Q. You saw him just before Christinas? A. Yes. 



Q. Did he come to your place? A. No. 



Q. Where did you see him ? A. I called and saw him. 



Q. Did he tell you about this case pending against him in the 

 Federal Court, here, at that time? A. No. 



Q. Did you ever give him a testimonial ? A. He asked me if the 

 herbs helped me and I told him they did. 



Q. You told him they did. Is that all you ever told him ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you ever tell him anything else? A. I think that covers 

 everything. 



Q. Did you ever give him anything in writing? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you recall the time that you gave him something in writ- 

 ing? 



Prosecuting Attorney: Q. I don't want to intimidate you in any 

 way, Mrs. Mead. I want to be just as fair with you as I can possibly 

 be. The thing I want to get is this, I want to know, and I think the 

 jury wants to know, just what you said in that letter. If you will re- 

 fresh your recollection to think about it, I will{ let you think about it. 

 It is very important that we know what you said in that letter. A. I 

 said just how much good the herbs did me. That covered it all. 



Q. What good did you say they did you? A. I don't memorize 

 everything I write. 



Q. What words do you think you might have used? Did you write 

 three lines, two lines, or five lines ? Don't you see what I am trying 

 to get at? 



Q. Will you just read that letter, Madam, 



right here, at the top, page 147 of the testimonial book. You have 

 read that, have you ? A. Yes. 



Q. Is that what you wrote him at that time? A. Yes. 



Q. Are- you positive? A. Yes. 



Prosecuting Attorney: It reads as follows: 



I hereby certify that the facts in this statement are absolutely true 

 and that I had previously tried all the methods I know of for reducing. 

 Observing that a friend of mine had obtained such splendid results in 

 the- way of gaining weight by taking the Fong Wan Herbs, I consulted 

 Fong Wan to see if he could give me herbs to make me thin. 



He frankly told me that it would be easy to reduce the flesh of the 

 trunk and abdomen, but that on the big muscles of the limbs the flesh 



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