The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-12-27

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The Young villain shall IL IN the bed hs
has made :oT himself exclaimed Mr. Car
man. IN Ms bitter indignation. And he do
not hold hack II anything. bur made the er
posUre Of the young mans cnne complete
On the trial, he showed an eager desire C
have him convicted. and presented such ii
array Of evidence tnai the jury could not
give any o;ler verdict than Guilty.
TIE pU0r mother was n court, and audible,
n the silence that followed, came her c~onvuls-
ID sobs upon the All. The presiding Judge
then addressed the culpHi, and asked Il Dc
had any thing 70 say why sentence Of the
.aw should not o pronounced against nm
All eyes were turned upon the pale agI;a,=-
Young man. who ar1s= with All effort and
.alel against the railing 5y which a. stood,
a. Il needing the support.
WI = please your houor, be sad, 80
direct NJ Carman, my prosecutor, TO come
= i:i.e nearer. 50 that | can look - hin and
yoE- lo1o-s 81 the same time =
Ir. Carnal was directed q come forward
to where the toy stood. There was q 5reata-
less silence IN the cour: room, as the prose-
cI;or ooey=d the order and came forward. 50
Is 70 y in the eyes o. al. James looked -
him steadily for 4 few moments, and tnen
urn@d 70 the judges.
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ne spoke calmly and Cisiinctly--and Z may,
ina degree e~x,sauaie though II cannot excuse
nv crime. went into taat mans store an
innocent BOY and If he had been IN hon
est man, | would not have stood before YOU
today IS 2 criminal
Mr. Carnan interrupted the young man,
and appealed 70 the court for protection against
allegations Of such an outrageous charac-
ter; but he was P@~remptorliy ordered 10 be
silent. James went on IN q firm voice
Only a few weeks after 1 went into MS
employment ] examined 4 bill by his direc-
ton, and discovered an error OF twenty
dollars"
The face Of sir. Carman crimsoned in
stantly.
"Youremember II, see, remarked James
and shall have cause 70 remember Il while
| live. The error was IN favor Of Mr.. Car
man, and Iasked III should correct the figures,
and 4. answered, No; let them correct
their own mistakes. We don't examine bills
for other peoples benefit It was nv first
lesson in dishonesty. and | nser forgot the
words. | saw the bill settled. and Mr.. Car
man take twenty dollars that were not his
own. | fel; shocked al first; il seemed sucn
4 wrong thing. But, soon after, be called me
Il s!mpleton Tor handing back to the teller Of
4 bank fifty dollars ~overpaid on q cheek and
then"
May ! ask the protection OF the COURT.
said Mr.. Carman, appealing TO the Judges.
Is It true what the lad says 3 asked the
presiding Judge.
Mr.. Carman hesitated, and looked con-
fused.-AIl eyes were on Dis face; and judges,
jury, lawyers and spectators felt certain that
he was guilty Of leading the unhappy young
man astray.
Not long afterwards. s" resumed young
Lewis. in receiving my wages, | found that
Mr.. Carman mad paid me fifty cents too
much. | was about giving II back TO him,
when | remembered ms remark about letting
people correct their own mistakes, and said 10
Let him correct his own errors, and
dishonesty kept the money.-Agaiu the same
thing happened, and again | kept the money
that did not, of right, belong to me-. This was
beginning OF evil, and here | am, Mr..
.armah has shown an eagerness 10 convict
and have me punished, as the court has seen.
Ii he had shown me any mercy, might have
kept silent. But now | interpose the truth,
and may II incline you 10 show some consl-
l~eration for the unhaPpiest being that IS alive
The young man covered his face with his
hands, and sat down overpowered by his feel
ngs. His mother, who was near him, sob
ed aloud. and bending over laid her hands
IN his head, saying; - My poor boy! My
Door boy"
There were few eyes in the cour; room
lndImmed. In the silence that followed, Mr..
spoke out:
lis my character TO thus blasted on the
word Of a criminal, your honors? Is this
Is this Just? Is this the protection a
itizen finds in the court room "
" Your solemn oath that this charge IS
-ntrue, " said the Judge. . will place you all
ight. 1t was the unhappy boys only oppor-
unity, and the Court felt bound, in human
", 10 near what he wished 10 say.
James Lewis stood up again instantly, and
rned his white face and dark piercing eyes
pom Mr.. Carman:
Let him take that, oath if he dare !" he
reclaimed.
The counsel for the prosecution now inter
cred, and called the proceeding an outrage
n all justice, and unheard Of before in 4 csuTt
oom.-But the Judge commanded order, and
hen said TO Mr.. Carman:
The Court offers you the only reparation
I lis power. Your oath will scatter the al
of a criminal to the winds. VIII YOU
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,ward MS counsel. while James kept his
yes fixed upon him. There was a brief con-
.rence, and the lawyer said:
The proceeding IS irregular. and | have
dvised my client to make no response. At
le sametime, he protests against all this as
n outrage upon the rights OF a citizen"
The Judges bowed, and Mr.. Carman with
rev. After a brief conference with ms asso-
the presiding Judge said, addressing,
ie criminal:
In consideration Of your youth, and
.e temptation TO which in tender years You
unhappily subjected, the Court gives you
: lightest sentence, one years imprisonment.
t the same time, in %pronouncing this SEN
nee, let me solemnly warn you against any
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