Ivers v. Perry

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

W. O. SMITH, ESQ.

This is an application by the Collector-General of Customs for a writ of mandamus directed to a Circuit Judge of the First Circuit, to compel him to order a commission to issue for the examination of witnesses residing abroad upon oral questions or interrogatories.

The petition alleges as follows:

“Your petitioner respectfully shows unto your Honors that he is the Collector-General of Customs of the Republic of Hawaii; that there are pending in-the Circuit Court of the First ■Judicial Circuit of said Republic of Hawaii, before his Honor, Antonio Perry,…