The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-14
TO STOP SALES
OF PRIMO BEER
EsTEE's DECISION DECLARED TO
BE INvALIDATIoN OF ALL
LICENSES OUT
GEAR SETS GRAND JURY TO
WORK.
Tells Jurors to Look up Licenses Estee
Declared void-Possible Clash Of
Courts Again.

The Grand Jury's attention was di-
rected TO the Primo beer business this
morning by Judge Gear. The jury came
into court at ten o'clock 20 report a
number of indictments. Gear cOngra-
tulated the jurors upon the rapid work
they were doing with criminal matters
and then proceeded to speak Of the beer
licenses.
II call your attention TO the decision
By the Federal Judge yesterday" said
the court chat the law under which
Honolulu beer licenses have been grant
ed I'm this city is unconstitutional You
may Investigate these saloons and the
licenses under which they are doing
business which according TO the deci-
sion mentioned are illegally issued IL
Censes."
The question Of the effect Of Estee's
decision is being much discussed in
Honolulu today. The Grand jury is at
present busy with routine criminal mat
ters, but if will take up the saloon busi-
ness later, and then the question Of
how the Primo men have licenses to sell
will come up. The Injunction granted
by Estee does not go farther than to
restrain Treasurer Wright from issuing
more licenses. It Is claimed by Judge
Stlliman, who represents the brewery
SIDE Of the controversy, and even this
order Is not effective during the PEN
dency of an appeal.
tt was not the intention of the Ter
ritOry , issue any more licenses just
now, all applications having been re-
fused recently, but in a few months the
matter of renewing thase now out would
come up, and Estee's order, if effective,
prevents this. it is claimed. The first
Of the licenses were granted in July
last year.
The malt liquor law may be another
issue on which the Territorial and Fed
eral courts here disagree. 1t appears
10 be likely that they will have a
chance for report has it that Robert
son and Wilder and j. j. Dunno, cOun-
sci for the liquor men who are lighting
the special Honolulu beer licenses, are
considering ways and means of clos
ing up the saloons that are being run
under licenseF which Estee has prdcti-
Cally declared to be no licenses at all
The matter will then get into the Cir
cult court here and the Territorial Su-
pTeme court, on the same points which
Estee has just decided.
The attorneys for the representatives
of the foreign breweries claim that
Judge Estee's Injunction and decision
are effective at once. and that all the
Primo saloons will have to close.
'The injunction applies to the licenses
already out" said A. c. NJ Robertson
"as we'll as to the issuance Of more Tt
allow a license to run on is just the
same as issuing IL day after day, anC
is a violation Of the order of the court
"The men who represent the Easter
breweries do not want to shut up thu
other places or to stop the Honolulu
brewery. All they want is to be on al
even footing with them. There is NJ
doubt that the law which Judge Este
decided against. Disseminated agains
them and was unconstitutional Thu
Territorial courts have already held
similar Hawaiian law to be invalid"
j. j. Dunno, also counsel for the East
ern BreWeries, takes the same view
that Estee's decision means the closin
Of the Primo saloons TT is for tn
Territorial officials to act now" he sale
I'VE have nothing to do with wha
course they take. To sell under tn
licenses which Judge Estee has declare
against is to sell without a license"