The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-12
LAWYERS FOR FERRIS
ATTACK THE
VERDICT
DECLARE BEER AND wHISKEY
UNITED JURY FOR PROPER
DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES
EFFORT TO SAVE MURDERER

A motion for a new trial of the MUIR
der case of George Ferris was filed this
morning in the First Circuit Court.
based largely on a charge that the jur-
ors used so much liquor in the jury
room that they were not in proper con-
dition to consider the case, and had no
just sense of their responsibilities. The
affidavits of Attorneys c. F. Reynolds
and E. G. Peters are to the effect that
they saw liquors used by the jurors in
the chambers of Judge Gear. AS to this
ground, the attorneys affidavits con-
tain the following, after telling of the
opening and trial of the case:
That thereafter, at the hour Of 1880
o'clock p. M, or thereabouts, while
your aftiant was in the said Judiciary
Building and in the corridor leading
from the library therein, your atfiant
met and greeted Fred West, Esq, a
member ofsaid jury, he the said Fred
West, being then leaning against the
railing of said corridor in company
with others to your affiant unknown;
and the said Fred West then and there
did invite your affiant to have d drink.
and he moved and~walked toward said
rooms so set4 apart for said jury as
aforesaid, but upon the refusal of your
aftiant to so partake of drink with him,
the said Fred West, he, the said Fred
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your aftiant left him there; that your
affiant very believes and so deposes 1t
to be the fact that the said Fred West
referred to whisky or beer or some OH
er intoxicating liquor and is informed
and verify believes and so deposes il
to the the fact that there was at said
time beer and whisky in said rooms so
set apart for said jury for the use OF
said jury, and that the same was used
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thereafter, and in company with 10. &.
Peters, Esq, proceed down the cor
ridor in said Judiciary Building toward
the Clerks office therein, and after
turning midway in said corridor did
return on the opposite side thereof and
go to and enter the chambers of the
Hon. George d. Gear, Second Judge OF
the First Circuit Court when and
where your affiant did see beer in bot
ties and in glasses upon the table in
said chambers, and did see then and
there seated Mr.. Thomas Lucas, Mr..
George Paris and Mr. f. e. Richard
son, they and each of them being MEM
bers of said jury as aforesaid, and your
attiant and Il. c. Peters see then and
there seated Mr.. Thomas Lucas, Mr..
George Paris and Mr. +. e. Richard
son, they and each of them being mem
bers of said jury as aforesaid, and your
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then and there by the said jurors and
each of them invited to partake of beer
in the hand of said Thomas Lucas and
an open bottle of beer in the lap of said
Thomas Lucas, and your affiant and
the said c. F. Reynolds were then and
there invited by said Thomas Lucas to
have a glass of beer, and upon the re-
fusal of your affiant and said c. +.
Reynolds to partake of the same, your
attiant and G. F. Reynolds were then
and there and each of them invited by
the said Thomas Lucas to have glass
of whisky, and your aftiant and said
c. f. Reynolds then and there refused
to partake of the same.
That thereafter, to wit, on the 5th
day of September, 1902, your affiant en-
tered the chambers formerly occupied
by Hon. A. S. Humphreys and therein
found a partially used bottle of whis-
ky, with a small amount remaining
therein, and your affiant verify believes
that said bottle of whisky was the un-
used remainder Of liquor given to said