The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-16
ACTS Up To
HIS NAME
Small Conduct of Judge
Little.
TREATMENT OF c. A. DOYLE
Official Interpreters Statement Of
Reasons For Jurist's
Insult.

n Chester A. Doyle, the official Japan
| csc interpreter of the Judiciary De-
partment, returned from Hilo Satur
day and at once reported to the Attor-
,pey-Generars department of the treat
rment he had received in Hilo at the
hands 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 chance
to perform his duties. Notwithstand-
/ ing Mr.. Doyle carried the order to in
terpret at Honokaa, written by Chief
Justice Frear, the Hilo Circuit Judge
said the Chief Justice was not running
his court and that he had no conf
dence 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 Littles 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.
I When asked Saturday by an Adver-
n 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 L arrived
in Hilo 1 was told by Sheriff Andrews
there was no necessity of my going
over to Honokaa on account of Judge
Little having informed him that 1
) would not be allowed in the court, ire
spective of the fact that / had been
J sent by the head of the Judiciary De-
partment. / 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 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 ! 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
D officer If agreeable to the lawyers OF
l the prosecution. Otherwise the cases
) will have TO stand over until next term
J "Of course. the reason why Judge
4 Little refused to allow me to appear il
} court, is a purely personal one. Some
two years ago while at Honokaa, tht
! Judge delivered an eulogy on the dealt
; of Judge Austin who had been judge
of the Third and Fourth Circuit courts
D and this address the Judge had inscrib
ed on the minutes of the court. 1t was
! no doubt a very fine eulogy, but 1
lacked the chief element of originality
having been written by the late Rober
5 Ingersoll. At that time the Judge wa
asking the endorsement of the Kohals
4 people for the position of Justice of tn
Supreme Bench. 1 discovered the fac
that his eulogy had been stolen from
8 the words of Robert Ingersoll.
1.-THE Judge was wrathy over the ex
posture and he invited me to his room
D He asked me If had been tallxin!
= about him. / said that had and tina
3 1 had said nothing good about him
4 Then he struck me over the head wit
x a loaded cane and did me up generally
We had fight which lasted about fiji
y teen minutes and there was very littl
= left of the furniture or of myself whel
we got through. That scrap is tn
= cause of the animus displayed on m
! recent official trip. The Judge is tn
4 only practising attorney 1 have eve
= had trouble with during the ten year
D I have been acting as interpreter TO
= the Judiciary Department"