Even Frona
and Del himself were forced to smile, and the only sober face was the
prisoner's.
"But he quarrelled with Old Andy at Dyea, and with Chief George of the
Chilcoots, and the Factor at Pelly, and so on down the line. He got us
into no end of trouble, and 'specially woman-trouble. He was always
monkeying around--"
"Mr. Chairman, I object." Frona stood up, her face quite calm and
blood under control. "There is no necessity for bringing in the amours
of Mr. St. Vincent. They have no bearing whatsoever upon the case;
and, further, none of the men of this meeting are clean enough to be
prompted by the right motive in conducting such an inquiry. So I
demand that the prosecution at least confine itself to relevant
testimony."
Bill Brown came up smugly complacent and smiling. "Mr. Chairman, we
willingly accede to the request made by the defence. Whatever we have
brought out has been relevant and material. Whatever we intend to
bring out shall be relevant and material. Mr. Bishop is our star
witness, and his testimony is to the point. It must be taken into
consideration that we nave no direct evidence as to the murder of John
Borg. We can bring no eye-witnesses into court. Whatever we have is
circumstantial. It is incumbent upon us to show cause. To show cause
it is necessary to go into the character of the accused.
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