The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-25
ANOTHER WARM
LEGAL BATTLE
Jue Yuen Now Is No Closer to
Freedom Than He Was
When Arrested

One slow step further in the legal
battle over the person OF Jue Yuen
Nov, accused San Francisco embezzler,
yesterday brought threat of more com.
plicutiOns, but so little progress was
made that the real issue will now not
come until Friday morning. Charges
laid against the police officers, threats
of federal arrest and legal abuse heaped
upon the methods Of the city depart
ments in their attitude in the case all
had their part in the hearings yester.
day.
At two O. clock yesterday afternoon
Sheriff Jarrett, through Deputy Rose,
produced Jue Yuen Now in court, both
on the warrant issued by Judge Cooper
and the writ Of habeas corpus issued
by Judge Robinson. The difficulty that
previously arose over producing the
same man in two different places at the
same time was solved by both orders
being made returnable before Judge
Cooper.
Judge Cooper first called the case on
the warrant issued by himself, but
Mcbride, the Chinaman's attorney, de-
manded that the habeas corpus proceed
ings be heard FIRST. Milverton, acting
for Sheriff Jarrett, demurred to this, as
the return had not been prepared.
Thcreupon Mcbride heaped censure
on the city officials and made speech
about their outrageous conduct in de-
priving an American citizen of his
liberty.
However, as there was no return, the
case could not very well proceed, and
consequently was postponed until three
clock. 1t was after four, however.
before it finally turned up and the case
was ready to go on.
Had Another Warrant.
During the time that Deputy Rose,
Mcbride, Milverton and the others con-
nected with the case were sitting around
the courtroom waiting for the papers to
be prepared. immigration Inspector
Brown came up and kept kindly eye
on the proceedings, and finally Marshal
Hendry Joined him, later reinforced by
Deputy Bruins. These signs of federal
interest became disturbing, and finally,
to clear the atmosphere, Hendry sat
down by the prisoner and said:
81 want YOU. You come with me. !"
Mcbride made the other side of the
room in two jumps, and seized his client
by the arm.
'fNo you don 'tl'' he exclaimed de-
family. "Now don't you go with this
fellow-see9 Stay right here. He can u
arrest you in the courtroom. Stay right
here-seef'
The marshal beamed kindly upon the
twain and departed but later appeared
with an important looking federal war
rant. For several hours he sat in the
jury box waving the warrant, ready to
rearrest Jue Yuen Now at once in case
Judge Cooper acted favorably on the
writ and discharged him from custody.
But the case never got that far and the
warrant was never served.
The warrant was sworn to by Immi-.
grafton Inspector Brown, and charges
Jue Yuen Now with being Illegally in
the country. With this charge to refute,
Mcbride will be buster man than ever.
When the return was finally made,
Mcbride began to enter an oral de-
murrer which was objected to by Mil
verton on the same ground as had been
made the previous day. Mcbride made
another speech, charging the officers
with sundry things, and asking that
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traverse to the return this morning.
This was objected to by Milverton, as
being Thanksgiving Day, and a legal
holiday, which caused Mcbride to
make a speech on the sacredness of
habeas corpus writs.
Finally, after the court had set the
hearing for tomorrow at nine o o'clock,
Mcbride commenced fight to have
the man taken from the custody of
Sheriff Jarrett and placed in the Gus
tody of High Sheriff Henry. This met
with another objection from Milverton
as being a useless complication.
Charges Officers.
An impassioned speech was then com
menced by Mcbride in which he hotly
commended that Sheriff Jarrett was an
interested person and therefore unfit
to take care of his client. The court
asking him whether there was a per
sonal issue between the two, the at
torney hastened to add that there was
not but continued by saying that Jue
Yuen Now would rather be with Hen
~ anyhow.
The court showing strong signs of
Overriding his motion, Mcbride apollo
gized for the necessity of doing what
he was about to do and sailed into
scorching denunciation of McDuilie,
Ross and other police officers connect
ed with the case, claiming that the
law didn't recognize such an Office as
chief of detectives, anyway.
lie claimed that McDutlie was known
to be extremely DESTROYS of taking a
trip TO San Francisco and was there
fore prosecuting his client and taking
advantage Of having him in a cell to
force his consent TO go East with him.
lie would prove by The Advertiser,
he said, that circle of officers sat
around the cell where Jue Yuen Now
was and forced an AFFIDAVIT out Of him
where be stated that he was willing
10 go 30 San Francisco.
AZ this point Milyorion managed 10
gnterpose a word and denoted every
one Of Mcliride's allegations ~ false.
Judge Cooper was by theu looking
grave aud Informed Mcbride that be
had brought some yery serious charges
against lhe officers ITO then ordered
tht balm 40 20 luf MrDlAi0 aud 10
defcd an investigation
MllFonou then demanded thar Sc