The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-12-02


question in regard to the office work,
II he had turned in his fines and costs
To Mr.. Dow In some months previous
it had been the custom not to turn in
tine amounts until much later in the
month, say by the Sth or 10th, and
when / was there checking last time
arranged with Mr.. Chilmgworth to
change the form of his account book,
promptly at the end of the month, and
Mr.. Dow could close his accounts The
reason he stated he could not do it be-
fore was that some fines and costs
we're not completed until they knew
whether "A party was going to note an
appeal, and that took ten days; and
they didn't want to turn in the fun
amount of the fines and costs until the
appeal was noted. / had arranged with
him to carry over this account into the
next month, so as not to delay his clos
ing of the accounts and turning the
money over.
THE SECOND CHARGE.
The Chairman: @. "That on or about
the 9th day of July, 1902, you passed a
check for upwards of seventeen hundred
dollars, drawn by yourself in favor of
Henry c. Hapai, Registrar of Public
Accounts in the Territory of Hawaii
Said check being drawn on the First
Bank Of Hilo, you having no funds, and
knowing that you had no funds in said
bank to pay said check or any part
thereof, and the same being drawn ana
issued by you to obtain money thereon
for your own personal use in your in
diEidual capacity"
A. Well, | had an account with the
Bank of Hilo before that check ives
drawn. 1t was not given to Hapai as
a public accounting; it was matter of
private business between us, 1t was
to be collected and paid oVel to the
bank in Honolulu; and | received no
money from him on that check. When
he found it was drawn on him person.
ally, not as Registrar of Public Ac-
counts, he placed it in the Bank of
Hawaii for collection, and it came back
to Hilo in that capacity. As it had not
done the business for which it was iS-
sued, | asked the bank to retire it,
and | would take it up in Honolulu,
which was done later on There was
no endeavor to pass any check, to re-
ceive any money from him on the
transaction; in fact, | wGs ready to
meet the check when it came back to
Hilo.
MIR. Kalauokalani: Q. Did you get
the amount which is mentioned here,
seventeen hundred dollars?
A. | did not.
Mr.. McCandless: Q. When you gay e
that check didn't you intend Hapai
should put sl1OO to your credit in Ho-
nolulu?
a. Yes, if he cashed the check in
Honolulu to put $l700 to my credit in
Honolulu.
Q. Do you know why he didn't do it?
the check, | expect.
Q. 1 asked him if he didn't expect
that check to be paid by Hapai in Ho-
nolulu?
\. Not paid by Hapai; that would
be collected by Harai; the Bank of h.
wall is the collecting agency for t,e
First Bank of Hilo, l believe; in l,ct,
a number of checks | had sent the Bank
of Hawaii We're paid.
Q. Then you expected the Bank of
Hawaii to honor your check on the
Hllo bank?
a. i trousht theE would yes
~ hut 'hey ulu not honor 'he '"eeN
out 'Uoh II ior co''ec,ioh
a Mr' iiapai s.ihpiy put 'i,e c',eC :,
III tne panh lor Gol'ectioh, 50 'hes nau
seh' II TO 'he fi'io oahk ior coilec'iUi''
~ Anu there were no iu'us III 'ie
Hilo bank to pay it?
a. ies, i hao iuhus on manu- TO pay @
H. puI as II periuriheu no tpi
ME III noholulu l re'ireu 'he .nech
anu as MI iiap'l nau'' eu t' mn
t! rom me anu l haun | reeeireu 'Iun n1,n,
eE from MN / ASKED 'ue Dam VI ii',I
10 sehu 'he check pack ara "o''u
take II up IN Homoluiu' .
r1|no,nI,, af,arnara, ona ratired here
4. 1t was sent through the agency
from which it came; the check was not
honored in Hilo, but l had the money
there to meet it.
Q. In fact, the check was not hon