The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-03-03
TIE RuSN GnATEMnT.
Conclusion Of FrOceedip ca--The EAa-
spOudent Acquitted.
MONDAY AFTERNOON,

appeared); on the tuesday wrote
the article referred TO in evidence
given this morning, regarding a con.
versation the King had about the
Chief Justice; evidence of Col. Boyd
is correct as near as | can under
stand it; was waiting at Interior Of
flee for a clerk to help engrossing
resolutions of coincidence said in
conversation that | had communica-
ton for some weeks on the subject
of one who ordered firing on the 30th
July, and was charged with coward
ice for Withholding publication; said
that | would publish it with view
OF getting a contradiction from the
Chief Justice, as it was a serious
matter and the natives all along be-
lieved that the report was true.
Chief Justice Judd-You made a
mistake in thinking | should answer
such an attack. Have you ever
known me to answer anything of the
kind in newspaper?
Witness-Well, no; my instruc-
lions to my deputy were TO allow no.
thing libelous to appear; as a gen
eral thing we do not have proofs of
matter In the Hawaiian language; as
special thing, | did not see proofs
of what went III the paper on the 9th
entrusted contents of paper to those
employed to write for 1T; generally
only attend to proofs Of English mat
ter; do not remember if any English
matter appeared that day. Was as
tonished when the Marshal called
my attention to the article; i'm
mcdiatcly upbraided the author for
having got me into a scrape for no
thing; Thursday we started out to
deliver resolutions of coincidence,
went first to see the Queen and Queen
Dowager was not attending to my
paper that day; came home after de-
liyering resolutions to the Queens,
and got resolutions for Admiral
Brown, went aboard Charleston at
, O'Clock came home and went with
committee to the American Minis
ter's; first intimati0n of existence of
article was when the Marshal served
the citation: did not instruct the
article, or any article against the
Judiciary James Ii was the COM
positor who set the article in type
there were only two men writing for
me.
Cross-examined-Q,- Who was the
writer of that article!
Al do not care to answer, I'M
less the Court insists, as do not de-
sire to crlminate anybody.
Mr.. Creighton submitted that when
a man attempted to shield himself be-
hind another man, who put an article
surreptitiouSly into his paper, he
should be required TO name that othe
man.
Mr.. Ashford said respondent was
not trying to shield himself behind
anybody, but only to deny that he
was himself the author of the article
The Court ruled that, although
the witness was not privileged to re-
fuse, they did not wish to insist on
his answering.
Witness did not write this
other article, in the paper of the 4>h,
under the same heading as The arti-
Gle in the case; both articles were
written by the same person; do not
see any of my writing in this paper
except standing call to committees
article on Mr.. Cummins | do not
recognize as my work, this is the
first time my attention has been cali
ed to it; sometimes | entrust the
matter for the paper entirely to my
deputies; wrote an article on Chief
Justice that week, but DO not con-
slider it an attack it was meant to
counterfeit the impression that the
Chief Justice had ordered the firing
on July 80.
Mr.. Ashford objects to question if
there was any retraction published.
The Court allows the objection on
discus sion.
Re-direct-Was working at reso-
lutions in another room than the
editorial room; to get into editorial
room have to go outside.
To Mr.. Justice Dole-Sometimes
set type for paper; have not set any
for SIX months; remember telling
Boyd that an article was coming out;
it referred to particle on Chief Justice;
| said an article was expected to APP
pear next day that | hoped the Chief
Justice would respond to first arLi-
Gle.
4. Kekoa, sworn-(The Court in
structs witness that he need not
answer any question that would
criminate himself, but it was his
privilege to answer if he chose. }
Know Mr.. Bush, am connected with
hin in newspaper work; have done
writing for him; some of my articles
have been published in the Leo: |
wrote two articles headed, 1.-The
Judiciary;" Mr.. Bush requested ne
to write these articles, | selected the
subjects myself; believe Bush was
getting up resolutions Of coincidence,
he working in one room and | IN
another; Mr. Bush had no converse
ton with me about articles before
they were published; he gave me no
general Instructions to write any
articles of the kind; my duties are
to look after subscriptions and to
write articles for the paper; since
proceedings were begun against him
for these articles, he has gwen ne
instructions | did not tell Mr.. Bash