Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-26
BOARDS ACTION
P[EASES No ONE
Iaukea Says Applause
Will Not Warrant
Arrests

The decision of the majority OF the
Board of Liquor Commissioners 10
place the ban on the ross-eXaminatlon
of the witnesses who may appear be-
fore them, seems to displease those
who protest against the issuance OF
licenses as much as it does those VINO
wish to obtain them.
1T certainly is Il very drastic meas
ure and it cuts both ways, SAID Judge
Lyle Dickey this morning while dis
cussing the matter. Il was asked to
represent Mr.. Ryder of the kakaako
Mission, who protests against the
granting of license to certain sa'
loon, and | should certainly greatly
desire to have the right to cross-ex-
anime the witnesses who appear on the
Iother side.
Apparently the Rev Mr. Edwards
takes the view, which is very COM
lmonly held by people who know moth
ling about lawyers and who have never
seen the inside of court room, that
lawyers merely intend to befog the
issue in hand with their cross-eXamin-
alton. OF course, as lawyer, l con-
tend that, instead of befogging the is
sue, cross-examination is intended to
bring it out more clearly. People like
that have a great horror of cross-eX-
animation, and this is evidently shared
by the majority of the members Of the
! Commission.
Il should say that in the case of the
Commission there should be no fear OF
the attorneys taking undue advantage
/ of the right to cross-eXamine, as the
Board has the power to stop it when
ever it thinks that it is going too far "
Sheriff Iaukea stated this morning
that the Board had not yet appealed to
him for police assistance. II it did so
/ he would send officers to the meetings
to preserve order, but he did not feel
THAT mere applause would warrant the
arrest of the person who applauded.
Commissioner Lucas said that he dld
mot intel. 4. a NC meeting TO-
night, at least not in III. ~ c&9ac-
lity AS long as the Board stuck to the
ihighhanded form Of procedure whlch
lit had outlined at the meeting last
night he did not intend to sit as Com
missioner.
The meeting last evening was widely
discussed on the street today. Great
public interest was taken in it, ana
many persons who have no personal
interest in liquor matters, expressed
heir intention to be present at the
meeting this evening. There can be
no doubt but that the Commissioners
will play to a full house, and II they
try repetition of the scene of last
might there will certainly be something
Going.
1--WE shall go on with the hearing
from the point where it was conclud-
cd yesterday" said Judge Perry, who
|represents the Wigwam saloon, and
who was the attorney who protested
against the procedure adopted by the
Commissioners at the meeting last
might. I'VE will have to put on oui
lease under the restrictions which have
Deen imposed by the Board, but when
THE time to cross-eXamine comes
shall renew my protest in order to pro-
tect the rights of my clients"
'Do you do this in order to make ii
a ground for appeal?" asked the re-
porter.
i Perry smiled. Il prefer not to say
anything about what ] intend to do al
this time" he said Il shall certainly
take every step possible in the Interest
of the case of my clients"