The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-12
(Froin Wednesdays Advertiser)
ROBINSON'S STATEMENT.


RoBINSON'S STATEMENT.
Judge Robinson was seen in his
chambers at the judiciary Building,
just after he had despatched to the
steamer a bundle of letters and affi-
davits, all addressed to Washington,
d. c. When asked for a statement,
Judge Robinson replied:
THE Attorney General yesterday in
formed me that the Governor had told
him that he Cthe Governor) had cabled
to the President Withdrawing his pre-
vious recommendation of me as a
candidate for reappointment to the Of
flee of third Judge; that his reason for
doing so had been because l had par
ticipated in a drunken orgie' at my
courtroom and chambers in the court
house on the night of the 29th and the
morning of the Both of December last
while the trial jury in the case Of
Godfrey VS.. Rowland was celebrating
on their verdict.
II understood from Mr.. Peters, the
Attorney General, that the Governor
had said that | was so drunk that l
had to be taken home in hack.
II Immediately went over to see the
Governor and told him that Mr.. Peters
| informed me that he (the Governor)
| had withdrawn his recommendation of
! me for the judgeship and had author
lied the latter to use his name in in
forming me. The Governor said that
/ was so.
This (the Governor's) first state
ment was that we were all drunk over
there, but he modified that by saying
was not drunk. He stated that Col.
Jones, the stenographer, was probably
sober because of my statement that
Jones took the entire charge to the
| jury, which i read to that jury, at the
rate of 230 words per minute, which
he could not do If he were drunk.
| Then he said that the attorneys
| were all drunk. believe l convinced
| him that the attorneys were not drunk,
| and then he said that Derby was
| drunk and had been taken home in a
| hack. His informers, he said, were
| Mr.. Guild, foreman of the jury, and
Thompson. 1 infer that he means
Thompson, the hackman and an ex-
| convict. He said that whether / was
| drunk or not was matter of little
|
| that l had permitted liquor to be
brought into my chambers, which con-
demned me and which he believed JUS
titled him in withdrawing his recon-
| mendation OF me.
! "In my opinion l do not believe the
Governor did fully wish for my reap
pointment, but as there was nothing
at the time he recommended me, to
make him do otherwise he waited for
something to turn up, and ther
promptly took advantage of 1t and
cabled his withdrawal.
II asked the Governor whether hi
drank. He answered that he did ant
that he had been drunk. replied tina
never was drunk"
Judge Robinson then went on to sa!
how the bottle OF whisky came to b.
introduced into the Judiciary build
ing. Attorneys and others were III
/, waiting for the jury and were yer!
tired. Frank Thompson suggested tina
} all hands have a drink. A bottle o
! Scotch was got and passed around, al
but Quinn partaking OF II. Betweel
/ 1890 and n, m. about one-third o
4 the liquor was consumed, The Judg
stated that he noticed at the time tina
most everybody held his glass in hi
/ left hand and that struck him as
= coincidence and he said that In drink
? ing the glass II would be a toast 4
! the Honolulu Lodge No 6i6, b. =, o, +
l Afterwards the judge, attorneys an
officials OF the court went down 4
! the Grill and had black coffee al
/ around, and nothing else except som
/, sandwiches, The coffee was taken L
, keep awake,
! Yesterday forenoon and the eyeninI