The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-15

to FIckert. hut SAID:
II have stated on former occasion
that f it became necessary finally to
determine your attitude IN this matter
the court would do so. and that before
doing 50 it would give Won an oppor-
tuEitv to he represented and to present
any evidence that YOU might have to
offer touching the subject That poin-
has not been reached in this situation.
A. A. Moore's Hot Words
y. A. Moore, already adjudged guilty
Of contempt for his reply to the criti
cisms Of the court. but not vet taken
into custody. took advantage of the in
stant's lull TO remark:
q do not quite understand YOUR
honor. I tried to line myself up here
as being in thorough accord with Stan
lev Moore) and as holding your honor
in very thorough detestation as an alb
solutelv contemplate man Whether 7
am in contempt or not, I do not know. -
- adiudge YOU guilty of contempt
! for the second time declared the
court, imposing a second five DAYS SEN
tence upon the attorney. A. A Moore
took his place inside the rail beside his
son, while Attorney Barrett took the
floor.
Il want 10 register on behalf of Mr..
Calhoun a most solemn and serious pro-
test began Barrett. ''T want to say
| that he considers the proceedings of to-
dav Infamous: that his rights have been
trampled upon; that the attemnt to
silence him. in view of that address
which YOUR honor has upon vour desk
tvpewritten-T assume to hand to these
reporters to 90 broadcast without de-
NAL hv Mr. Calhoun. citizen eminent
in this state and in this country
want to say that il is the most unjust
and oppressive ruling that was ever
made in an American court of Justice.
~ want to protest in the name of
Americans. | want to protest in the
name of my profession. I want to pro
test in the name of the law. ] want TO
protest in the name of decencv. To
level that kind of a document at these
defendants, and then, under penalty of
sending their counsel to jail, deny them
an opportunity to reply to it, is taking
this case out of the sacred temple of
Justice into the political arena. Your
honor being a candidate for office at
this time. and having postponed these
cases until the eve of the primaries,
your honor should not be guilty of any
such oppression and any such injustice.
In the name of Mr.. Calhoun 7 want 70
register nv protest. and | only regret
that I have not more severe language
in which to express his indignation ana
my own. -
Barrett Next Sentenced.
"The court holds that the language
of counsel is entirely contemptuous,'
declared Judge Lawlor from the bench,
S'and that it is intended to be con-
temptuous, and that it is not for the
purpose of registering any right of the
defendant
Barrett then followed the two
Moores, being sentenced to serve five
DAYS in Jail and taking his place within
the railing.
Several times the court ordered the
public prosecutor to sit down, and again
Fickert demanded a right to be heard.
saving that he wished to finish what he
had to say. Judge Lawlor declared that
he would hear him no further, and Flick
ert finally desisted from his attempt to
stem the objections of the court. but
not before he once more characterized
the "aspersions of the Judge as false.
"May it please your honor sounded
in a voice not vet heard in these FRO
ceedings.
All ewes turned. and saw Patrick Cal
houn on his feet facing the court, and
lifting his right hand as if to command
silence for his defense
Calhoun Addresses Court.
''Nay it please your honor he re-
peated, q have been educated to have
respect for the courts I have sat in
Your court under circumstances that