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The People of the State of Michigan - - - (Complainants) VS William Shimmel - - - (Defendant) |
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Andrew Sheeler Direct Examination |
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Proceedings of June 24th, 1907 |
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A N D R E W S H E E L E R, having been produced as a witness for and in behalf of the people and after having been first duly sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. COBURN. |
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Where do you reside? |
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1040 Fulton Street, Grand Haven. |
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How long have you lived there? |
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I lived there a year the 9th of this month. |
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Where did you live previous to that? |
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Nunica. |
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How long had you lived there? |
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Well I lived there off and on ever since I was a year and a half old, about 39 years - - 38 years. |
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How long had you lived there continuously previous to moving to Grand Haven? |
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Well a little over six months. |
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What was your occupation in Nunica? |
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Bar tender. |
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For whom did you work? |
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Al Simmer. |
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Page 2 |
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When did you start to work for him? |
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I think it was about the 15th of November. |
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And worked for him until when? |
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The first of May. |
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You were at work there then on the 23rd day of April 1906? |
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I was. |
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What were your hours on duty there? |
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From six o’clock in the morning until nine at night. |
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Do you remember of seeing Fremont Brown in your place on the 23rd day of April? |
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I do. |
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What time was he in there? |
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He was in there along about three o’clock. |
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Who else besides Mr. Brown was in there if you remember? |
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Why there was Ed. Brown, he came in after Freem; There was a travelling man came in and Green. |
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A traveling man by the name of Green? |
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No, I don’t know what the traveling mans name was. There was that Frenchman there, I forget what his name is - - Joe Mahew, wasn’t it? |
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Yes? |
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Joe Mayhew, he was in there. |
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Was there anybody else in there with Mayhew? |
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Shimmel, he come in there along about one o’clock, he was in there all the afternoon. |
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Bill Shimmel the respondent here? |
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Yes, sir. |
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This is the man? |
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Page 3 |
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Yes, sir, that is the man. |
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How long did he remain there? |
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He was there until after four. |
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Do you know what time he left? |
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Why not exactly what time, but it was after four o’clock when he left there. |
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How long have you known Shimmel? |
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Well I could not say, it was about twenty years off and on. |