The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-16
FOUNDATION OF EXTORTION, I
CRAFT AND CORRUP TON
What Peters Says is Shown in Chillingworth
Case---Ihe Jury Finds the Ex-Deputy
high Sheriff Not Guilty.

Gated the prevalence OF an atmosphere
In the courtroom Indicative of n belief
that those prosecutions for graft in
the police department last year were
farce.
"A condition OF affairs is shown by
the evidence which is n foundation of
graft, of extortion and of corruption"
! the Deputy Attorney General thunder
ed.
Mr. Peters drew a vivid picture of the
condition thus asserted. showing how
unlimited was the opportunity open to
such IAN able detective as McDufie,"
who had the great ability ito detect a
crowd in front of an icecream stand"
for levying graft without stint 1t was
condition of Slide, McDuffie. slide
with the BAIL"
I THAT perjured evidence" Mr.. Peters
exclaimed as he thumped the open page
of the station house record containing
the entries of fictitious names of those
from whom bail was said to have been
collected.
There is condition OF things" he
said as he showed the record to the
jury, (which Is the essence and quint-
essence OF graft, corruption and every
, thing vile."
"The man who made the arrests made
| up the docket for court" Mr.. Peters
went on. ut would not do to have
four names on the docket and have
eight persons come up who had been
! arrested, or to have n blank record
and four persons who had given bail
come up"
| Mr. Peters laid stress on the evidence
of the former High Sheriff as showing
that even that officials liberal con-
struction of the alleged custom of col
lecting bail away from the station
house had been grossly exceeded by the
defendant in his admitted acts. He
also paid some attention to the man.
ner In which Chester Doyle had given
his evidence. saying that he was less
verbose than usual when under cross
examination by the prosecution. The
easy inference was that the Deputy
Attorney General regarded the "crim-
inologlst" of the Attorney Generals De-
partment as "a hostile witness" on this
occasion.
In conclusion, Mr.. Peters made
strong appeal to the Jurors, on their
oaths, to render n verdict on the plain
face of the evidence, disregarding all
outside influences, circumstances and
prejudices. He urged them to rid their
minds of the idea, to cultivate which
attempts had been made, that the en-
ployment of Detective Halter to In
vestigate conditions here constituted a
reproach to the community. They
must not be carried away by any
popular feeling that would hold a
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mighty as to be above the law. for he
was Just as much amenable to the law
of the land as was the speaker. the
Judge himself or any of themselves.
Judge De Bolt read the instructions
of the court and the jury retired to
consider their verdict, with the result
above stated.
THE LIBEL SUIT.
j. r. McCrosson was on the stand
i for another day in the Ballou-Parker
libel suit, continuing the story of the
fight in both Honolulu and Washing
ton for Government license to de-
velop the Kohala mountain water. For
a part of his party's scheme, he testi-
fed yesterday, Government license
was not required, only it was matter
of Importance to them that "the other
fellows" did not get it.
COURT NOTES.
The trustees under the will of the
} late Sam. G. Allen are authorized by
Judge Lindsay to invest sum not ex-
ceeding $4,000 in bonds of the Cali
fornia & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co.
Joinders in demurrer have been filed
in the suits of Secondino Troche VS..
. Kekaha Sugar Co. and Metropolitan
Meat Co. VS.. Yee Hop & Co.
Leave is granted by Judge Lindsay
to Sophia r. Ghspar, guardian of her
six minor children, to remortgage the
property of minors.
: Satisfaction of Judgment for $2,-
341.42 and costs of court has been filed
: by plaintiff in the suit of Bank Of Ha-
waii VS.. Kapiolani Estate.
: Judgment by default has been en-
| tered for plaintiff in the suit of John
, d. Paris VS.. Clinton j. Hutchins, trus-
tee, for $13l0.56 claim and $59.51 costs,
execution therefor to issue.
Citations have been issued in the
Court of Land Registration on the Pc
titions of the s. G. Allen trustees for til
ties to lands in Kalihi valley contain
ing, respectively. 0.S0 acre and 0.55
acre and of Lincoln 10y McCandless
for title to land at Halawa containing
} 1.42 acres, returnable before Judge
Weaver on July III.
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he Attorney Generals Department.
;rihce the harmony and confidence
government, simply for spite or to
some step or action of mine, they
n party has made a mistake in two
it hates to acknowledge
inks for himself at all must admit
iome excuse or other try to justify
always to be on the winning side.
ay that their influence in the future