The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-03
CONSP IRAC !
DEF { NSE:
SCORES
Lightfoot Opens With
the Testimony of
Negoro.

The defense in the conspiracy trial
began the introduction of evidence soon
after ten O'Clock yesterday morning,
and before the adjournment was taken
at 1890 had scored at least one telling
blow on the prosecution besides getting
a start along lines that look promising
for the accused japanese.
One Of the most spectacular legal bat
ties that has been fought in Judge De
Bolts courtroom for long time oc-
cured over the question of the intro
duetion into evidence of an article
written by Negoro on the higher wage
question, offered to Sheba and by him
refused, and later published in the
Nippu Jill Kinney and Lightfoot were
both at their best, and their arguments
were brilliant, learned and oratorical.
For half an hour the courtroom rang
with imprisoned pleas, phrases mar
rowly bordering upon invectlve, appeals
to Justice and reason. All the resources
of the experienced lawyer were called
upon. In the end Lightfoot won his
fight. the Judge overriding the objee-
lions of the prosecution to the introduce
ton of the evidence, though with the
reservation that his action in that par
ticular instance was not to be taken by
the defense as establishing precedent
for the introduction of similar testi-
monv in the future, but as Influenced
by peculiar circumstances In the par
tieular case. The argument, however,
was welcome relief from the monotony
of examination and DISCRIMINATION
and served to wake the jury up.
The prosecution finished the introduce
ton of evidence by putting on the
stand witnesses to testify as to the
meeting Of the strikers that was held
at Waipahu, Maxine s presence and the
address he made, in which he referred
TO those who had not joined the srrik-
ers as sycophants, whose names and
pictures would be published in the
papers both in Honolulu and Japan, who
would be made outcasts and who might
suffer bodily injury.
St. Mark VS.. Blackstone.
Later, it was stated, some two or
three days after this meeting, a vote
was taken on the question of who should
be called sycophants. Shimizu, the
Waipahu interpreter, was asked on
cross xamination how he learned Of
the results of this vote, and stated that
he saw them in the newspaper. Light
foot objected that what the witness
read in the newspaper was not evidence
and could not be accepted as such. Kin
ney stated that the witness saw the
statement in his own newspaper. 81
don t care if he saw it in the gospel
according to St. Mark, I" retorted
Lightfoot.
:. You'd better drop St. Mark and
read Blackstone, replied Kinney.
The answer of the witness was adj
mitted into evidence, contrary to all
expectations.
Prof. Dening was recalled by the
prosecution to identify and testify to
the accuracy of a few more extracts
from the Nippu Jill, similar in charac-
ter TO those already cited.
On cross examination, Lightfoot ask
ed Prof. Dening whether he spelled his
name with one "n" or two. with
one N in the middle replied the
witness.
Kinney objected vigorously to this,
but too late. He said Lightfoot had
abused his right as a eross-examiner,
and had elected information which
might be intended to delay the de-
parture of the witness.
Dening's Big Fee.
Lightfoot brought out the interesting
that Prof. Dening is being
paid $4,000 and all expenses for his
work as translator and witness for
the prosecution in the strike trials.
Under close examination the witness
testified that he has made with the
prosecution an agreement to remain
here until August "a, for which he is
to be paid an additional $1,000 more
than he would otherwise have received.
When he first came here, he expected
TO remain only ten days.
G. watanawfulblow.
G. Watenabe testified to having heard
Maxine speak at Waipahu, and in his
speech make the statement that Shi
nizu was japanese and not Japan
ase; man of no benefit to the japanese
people There were four or FIVE other
present, said Maxine, and on
heir account the people could not get
higher wages When the witness add
ID that Maxine told his audience if
hey would stick together, within one
month wages would be raised, even Ma
zino himself had to smile.
Defense Opens.
This witness was the last for the