In re Waterhouse

The petitioner sets forth that he was cited to appear before Robert Gf. Davis, Esq., Police Justice for the city of Honolulu, on the 7th instant, at the instance of William Webster, alleged to be a Tax Collector for one of the districts of Oahu, and that the case was postponed till the 13th, when said Webster introduced evidence against the petitioner, and closed his case, whereupon the said petitioner, being of the opinion that he had no occasion to oifer any evidence to the Court, moved that the complaint or petition of said Webster be dismissed ; that the said Magistrate thereupon deferred…