The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-06-18
MINISTER PETERSON.
Eecsn;inp OF the New At6nrHe,isie8
stat hy ,hr th,i Bench,

tldtC buHti'SS N,CNUilN. DlchcTiDh,
aud Dole. or the Bar there were
in attendance: His Exccieucy \.
y. Peterson. AttorHcy.G General Mr..
G. W. Ashford, retiring Attorney
General; MI Chas. Creighton, De.
putty Atlorney.GcnetoI; Hon. Paul
Neumann, Mes3rs. V. L. Castle,
+. NJ. Hatch, V. Y Ashford, w. a.
Whiting. and C.. l.. Carter. Mar
shaI j. II. Soper and Deputy Mar
shall c. l.. Hopkins also attended.
Mr., Ashford sald--If Your Hon.
ors please, 1 desire TO take the priv
ilege this morning, and it is also u
pleasure To me, TO Introduce 10 this
Honorable Conrt my successor in
the Office of Attorney-Gencral, Mr..
Arthur l.. Peterson. Mr.. Peterson
OF course is familiar to the Court in
his official capacity as Deputy Attor-
ncy-Geueral which he has held for
seyera. years last past, and thus it is
with pleasure 10 myself a. am
sure IL must be TO all the members
Of the Bar and 10 the Bench, and
to the community in general, to see
that there has been recognized in
this appointment OF Mr.. Peterson
to this position the principle of pro-
motion; and [ am sure that all Of
his friends and all of those VINO
have watched his career in The sub
ordinate office Of Attorncy-Gencra
for the last few years viii concet)e
that the promotion has been well
earned and that he has demonstrate
ed al undeniable capacity for the
position TO which he has now been
promoted. ] do not propose to ex.
tend my remarks further, Your
Honors, unless it be 10 say that in
taking my own personal, or rather
official leave of the Court, having
been retired from the Office after an
incumbency of nearly three years, /
desire to express TO The Court my
sense of gratitude and qualification
that our relations have been us plea
SAINT rs they have been, and to ex-
press the hope that in my relations
as 4 private practitioner before the
Court there will be no diminn-
ton of that degree of cordially
which has previously existed.
Mr.. Peterson said-May it please
the Court, I would like to present
my commission to the Court and say
that 1t has pleased His Majesty to
commission me as Attorney-General
OF the Kingdom.
The Court, per Chief Justice
Judd Mr.. Peterson, we receive
you, or welcome you rather, to your
new position with entire cordiality,
and in behalf of the Court | would
like to take the opportunity of max
ing few observations. The Attor-
ney-General in the Legislature is in
one sense the mouthpiece Of the
Court. The Court has no place in
the Legislature OF the Kingdom, and
the interest Of the Department as
regards appropriations of money ma.
turaily would throw upon the Attor'
General the care and the duty
Of seeing that they are adequately
provided for, and we look TO you
Mr.. Acknowledgement, that the re-
Communications that are made in the
report, il they are deemed wise
shall be made by the Legislature
and we look to you also as regards
the Practice Acts which may be in,
troduced from time to time, to sec
that they shall conform to the en-
larged and liberal spirit Of the pre-
sent age. We also wish to say, tha
it is always q matter of great graft
fcation to find that the Crown cases
that are presented to the Court from
time to time, either civil or criminal
have the advocacy and the persona
efforts OF the Acknowledgement. L
needs only to be said that thu
interests of all persons art
better subserved by the persona
attention of the head of the
Department. Not only does the
Acknowledgement carry more inAu
ence with the jury than any deputy
could possibly carry, but it ensures
a more responsible and faithful pre-
sentalion Of the side OF the Govern
ment in whatever case or whateve
character may be brought for trial
And l wish to say further tina
naturally judges see defects in TIL,
operation of our system, and VIZ
think that there could be some yer,
wise and substantial Improvement,
made, more especially in the previ
Gus preparation of cases for tria
on Circuit. The funds which tn,
Legislature has placed st the dispo
sition Of the presiding Justices 70
the expenses of the Terms Of Cir
cult Courts and of the witnesses il
criminal cases being dispensed b.
the Court, the law officer, that is
the Attorney-G GENERALS Department
does not feel so much the RESPONSE
bility Of keeping expenses down q
the Co lrt does. Now If there coul,
be more consultation in advanc
with the local officers, the Sheriff
and the Deputy Sheriffs, so tina
cases that are unworthy Of tria
should be suppressed before tn
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