The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-14
MERELY A
PIPE DREAM
Opium Smoking Case
In Police Court.
WILCOX WAS |NCREDULOUS
Informers Invite a "fiend' To Smoke
and Then Have Him
Arrested.

! Yesterdays District Court function
was the usual bald Thursday affair
with not enough spice in the whole pro-
EceedingS to season a clam.
Donnelly, the man who itched to re-
turn an AK of doubtful ownership and
who was arrested on premises other
than his own during the wee sma'
hours, was brought up to receive judg-
ment.
Your actions We're suspicious" said
His Honor, ''and your story is 'fisny.'
The Sheriff informs me, however, that
you want to do something, so if it
should happen that two weeks from
J now you chance to be beyond the juris
diction of this court, we'll then l sup
pose the court won't be able to do any
thing in the matter"
If the expression on defendants face
was to be relied on, he took the hint.
The liquor case against Manuel Sou
ia went over till today. Attorney
Strauss raised whirlwind of objec-
4 tions, and he, together with Judge
y Wilcox and the Deputy Sheriff, did
some large and amusing conversation
al stunts.
Chillingworth was in the witness box
4 and Strauss asked him question
COUGHING his Interrogation in vigorous
tones
who are you talking to-" asked III,
Deputy Sheriff.
''You." roared Strauss.
You can't bulldoZe me- said Chill
= lingworth, irately.
4 Il am asking legitimate question,
= retorted the lawyer.
The answer to which is apparent t,
n any one endowed with common sense,
put in the Judge.
Il don't presume to be endowed will
Il common sense" snapped the sarcastic
Strauss.
= IF you persist in remarks of
: similar nature to those which you ar
Z making, you will know more in littl
= WHILE" observed His Honor. Straus
4 was evidently not hot on the trail o
the kind of knowledge hinted at by tn
2 Judge, for he sat down.
After the opium case against Yum
q kee had gone a little way, Judge VII
" cox remarked:
1T doesn't seem that this case IS ex
actly what the prosecution thought
was
And verify it was not.
The truth of the matter was that tn
police ''informers" put up ajob on thei
hirers and fooled even the Deputy Sher
w
the case wore a troubled look.
All On and Chum Choy, police "sCe
cials," invited Yung Kee to come ove
to their room and smoke a pellet or 5
for companys sake. The invitatio
was accepted with alacrity and near
while Ah On ran to the police static
with the story that he knew whel
there was an opium smoker in II
very act.
The department bit and arreste
Sung kee as he was engaged in hittin
the pipe.
Defendant told Judge Wilcox tn;
Chun Choy put the pipe in his haE6
Just previous to the appearance on u
scene of the Deputy Sheriff.
The idea was to get Yung Kee fine
and then for the two "informers"
divy up on the spoils.
The first witness story went throue
all right but when the second cand
date for wtness-box honors fatty col
, tradicted the testimony of the first, IL
prosecution whstled. What no! ST
bur1ps!" and scurried for cover
It's n very dirty case" said II
- Judge, "and an opium case must
X clean. / wouldn't believe the word
~ those gentlemen who were Just on RI
stand-no; not if they swore on a stat
of Bibles mile high. They are di
grace to the department. The ca
was dropped
Kahalekala and Kahananui, two trit
and trusty wipes-drinkers, donat,
two dollars and costs apiece to Il
temperance fund