Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1852-07-31
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CONSTITUTION,

| GRANTED BY HIS MAJESTY KA-
i MEHAMEHA III. KING OF THE
/ HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, BY AND
i WITH THE ADVICE AND CON-
i SENT OF THE MOBILES AND RE-
i PERSONALITIES OF THE PEO-
i PIE IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
/ ASSEMBLED, JUNE 14th, 1852.
i DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
ART. L. GoD hath created all men free
and equal, and endowed them with certain
inalienable rights among which are life, and
liberty, the right of acquiring, possessing,
and protecting property, and Of pursuing
and obtaining safety and happiness.
ART. 2. All men are free TO worship
Con according to the dictates of their own
consciences; but this sacred privilege hereby
secured, shall not be so construed as to JUS
tify acts Of licentiousness or practices incon-
sistent with the peace or safety of the King
dom.
ART. 8. All linen may freely speak, write
and publish their sentiments on all subjects,
being responsible for the abuse of tina right !;
and no law shall be passed to restrain or
abridge the liberty Of speech, or OF the
press.
| ART. 4. All men shall have the right,
in an orderly and peaceable manner to as
semble, without arms, to consult upon the
common good; give instructions to their
Representatives and to petition the King
or the Legislature for a redress Of grievan-
ces.
ART. 5. The privilege Of the writ of Ha-
beas Corpus belongs TO all men, and shall
lot be suspended, unless by the King, when,
in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public
safety shall require its suspension.
ART. 6. The right Of trial by jury, in all
cases in which it has been heretofore used
in this Kingdom, shall remain inviolate
forever
ART. Z. No person shall be subject to
punishment for any offense, except on due
and legal conviction thereof, in a court hav-
ing jurisdiction of the case.
ART. 8. No person shall be held TO an
swer for any crime or offense Except in
cases of impeachment, or for offenses within
the jurisdiction of police or district justice,
lor in summary proceedings for contempt,)
unless upon Indictment, fully and plainly
describing such crime or offense; and in
the trial of any person on the charge of any
crime or offense, he shall have the right to
meet the witnesses whe are produced against
him, face to face; to produce witnesses
and proofs in his own favor and by himself
or his counsel, al his election, to examine
the witnesses produced by himself, and cross
examine those produced against him and
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ART. 9. No person shall be required TO
answer again for an ,ofense, for which he
has once been duly convicted, or Of which
he has been duly acquitted upon good and
sufficient indictment.
ART. 10. No person shall be compelled,
in any criminal case to be witness against
himself nor be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process Of law.
ART. IL. No person shall sit as judge or
juror, in any case in which his relative is
interested, either as plaintiff, or defendant,
or in the issue of which the said Judge or ju-
rormay have, either directly or through rel
ative, any pecuniary interest.
ART. 10. Slavery shall, under no
circumstances whatever, be tolerated in the
Hawaiian Islands; whenever a slave shall
enter Hawaiian territory he shall be free i
no person who imports slave, or slaves,
into the Kings dominions shall ever en-
Joy any civil or political rights in this realm,
but involuntary servitude for the punishment
Of crime is allowable according to law.
ART. Is. Every person has the right
to be secure from all unreasonable searches
and seizures of his person, his houses, his
papers, and effects and no warrants shall
issue, but on probable cause, supported by
oath or affirmation, and describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized.
ART. IA. The King conducts His
Government for the common good for the
protection, safety, prosperity and happi-
ness of His people !; and not for the profit,
honor, or private interest of any one man,
family or class Of men among His subjects.
Therefore in making laws for the nation, re-
gard shall be bad to the protection, inter-
ests and welfare not only Of the King, the
Chiefs, and Rulers, but Of all the people
alike.
ART. Is. Each member of society
has right TO be protected by it in the enjoy
ment Of his life, liberty and property, ac-
cordng to standing laws. He is obliged,
consequently, to contribute his propor-
tional share to the expense Of this protection;
to give his personal services, or an equiva-
lent, when necessary but no part of the
property of any individual, can, with jus
tice, be taken from him or applied to public
without his own consent, or that Of the King,
the Mobiles, and the Representatives of the
people. And whenever the public exigen-
cies require that the property Of any individ-
ual should be appropriated 20 public uses,