Rebuttal
C.S. Penfield Called
I am County Courner, Held an Inquest on thee body of James Finch on the morning June 26/86 Had minutes kept, Ruby Stanley testified before the jury, I know the form of oath I administered, I swore the witness to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, testimony was reduced to writing and was not read to her and she did not examine it, I dont know as I can remember all I put the usual question I am willing to swear that I asked her to tell all that she knew about the case, her testimony undertook to give full account of the trasaction, She testified she saw the whole transaction
I held the iquest Saturday Morning
June 16th Spokane Falls Spokane Cy
at the star house She was sworn
to tell the truth the whole truth &
nothing but the truth then she was
asked relate to the jury all
that she knew concerning the
case & this writitng Contains the
sustance of all she said on that
occasion I simply asked her if that
was all she knew about the case
she said it was
I administered to
Ruby Stanley the usual oath
on that occasion, these are
the minutes taken at the trial but
then written out afterward the only
change in this and the original
was simply to fill out sentences
the substance is the same
C.S. Penfield
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this July 1st 1886
JJLPeel
Justice of the Peace
