The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-18
ATTORNEY DAVIS INPIUNIA
PLAYS BATTLE-DOOR AND SHUT
TLE-COCK.
Wanted Judge Wilcox to Try some
Cases When Complaints Had Come
From Circuit Court.

Local business was exceptionally
lively with Attorney George \. Davis
yesterday In fact he found the cir
cult and district courts were playing
battle-door and shuttle-cock with him
and for a While he was in danger OF
punishment for contempt from both
Judge Gear and Judge Wilcox. The
trouble arose over the trial of the con-
splracy cases against a number of Chi
nese who were charged with entering
into conspiracy to interfere with an
other Chinese conducting his wash bust
ness.
Originally when the conspiracy com
plants We're made out Davis sought the
Circuit Court Judge Gear for the docu-
ments. The warrants were signed by
Judge Gear but by stipulation later it
was agreed by Davis for the prosecu-
ton and Lorrin Andrews for the de-
Tense that the cases should be trans
terred to the district court and be tried
by Judge Wilcox.
This morning Mr. Davis was i'm Judge
Wilcox court with the copy of the
stipulation and various papers of the
case which he presented to the court
with the explanation of the agreement
by which the cases were to be tried in
the lower court. Judge Wilcox was not
responsive however and he created
CONSERVATION for Mr.. Davis by refus-
ing absolutely to have anything to do
with the cases. In fact, the court re-
Sented what it considered was an i'm
plication that it did not know enough
law to handle the cases.
THE circuit court judges have iuris-
diction in these cases. said Judge Will
cox, and you can let Judge Gear try
them. You agreed to this stipulation
and they were transferred here without
my being consulted. You seemed to
think that this court did not know
enough law to try these cases, for in
the first place, when you wanted war
rants you went to the circuit court.
You said then that there We're some law
points which you wished settled. Now
you can let the circuit judge try those
law points This court is willing to
stand considerable but it does not pro-
pose to be insulted."
But your honor it was according to
this stipulation that the cases were
transferred here" said Mr.. Davis land
l have filed the documents with you,
there was no thought to insult this
court"
mo sir, you have not filed them.
You have simply left them here for me
to examine at my leisure. l have to
try the calendar of this court and not
that of the circuit court"
Judge Wilcox was very indignant
over the treatment he had received but
Mr.. Davis persisted in the matter and
little later attempted to call the at
tention of the court to the stipulation
Judge Wilcox ordered him to take his
seat and from the tone of the court s
voice it was evident that he was in no
humor to stand trifiing. The matter
was left undispOsed of however and the
indications We're that Judge Wilcox
would have nothing to do with the
cases.
As Il result of his troubles before
Wilcox, Davis was an hour late in
keeping an appointment he had before
Judge Gear. Gear had only time to
begin to ask for an explanation, wher
the lawyer broke out with a story of
his troubles. He declared that he had
been insulted by Judge Wilcox in court
and that he had never wanted the case
sent to Wilcox and didn't think Gear
had had any right to send 1t there any
how.
Judge Gear remarked that he had
stated on Saturday that he had no au-
thority to remand the case to Wilcox
but that it had been done by stipula-
ton. Davis appeared to be highly in
dignant over his adventure in the Dis
triCt Court. II no sooner get out of one
scrape than l am into another" he re-
marked, and Judge Gear said nothing
more about contempt.