ricll'-lrds, ]‘ Sour.s. and broufllit a ,Hood sum, VC! ulldcrstand another of these tlanceli will be held in the near future. '_ ,__.o 'l l l Miss Helen Donahce. teacher at Rollo Bay west, spent the .vrek Und at her home in Rosericath. ! _-_ l An enioyehle whlsi -ienrtv WHS hvid i5 at _the home of Mr. and Mrs. John _- Campbell, Bear River. on Wczlncsdav 1 night, Oct. 22nd. T\'.'vl\.n tables \\.'l"'e ' llI:l_vcd. The prizes \'.'crc won \>.'» ' Mrs. Mary C. MacEacilcl‘n, 171 Syl'-i ney St.. Charlottctowri, and l\'r I James Whalen, Bear River South. A cake was rafflcrl and WHS WON by f/fl' -' Peter J. M:icGn\lgh. The slim of t\vr\l~.ty-illrce dollars wtls reo!izccl_ l Among the social events of the, week ivas the Conllllillliiy Club dlrlcel in the hall at St. C'l1:~.ries. -l\’iil=if' was furllislicd by l\icssl'.=. -lnnlrri G.1`l&l.t» violin: F. G. Cllailzsnll, Bac.: River, Mcmdoliri; and the li/L.=.scs l\l".`SH-‘Elf Pctcrfi. Rollo Bay. and Iinelcili Claris-. son. Bear River, crffailists. 'T' e sum. cf fifty-.i..;l i::'z extent of more ill:-ll ii ni. Q before the cllcl of 1031 bg' the newly folrner o=,i.oci; union is urging the fcdc: ment to invc-_t‘gnlc tllc I tivrcn prices paid tile i‘:.1l paid by the uollsulllcr. /it I Dr. Hamer declared fizhc' bein; paid eight-cents for l: crei which cost the ocnslz cents and four cont: for s: c:':l which retollcsi nt Mr_ Robert Mclicnzie, . our anlbit€oiLs garngcmcll l cellar excavated on his p main street adjoining ll* garage. We understand th. Kcnzle contemplates 'he .' :i new modern gl-.rage ai / _ ` i L in the dollar! zison of :-ll. Th( governs :ad bee len and l'il'l§G0v4 en wen 'emaoke 'l‘ thirtl ll macln , one d having l ocrty of Dresrrl Mr. Md .-:tion serv! so shd e i t il cry;-s r i e' 'l r,! i, r. li sl .'.il“ l .lil ii; . ll 'l -i li ., ul, e | ‘,