The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-13

Indictment was brought in this ease. the punish
mont for the crime ot RAPE ON any female. i by a
fine of not more than unr thousand dollars. or by
imprisonment for any number Of years or for life.
The above are unpleasant things to write or
talk about. hut such disgusting social evils. in
order to bee cured. must be brought To public
knowledge. The ten %jurynen in the Hendricks
case deserve the thanks of the community for the
prompt answering manner in which they PER
formed their duty. The Attorney General ap-
pearcd for the prosecution. and conducted the
case with his usual zeal and ability. The pri~-
oner was defended 10y Mr.. Henry Thompson, a
rising Hawaiian born lawyer, with no little skill
and ingenuity. Judge Davis, who presided, was
remarkably clear in his charge to the jury.
The prisoners counsel gave notice of a motion for
a new trial, on the ground of error in the rulings of
Judge Davis, the arguments on which will lie heard
next Wednesday.
The Court adjourned on Monday over TO Thursday,
when a decision was rendered in the case of r. +,
Wakeman rs. Queen kalama, awarding TO the plain
tiff the sum of 500. The claim was for 500. On
the same day, the claim of Chung Hoon x Co. rs. the
Executors of the Estate of the late Levi Haslelea, for
a balance of account of S4i43O, was submitted to
the jury, who, after q very short deliberation, re-
turned Il Nerulct IOf pIilnuHs Ior IN IA amount,
together with Sl0.37 interest. Mr.. Montgomery for
plaintiffs and Mr.. Stanley for defendants.
There are several other cases on the calendar, TO he
heard, however, in banc0, the jury having been dis
charged on Thursday.
In connection with the subject of the claim on the
Haalelea estate, it may be remarked that it is only
one of several accounts run up among the different
merchants for goods furnished-not to the deceased
but by one of his executors, to clothe the retainers of
his family, men. women and children, and many
sponging outsiders, at the expense Of the estate. The
reckless extravaganza displayed on the occasion of
the death and burial of the Hawaiian chiefs is almost
incredible. Costly goods, silks, Grape and broad
cloth are layishly ordered, with an utter disregard of
expense. The funeral expenses of Mr.. Haalelea, rs
appear by the bills, amounted 10 no less Il sum than
ST, S97! but tine Court, very wisely, only allowed
about $1,000. Besides the selfevidcnt folly of such
costly display and parade over a senseless clod of
human clay, the practice is eminently pernicious, as
tending to cultivate and encourage n habit of unwise
rs well as the fact that the dead mans
estate is squanlered, and wasted, to the loss of the
heirs. The funeral of the late King cost some fifteen
or twenty thousand dollars, and those who had mourn
ing goods for sale, reaped a rich harvest. 1t is said
that not only were hundreds of natives fitted out with
suit of black clothes at u cost of one hundred dollars,
more or less, to the Treasury.
1t is very proper and consonant with natural feel
ing and sentiment that proper respect and decorum
should be observed in the o~bsequies of our deceased
friends, but the extravaganza and style of pomp
which has obtained here is much to be deprecated.