The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-06-18
SUIT AGAINST
HIGH SHERIFF

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prison vs. Judge Wilcox NJ the result
ui 3D. fIHHitHftl attempt tu ki1 co.
Iuftuuu.E. CONSUL EuHh0r Caunvufff
ht thp uF Uf dynamite last Btnr ga.
WHHhl i.r iuet been released ffar
oahu UfIaII. where ho spent a year lf
H.u Uf IItuUA up bond VI t2.bgo 9,
, tt.p ,L. r.ll. fur Sat time
tu his complaint which is filed by
Thomas Fitch, "a new attorney IN lio'
nolulu. Camacho alleges that while On
prison one Of his ribs was broken by
"A person whom he describes as Deputy
Sheriff poi The police department
is amused at the name given 20 the
alleged deputy sh, Ti3 by Camacno and
his attorney II Deputy Sheriff "poi'
is TO be placed upon the witness stand
Ia CamachOs suit, the police depart
mcnt VIII have it's hands fun In np-
pretending him. There Is no such Of
fetal on the police payrulls as Poi,
and never has been Probably Fitch
is being played
The story Of the attempt to kin Sem
hOr Canayarra last year is partially
told in Camacho's suit, which reads as
follows;
Il. G. Camacho the plaintiff herein,
complains OF Arthur Brown High
Sheriff Of the Territory of Hawaii. de-
fendant herein, and for cause or com
plant AYERS
/. That at all times herein named
Arthur Brown, the defendant named
herein, was High Sheriff of the Ter
ritory Of Hawaii, duly appointed, quail
flied and acting.
2. That at all times hereinafter nam
ed one Poi" whose full name or real
L.. Ill. L..
deputy sheriff of the Territory OF Ha-
waii in the Island of oahu, and en-
ployed by said Arthur Brown, and act
ing as agent and employe of said Ar
thur Brown, and especially as a guard
and jailor in the oahu jail at Honolulu,
known as The Reef"
3. That on the 18th day of May, 1900,
in the District Court at Honolulu, this
plaintiff was found guilty under the
name of l.. c. Camas, by said court,
of intending to commit ofrense
against the person of A. de Canavarro,
and for having during six months pri-
or to said 18th day of May, 1900, In
duced said A. de Canavarro to believe
that this plaintiff intended 10 kill him,
and this plaintiff was then and there
as aforesaid ordered by said court to
give bond in the sum of $500, with
sufficient sureties, to keep the peace
loN III Iiie ptlSOll VI SdlI ~. ue SdDd-
varro for the term of one year, and
in default thereof to be imprisoned un-
til said bond be so executed as by law
required.
4. That this plaintiff was unable TO
give bond as required, and was
thereupon placed by said court in the
custody of the defendant herein. That
said defendant caused this plaintiff to
be imprisoned in the Oahu Jail at Ho-
nolulu and there from the 18th day or
May, 1900, to the 18th day of May, 1901,
held this plaintiff in custody.
D. That on the Goth day of May 1900
at said Oahu Jail in Honolulu, ana
while this plaintiff was in the custody
of defendant, the said defendant, Ar
thur Brown, high sheriff, by and
through said deputy sheriff, agent ana
employe Poi aforesaid, maliciously,
wickedly, and without provocation, vlo-
lently assaulted this plaintiff, and
then and there as aforesaid, beat ana
plaintiff, and broke one Of
plaintiffs ribs, and inflicted grievous
injury upon plaintiff, so that plaintiff
has not yet recovered therefrom, to
plaintiffs injury and damage in the
sum of $4,000
o. Wherefor the premises considered
plaintiff prays judgment against de-
fendant in the sum of $4,000, and for
plaintin's costs and money disburse-
ments herein.