The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-25
(From Thursdays Advertiser.)

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Barring Mr.. Adams, there was /, full
attendance of the members of the
Board of Impeachment at the adjourn.
ed session yesterday afternoon. Roll
call was deferred for a little while on
account of the absence of Mr.. Paele
but when it was started the prosecu'
ton announced that it would call Mr.
Thompson, clerk of the circuit court
out of the regular order so that he
could return to his duties in the judi
ciary building.
The absence of the defendant at the
opening of the proceedings made no diff
ference to his attorney, who surprised
the Board by overlooking golden OPP
portunity for objecting, for Mr.. Achi
has a habit of Directing to some of
the really good things offered by the
prosecution, and it has been suggested
that this particular feature of his court
actions is his long suit. George Col
Inns, of San Francisco, made that his
strangle hold in many of the cases tried
by him and the objections were usually
on technical grounds.
The prosecution in this case is pretty
close to proving conspiracy and it was
thought the defendant might be inter
ested, but his manner of ambling into
the room after the game had started
did not impress the audience that way.
1t seems that the impeachment proceed
ings are the outgrowth of a case where
in one Akina was charged with crime
selling an unstamped bottle of brandy.
DELAYED BY ACHI.
In the first case the Chinese was
charged in 1905 but the case was not
called until eleven months afterward.
In the interval there was a good deal
of backing and filling. Af!idavits were
made by the mother and the daughter
in the sheriff IS Office here, and because
they did not agree in minor particu
lar Mr.. Chillingworth was called in
to smooth out the wrinkles. And Just
here Mr.. Achi delayed the court for a
time arguing his grounds for objections
and in an effort to tangle up the wit
nesses. And in this he failed grievous-
ly.
The correctness of an affidavit was
sworn to by Henry Van Giesen and cor
roborated by the interpreter who acted
in an official capacity at the time. 1t
was afterward verified by Sheriff
Brown and Mr.. Fernandez who took the
and made certain al
terations at the request of the woman,
Matters seemed startlingly
clear, for proceeding of this kind,
but Mr.. Achi could not be or would
not be convinced until Chairman Smith
took a hand and read few lines to the
attorney. Mr.. Achi also objected to
the decisions of the chair being final;
said he did not know it was to be the
rule until he read it in the Advertiser
in the morning. The chair told him
how it happened and he noted an ex-
ception.
The matter most strongly objected to
was the interlineation of the $3.50
item, the amount which the woman,
Euniki, says the defendant demanded
for n settlement of the case against
Akina. Van Giesen had testified that
it was not in the affidavit when il left
his hands, and il seemed that this was
by the notary at the request
of the woman. knleiopu the interpre.
ter was hard to move; be made his
statement aud stuck To II until the
finish and he acted MS though he meant
he spid.
An interesting witness was Attorney
Wade Warren Thayer, interesting be-
cause of the frankness with which he
gave his testimony aud the humor he
found yesterday In reciling
the actions Of the deputy shcriif on
Trial when be postponed a ease before
reason why b WAS done, further than
10 say hapl hu0le Was not present
10 testify And again Whom he told
how, when be- requested the retain ~
d revolver Whiea the accused deputy
had taken from bis client the Official
declined and asked "Whnt are You go'
lug 10 DO ainui II
A RASE FAILURE,
This witness told hoN he bad heard
Two Japanepn aTfalgprl IN lbe district
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