The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-10
DIGNIFIED ADVOCACY.

DIGNIFIED ADVOCACY.
Mr.. Cathcart's address was a calm
| and dispassionate presentation of au-
thorities that he maintained bore ia
vorably upon the cause of his client in
the position shown by the evidence.
He quoted a number of cases from the
mainland courts where it was held
proper that an attorney might accept
a retainer against a former client I'M
der certain circumstances. This was
the declared law where the attorney
senting a client to his prejudice in a
subsequent case. One example cited
was where parties Joined in a friendly
suit for the determination of their re-
spective rights and afterward quarreled
among themselves and entered into
hostile litigation with each other. Mr..
Cathcart's effort was able without the
slightest attempt to be oratorical. 1t
mosphere to its normal condition after
it had been made fetid by a protracted
outpouring of licentious vituperation.
SYMPATHY REJECTED.
In closing Mr.. Cathcart madesa few
remarks by way of personal pleading
for his client. He spoke of him as be-
ing a young man of rising promise
ever since he had joined the Hawaiian
bar a few years ago, and who had
cast his lot in the community by mar
rying into a local family.
This brought Mr.. Thompson to his
feet for just a word as the court made
signs of rising. He wished distinctly
to disclaim any plea on behalf of his
youth or any other personal consider
alton. Ali he wanted was a fair trial
and justice.
OFFENSIVE DEFENSE.
Mr.. Humphreys, on resuming his de-
fensive address at the opening of court
in the forenoon. early struck lead of
invective which he scarcely ever lost
sight of again until the conclusion of
his argument about $3.50 p. m. With
regard to the Attorney Generals OBJ
that nobody took him for a
fool, Humphreys quoted the proverb |
that it was we'll even to have the good !
opinion of a dog. He did not endorse
the saying and had never wanted the |
good opinion of a dog"
Referring to the contradiction be-
tween the Attorney General and Mr..
Watson about the interview they had
in the formers office he said:
IF Watson and Lorrin Andrews were
put in the scales Watson would so far
Lorrin Andrews that Andrews
would be tossed to the skies; or if the
scales happened to go the other way,
he would be hurled to the uttermost
depths of hell.
LETS HIMSELF LOOSE.
he witness stand, Lorrin Andrews per-
ured himself when he testified to his
with E. NJ. Watson in re-
alton to this case.
''Lorrin Andrews uttered a lie when
lie said that 1 had attempted to aban-
ion the sinking ship. referring to my
admission.
why sirs! L have entered the val
ey Of the shadow of death: 1 can al
most see the gates atar. My partner
las his life before him. would rather
irop dead in my tracks. as 1 have said
before, than attempt to shift the re-
on the shoulders of one in
whose honor 1 have an abiding faith
And now 1 am accused of attempt
ns 10 jettison the cargo, when 1 init
mated that our firm had been guilty.
# negligence
AMERICANISM RUNG IN.
Mr. Humphreys took up the evidenced
that he threatened to appeal to the
United States Court if the Sumner
guardianship suit failed here. He ask
ed when it had been a threat to de-