The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-22

! the fues Previously imposed on them.
| He stared Yesterday that agreement al,
! 80 has been reached with Judge =. W,
! Ashford, hcfore whom come all mste
! r'o' or mornings reaching the cir, nit
court that hereafter 10 appeal viii be
| dismissed and dropped from his ca'an-
Gar unless the defendant or his bonds,
man Is in court and the prosecution is
satisfied that the fines and costs az
cruing in the lower court have lrcn
settled. .hr
Willie Crawford = appearance" M the
che Tong Lee Chnck rns"e wrs for
Rawlins in the latter and +. A. Durth
1T in the former according to Rrwlins
statement Yesterday Both the" at,
tornevs hanpeBed to he III when the
date for fling appeals came round, IN |
I rRwfOrd attended to this detail for
them and did his own tampcrjng with
Justice.
Rawlins denies he hal a hauI IN nre-
pairing any Of the bonds ia the asses
, under discussion.
Rawlins DEFENDS Himself
As TO the connection Of ". r Raw
Inns with the bonds described as
{ "phCney' and the three ra~r~ com
mented on yesterday by Th4-A-t- or
tiser, Mr.. Rawlin gives his own eX
PLANTATION, as follows:
Editor Advertiser: = Permit me
through the columns of pour paper t.
answer an article covering c"Iumn Of
space, which appeared in The Pn' it,"
Commercial advertiser of October ~,
lol-, wherein ! am accused Of pre>"u'-
ing "phOney bonds,' "leual himnHm
ing and being connected with IL
hurko game The article "a ques-
ton is malicious attack upon me-, and
many of the statements trrrrn set
forth are credited to the rrtv attor-
.noy's department, speaking through
Deputy Garden.
As to the case Of All chung aud fifty.
fou- others, who were arrested IN a
raid on the gambling joint in th,' rear
of Sun YCe Hopp's store in MHuunkCn
street, and convicted, it is stated. - they
appealed their case to the ci>,.Jit court.
their attorney, w. T. Rawlns, fing q
bond which was sOlemnly q. X. Il by
Judge Monsarrat. - This statement.
as far as nv being the attorney in thr
case, is a willful and deliberate false.
hood. The records of the tstrrt court
show that the defendants wer" cha "ged
before that court. on Ma ch l., 1915,
that +. A. Douthitt appearcI as roun-
sci for defendants, and that after col-
v.ctiUn an appeal was taken to the cir
cult court; that said appeal is signed
by +. A. Douthitt. The bond was not
prepared by me and | had nothing to
do with it or the case. The r"cor''s
of Judge Ashford s court show that on
June %, 1918, l.. NJ. Straus appeared
before Judge Ashford on h half of the
Grtpndants and withdrew their appral.
As 20 the ease If Chez Tong and thirty
three others, the statement that | was
attorney is also false. The records Of
the district court show that the de-
PENDANTS were charged on April ~,
1915, and l.. NJ. Straus appeared as az
tOrnPy for them. On May I, 1915, an
appeal was taken to the circuit court
and the notice Of appeal was signed by
l.. NJ. Straus. The records Of Judge
Ashford 5 court show that on June &,
1918, l.. NJ. Straus appeared bnfOr"
Judge Ashford and on behalf of the
defendants withdrew their appeal. I
had nothing to do with this case AMI
did not draw the appeal bond. An in
spection of the bond shows that it WIS
submitted to the city attorney s de
partment, as the following endorse
ment is plainly written thereon-''O.
K, A. NJ. Brown.
In the case Of Lee Chuck and FORTY
seven Othcrs, ! was retained by w. II.
Crawford aud Lee Chuck to represent
the defendants. The case was tried be
fore Judg' N"nsarrat and the defend.