The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-24

say which caused that case to go over
until the January term. Mr.. Thomp-
son came to me and asked me to let
| the Lee Let case stand over to the
| January term and / refused, and then
! he asked me if | would do it if Mr..
Taylor, who was the officer in charge
of the case would consent, and I said
! No. but | said IF Mr.. Taylor comes
| up and asks me to accede to your re-
| quest, takes the initiative himself. |
will see whether or not | will do it."
| and Mr.. Thompson saw Taylor and he
came and asked me to consent, and |
did, and it went over to January. The
first jury was on January 18th, and it
was set for the following week for
trial. Now we set cases tenta lively, we
| don't notify the lawyers but set cases
down tentatively and they have to
come up, and if they do come up and
make any showing to the court at all
the case is reset, but Mr.. Thompson
went up there eX parte and with out
|
put over for that da,e, and the AdvCr-
User attacked me about it and then
notified the Attorney General that, ac
cused as l was by the Advertiser, !
didn't feel that | could try the cas-
because there is no case that a man
can guarantee and l might have lost
the case and then the Advertiser would
have accused me of losing the case on
purpose, or something to that effect.
So the Attorney General tried it, but
not until June, or May, I have tor
gotten which, the case was in his hanls
through the latter part of January,
February, March, April and until the
latter part of May, l think, and then
he tried it and the jury were out two
minutes only and brought in a verdict
o., of not guilty.
They accuse me also of taking ciyil
cases. 1t is true took civil ca SEES
in the office who is worth his salt who
wouldn't take civil cases. You can
not live without it and you cannot get
anybody worth having, you cannot get
cheap man-but they are cheap-you
could get a man there probably who
would agree not to take case out
side, but it would be very expensive
for the county. The only charge they
could bring lawfully against me would
be if | took civil work outside and let
| t. ;,,t, ,rv;th In It1fN / IN
county, but l have never done that, and
nobody can truthfully charge me with
having done it. They say took cases
dependent on a state of facts which
might lead to a criminal prosecution,
and they charge me with taking the
Will case. | think that is the only III
vorce case | ever took in which there
was any mention made of charge OF
, adultery. | haven't taken many di-
vorce cases, | don't get many cases OF
any kind, and this Will case happen
ed to investigate the charge against
him of adultery, early in the year, and
/ knew there was nothing to the
charge, and he was nice boy and
hated to see him bounded by the shark
into whose hands he had fallen, so
appeared for him and did the best for
him that | could, and we won out.
Now that is all they can say against
: me except something about my appear
= ing in the Federal Court. Since l have
been County Attorney have never had
: a case in the Federal Court-one or two
cases l had before the Commissioner,
but l withdrew, and / have not APP
J peared in any criminal cases in the
7 Federal Court that have ever been tried
I and l never have gone further than the
United States Commissioner, and that
, l think, in only two instances.
e Just one more word l entered up
on this Office and only wished to do my
t duty, and tried to assist and help the
e sheriff's office out. Here is an ms
g lance of what did: we tried one case
4 a gambling raid where they got l6 Oh
y II Chinese gamblers, and the police
S had brought down one of those big
e massive doors that blocked the way
= to the room, and when the case came
E on for trial put on my witnesses anc
7 l had this door there, they brought VI
g the door from the Sheriff's office, and
: witness after witness swore to thai
= door as being the one taken from the
r stairs that led up to this gambling
y room, and was just about to put an
other officer on the stand to swear t.
l, the door again when 1 was told tina
i they had brought up the wrong door
! (Laughter.) Now, could have then