The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-16
HAS BEEN CITED
Attorney General Cooper is Called
Into Court.
HE MUST APPEAR JUNE I9
Complaint Charging Malpractice Made of Re
cord - Particulars of Case
Are Detailed.

The proceedings against Attorney
General Cooper, on the relation OF At
torney A. S. Humphreys, about which
there has been considerable comment
land publication, have been instituted.
This is the first principal document in
the case:
In the Supreme Court of the Republic
of Hawaii. June Term, A D., 1899
In the matter of Henry E. Cooper, an
attorney at law and a member of the
bar of this Court, charged with NAL
practice and unprofessional conduct
as a member of said bar upon the
relation, information and charge of
A. S. Humphreys, an attorney at law
and a member of the bar of this
Court (Stamps)
May it please your HonOrS:
a. S. Humphreys, the relator herein,
gives your Honors to understand and
be informed of the following facts, to-
wit:
I.-That your relator is a resident of
Honolulu and that he was at all of the
times hereinafter mentioned and now
is an attorney at law and a member
of the bar of this Court, and as such
attorney at law and as such member
of the bar of this Court, has the right
to practice in all of the Courts of this
Republic and to appear therein as an
attorney, counselor, solicitor and proc
tor, in behalf of third persons who may
choose to retain him, for the prosecu-
tion or defense OF actions, civil, GRIM
inal or miXeA.
II-That at all of the times herein
after mentioned Henry E. Cooper, a
resident of Honolulu. was and now is
OF 1nIrr a nd 10 rNf
the bar of this Court and that at all of
the times hereinafter mentioned the
said Cooper was, and now is, the duly
appointed. qualified and acting Attor-
Iney General of the Republic of Hawaii.
III.-That as such Attorney General
it was and is the duty of said Cooper
under the law of the land, among other
things, to appear for the Government
personally or by deputy, in all the
Courts of record of this Republic, in
all cases criminal or civil in which the
Government may be party, or be in
terested, and in like manner to appear
in the District Courts when requested
so to do by the Marshal of the Repub
lie or the Sheriff of any one of the
Islands; also to be vigilant and active
in detecting offenders against the laws
of the Republic and to prosecute the
same with diligence.
IV.-That at all of the times here
matter mentioned A. l.. C. Atkinson
was and now is an attorney at law and
a member of the bar OF this Court, and
at all of the times hereinafter men
toned was and now is the duly ap-
pointed, qualified and acting assistant
to the Attorney General of the Repub-
lie of Hawaii, and as such assistant
was and is under the official direction
and control of the said Attorney Cen
eral and was and is subject to the law
full official orders and commands of the
said Attorney General
What at all of the times herein
after mentioned Harry p. Weber was
and now IS an attorney at law and a
member of the bar of this Court, and
at all of the times hereinafter men
toned was and now is employed as a
clerk or assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral of the Republic of Hawaii and as
| such clerk or assistant was and is
under the official direction and control
of the said Attorney General and was
and is subject to the lawful official ord
ers and commands of the said Attorney
General
| VI.-That on the 25th day of April.
1889, one All Ngee duly subscribed,
ewore to and filed in the District Court
of Honolulu a complaint wherein and
whereby he charged one Abel Carreira
with having committed assault and bat
/ terry upon him, the said All Ngee; that
warrant, based upon the said com
plaint, for the arrest of the said Car
reira was duly issued by the District
Magistrate Of Honolulu; that said Car
reira was arrested under and by virtue
of said warrant and his case, after
divers continuances, was finally set for
trial on the 11th day Of May, 1899, at