Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-03
GEO. A. DAVIS IR(0URT
SAYS SEVERAL THINGS
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Fined Ten Dollars and Costs Judge
Wilcox Appeal to Supreme
Court - Compliments
Brown.

Il am Just as much satisfied as If |
had gone to the Ohpreum to see a
good funny show" was the remark
made by well known business mln
of the city as he walked out of tho
Police Court this morning after the
trial Of Attorney George A. Davis on
the charge Of failing to pay for his IL
Cense as notary public for the past
three years.
There was large crowd in court
when the case was called as very
warm time was expected. The people
were not at all disappointed although
Attorney Davis expressly stated that
he would not argue the case. Later on.
when he had about finished his lCnG
speech, he remarked as follows: ~
did not intend to argue this case bu. !
got a little warmed up"
The charge was read, defendant
pleaded mot guilty and Edwards took
the stand to testify to Davis's sigma
ture. Gus Rose of the Interior Office
came next and stated that Davis had
taken out a license in 1896 and had not
got another one since then.
High Sheriff Brown was the last
witness for the prosecution. He tod
of the cause of the penal summons be-
ing served on Davis and then produced
the latter's resignation as notary pub
lie, dated August !, the day the sum-
mons was served.
Defendant, in cross examination,
acting as his own attorney, asked II
he had not always acted as man Of
honor and gentleman and the Wit
ness answered that he had always been
the former but not always the latter
Defendant then asked II, in the capa-
Sheriff Brown, he had ever been paid a
cent by the latter. The witness ars-
wered that, in the Spillner case, he had
paid him s25. At the end of the trial
Mr. Davis took the stand and swore
that not cent had been paid him.
The High Sheriff did not answer this
Mr.. Davis moved for discharge
during which he gave vent to great
number of doubtful compliments
among when were the following:
My resignation, as notary public,
handed in before the penal summons
was served on me, has been accepted
by Attorney General Dole. don't
want an Office from such a man."
The principal Offices here are held
by members of the Family Compact
and resigned because would not be
beholden to these people for any
thing"
1T is not satisfactory that am
stripped of Office and everything
| These people must seek to place me
on par with criminals in the dock
by dragging me into the Police Court
on this charge, but they can't do It,"
There are others in higher offices
than myself whose sins must stink in
their own nostrils but | have nothing
to say about it. Let those men be
exposed in their nakedness. This th' ne
will not end here. There are strona
men watching"
Mr. Davis, during the course of his
remarks, ventured the assertion that
by the change of laws here, the offices
Of notaries public had been done away
with.
When the High Sheriff arose I,
make his argument he read the law
proving the contrary. He spoke ye"l
quietly, RETAINING from personalitie'
and summing up the case in few
words. The only resignation he knew
Of was the one sent In the day tn
penal summons had been served Mr.