The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-03-09

dangerous thing for courts to hold
that such n person should not be
held responsible for all matter that
passes through his printing presses,
or that ignorance of the language in
which it is written should exoneratc
him. feel it is my duty to hold
that it was and is the duty of dcfcn.
dant to make himself fully acquaint-
ed with the nature of the contents
e all matter to be printed in his
Office in whatsoever language it may
be written. If this were not so the
responsibility might be shifted from
ono to another. and this plea OF
ignorance made in each case and no
ono held responsiblc-thc response
bility must rest somcwMre--and in
this case must rest with the defen-
dant. therefore cannot acquit this
defendant on this defence.
The case will have to 90 on and
evidence be put in of the nature of
the contents of the alleged obscene
or immoral pamphlet.
w. Aud, remandcd from the 9th.
Mr.. Russell objected to this case
being called OH till the other was de-
cided. Over-ruled by the Court.
Mr.. Castle proceeded with the pro-
sccution. After waitings and inter-
ruptions the case was finally start
ed. II. Grieve called and sworn:
dcposed much the same as has been
published before. j. Auld, foreman
of the Gazottc office: l recognize
this manuscript. My brother Will
liam brought it to me one week be-
fore the Coronation. There was no
manuscript for the title page. l
made that out of my head and went
to the case and set it up. QIc was
dismissed at this point and Mr.. Pi-
lipo was sworn. then he was recall
ed. J My brother took the proof.
No title page was on the first proof.
The second one had a title page, but
without the Royal arms. He told me
to put them on. said you had bet
ter get permission, and refused to do
so without. Next morning he came
back and said, "Put it on and | will
take it up to the Palace" l did so,
and that afternoon he came back
and said all right, 90 a.head. John
kau!ahea was standing beside me
when the conversation took place.
He might or might not have heard
what we said. G. w. Pilipo was
then called. Mr.. Castle here stated
that Mr.. Pilipo had asked him to ex-
cusc him from being called Oh as a
witness after he had been asked to be
one, as he felt a dclicacy about maxi
ing such translations before the pub
lie He therefore asked for the testi-
timony to be taken before the
| parties to the case only. His Honor
made an order for the public to with
draw, leaving only the parties, oilici-
ais, counsel, police, and press re-
porters. c. ii. Judd was then called
and sworn: w. Auld came to my
office (Chamberlain's) with roll of
papers and said these were list of
dances. l said | would have no
thing to do with it. | declined to
give my consent to putting OH the
| Royal arms. | did not think it was
right to put it on. This was before
the thing had gone to print,
and afterwards Mr.. j. {. Kawainui
brought what purportcd to be the
same document to my office. lie
said they were the same. Spoke
about getting them printed. Said
they would cost $50 or $50. Wanted
to know about getting paid fol
| printing them. ] said | would have
nothing to do with it. | sent him to
the Chairman of the Coronation
Committee as / had seen an item in
their list for hulas. Spoke about
putting the Royal Coat. of-arms on.
refused. He went away, and aftcl
he was gone / found he had left the
manuscript on an office table.
sent it down to him Immediately by
my messenger. l knew nothing fur
ther of it-until | saw Il pile of the
printed copies had been left in my
outer Office. | was surprised to sec
the Royal Arms Oh it. ] don't
know whether Kawamui came as Il
printer OF as a member of the Cor
onation Committee. | am mem
ber of that Committee. | don't
know who distributed them. A num-
Der of them are in my office now.
People called there and helped them
| selves. There was no order to dis