The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-12-21
JUDFE WHITLEY IS
SUEO FOR $4,000
Continued from Page OneD

Plaintiff i'm the year a. d. 1907. at
Shanghai i'm the Empire of China. ear
ried on and was engaged i'm the profess
sion and business of an Attuney-at-
Law and business man. and the said
Defendants to wit: at Shanghai. i'm
the Empire of China, in the year A. ID.
1907 entered in a conspiracy to de-
stroy and ruin the reputation, business
and standing of the said Plaintiff as
an Attorney and Consideration
and business man, and did combine,
confederate and agree together to so
ruin the reputation. standing and bust
ness Of the said Plaintiff as an At
tOrney-at-Law and business man. and
to bring him into disrepute disgrace.
and contempt and to ruin and destroy
his business and professional standing
as an AttOrney-at-Law and business
man, and otherwise injure him I'm his
credit and circumstances and i'm pur-
suanCe of such conspiracy so entered
into by the said Defendants as afore-
said to wit on or about January 1. A.
d. 1907, falsely and maliciously spoke
and published of and concerning the
Plaintiff i'm relation to his said calling
profession and business and the carry
/ ing on and conducting thereof by him,
the words following, that is to say: Il
will make Brooks (meanng the said
! PLAINTIFF leave Shanghai and | will
not let him practice his profession. ="
/ thereby meaning that they, the said
Defendants would compel the said
Plaintiff to go out of business, aban-
| don his practice as an Attorney-at-Law
and give up his business in said Shang-
hal, which said threat and malicious
and defamatOry statement was made.
published and circulated by the said
Defendants in pursuance of said con-
spiracy so formed as aforesaid, and as
a part thereof for the purpose of in
juring and running the Plaintiff pro-
fessionally and as a business man at
Shanghai aforesaid
And the said Defendants in the
months of July, August. September
and during the rest of the year A. d.
1907 in order to carry out a common
design and effectuate such conspiracy,
and in pursuance thereof. wrote, pub
lished, circulated and caused to be cir
famatOry statements which they sent
to divers persons and good citizens of
and concerning the Plaintiff, in which
said letters, they, the said Defendants,
charged the Plaintiff with being a fugi-
tive from justice and unfit to practice
his profession, or carry on his bust
ness, copies of which said letters are
now in possession of the said Defen-
dants and under their control. and
which the Plaintiff prays may be pro-
duced by them and received in evil
dence in support of this paragraph of
this Complaint the original letters
ihaving been sent through the United
States mails to divers persons residing
in the City of Washington. in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and in the States of
California, Massachusetts, New York
and Missouri; and the said Defendants
/ in pursuance of and in order to effect
uate their evil purpose and design
wrote printed, published and circu-
! lated through the public press in
! Shanghai and elsewhere sensational,
| false malicious and defamatory arti-
/ cles of and concerning the Plaintiff in
order to carry out said conspiracy and
common design as aforesaid, and with
| intent to injure and destroy the said
| Plaintiff and TO compel him to aban-
don his business, profession and high
calling in Shanghai aforesaid; and the
said Defendants have with a common
purpose and by acts in writing false,
malicious and defamatory articles and
letters and by maliciOusly speaking
and publishing false and defamatory
statements of and concerning the
Plaintiff in relation to his said bust
ness and profession sought to ruin the
said Plaintiff and tORrevent him from
carrying on his profession calling and
business in Shanghai aforesaid; where
by the said Plaintiffs income from his
said profession and business and call
ing was reduced from Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars per year to Five
Thousand Dollars by reason of the
conspiracy so entered into and the un'
lawful acts of the said Defendants as
aforesaid and the Plaintiff was great
Iy injured in his profession, calling
credit and reputation, and as an at
tOrney- at-law and business man; anC
Wong Buh, Zeh, ID. j Woo, LANG Pal
Sang, c. Chang, l.. Leang and many
others. persons. firms, corporation
, and mercantile firms, who had hereto
I fore employed and consulted and deal
with the Plaintiff as a lawyer and bust
ness man, ceased to employ consul
with and deal with the said Plaintiff
And the said Plaintiff suffered grea
pain Of body and mind and was, anC
is greatly injured in his business, pro
, fession, calling and reputation.
And he claims damages i'm the sun
Of Fifty Thousand Dollars $3.50, 900
from the said Defendants in this ac
ton, wherefor he brings this action
And the said Plaintiff, Francis M
: Brooks, a citizen of the United States