The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-02-03

10y OA1S0A-AotoAOOo VI
s ADVERTISER was justified in showing
him up. No paper has right TO sa.
anything untrue, am satisfied til,
paper told the truth. Mr.. Crowley
lost his character when he hid thos'
trimmings, he lost his character wher
he attempted 10 organize a troupe O.
#hula girls. You heard the evidence
sof Mr.. Anterior; also Of Mr. Crowley
lin reference to the goods under bed
III remains for you to judge between
them. Crowley was upholsterer
HASTE was not; what could HASTE
Edo with the trimmings? That has
kcertainly a great bearing upon the
Hquestion. fuckers evidence showed
that Crowley stated, sob! There
were some odds and ends sewed up.'
Mr.. Atherton's evidence showed the
concealed goods to be of great value;
didn't think Crowley made assign
ment simply to get rid of Hastie. IL
was abundantly proved that Crowley
was liable; Crowley tries to escape
2being liable by throwing blame en-
HASTE. He cannot escape entertain
ling same opinion as Anterior and
others in regard to Crowley's connec1
tions with hiding the goods. In re-
gard to organizing troupes, he speaks
: in his letter of his own troupe orr
company having hold of the right
material, getting some Hight
kicker and a shemale; was getting|
sal troupe in operation; was onI
Rthe lookout for material for Brodie.!
aTo state he was in the variety show
business is not libel unless it spell
scially Injuries his standing. Hell
shad right to organize troupes of
thigh kickers and she-males if heS
achoose. As to proof of attemptingl
sthis it was evident that he was sol
Engaged. His temperance work wasI
screditable; when he commenced thes
variety business, he acted on the.
principle of not letting the right
lhand know what the left did. HeS
shas no particular right to ask fors
damages If he was engaged in thiss
work and the paper publishedit. I'M
the face of testimony given by Mr.s
.Thurston and Crowley, when Crows
.ley's services were offered for S1,000S
sor $4,000 for breaking up Mechan-E
Inns Union, he cannot expect a yer
|dict for plaintiff. It was difficult tos
understand Crowley's modesty. Thes
PARTICLE was written in justifable cir
1cumstances.
Mr.. Davidson---Read extract froms
Penal Code in reference to whats
constituted libel. All men cannots
be masters; cannot succeed IN busi-s
mess or amassing a fortune. Onef
lmay make an unfortunate transac-
.tion that may injure MIN in his busi-k
mess. Related circumstances OF thek
assignment IN 1884, plaintiff madef
lout list of articles for Atherton, whok
did not produce it, which injuredy
the plaintiff. Had Crowley that listE
he could prove all goods were giyenH
lon it. Showed that HASTE was thes
dishonest man from evidence glvens
lin regard to Hastie's dishonesty. II
The defense have not brought MOI
proofs of Crowley having takens
those goods; considered Athertonk
and Tucker both honorable, uprightS
men, but thought that personal feel-g
ings sometime, exert an influence ones
way or another. Counsel thoughts
charges were of a most serious kind II
Press IN the United States have
driven honorable men into retire.
ment. The United States Congress-
is composed of men disreputable and
Dwelling further on evil
dence produced, he went on to define
libel and gave comparisons of pun
ishments now and long ago. Libel,
by statutes of the Kingdom Differed
much as to libel in ancient times,
when punishment was far greater
than now. Scion in his opinion
quoted, in $50, made libel highly
penal. Sylla punished libellous
writer's with death. Constantine
burnt them at the stake. SANDER,
whose edge is sharper than sword,
whose tongue outyenoms all the
worms of Miles," The Press is great
est promoter of enlightenment that
aver existed, and if used for mali
,ious purposes is capable of destroy
ng reputation and running the hopesf
and blighting the life of the limo 8
,ent and happy
The Judge charged the jury, whoX
'etired to the jury room, soon re-
urning with verdict for defendant. g
The following extracts are taken ~
rom letters of D. M. Crowley to Mr. n
3rodie:
No. Extract from letter dated La 81
hama, October 30, 'S6.) ~
am on the track of, [ think, good
Material for what we proposed-CannotW
ct to Waimea in time for stage Gus
refer to organize for through tour to5><
lclude pair or more of high-kickers b
ltend trying anyhow am satisfed#
nat the right material is here"
(No. 2-Letter, April 8. 'e9.) n
&c They have probably written to you
s they have to me that Bushnell has
allied, and they are going to tour the "a
LANDS as the Pastime Novelty Co., and
5 the bills have it, the leading artist
the Universe Il suppose they mean#