The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-27
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NSDllliIueu 3TOII1 rage Olle-)
Asked how the janitor got out of that
door, Kalauokalani said perhaps he
had a key
He might have spoken about Buff
fandeaus absence much of the time,
to Mr.. Kinney and Mr.. Mossman, but
if SO he referred to the time before the
election.
Did you not state to Mr.. Iaukea
several days before the election that
you were the only person who had the
combination of the safe in which those
ballots We're kept?" Mr.. Kinney asked.
My recollection of what l said TO
Mr.. Iaukea was that the ballots had
been saved and were in the safe" the
witness replied.
After repeating this answer several
times to insistent questions about what
he had actually said to Mr.. Iaukea, the
witness at last said he might have told
Mr.. Iaukea that nobody but himself
had the combination to the safe.
In answer to Justice Wilder Mr.. ka-
lauokalani said that, so far as he knew,
no one else got at the ballots While
they were in his possession.
Mr. Gear offered the ballots in evil
dence but, on Mr.. Kinney's objection
that Kalauokalani's evidence was not
prina facie that the bags in court helo
the official ballots cast at the election,
the court ordered a subpoena to issue
for Buffandeau. This was done, but
the desired witness somehow or other
did not appear. although inspectors
suOpoenaed afterward were punctually
on hand at D. m. when the court re-
stunned after recess.
GEAR WANTS RECESS.
After some further evidence to iden-
tify the bags by Kalauokalani, with
more argument than evidence, at 2;4o
d. m. Mr.. Gear asked for recess until
10 o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Kinney, on the regular tack, said
the law required that the inspectors
seal the bags with their own seals.
Are you going to show that this
bag Indicating the receptacle fron
the first precinct OF the fourth dis
trict) lis not in the condition in which
it was received?" the Chief Justice
inquired.
Mr.. Kinney answered that it was in
cumbent on the petitioner to show that
those bags were in the condition In
which they were received. 1--WE have
subpoenaed the inspectors, but don't
know what they will testify"
Justice Hartwell wanted to ask Mr..
Clark questions and Mr.. Kinney was
willing that the witness should be ex-
arnined if respondent then had the right
of way.
CLARK's EVIDENCE.
Albion F. Clark, chairman of the
board of inspectors of the first precinct
of the fourth district, was called and
sworn.
To Justice HartwelI-''The wax on
the bag is all broken. When we took it
there it was intact. 1t may be that
it has been broken in contact with other
hags.'
To Mr. Kinney witness said none OF
the inspectors impressed their own seals
on the bag. The counted ballots ana
the rejected ballots were put in They
were strung on separate strings and
tied separately and put in two en-
vclopes Unused ballots were put i'll
another envelope. The envelopes were
sealed. Witness had no private seal.
OF 500 ballots furnished by the county
clerk 343 We're voted Twenty-four We're
How many were voted for Iaukea
and how many for Brown" Mr.. Kinney
asked.
Mr.. Gear objected, as the ballots were
the best evidence. Mr.. Kinney wanted
to be heard and Mr.. Gear said, to
make it broader, he would say that the
of the bag were the best evil
dence
QUESTION IS PREMATURE.
That is not the question now the
Chief Justice observed.
TT is whether the contents of the