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Show Page 66 who also appeared fragile, refined, modest and apparently defenseless. She looked and acted so unlike the typical rustler the dazzled jury might have acquitted her on appearances alone. But Ann also got help from an. unexpected source-Ora Haley himself. "Mr. Haley," asked Miles Saunders when the cattle baron took the stand to testify, "how many cattle do you currently have in Moffat County?" (the county where Brown's Park is located). "In the neighborhood of ten thousand," Haley replied proudly, falling innocently into the trap set by Attorney Saunders. "Why then, Mr. Haley," roared Saunders, springing his trap, "did you, less than four months ago, report that you had just five thousand, six hundred head of cattle in Moffat County on the schedule you filed with the Moffat County |_TaxJ Assessor?" Ora Haley's face turned scarlet. He sat in the jury box, nervously twisting his feet, unable to utter a sound. "Answer me!" ordered Saunders. "Why did you?" When no answer came, the lawyer turned his back on the distraught Haley and sweetly announced to the jury, "Mr. Haley lied." Of course the fact Haley had lied to the tax assessor had nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of Ann Bassett. But public opinion turned against Haley. On the charge of rustling Two Bar cattle, Ann was found not guilty. The whole town celebrated. The band led a parade. The |