The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-23

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portrayal Of the incidents o; that night where You were the
orlusrIy mia character Of the HauaHsns that. had n9t The
tro's tesn - cl-sry proven. It Souid SEEN difficult 70 give Gre
ueHce {" The story. And IL 5 cnusolStury 20 Know, even uuder
thcse sfituns circumstance. that the name Ct = Hawaiian has
one q ~heh yoC staad convicted here today. The outraged
laws OF God al yoSr country dsnaut that your he shoGld Isy
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You in ali sincerity that, after having paid, with your life, the
penalty o. the laws Of man which You have 50 erevouSy OUT
ragged, there = yet another and higher tribunal before which
You must shortly appear, from whose decisions there i no APP
r~ai-io Whose ah-se=iue eye ali secrets are open: Let it be
your earnest eniesvar then, during the reuaiH.ug days of life
which may be allotted to you, to prepare yourself to appear be
fore Him who Is the JuIse q al.
The seuterce Of the Court is that YOU, Psaksula. convicted Of
whence you csne. tirrs ~ remain in The rgs,ett - ttbr SbsTiG
ofHswaii, OF his deputy, urtI you shall be removed, by the
there 10 ne placed under the CUSTODY Of the Marshal Of the Ha-
waiian Islands until Friday, the 5ta day Of April next ensuing
noon, you are 10 he hanged by the neck, by the proper officers
Of the law, within the walls Il said prison, until you are dead,
and may God have mercy on your soul.
The following sentence was then passed upon
the other prisoner. Kahauliko:
kAHArLIko: You, likewise, have been charged before this
Court with the highest crime known TO the laws Of this or any
other civilized cuuutry-that OF deprving a fellow being Of life.
with malice af1rethOugEt, without justification or eNtenuaton Of
90 the night Of the 18Th Of November, 1865, kin one Henry
Clark. at kauhako, South Koua. Hawaii. In accordance with
this charge, YOU also have had the benefit Of a trial by Sn i'm
partial jury Of your own eounirymen. The prosecution against
you has been conducted fairly. under the humane supervision
OF the Court As in the case OF your partner in crime, much
OF the evidence bearing upon your guilt was excluded from the
consideration Of the jury, under the special instructions Of the
Court. Every effort has been made by your counsel 10 miti-
r,tet the force Of the evidence addrcet against you. and al
though II i true that 1t does not appear from the testimony
that you were the originator Of this diabolical scheme Of afro
city. vet il does appear that yCu suffered yourself to become the
ready instrument and participant IN the hands OF the more de-
termined Paakauls, t. assist him in accomplishing the horrid
purpose which his depraved nature had already conceived.
You suffered yourself TO be borne along upon the current II
wickedness on which he had already embarked, with no effort
on your own part TO resist its sway Suffice it to say, that the
jury have been satisfied of your entire completely in the crime,
and have rendered a verdict of guilty against you. While
waiting beneath the wall Tor the moon To set, that the darkness
might shield your horrible act, while your associate was enact
ting the deceituI portion Of this tragedy, and while you yet had
moments OF reflection 10 loduce you, as you Afterwards ana,
when too late. 70 flee the dreadful scene, and repent before your
God of the awful purpose you had formed, yet you remained.
awaiting the signal OF your associate to take your part in this
dreadful circumstances already detailed by the Court in its
sentence upon Paakaula, and which has been pronounced in
your hearing. The outraged laws of God and Of your country
demand also that your life should pay the forfeit which you
have so deliberately and wickedIy incurred. Let M remind
you Hke"'se, 'Ha' H.E hS'"S Pali WI" S"u' me ~ pHHS
Of the laws Of man, there is a higher tribunal before which you
must shortly appear. Let me beseech you, although at this
late period, to cherish a sincere spirit of repentance-that re-
pentance to which. at one time, you appeared TO be inclined,
but which the dark depravity of your heart eXtinguished or
ohscured. Let it be your duty, then, TO make every effort. by
devotion and contrition, to prepare your soul to appear before
the Omniscient Judge.
In accordance with the law, the sentence of the Court is, that
you. Kahauliko. convicted Of the murder OF Henry Clark, be
main in the custody Of the Sheriff OF Hawaii, or his deputy.
until you shall be removed TO the Oahu Prison. on the Island Of
Oahu. there to be placed under the custody of the Marshal Of
the Kingdom, until Friday, the 9th day of April next ensuing,
on " hich day. between the hours of nine and twelve in the fore
noon, you are to he hanged by the neck, by the proper officers
of the law, within the walls Of said prison, until you are dead,
and may God have mercy on your soul
The business being closed. the Court adjourned
sine de