The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-01
HOW AUSTIN
MET CHARGES
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hawaii Tor cOlecLiOH, ana II came DacR
to Hilo in that capacity. AS it had not
done the business for which it was is
sued, 1 asked the bank to retire it
and 1 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. I was ready to
meet the check when it came back to
i Hilo.
Mr.. Kalauokalani: @. Did you get
| the amount which is mentioned here,
seventeen hundred dollars?
A. I did not.
Mr.. McCandless: Q. When you gave
| that check didn't you intend Hapai
should put $1,000 to your credit in Ho-
nolulu?
/ A. Yes, if he cashed the check in
Honolulu to put $1700 to my credit in
Honolulu
Q. Do you know why he didn't do it?
| A. Because he didn't want to endorse
/ the check, 1 expect.
| Q. I asked him if he didn't expect
that check to be paid by Hapai in Ho-
| nolulu?
| A. Not paid by Hapai; that would
| be collected by Hapai; the Bank of Ha-
waii is the collecting agency for the
First Bank of Hilo, 1 believe; in fact;
number of checks I had sent the Bank
of Hawaii were paid.
Q. Then you expected the Bank of
Hawaii to honor your check on the
Hilo bank?
A. L thought they would. yes.
@. But they did not honor the check
but took it for collection?
A. Mr.. Hapai simply put the check
in the bank for collection, so they had
sent it to the Hilo bank for collection.
@. And there were no funds in the
Hilo bank to pay it?
A Yes, 1 had funds on hand to pay
it, but as it performed no service for
me in Honolulu L retired the check;
and as Mr.. Hapai hadn't received mon
ey from me and I hadn't received mon
ey from him, 1 asked the Bank of Hilo
to send the check back and 1 would
take it up in Honolulu.
O. So the Hilo check was sent to
Honolulu afterwards and retired here?
"A. 1t was sent through the agency
from which it came; the check was not
honored in Hilo, but / had the money
there to meet it.
Q. In fact, the check was not hon
ored in Hilo?
A. That is true.
@. And then afterwards you settled
the check in Honolulu?
A. Yes, asked them to retire it, and
took it up from Hapai who hadn't
paid any money on the check; no mon
ey passed between US whatsoever.
@. Well, it was issued from you on
| the Bank of Hilo, came to Honolulu,
| and sent to Hilo for collection; instead
| of being collected in Hilo, the check
| was sent back unhonored from the Hilo
| bank?
A. That is true.
Q. And then you paid the check In
Honolulu yourself?
A. There was no necessity for pay
| ing it; there was no money passed on
| it; l simply took it up again.
| Q. 1t was simply withdrawn from
the bank?
| A. Yes, sir, withdrawn from the bank.
THE THIRD CHARGE.
| The Chairman: THAT on or about the
9Th day Of July, 1902 you procured ffom
| one William Vanatta, a public account
ant residing in Hilo, the sum of $3.50,
giving therefor your check upon a bank
/
| at the time that you had no funds in
said bank to cover the payment of
same, and that the said William Vanat-
| ia, as public accountant, did return to
the Treasurer of the Territory of Ha-
wall said check for s255 as a part of
the Government funds, and upon pres
entation of said check for payment it
| was dishonored."
What have you to say in regard to
| that?
a. ] went to Mr.. Vanatta and asked
him If he had any funds he could give
me on check; he said he had; 1 got
two hundred and fifty-five dollars from
HIM, and gave him a check on the bank
of Bishop & Company, where L had a
balance. I won't be positive, however
If there was quite enough to meet the
check, and as 1 was going to Honolulu
from Hilo, would make a deposit which
would cover the amount of the check
As a matter of fact the check came
down before 1 expected it would from
Hilo, and was presented on the bank
and returned to the treasury, and
took it up there at the treasury.
Q. At the treasury here in Honolulu
A. Yes, I took it up. There was nj
| Otner intention on my part to cOliec
any money from him without getting i
at the banks.
Q. And did you get the $3.50?
A. Certainly
Q. And it was repudiated by the Ter
ritorial Treasurer on the grounds Their
was no money in the bank when he Of
fered the check for payment?
A. The bank returned it mot suffi
|. cient funds" and l paid the amour
into the Department and took up tn
check. 1 don't remember except
| inS one instance where 1 sent none
to Honolulu excepting through check:
There was only one time where 1 sen
money to Honolulu by steamer an
paid freight on it.
THE FOURTH CHARGE.
The Chairman: That while you hel
office as said Auditor of said Teritor
you have procured money from 5. f
Wright, Chief Clerk of the Departmer
e of Public Works, knowing that sal
Wright had no means of his own, an
no money to lend, except public none
in his official custody, you borrowin
at one time, from the said Wright a
aforesaid, the sum of seven hundred an
fifty dollars for your own personal us