The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-08
CHARGED
WITH LIBEL
Chinese Scribes
Have Made
Trouble.
ROASTED A FIRE
[CLAIM OFFICIAL
In a Most Artistic Manner They
Accused Him of Bribery
and Corruption.

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altogether one of unmixed bliss was
amply demonstrated yesterday to Wong
Shiu King and SEE To Yook, who were
placed under arrest for having caused
to be published in the Sun Chung
Kwock 30, a newspaper printed in thee
Chinese language, an alleged false and
defamatory libel concerning one poon
Kwai Leung.
The writer of the offending article,
Won Kow, resides on Kauai and is the
Kauai correspondent of the Sun Chung
Kwock 30.
The complaint, which is of an exceed
ingly interesting nature reads as fol-
lows:
Poon Kwai Leung, of Honolulu ISL
and of Oahu, being first duly sworn,
says:
That Wong shiu King, SEE To Yook
and Won Kow, being persons of en-
vious and evil and wicked mind, ma
Iiciously, wickedly and unlawfully con-
| irving and intending to injure, OPP
press and vilify one Poon Kwai Leung,
this affiant. and to bring him into con-
! tempt, scandal, infamy and disgrace,
on the 23d day of September, in the
year of our Lord 1901, at Honolulu,
| on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory
OF Hawaii, did falsely and maliciously
print and publish and cause and pro-
cure to be printed and published in
certain newspaper then and there
printed and published in the Chinese
language, called the Sun Chung
Kwock Bo, certain false, scandalous,
malicious and defamatory libel con-
tanning divers false, scandalous, ma
licious and defamatory matters of and
concerning the said Poon Kw2i Leung,
according to the tenor following, which
being translated into the English Ian
guage were and are the same signtf-
cation and meaning as the English
words following:
"At the present time mems minds
are not as they were in ancient times.
But as a snake tries to devour an ele-
plant, it cannot compare with Poon
Kwai Leung (meaning that said Poon
KWai Leung, this affiant, is not as
honest as the men of ancient times,
! and that said Poon Kwai Leung, this
affiant, Is endeavoring to gorge himself
and fill his, said Poon Kwai Leung' S
pockets with other peoples money in
4 dishonest fraudulent and reprehenslbie
D | manner). Why is this? 1 will now
D narrate about this person lmeantng
! said Poon Kwai Leung, this att1anD,
so that the numerous friends (meanln2
] the Chinese peopIe) and virtnous men
B can Judge whether it is accordingly or
I otherwise. This person (meaning
Poon Kwai Leung, this affianD has not
3 been in Honolulu very long, and de-
pending on the support of Consul Yang
] (meaning Yang Wei Pin, his Imperial
Chinese majesty's consul at Honolulu
q was nominated to attend to the claims
3 of various friends in this city tmeanlng
9 that the said Poon Kwai Leung, this
D afiant, had been appointed by said
z Yang Wei Pin, as such consul, to pre-
= mare and attend to claims for losses
y sustained by Chinese residents OF Ho
q noIulu, aforesaid, by reason Of certain
q fires originated and started by anc
q under the order and authority Of thu
n Board of Health, in suppressing the al
q legged bubonic plague, during tn
O months of November and, December,
9 D.. 1899, and the months of January
y February, March and April. A. d. 800
& before the Fire Claims Commission 0
o the Territory of HawaiD. This Is Jus
Q the same as He has prepared sWof
9 to slay people before he has ascende
Y the throne exactly as what was don
x by New Chin and Lau Chin VI
@ (meaning that Poon kwai Leung, thi
9 affiant, had, previous to his appoint
q ment by the said Yang Wei Pin, const
IS as aforesaid, intended and designed l
a swindle and defraud the claimants fo
:. losses sustained by reason of the fire
= originated and started as aforesald).
.'Rut as regards the cases Wh1c
q have been heard in the near pas
4 (meaning such claims for losses suS
q tanned by reason of the fires orlglhal
4 ed and started as aforesaid which hay
o been recently heard by safd I'll
a Claims Commission) some OF the va
4 rious friends (meaning the Chine;
4 people) may have been in the countr
q towns and some at Eva. Waiana
x Waialua and Koolau, and when the
q heard of the hearing they strove
< get first for fear that they would |
- left behind, and came to the city
4 wait for the hearing.
X But unexpectedly he (meaning Poo
x Kwai Leung, this affianD was on
Y taking care to fill his (meaning Poo
x Kwai Leung's, this affiant's) pocke
Z Those (meaning such clalmants) WI
x gave him (meaning Poon Kwai Leun
y this affiant) money, were summoned
Z be heard very quickly, and tho
y (meaning such claimants) who had
x money to give him (meaning Po'
Y Kwaf Leung, this afflant). were della
x ed for a long time, simply seeking
Y waste their time (meaning TO chaLj
K thereby and did charge thereos III
Y Poon Kwai Leung, this aff1ant,
g guilty of bribery and of acceptll
n bribes to advance and expedite I
y hearing and consideration OF caus
z before a court of record of the TER
x tory of HawaiD.
z In my opinion Consul Yang (mea
z ing said Yang Wei Pin) has nesl
eyes without eyeballs (meaning IN
Y said Yang Wei Pin was sightless a
blind and without judgmenO to appo-
Y this man (meaning Poon kwai Leui
9 this afianD to attend to this matt
9 Cmeaning the claims for losses afor
9 said) and thus waste the time OF j.,
9 friends (meaning the Chinese pe0pI
Besides he (meantng Poon Nv
y Leung, this affianO receives a sala
@ of s906 ner month. What ability b
Q this man (neaning Poon Kwai Leul
9 this afiant) to receive such salar
frorn