The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-11-29
ELKS TO BACK
HALL FOR BAR
Charley Made His Debut as
Lawyer by Winning His
Own Case.

Honolulu Lodge of Elks, No. Gle, may
shortly present the name of Charles
Hall, the weil-known commercial travel
err of Honolulu, fo- membership in the
bar association and to be admitted to
practise in the courts of the Territory,
because of the signal victory which
Hall, acting as his own attorney, won
in the Kauai circuit court last week,
Judge Jacob Hardy presiding. Mr.. Hall
returned from the Garden Island on
Sunday and has been busy ever since
telling how he happened to blossom as
one of the stars in lawyerdom, never
having studied Blackstone or George A.
Davis in his life, but he now intends
to study law by mail
While there is a humorous side to
Mr.. Hall s sudden rise in the legal
world, yet the entire matter has its
serious side. A few years ago Mr..
Hall was employed by the Kauai Wine
Company. He was in charge of its in
.terests, but there came a tiy.c when
the Kauai Wine Company was wiped
out, and it's affairs were transferred to
other interests. During the interim Mr..
Hall looked after the books of the old
company while opening up those of the
new one. In this time he did not re-
ceive cent of salary. He came to
Honolulu. One day he was presented
with claim for $144, George Wright,
who had some interest in the new con-
cern, presenting it. There was meet
ing in Honolulu which was attended by
the late Mr.. Peacock, Mr.. Hall and NJ.
Wright, and the bill was discussed. 1t
was an amount really owed to Mr.. Hall,
but it was decided to wipe it out 20
profit and loss as for services rendered
Mutations were made thereon and it
was carried back to Kauai.
Last spring Mr., Hall was surprised
one morning on landing at Waimea tc
be presented with a summons to ap-
pear in court on an assumpsit matter
the bill for $144 figuring as the basis
for the call before the judge. Mr.
Hall got busy, went before the district
court. Just whether he appealed to the
circuit court or whether the plaintiffs
did is not altogether clea., but any
/ how Hall appeared then as his own at
torney, and last week when the case
was up for trial before Judge Hardy
he appeared again for himself.
Meanwhile, Charley has hustled
around to ascertain about that "notat
ed" wiped-Otf statement, and managed
to locate it, and with this up his sleev,
he felt that ne was good for the bes
array of legal talent. Attorney Kaio ap
peared for plaintiff @. w. Spitz, who hat
bought up the supposed account alonj
with other accounts of various othe
people, and was pressing it agains
Hall. First of all Hall had all the wit
nesses for the prosecution excluded iron
the courtroom, and these had to keel
cool under the big tree in the courteous
yard. Some of the witnesses were bad
/. ly tangled up, and one may figure il
grand jury proceedings, for failing t
tell the exact truth. Mr.. Spitz was on
of the last witnesses. Although Nj
. Hall formerly worked for him he wa
compelled by the ethics of the lega
profession to ask him his full name, hi
/, occupation and place of residence, an
then proceeded for an hour to inter
rogate him as to the document. 1t wa
an anxious time during which Mr.. Spit
, was grilled by Attorney Hall.