The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-02
GETS LICENSE
AFTER 4 FIGHT
Conspiracy Freely Charged in
Hearing Before Liquor
Commission.
tFrom satarday,. AdvertIser.l

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After two.hour hearing yesterday
afternoon, the board of liquor commits
sioners granted Joseph p. Medeiros, of
Waialua, second.class wholesale IL
cense without making any comment on
the oratorical feast that had been laid
before them. Remarks about econ.
spiracy" and kindred things were
heard from the members before Com
missioner Craig made the motion to
grant the license, however.
The arguments were quite pyrotech-
nical and not a few people were singed.
Foreman Spear of the telephone country
construction gang, who was the chief
protestor against Medeiros hung around
up to the moment of trial and then dis.
appeared but Attorney Lorrin Andrews
for the applicant told the board about
his character so wildly that perhaps it
was just as good. He said that Spear
had been discharged from the company
for trying to extort $50 from China
out; told about his borrowing propensi-
ties that had been extended even to
Liquor Inspector Fennell who had been
touched for So, and other things.
The substance of Andrews argument
was that back of one of the other Wal
alua applications was Rancher Holt of
Waialua who was a great personal
friend of Spear and in fact, intimated
Andrews, subsidized him by frequent
loans, or at least the attorney produced
witnesses who heard Spear boast to
that effect. In showing that not only
were most of the affidavits against
Medeiros solicited by Spear and signed
/ by men who were working under him
! but that the others were written and
presented to the signees by partners OF
the other applicants.
Against Spears affidavit to the eff
| feet that Medeiros had sold liquor to
Ferris Wright, minor, Andrews pro.
duced number of witnesses, several
of whom were Spear s own men, who
said that they had been in the saloon
when the alleged incident had occurred
They said that the facts were that
Spear had brought the boy in from a
luau where he had been drinking. told
Medeiros that the boy was twenty-five
and asked for drinks. One of the wit
nesses, so he said, had called the saloon
keeper aside and told him that the boy
was minor whereupon the boy was
put out.
Wright testified also, saying that he
had gone into the saloon sober, had
bought two bottles of beer and pait
for them. Spear figured largely in hi.
testimony as the prime mover in the
events described, having put him OF
the train at Makua on one occasion
when Fennell was passing through ant
introduced the boy to him. Fennel
explained that this had been done al
his request.
Commissioner Craig and others tool
a large part in the examination and mo
was carried unanimously without com
ment.
The trial that practically proceeded
before the commissioners was to havt
been heard in the police court in tn,
morning but none of Fennell's wit
nesses were present, either having miss
ed the train or been thrown off, ant
told to stay off, according to whicl
party was explaining the incident. 4
charge in the police court had beel
brought to save the commissioners th
trouble of trying the case and while i
is now practically decided it will eth
er have to be tried again before Judg
Monsarrat or else will be nol-prosse,
by the prosecution.