The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-03

"In regard to the attack made upon
me in the morning paper, l would say,
in reference to the All Chez matter,
that at no time while any criminal
charge was pending against All Chez
did | appear for him in civil ac-
tion Statement made in writing by
John W. Catheart, County Attorney,
for the Star and Bulletin, on Thursday.
John W. Catheart, the man who is
looking for the votes of the electorate
to retain him in the present response
BILE position which he holds, the one in
whose hands lies the power of disere
fion whether criminals are to be prose
.cuted or not, who may nullify all the
work of the police if he should see fit,
has deliberately and with consideration
prepared '.refutation of the charges
made against him by the Adver-
tiser of tiagrant misuse of his official
position, which statement of refutation
begins with the words quoted above.
The statement, from beginning to
end, is untrue The court records show
it to be so, and the peculiar audaeity
which prompted Cathcart to make such
"a statement can only be accounted for
in one way-that Catheart was not re
.sponsible for what he said when he
made it. 1t hardly seems possible that
he would lie deliberately when the
means of detecting him were so easy.
"At no time when any criminal
charge was pending against All Chez
did / appear for him in civil ac
tion. - The criminal charge referred
to by the Advertiser was that of con-
dueting blind pig, and while this is
not technically a criminal charge, it is
what Cathcart refers to as such. What
are the facts, facts borne out by the
records of the courtss
In May last raid was made by Lii
,cense Inspector Fennell on an alleged
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Chinese storekeeper Nthere, All 'Chee
The case dragged through the district
court until July 9, when the trial took
place Deputy County Attorney A. NJ.
Brown was the prosecuting officer, |
Archie Mahaulu being the Judge One
month and seventeen days after the |
trial judgment was rendered in favor |
of the defendant, and it was stated at
the time and no contradiction made /
that i. NJ. Brown was prevented from
pressing the case, as he wanted to,
through the direct orders of John W.
Cathearr.
What interest did Catheart have in
not pressing the ease against All Cheel
What reason aetuated the paid official
of the county to fall short of his sworn
duty in the prosecution of an alleged
violator of the law9
From the day All Chez was arrested
until this very day, Catheart and Mil
verton, his deputy, have been in the
pay of this same All Chee on June
10, at the very time that the trial
against An Chez was being DELAYED by
the County Attorneys s office in the dis
trict court, the County Attorney him 4
self appeared before Judge De Bolt as
All Chee's attorney in a civil action
for trespass, brought by J. Z. Kaialii (
against All Chez. On the papers fled |
in the suit on behalf of All Chez the I
names of Cathcart and Milverton APP
pear as attorneys. That case ran be
fore Judge De Belt for five days. :
AT no time while any criminal !
charge was pending against All Chez {
did l appear for him in civil ae- Q
tion, " saws Catheart for the benefit of :, :
his candidacy. T
Prior 10 the arrest of An Chez on a {
charge of selling intoxicating liquors J
without a license, suit was brought Z I
IN the circuit court against him by H. p
Haekfeld q Co, a suit to secure the o
payment of money alleged to be due L
On February II an answer was filed
by All Chez in the suit. The attorneys 7
named in the answer as those retained F
10 represent All Chez are John w. ]
C.theart and F. W. Milverton, County s
attorney and Deputy Cou sty Attorney. r
nat suit is still pending, and Cath b