The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-05-16
Supreme Court Will Be Asked 10
Cite Attorney General.
LAWYERS BEHIND PETITION
Charge the official with "Maiprac.
tIce." etc-A Statement Of Facts.
Entire Control Of a Case.

1T Is with a feeling of the firmest
confidence that place this matter be-
fore the Supreme Cour. Of the coun-
try" said Attorney a. 5. Humphreys
on Saturday, when questioned with re-
lation TO the proceedings 1t had been
reported he was about to institute
against Attorney General Cooper. Mr..
Humphreys was found engaged in the
WORK of comparing his manuscript
copy with a typewriter copy Of the
complain. against the head # the legal
department Of the Republic. This
document will be filed in a couple Of
days," said Mr.. Humphreys, "lnd then
ords Of the court. The papers cannot
be given out TO- publication except
through the regular channel
Mr. Humphreys is one of a number
Of attorneys interested In the petition
which will, 1t Is believed, ask that the
Acknowledgement be disqualified as a
practitioner here. While Mr. Hum
phreys Is the principal in the mat
ter, tho case will he presented to the
Justices of the Supreme Court by At
torney W. A. Kinney.
1. is complained of the Attorney
General that he wrongfully and in a
most arbitrary manner sought to con-
troll and really did control the two
sides Of case in which an employe
of the Finance Department OF the Gov
eminent was defendant.
A tax collector, 1t was charged,
used unnecessary force in making the
arrest of Chinaman alleged to be de-
linquent for personal taxes. This Pake
is servant of Attorney-General At
knson. The latter caused the Pake to
make a complaint Of assault against
the agent of the tax bureau. Mr.. At
klnson came to doubt the propriety of
appearing in a case against Govern
ment official and retained Mr.. Hum
phreys to prosecute the tax collector.
Mr.. Damon, Minister Of Finance, called
upon the legal branch Of the Govern
mept to provide a defense for the tax
bureau agent. Attorney-General Coop
err assigned Mr.. Weber. his stenog-
rapher and Office man and a member
of the bar, to the case. Just before the
trial came on Mr.. Humphreys protest
ed against the appearance of the At
torney-General's representatives on
both sides OF the case. Mr.. Humphreys
was told by Marshal Brown that Of he
(Humrhrews) made his point TO the
court that he BROWN would use his
authority and dismiss Humphreys from
the case. This Brown did at the in
stance or direction of Minister Cooper,
and Humphreys was forced to go into
the case, prosecuting an employe Of
the Government upon unusual terms
stipulated and forced by the Attorney
General. This is called in the COM
plant malpractice" etc. The tax COL
lectcr, prosecuted by Mr.. Humphreys,
who had been retained by Deputy At
torney-General Atkinson and defended
by Mr. Weber, from the Attorney-Gen-
erals Office, was convicted of an as
sault and fined.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Cooper says that
while it is correct that Mr.. Weber IS
an attache of the office of the Attorney
General that Mr.. Weber's appearance
in this case was not made in that ca
pacity, and that Mr.. Weber so stated
at the hearing. Other than this Mr..
Cooper gives the version of the coun-
sci features of the case presented
above. There is some street talk on
the matter, and number of attorneys
comment freely in the line of sharp