The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-05

During all of yesterday it was
y whispered about town that At
> tOrney Geo. A. Davis, whose i'm
> priSonment for contempt of
court has caused so much fuss,
, would be a free man. And so it
came to pass. The Council of
State, was convened at p. M.
, and pardon granted. Mrs.
) Davis accompanied Marshal
Brown to Oahu prison with the
order for release.
) On Monday evening last when
Davis left the police station,
where he had occupied a special
room provided by the author
titles, it was known that he was
a-Sick man. The numerous in
cidents of the case must be
quite familiar to the whole
community. The strain of the
rushing events, into which the
man threw himself with his
> well known impetuosity, proved
too much for his severely tried
) nervous system and there were
signs of a physical breakdown.
Justice Whiting ON Monday
refused to issue a writ of ha-
> beas corpus petitioned for by
Davis and yesterday the full
Supreme Court, in an opinion
) by the Chief Justice, Mr.. A. F.
Judd, likewise denied a writ to
, Mr.. Davis. This was, by the
> way, the fourth proceeding of
> like character that Mr.. Davis
) had instituted since December
> oath last. All this time he has
) been studying his case with the
> closest application and on the
} one hearing, had some days
ago, when he was defeated in
) his object, Mr.. Davis made an
} extended and impassioned argu-
> ment, replete with citations ger
) main to the case.
) The trouble Monday last was
> in the matter of carrying out
) the two sentences imposed on
J Davis. For the initial contempt
} he was fined $50 with the order
, that he remain in Jail till the
same was paid. Next he was
sentenced to serve ten days
imprisonment beginning at the
, expiration of satisfaction of the
) first mittimus. Davis did not
) pay the $50 till he had a deci-
} sion in his first habeas corpus
} case. 1t was held by the Mar
} shall that the ten day period did
} not commence till the first pen
atty was paid. This made Mr..
) Davis angry and was the cause
of his appeals to Justice Whit
ing and the Supreme Court.
} The writ refusals sustained the
} Marshal and his legal advisors.
} DR.. G. B. Cooper, the Oahu
} prison physician, reported yes
} terday morning that Mr.. Davis
was a sick man, that his condi-
J ton was serious. In the after
noon Minister Cooper went out
} to the prison with Drs. Cooper
} and Herbert 1t was then ap-
parent that unless there was
change at once Mr.. Davis would
} collapse completely. He was
hysterical and quite weak. 1t
was upon the recommendation
of Minister Cooper that Pres
} ident Dole called the Council of
} State and recommended par
J don for Mr.. Davis. 1t had been
} suggested on the street that
Judge Perry, before whom the
J contempt was committed, would
J be willing to vacate the orders
J if he was informed of the con-
dition of Mr.. Davis. But the
law stood in the way. 1t could
, not be done.
) It is believed that in a few
days, or it may be a few weeks,
) Mr. Davis will recover his
, health and be able to enter up
on practice again. All Of his
, clients who have been consult
) ed express willingness to await
his return to his Office and
. Chas. Creighton and other at
torneys have volunteered to
. look after the business Of the
sick man so long as necessary.
While at Oahu prison Mr..
> Davis has been cared for in the
private quarters of the jailor,
Mr.. Henry.
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