The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-10-08

ed. He was asked to tell his story.
"When the fleet first came the chief
petty officers gave a banquet" SAID
he. "When the ships returned from
Hilo the same men again gave feast
and got their food from the Palm l
believe. They wanted six kegs of beer
and sold them orders, which believe
were presented at the brewery on Sun
day morning.
Cooke-Do you know whether or not
this selling of orders for Sunday deliv-
cry has been a common practise'
Silva-I never gave any such orders
before.
Mike Patton of the Encore Saloon
was then called up. Patton did not
show quite as much trepidation as the
Others, though he did not appear any
too comfortable. He denied having
sold any orders for beer on the occa-
sion in question, though he said that,
in times past, he had given orders for
beer intended for Sunday baseball
games.
He did not know that he was violat-
ing the law when he furnished the or
ders and he said that his instructions
ndu always DeeH 10 ODScINc IHt cAdCJ
letter of the law.
After Patton had finished his testi-
mony, the saloon men were all eXclud.
ed while the commissioners discussed
the sentence which should be meted
ont to the order sellers During the
thirty minutes which the commission
ers spent in deliberating, the saloon
men wandered around the corridors of
the Capitol with misery written all
over their features.
Then Inspector Fennell threw open
the doors and bade the victims enter.
With a voice that fairly rumbled with
solemnity, the chairman proceeded to
tell the four that the commissioners
had found them guilty of violating the
license regulations. Four faces as
sumed looks of absolute detection.
Then the chairman continued his re-
marks by saying that the franRness with
which the culprits had confessed their
wrongdoing, and the fact that they
had evidently offended unwittingly,
made the board loath to take stringent
action with them. Therefore. for this
occasion, they would be forgiven. The
pension or revocation of licenses,
however.
There was sound of deep. and re.
lieved breathing, four saloon men
twisted their hats in their hands,
scraped around with a thank you
teacher movement, said "Much
obliged and filed out of the room.
They We're nightly glad to file.
The brewery has taken the position
that its license is not subject to the
jurisdiction of the Board of License
Commissioners. In answer To formal
citation from the board 10 appear be.
fore IL yesterday afternoon, the attor,
neys of the company, Messrs. Kinney,
Ballou, Prosser * Anderson, aud Il.
G. Peters, sent the following communi.
cation;
'The Honolulu Brewing and Malt
| ing Company, Limited, has referred TO
ms your letter of September 80, citing
the company to appear before the board
10 show under what authority IL h OPP
Grating, or under what license IL is
selling dispensing, furnishing aud de.
hYenng liquors Ia divers persons on
sunday,
''ln reply thereto We beg to state
| hat Nc feel that an appearance be-
fprp the board in answer 10 a formal
citation might boz construed as an ad'
mission nf the jurisdiction of The board
oNer the lipppsn pf tho company, and
az Ne IA moi wish 10 ho understood IA
eaheedlnR this point Ne musl respect
! lnllA derlmn ip snlef an appearance
! HNa imst that you viii appfnsiata
thAi ihn lefnsgi ~ ibs company a. ap
pear iH merely in lMfsHAntn " Nhkl
Ne have HdKiaad tlem ia ha "A usaea