The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-26

| erence to the books.
Cross-examination continued--At the
time of this transaction | did not know
about Hayley's financial standing. [
supposed he had a good income.
knew he had $4,000 in the Hotel Car
riage Co. l did not know it was in his
mothers name. l know J. w. Luning.
l am acquainted with him. He has
been an habitual frequenter of my store
since l have been in business. l never
knew he had a number of bills against
Hayley in his possession that he could
not collect. [ stated did not see the
erasure on the order | did not take
| particular notice of it; the Consul's sig
nature was there, and that was all [
wanted This order exhibit Al be-
lieve was blank when | gave 1t to Hay
ley. Those figures, 1913 and SOL, on the
order are mine. [ do not remember
what Dewdrop whisky is gallon in
bond. 1t is say about So gallon. Cen
fury whisky is more expensive. (The
witness here objected to answering such
questions, as it gave his business away.
His Honor ruled out the reference to
Dewdrop and Century whisky.)
Cross-examiration continued-I have
had dealings with Canavarro since that
transaction; probably l have sold him
from $50 to 500 worth OF liquor. 1t is all
settled up. He paid cash could not
swear that my dealings with Canavarro
have exceeded $37. His last quarters
bill | think was $38 | think these
liquors were sold to Canavarro before the
ventilation of this matter. [ recognize
this bill; it is for $37 70. (Bill filed
1t was paid on January II, 1887, for
goods obtained in October. If Cana
yarro claimed he had not purchased any
thing from me since October [ should
say he made mistake
The defense here rested.
MIR. aARTwELL's ADDRESS.
A short recess was taken after which
Mr. Hartwell addressed the Jury for the
defense. The learned counsel said the
jury must put on one side all preiudices
and favor. 1t was a grand thing this
new departure taken. 1t was position
for this country that did not exist before
A special committee had been appointed
to investigate the condition of affairs in
the Custom House with regard to the
withdrawal of bonded liquors They
had found wrong state OF affairs, in
fact they discovered a great scandal
He went on to refer to the mode of
withdrawal and to the exemption of GER
tain foreign representatives from the
payment of duties. The large array of
withdrawal orders under the exemption
rule which he had been permitted to
show indicated fully the way business
was done. In earlier years the amounts
were much SNEAKER than of late, but the
method was the same, that is to allow
dealers to go down to the Custom House
with the orders endorsed. He supposed
that no person in the Custom House be-
ieved that in such cases these liquors
were actually consumed by these gentle
men or their families. Tewkesbury had
testified that he had learned nothing
new in the course of this trial. Counsel
did not believe that the customs officials
had ever been deceived. 1t did not APP
pear that any different instruction were
now given to them. All their excite
ment-the revolution, the examination
by special committee, the going round
to the different dealers, the report of the
committee recommending the prose
cution, followed by the refusal to renew
Mr.. Luce's license and the civil and
criminal proceedings, beginning with the
search warrant.
Mr.. Ashford objected to these COM
ments, az being irrelevant
The objection was sustained.
Mr.. Hartwell said we all knew what
we did know, that opinions had been
formed for and against Luce and he
asked the jury to dismiss from their
minds all prejudice or sympathy. He
was willing to accept unrelenting Justice.
There had been unusual earnestness
here of late on the subjects of temper
ance and prohibition, and it might be
supposed that this was practically trial
involving the principles of prohibition
and prohibition. He did not regard
it SO. He would not regard the LIQUOR
seller as a man to be hunted down, while
those who drank the wine at the BANQUET
board were let alone. He asked them
to contine their attention to the charge
presented. 1t was criminal conspiracy
with Haley to obtain some $500 from the |
Hawaiian Government He referred to |
the order showing an erasure whether
any scratching had been done since it |
was lodged at the Custom House he |
could not say. Il the officials did not
think that order matter OF special i'm