HIGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
(iiefore His llouor Mr. T. D. Cuaack Suiillt.) Decembeu 2xd, 1892. -King of Samoa v. Yakdej.i..—This was an application that tho Court should require Yandell to find sureties that.he would abstain from interference in Samonn politics. Mr. Cooper appeared for the complainant, and Sir. Hetherington-Carruthers for the accused. Mr. Cooper briefly stated the grounds for the application. Mr. Carruthors drew the attention of the Court to the fact that the accused had been warned by his Honor on or about the 10th of November, and Yandell had, thereafter, as was evident from the date of one of the subsequent charges, abstained from talking to the Samoans on political subjects, but, that ho had to complain that a certain conversation d'jriug which Yandell was charged withTfitving' T2.5.3& stetCKCriirof -a por litical nature was represented by one of the charges to have occurred on the 12 th of November, whereas, the only conversation at the alleged place took place on tho 20th of October, long prior to tho date of the warning, and, he urged, that there had been misstatements with regard.to dates which were calculated to prejudicehisHonor's mind against the accused, as, by the date of the charge it would appear that Yandell had, after being warned by his Honor, continued to converse with Samoans on political subjects, while as a matter of fact, ho had done nothing of the kind. Mr. Cooper admitted, in reply, that the date had beon erroneously stated, but that it was a clerical error. Mr. Carruthors stated, if it was n clerical, it was one which was very damaging to his client. Mr. Cooper said, that as hi i Honor had warned Yandell on or about the 10th of Nov. ho would advise the Government to withdraw all tho charges prior to that date. Mr. Carruthors urged that the only charge remaining was basod on a perfectly innocent remark made by his client, and showed on the face of it that his client had yielded implicit obedionce to the orders given hy the Consul, but that tho expressions used by his client had been distorted. Mr. Cooper said that if his Honor woro to publicly give Ynndell a judicial warning in open Court, the Government of Samoa would be willing to accept that as satisfactory. His Honor expressed tho view that it was possible that Yandell had, in his remarks to tho Samoans after the warning, intended to simply communicate tho fact thot he had boon wnrned against talking politics to Samonns, but the charge was, in the form in wliich it was made, a somewhut serious ono. It had boen his Honor's desire at all times during his tenure of office to uphold and support tho Saiuoun Government, and ho thought the words contaiued in the charge might bear tlio construction that Yandell had misrepresented tho warning he hud received. Ho emphatically warned not only Yandell, nut all British subjects against actions or using language calculated to prejudice or liiuder tho Government of Samoa, and stated that if any such charge were substantiated against a British subject, lie would be required to find sureties to abstain from such language or actions. No order was made for coats, Each party therefore will have to pay his own costs.
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Samoa Weekly Herald, Volume 1, Issue 3, 10 December 1892, Page 2
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546HIGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT. Samoa Weekly Herald, Volume 1, Issue 3, 10 December 1892, Page 2
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