The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-30
FITCH IS
HARD HIT
His Crooked Tao
tics Severely
Scored.
d,rom Saturday, doily1

from fepefal Judge Estee yesterday
morning Tor ms questionable taeucs III
accomplishing the marriage Oh hah
You, the Chinsse girl VINO was at the
time In the Keeping OF the court. Nheh
the attorney attempted 10 JUSTIFY ms
action ny the pea lhai II was III the
tnok rccostnn ~ cnndenn,, him even
more severely than in his written
opinion. 1t was, in fact, rebuke that
will, If anything can, put stop to the
irregular practices of an attorney who
is known in every legal center along
the Coast as being addicted to just
such tricky practices
II would rather nav a fine of $500 for
c,rt.r,nt tban tn recaiv. such CEN
s,,r,n nv Eitcb told tho court and
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"e ~" t,., ~ 'e ...s,, -
leit 'hat they "ouiu nave peeh Wlliins
to give up much larger amount imam
to get the flashing that was admins
tered to the mortified counsel for Kan
You
Deputy Marshal Hendry also came in
for some stinpinp side-yyines
I,ai,a,,,a,,,. 4, oon,a,,io,, ,,itb bis ra-
90 - e'' "a
uuAe Vi WI l'''', " -,I,, ~
the deportation Oh tlle Siihese sii III
question. ''holdlng that the marriage
ceremony had not been completed be-
fore her arrival at Honolulu, even ac-
cording to the claim of the defense The
cir, created n scene when the marshal
sou,b. 10 t,lre ber into c,stodv and
as -, ,,o,a,. ,a,i,,,roo ,L,+ sba
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had 10 De carried OUT ny iorce'
THE DECISION OF JUDGE ESTEE
Inc Sih was Drought INTO court AT
10 o'clock yesterday morning and with
out any preliminary proceeding Judge
E;stee read his written opinion as fol-
lows.
..-rbis 10 - ,roca.diro for tho danorta-
+io,, Of o,a L-,,,, you a CHINESE woman,
a,.rastad Nv L, p Uardrv denutv
JTni,ad c+o3as n,arsbaI For tbe DistriCt
90 uo1raii fnr hninar a 1,binesa labnrar
and ,,,,,r Whit, ,ha lir,its Of tho Init
"a state aTl OF mo Dist,,ict Of II
Ivaii without the cnrtifirota Of resi-
Jarca raoi,irsd hI, Tho Act of C,orrrass
90 No, r 1900 and tho Act of Novep,-
,, 100 ,andator,, tboroor ond
tha A.. Of Connress .,n1royad AnriI "a
1ooo nroJ,iding y governmant ror tne
rra,.,;+ pr, ne tIo,,,ofi
I'm 5afandant sa+s ~, nc q dafarsa
10 tho dnnortation nroceedings right
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Rot che is citi1an Of The Tnitad
Sta4es beying heen horn IN tho island
&c Sab, ~ 9ba ,ta.r ,vss Of nara,te
tban ras;dins in Hawaii. that sbe laft
Hawaii and went 70 china with her
motbar In 1so5 laevin, bar father bare
1rorLing IN s,,gar n,ant,tion whar,
no nou 4. And sacon1 a cIoin, ~
she was married in CHINA ,n the
,oop+b of Anil 1oOo accordin, ro chi
nose custom TO Yong Hang The said
Yong Hang being at the time Of said
n.rrioye and for nine I,aars nrior
tharato and ever since a Contractor
merchant and manaper residing in IA.
volt. tbot ono ,,eor aftar soid va
riare said Kan You came to HonnIuu
tn ioin her husband ARRIVING here nr
the steamer Doric in June 19of
The matter was heard by the court
",The claim of defendant in This case
is two-foId First that she is a native
of the islands and second Thai she 10
tho vyifa Of n doniciIad ,,arcbont ono
Wong Hang nv ,,irtne Of a rnarria,,a
according to Chinese custom, in China
while her husband yong Hang vas
living In Hawaii
"Pendinp the trial tho Trnitad Sto+as
marshal allowed Kan Won tho defend
ant 70 remain At the house NJ V Abin
a Chinese merchant togather Win Gov
tain other Chinese AWAITING denorta-
ton proceedings, there being no accom-
modations at the Territorial ian And
while this was irregular. vet If afforded
action n
new for the defendant Who bar,i1o o.
cess TO her as such attorney secured n
marriage license and a loca, minister
to perform the ceremony Of marrIags
according to American law hatween
this defendant and the man Yong
Hang, to whom she claimed to have
been already married in China. and
by reason of which marriage i'm addi-
ton to her claim of birth, she based
her right TO enter and remain here
This woman was in the custodv NJ
Ger of this court and os such oh,igat-
ed to see that there was no triling
with public iustIce ana Win tho az
administration of the law and howavar
great his solicltude for the cause Of his
client his conduct in thus nttempting
law, was wholly unprecedented ana
reprehensihle to degree. and for
which there can be no excuse.