The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17
ACTS Up TO
HIS NAME
Small Conduct Of Judge
Little.
TREATMENT OF {, A, DOYLE.
0ticiaI interpreters Statement Of
Reasons For JurIst's
Insult.

Chester a. Doyle, the official Japan
ese Interpreter OF the judiciary De-
yartment, returned from Iiilo Satur-
| .ay and at once reported to the Attor-
ney- Generals department of the treat
nent he had received in Hilo at the
lands of Judge Little of the Hawaii
| circuit Court. Instead of allowing Mr..
| Doyle to proceed with himself and
members of the bar to Honokaa to in
terpret In two Japanese murder cases,
he was refused point blank a chance
20 perform his duties. Notwithstand
ng Mr.. Doyle carried the order to in
.erpret at Honokaa, written by Chief
Justice Frear, the Hilo Circuit Judge
said the Chief Justice was not running
nis court and that he had no conf
lence in Mr. Doyle as an interpreter.
AS Mr.. Doyle has just been advanced
for the position of interpreter for the
Federal court, the petition being signed
by practically every member of the
Bar Association, Mr.. Doyle says that
Judge Little's reasons for preventing
him from acting as interpreter come
from personal malice, caused by an af-
fair which took place in Hilo a few
years ago between Doyle and the
Judge.
When asked Saturday by an Adver-
tiser reporter in regard to the matter,
Mr.. Doyle stated:
II received instructions to proceed to
Honokaa to attend Court there. there
being two important Japanese murder
cases ready for trial. When 1 arrived
in Hilo l was told by Sheriff Andrews
there was no necessity of my going
over to Honokaa on account Of Judge
Little having informed him that L
would not be allowed in the court, ire
spective of the fact that 1 had been
sent by the head of the Judiciary De-
partment. l asked the Sheriff If he
would make an appointment so that
we three could meet. He did. We went
TO the Judges office. The Sheriff open
ed the conversation saying he had in
formed me of the Judges ultimatum.
[ told the Judge l mad been sent by the
Chief Justice. He said the Chief JUS
tice was not running his court, and he
had no confidence in me whatever, and
did not intend that l should interpret.
Under the circumstances there was
nothing more for me to do than to re-
turn to Honolulu and the interpreting
will be done by the Japanese police
officer IL agreeable to the lawyers of
the prosecution. Otherwise the cases
will have to stand over until next term
"Of course, the reason why Judge
Little refused to allow me to appear in
court, is purely personal one. Some
two years ago while at Honokaa, the
Judge delivered an eulogy on the death
of Judge Austin who had been Judge
of the Third and Fourth Circuit courts,
and this address the Judge had inscrib
ed on the minutes of the court. 1t was
no doubt a very fine eulogy, but it
lacked the chief element of originality,
having been written by the late Robert
Ingersoll. At that time the Judge was
asking the endorsement of the Kohala
people for the position of Justice of the
Supreme Bench. l discovered the fact
that his eulogy had been stolen from
the words of Robert Ingersoll.
THE Judge was wrathy over the ex-
posure and he invited me to his room.
He asked me if l had been talking
about him. l said that l had and that
had said nothing good about him.
Then he struck me over the head with
a loaded cane and did me up generally.
We had n fight which lasted about tif-
teen minutes and there was very little
left of the furniture or of myself when
we got through. That scrap is the
cause of the animus displayed on my
recent official trip. The Judge is the
only practising attorney l have ever
had trouble with during the ten years
/ have been acting as interpreter for
the judiciary Department"