The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-01-09
JUDGE ROBINSON
REPLIES TO CARTER
Continued from page one).


view of the governors published in
situation on his character he did not
care how much of it was made public.
Then the judge told of it, and it will
all go to Washington, with some affi-
davits for Judge Robinson says he is
not going to rest without very fer
vent reply to the reflections upon his
character which have been cabled to
Washington by the governor.
THE governor accused me Of taking
part in and allowing a drunken orgy
during the last hours of the trial Of the
case of Godfrey against Rowland" said
Judge Robinson. He even said, as l
| was informed that | had had to be
/ carried out to a hack and taken home.
/ l nailed him ON that proposition, and
] he admitted that it was a misstate-
| ment. The whole story is an Infamous
! falsehood as l told him i'm the most
/ positive terms.
Il have never been drunk in my
whole life" continued the Judge, speak
! ing with much heat, and there are
| plenty of people who have known me
from youth up who know it. and some
of them are i'm California and Wash
ington."
Without saying so in so many words
the judge here made the declaration
that i'm this respect he had the advan-
tage of the Governor. Il asked His EX-
cellency whether he drank himself or
not said Judge Robinson "and he
replied that he did, also that he had
been drunk. I replied that l also
drank, but that / had never been drunk
| to
How far do you care to be quote5
in the natter the judge was asked.
: Il don't care how much you quote"
he replied. II kept out of a contro-
versy once before with the Cover
nor, when he attacked my judicial pro-
cedure in the Jones case. l didn't
thSk it proper or dignihed to argue
: with the executive on the proposition.
But no man on earth shall attack my
b personal character as he has done and
! remain unanswered. You can quote
me as far as you please"
d The judge was asked to state what
had occurred ON the night of the al
legged orgy, and gave the following ac-
count:
1T was late when the arguments
closed" he said. 81 consulted with the
jurors as to whether they wished to
be excused for the night or to try and
finish the case. The day to follow was
- the last of the year, and most of them
wanted to try and finish as soon as
= possible. l had been hurrying the
- case owing to the fact that there was
- a possible legal question if it overlap
% ped the term. and though l thought
h there was nothing in the point raised,
% didn't think it worth while to run the
E risk of allowing it to be a point on APP
r. peal, possibly multiplying trial that
l. had lasted three or four weeks.
T. Il charged the jury during the night
r, and, incidentally my charge taken al
I, a rapid rate, appears i'm the stenog-
; raphers notes. Evidently he was not
in any orgy. After I had sent the
jury down town, all of us accompany
o ing them, to get some coffee at the
1, grill, one of the attorneys waiting said
=. something about getting some liquid
= refreshments. He went and secured
% from a club 1 believe "a bottle OF
3 Scotch whiskey and a syphon of soda
s There were eight or nine present anC
/. i'm the morning this bottle, with two
= thirds of it's contents, was left among
d some paint pots, as a pres mt to the
Y painters and carpenters who are re-
= pairing the judiciary building. That
:. as far as l know, is all the drinking
d that was done.
l. Governor Carter told me he had
r. heard of it Just in time He said he
"a had cabled to Washington Just in
: time to prevent the greatest scanda
J. ever known in the judiciary here
Z never heard a more extraordinary OF
V, outrageous statement. l understand
4 he said that one of the attorneys had
u to be carried to a hack. The fact is
that when the verdict had bsen rem
'r dered at about $50 a. m. this attorney
}. walked to town with the others anC
i took a car home when the cars started
IL at about six.
ID Governor Carter endorsed me before
L. for reappointment because he was
q, forced to it, He longed for a chance
e, to do otherwise and on some ridiculous
IS report carried to him he assumed &c
e. cable to Washington libelling my char.
i acter. without any investigation. He
n appears TO be surrounded by gang OF
Z, spies who are tipping off to him whai
persons he don't like are doing. ! be
u lieve / have been under espionage for g
IS along time by his spies, i'm the hope
ID that he could find something to charge
s. me with. But there is nothing pos
sible. | find he was acquainted will
= the fact that l went to the japanese
y theatre here, while the wrestling tour
s. nament was in progress, I was in
j. terested in seeing the Japs wrestle anC
:. l don't see that there was any violation
u, of Judicial dignity in my attending thu
i show, though the theatre is by No
J. means fashionable one. However
n my visit was reported to the governor
and he may make the most Of it,
Judge Robinson said that he had ca
bled to Washington on hearing of thu
governors cables. He had asked tina
: the matter Of his reappOintment be de
. layed, until time for the mails to ar
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