The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-05
S10,251 FOR
DAMAGES
W. c. Peacock Sues
Some Officials for
His Arrest.

cock in the police court yesterday or
the charge of selling adulterated liu.
| uors, Mr.. Peacock brought suit agains
Territorial Treasurer Campbell. Sheriff
A NJ. Brown, County Attorney Ed.
ward Douthitt and County Attorneys
| detective H. W. Lake for damages
\ amounting to SO PSI on the ground OF
false arrest. Mr.. Peacocks complaint
| was filed in the Circuit Court yester-
day afternoon by his counsel c. w
Ashford and r. w Breckons. His
complaint makes good reading matter
and is as follows:
The above-named plaintiff, Walter
| c. Peacock, complains of the above
| named defendants, A. J. Campbell,
Arthur M. Mrown, Edward A. Dout-
! hit, and H. T. Lake, and for cause of
! complaint, he alleges as follows:
| 1. That at all times herein mention
/ ed, plaintiff was a citizen of the United
! States, and of the Territory of Ha-
wall, and a resident of and actually
present in the city of Honolulu, Coun-
| ty of Oahu, in said Territory.
2. That at all times herein mention
| ed, said defendant A. J. Campbell, was
/ such citizen and resident as above al
legged in the case of said plaintiff, and
J was the Treasurer of the Territory of
Hawaii, duly and regularly appointed,
| commissioned and acting.
| 8. That at all times herein mention
! ed, said defendant Arthur NJ. Brown,
was such citizen and resident as above
alleged in the case of said plaintiff,
and was the Sheriff of said County of
Oahu, duly elected qualified and act
ing, and was then and there legally
liable and responsible for all and sun
dry, the official acts of defendant H.
| T. Lake. hereinafter alleged, and was
similarly liable and responsible for all
| and sundry the official acts of the
police officers and Receiving Station Of
ficers employed at, and in charge Of
the Receiving Station connected with
the Police Office and Station at said
Honolulu.
4. That at all times herein mention
ed, said defendant H. T. Lake was such
citizen and resident as above alleged
in the case of said plaintiff, and was
police officer in and for said County
of Oahu, duly and regularly commits
stoned by said defendant Brown, as
such Sheriff as aforesaid, and duly in
the discharge of his duties under such
commission.
5. That at all times herein mentions
ed, said defendant Edward A. Dout-
hit was such citizen and resident as
above alleged in the case of said plain
tiff, and was the County Attorney for
said County of Oahu, duly elected,
qualified and acting.
6. That on the 3rd day of December
A. D. 1906, at said Honolulu, said H.
7. Lake, acting in his capacity as such
police officer as aforesaid, so commits
stoned as aforesaid. and acting under
the instructions, and at the inStigation
and procurement of said defendants A.
j. Campbell, Arthur NJ. Brown and Ed
ward A. Douthitt, did, without author |
ity of law, and against the will of this !
plaintiff, with force and arms arrest |
and take this plaintiff into the custody |
of him, the said H. T. Lake. to wit, at
the office of w. c. Peacock & Com |
pany, Limited, an Hawaiian corpora
ton. on Merchant street in said Ho- |
nolulu; and did then and there, and |
forthwith thereafter, on the date
aforesaid, with force and arms. and
against the will and the rights of this
plaintiff, and without authority of law.
convey and conduct this plaintiff from
the said place of his said arrest, to
the Police Station, to wit, the Receiv-
ing Station, located in that certain
building known as Kalakaua Hale, on
"a |
lu, all of which acts were then and
there done by said defendant Lake in
the daytime of said day, and in broad
daylight, and in the sight and within
the observation of numerous of the
acquaintance of this plaintiff. and of
other persons then and there within
said office, and present upon said
street and at and in said Receiving
Station, to the great wrong, injury, dis
comfort. modification and humiliation
II this plaintiff
T. And that he, said defendant Lake
having SO conveyed and conducted this
plaintiff to said Receiving Station in
manner aforesaid, and that at the time
aforesaid, did then and there. to wit.
at and in said Receiving Station, turn
over and transfer the custody of this
H., Il
xhose name is to this plaintiff I'M
Known, and who was then and there ;
he officer and official subordinate of ,
aid defendant Arthur NJ. Brown, as
uch Sheriff as aforesaid. in charge and
control of said Receiving sta
ion: and that said officer last above
eferred- to did then and there, at the
procurement, instigation and behest of
aid defendants, take and assume thel
ustody of this plaintiff, and did then
md there forcibly. and against the .
lights and the will of this plaintiff,
lold and retain this plaintiff under ar n
est, and in the custody of him, the :
ficer last above referred to. at and d
n said Receiving Station, for a long
eriod of time, to wit, for the period of y
alf an hour or Whereabouts and that n
aid plaintiff was obliged to, and be- o