The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-16
Incompereney of Hawaiian Judse..

Nh El-T1E IL ha= become a serious question
II Ills community whether anything can b. done
% secure. i1 q barely tolerabl- measure. the ends
gf Justice VI whether We mast sg1-umb. in tL.-
land ~ constitutional law. % -h- .i-afries II
those vb1. - lis Majesty Government. have
been s-s over us - protect -l- legal rights q the
people. and 80 bid fsrw-I 20 ali hope q redress
Important inte-.-rs are here AZ sake and others
also. are in process @. Introduction anu for tie
success Of these Industrial enterprises the Govern
m=1t profess q desire - provide. - uz-1-llly IL
would do. for obvious reasons. Yet. u1.--s COM
muni.iez can b. protected in .lc;. from The laul-zs
ia2gsiions u Jhrss ha-gies. who b. public author
iy. -: al nou-ht er=n tn pr-t-nz. ~ a decent
administration Of :he law for tie public good. and
use their offices. mere.yAt 70 crafty r-e,r own per
z5lal interests and those q ,Le;r Immediate friends
protecting the latter in al sorts Of crimes and
iI-egaliti- II i plain that success to an enter
prisss already "a hand and 10 De introduced. viii
De- b5Gzt. It a price. which this d~e-aying dynasty
can scarcely afford 70 pay.
These gross denialz Of justice. which This com
EuHity + now suffering. are 20 managed Ly tho-e
st 20 administer the law. a. Inevitably % provoke
needless AMI unhappy antagonist between for
ei-1ers and natives. the issue Of which no pror--ts
ken J. needed 20 f~oTetell.
Whilst quiet and reputable foreigners seek in
vain for the simplest justice. and WHEN against all
law these are dragged before our courts and hen.
also. In vain. demand copies Of the Illegal proceed
iugs against -hen-crines Of every grade are ram
pant On every side. and not even noticed by those
who are -et 10 administer the law. We are beconn-
Ing woutcd % sp-ees Of fermented potato. q, which
people gather from eight to ten miles. Saturday
nights aud Sunday are the gala seasons. with the
rGitq'ls classes which frequent these gatherings.
Yet tor weeks. both day and night have ben made .
hid-yIS in parts Cf The li>tric; where these orgies
are enacted. And the leaders In he vile busilr-,
ara our C~1astIStss and their protcECs. = more
precious -et OF villains than the most of rbe--.
who are now So t1 protect a. this ComIuuilv. I
an sire cannot De found On The islands.
Potato drinking. rL- indi~crimilate sale and use
Of ava. undi-gui-ed coEcubi1a.r and similar
offences against tie law. are le:U Unii.tIrbed Dy
these model c5n-tahl-s. save indeed a. they deem
il th-iT duty TO mia-le IN them inst To seq that
every thing ! properly conducted In short.
a. 30 any useful purpose. we regard the law Of the
land - PROSTATE IN the district.
Our District Justice Just returned from our in
'ulaT headquarters. has come back inspired with
he crochet that no crime committed in any private
rouse or y1rd. however gross or open. T.. IN any
,ase. 10 De- melil-d with by the cpn-flbi-s. u1IesS
05r1T II said house or glrd St1N girs them %
sDeeial i~EritIfioa 70 take the matter in handl And
he-e are the instructions. literally. which lie mas
U=t now given 10 the police. That this man i
utterly incompetent 70 comprehend and properly
cal with tLe simplest cases that come before him
IS notorious. ~ an illustration of hi i0camp-r.n-
y. a single case which he has Just Vut through his
curt viii suffice Il was a horse case. and the
Justice gave verdict for defendant. He added.
.Swevrr. ai'erwari. that defendant mus. restore
i5rse! But. asked the counsel for defendant. :
Did ! understand your verdict a. given for The a
ef"ndant:' Certainly, replies the a~tut" jus q
.ee. Then. ~ course. b. j. clear. ! he not =" i,
Oh ye-. entirely o,ar-but lie must restore :
b. h5rsat."
Another item in this hopeful condition of things. 2
the chronic official hostility between the Justice
nj CircUit Judge. Prov.rbiIllv the latter feels
oUnd 70 reverse the decisions Of the form-r-an- .,
arentlg for the sake OF yenr-atiu- his official L
rrroca'iye and 1upTessia- his immense dignity
pom Tie public mind Thus eases hang FIRE b. p
geen tletwo for mp1th=aud some are never legally a
tiled And the people suffer the c.useqrenc-s.
A examples 81 our Circuit J.Fv.-S .bff-v n
scharce in a legal manner. the dIti-S Of H. ono. :,
- may mention that. o while since. De- buuad a u
1rtuguese over IN . considerable sum-. arf ~ f1y
'-a't hlfds on iiEssft and thus sserreL- BE- sent =
N ~ th@ Marshal 80 Honolulu Also H- taEas
p cases. not az appeal and with which Of course.
ha- no legal right % NEEDLE He refuses Ike ,
-e 20 give = one 81 our quiet. la..-ahiI.ug for
yners- upon whom in despite Of law. BE- had lsfF =
: hand. any copy oi The nro-e,diH-s IN A- court -
p cio0s1s uot n ia So That i al -H- ey-laul- L
IN % De- bal or the matter. We could I'll sheets
th the record OF his outrageous imrn-ftfr-= mon
native and foreign community. Iut we think u
have said enough. Both these officials ura7lv
that theg are safe from all hostile irFu-nc-=-
1nlE'',y secure indeed in their ofe.s- II
Perhaps they are. We have ueit,.raF for de-
eraure from those shameful ab4-a.. and ALTHOUGH
know that Their" l. not wanting q disposition on -
e part Of individuals in authority. 10 reform
80 crying ImF"sIIons tn which v- are subject
deilvc-aCce-Cnmes- J. II wise iiuS 10 throw
= abiding. taX-paying people. thus vaat1nI-
* upon their natural rights. by denying them
reasonable protection they seek from til laws .
the realm - wish 70 INQUIRE
F0EEIGN RESIDENTS.
Hohala. Feb. ;. 1867.
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