The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-21

Judge De Bolt said that he thought
such scene reflected upon the court
more than upon counsel. Il am not
very much surprised at Mr.. Davis, from
the way he has acted for some time"
said the judge. Il am somewhat sur
prised at Judge Humphreys. But in
explanation Judge Humphreys has been
very frank. Judge Davis has not been
so frank"
Il am willing to be frank and in
tended to be-" said Davis. Mr. Hum
phreys has abused and aggravated me
i'm the past. once he had an ink bottle
ready at the head of the stairs"
Judge De Bolt interrupted and the
story of the ink bottle was not related.
1t served to calm the rufhed situation
by bringing a general smile. De Bolt
made references to the disposition Of
the counsel incidentally saying i'm the
course of his remarks that he was not
of the fighting kind himself and not the
kind to take part in such a scene. mot
that l intend to say that counsel are Of
the lighting kind" he added.
The Judge said that he believed that
both attorneys desired to maintain the
dignity of the court. Il sincerely be-
leve that the scene will never occur
again. The apologies are therefore ac-
cepted and the incident is at an end"
Previous to the sudden outbreak there
was another scene, when Humphreys
made his appearance as attorney for
All On. After the verdict of guilty re-
turned against him in his last case
All On retained Humphreys to make a
motion for new trial, I'm which It is
understood the gound were Davis
methods of conducting the trial. Davis
also appeared In court, with a motion
: for a new trial. Humphreys stated that
he had been retained to present the
matter and Davis said he was st!ll at
torney for All on. The court question
ed All On, who said that he had em-
ployed Humphreys and that Davis no
longer represented him.
Frank f. Thompson, who was asso-
ciated with Davis in the matter stated
that Humphreys had consulted him
about taking All On's case and that he
had told Humphreys he would be very
glad to have Humphreys supercede
him. Thompson then asked the court
to strike his name from the record.
Davis objected to retiring until he
had filed a motion for a new trial. In
answering his claim that he had done
all he could for his client the court
passed some severe criticism upon him,
and intimated that it was ready to set
aside the verdict of guilty and order a
new trial OF All on At Davis request
All on was again asked IL Davis was
his attorney. He answered mo" and
Davis withdrew from the record. Hum
phreys took the motion which Davis
had filed, for a new trial He stated
that 1t was satisfactory and asked that
the hearing go over to next Tuesday,
stating that he was considerably un-
strung by what had happened, and de-
sired to exercise unusual care I'm what
he might have to say I'm support Of the
motion. The motion continuance was
granted with the consent Of deputy at
torney General Peters.
All on was accused I'm three indict-
ments Of accepting brides. The first
case was tried with Davis as attorney
and a verdict of not guilty was re-
turned. In the second trial Judge De
Bolt several times severely criticized
Davis actions In court and the judge
statements this morning are under
stood to Indicate his readiness to set
aside the verdict of guilty and order a
new trial