Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-25

Declaring he did not know he was
dealing with blind pigs" Calh4 40 said
he had put up the money for Nal
danado and ROdrigues to take out fed
eral licenses to sell booze.
F. Calhao said that the three witnesses
were receiving no salary from Rosa
& Company for sending in orders.
They were merely boosters" of the
concern, he commended
Louis Pimental, station agent at Ka-
huku, testified that he knew ROdri.
CUES, ~Lau Ching and Maldanado had
forged the shipping receipts. He
found this out. he said. after he got to
know them better He said he had
made no report of their actions.
Refs Case Is Cited.
In winding up the afternoon hear
ing, E c. Peters, attorney for ROdri-
CUES, cited the Manual Refs case at
Kauai. 1t appears that Refs was TAX
ing orders for liquor, acting as the
salaried agent for Rosa & Company.
He was receiving the shipping bills,
which he signed with the names of
the persons to whom the liquor was
intended. Then he delivered the
liquo. .: -
/ Peters said that Refs was arrested
and convicted in the Kauai court. An
appeal finally was taken to the SUI
preme court. The supreme court held
that Refs was engaged in bona fide
business for Rosa & Company, he said
The board suspended the wholesale
I license of Rosa & Company for three
| months. The date of suspension will
be determined by the stock Of perish
able goods now on hand.
Dick Sullivan Uncertain.
The evening session of the commits
sion was short After closing the tes-
timony in the Rosa case P. F. Cornyn
| (Dick Sullivan) of the Fashion saloon
was called as a witness.
Cornyn told a truly amazing story
of the way business is done at the
offices OF the Honolulu Brewing &
Mailing Company. Notes for $2500
are SO lightly regarded there, it seems,
that neither the brewery Offices nor
Mr.. Cornyn himself paid any particu.
/ lar attention to what became of one
bit of promissory paper for that
amount. ....
Cornyn testified that when he went
to the brewery to have the matter of
| his old notes and receipts cleared up,
| after the Bartlett mess" he left
in a hurry for his. saloon, having &C.
coded to the suggestion that sll the
stuff piled on the table (meaning old
notes and receiptse be torn up. st.
| c. Sayres, manager: Gustav Schuman,
president of the brewery, and H. Good
| ing Field were present, he declared
positively. <--. 49,.
Later Mr. Sayres, according to Cor
! nyn, appeared at the Fashion saloon
| and asked where the $2500 note was.
Il didn't know, and asked him if
hadn't left it at the brewery He went
back to the brewery and found it, and
! / guess they were all torn up. except
| my note for $500 now standing"
Cornyn offered to the commission a
cash register record book and two re-
ceipts from the brewery, one for 5000
and one for $3.50, for payments made
on his note. These, he declared, were
the only existing documents bearing
on his relations. with the brewery.
He denied fatty that c. G. Bartlett,
| former president of the brewing com
pany, had ever participated in the
profits of the Pacific or Fashion sa
loon, and could not be certain wheth,
er or not he had discussed the cues.
! tion of the existence of old notes and
| receipts with Mr.. Schuman on Wed.
nesday of this week. First he said he
didn't. Later he became very uncer
tain about it.. 49,.
At $3.50 o'clock the commission went
into executive session. Besides sus.
pending the Rosa license three renew.
al experimentation Drake & Smith
Encore Saloon), Thomas A. Marlowe
! kentucky Bari, and Cornyn Fashion
Saloon) taken under considera
| ton and action deferred. Gonsalves &
Company obtained an unconditionalre.
| uewal. The commission meets again
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock