Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-13
FREAR CALLED TO AN;WER
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such deed in my hand, that I did not
show you such document
"You did not show me any such pa.
per. You may have had 1t with you in
your inside pocket. That which you
had In your hand seemed to be only a
portion of document o..
Did | not show the deed to you,
telling you what II was and did you
not approve OF nay conduct In the mat
ter and say that such deed was
ground for sult?'
You may have had the deed with
you. You did not show me the deed.
4 do not remember having said any.
thing about your actions In relation
thereto. I can testify In relation to
another conversation We had in my of.
Ace. II was alter the Supreme Court
had denied your first motion for re-
hearing and you came to me In rela'
ton to papers in regard to n second
petition for rehearing Of your disbar'
mcut case. You said you had been to
see Judge De Bolt and had shown him
papers in regard to rehearlng, papers
which contained certain ALLEGATIONS
concerning myself and you said Judge
De Bolt had advised you TO snow me
the papers on account OF these ailega'
tIons and disagreed with your presen.
tatlon of the facts and suggested that
Won state things exactly as they were;
and YOU said the written allegations
were practically the same as | thought
thcy should he and you wanted TO let
them go at that. !
"If YOU want to know the sequel OF
that conversation, | Will tell you
Judge De Bolt came to see me AFTER
wards and was surprised to hear that
YOU had been to me to say that he had
advised YOU to show me the allegations
concerning myself. He said you had
only spoken to him relative to your
practice as an attorney pending the Pc
tition for rehearing.
Now. Chief Justice Frear, do You
remember that | excepted to your en-"
terlng the order of disbarment against
me in the Supreme Court on August
10th last and my getting up In open
court, before the order was made and
telling the court that took exception
70 your entering the order on the
grounds that you were a stakeholder
In the railway company; that you were
trustee for the bondhoiders of that
company and that your father-in-law
was manager of the railroad"'
IL remember your making some eX-
ception. but, to the best OF my recol.
lection, the order was already entered
up. II was already In the hands OF the
clerk"
will you swear to that?"
We'll that is the fact to the best
of my recollection"
Such. In brief, was the testimony OF
Chief Justice Frear on direct eXamina.
ton by Davis. Breckons took but lit
tie time to cross-eNamine.
Upon the Chief Justice descending
from the box. Davis expressed his sOr-
row at having had to call him as
witness.
- am exceedingly sorry for the
whole business" he said.
Frear, bowling 10 the court, made his
exit
Others On the stand for the defense
today were DR.. McGrew, T. McCants
Stewart and w. X. Castle. These gen.
tlemen and others testified to the in
tegrity of the respondent and their
confidence In him.
castle thought SZUUu, the Zee cnhfBeu
Sumner by Davis, very reasonable. He
had, he said, worked for Sumner and
found the task no easy one. He be-
l!eved Davis had worked hard and had
earned his fee.
Judge De Bolt also testified in rela-
ton to one OF the many Sumner cases.
one which had proceeded before him,
and Davis relations thereto.
Judge Dole, early in the mornings
proceedings, was of the opinion that
more light was needed on the PROPOSE
ton of Davis bringing suits in equity
against Sumner while he held con-
tract for third of the benefits re-
ceived.
An additional formal charge was
therefore added to the information
against Davis, covering the point in
question.
Davis finished his own testimony
this morning, having commenced yes
terday afternoon. He went thoroughly
and earnestly, sometimes warmly.
through the whole history of the Sum
ner hearings.
The case will probably be submitted
this afternoon, hearing resumlng at 2
p. m.
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