Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-14

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same; and if it shall also appear that any
person or persons are liable to any fines or
penalties, or to any punishment under our
statutes, that proceedings accordingly be
instituted and they do also recommend
that if it be found on such examination
that any licensed dealer has been guilty of
any fraud, or of such gross carelessness as
to amount to fraud, in the premises, that
no licenses be granted them or any of them
in the future"
THE DOODLE DEAL EXPOSED.
Commanded thus by the Legislature,
Attorney-General Ashford began his in
quiry, and discovered the facts above set
forth. A refusal Of the Government upon
the protest of the Attorney General to re-
new the license of one of the Macfarlane
saloons brought the head of that firm to a
| conference with the Cabinet, where he ad-
mitted all the facts above set forth, and
the further interesting one that it has
been usual, for years past, for the foreign
representatives to pay all their liquor bills
by giving orders on the Custom House for
the withdrawal of liquor, duty RENTED,
the amounts of which RENTED duties are
credited up to their accounts to square
their purchases. Mr.. Macfarlane (who is
also an Honorable" having been one of
the Kings appointed MOBILES, and is now a
member Of the Privy Council of State, a
member of the Kings staff, with military
title of Colonel, and the wearer of several
of the cheap decorations before men
toned, at the interview referred to, in
vited the Attorney-G General to inspect the
books of his firm to see if they were not all
he claimed for them, etc. The Attorney
General made such inspection, aided by
the Colonel himself, and found and took
full notes Of the entries therein, which
completely verified the admissions of the
Colonel, both in regard to the election gin
and the method by which the King and
others paid their whisky bills.
THE BooDLERs PROSECUTED.
The result was prosecution of Colonel
Macfarlane and F. II. Hayselden for con-
spring to defraud the revenue, and to
be knowingly concerned in the removing
of dutiable goods upon which no duties
have been paid" A similar prosecution
was brought against w. L. Luce, another
dealer, for conspiring with another of the
Kings henchmen, Captain Hayley, who
has recently left Hawaii, presumably for
| climatic reasons.
The prosecutions were fought with great
| ability and bitterness on the part Of the
defense from inception to close, the lead
ing members of the bar-including ex-
Supreme Judge Hartwell, Paul Neumann,
and f. NJ. Hatch the Acknowledgement
and his deputy, Mr.. Peterson, alone con-
Quoting the prosecution. The indictments
were demurred to, but sustained, and all
the efforts of able counsel were exerted to
keep the cases away from the jury, but to
no avail.
MCFARLANE's CONVICTION.
Luce was first tried, and acquitted by
nine of the jury Sufficient in Hawaii to
render verdict), among whom were in
Guided creditor to the amount of st. 900
and the clerks Of several other considera
bic creditors.
Macfarlane was tried separately from
dayselden, who is in the States, on bail.
and was cor icted and verdict rendered
by nine Jurors. Upon the intercession of
the Attorney-General in his behalf he was
sentenced to pay fine of 5000, though
Imprisonment might have been awarded.
THE KING TEsTIFIKs AND DEFENDS
BooDLERs.
And now the Macfarlanes are mad
and desperate, and are trying by every
possible, and many impossible, means to
secure the dismissal of the present Cabinet.
hoping that any change will benefit them.
The HG,rdiidn Gazette printed the whole of
the evidence, including that given by
King kalakaua, who took the stand as a
witness for the defense and endeavored to
assume the blame for the whole trans
action. But the King is not amenable to
prosecution or other process of Court, and
the jury were not disposed to permit the
defendant thus to take shelter behind the
royal purple. This unprecedented course
of dragging Il sovereign off his throne to
testify in behalf of defendant charged
with liquor frauds was severely com
mented on by the Acknowledgement to
the jury, and now Rex is also
mad, though his anger is said
to be directed at the Acknowledgement.
for the part taken and comments made by
him iii the course Of the trial, as well as
for his alleged completely in procuring the
publication of the evidence in the Gazette.
But as to the latter, the Attorney General
denies the charge, no doubt correctly, be-
cause the reporters of all the local papers
were present in Court, and they all pub
lIshed the greater part of the evidence.
which was public property.
KALAKANA DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF
HIS CABINET.
1t Is thought that the Macfarlane faction
are responsible for another most FOOLS
act of the King, which rumor says, and
the Cabinet don't deny, he committed on
May I'd, which was to formally demand
the resignation of his Ministers, alleging.
as reason therefor, the personal affront
to the Sovereign contained in the publica-
ton of the evidence in the Gazette, and
the tacit acquiescence of the balance of
the Ministers in the Attorney-General's
alleged completely therein.
The Cabinet is said to have replied to
said request, refusing to resign and citing
Article LII. Of the Constitution, which for
bids the King to dismiss his Cabinet ex-
cept upon a vote of want of confidence,
passed by a majority of all the elective
members of the Legislature, or upon con-
viction of felony.
And now the King, after laying him
self open to and receiving this snub from
his Cabinet, has gone off to his country
seatNon Hawaii, on board the British war
ship Caroline.
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