The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-12-09

OF earning abundant living for yourselves, in n
community where your labor is 10 demand and well
remuuerated envied these elderly people the little
store which they had by thrt and Industry laid by
for themselves and coveted 1t to the degree you
were willing TO rob them not only Of their money
but Of their lives. You. Kaaukai, a man Of mature
years, having family OF your own, have, as the
jury believe, persuaded two young men, boys in
comparison with yourself to embark In this nefari-
Gus enterprise Their guilt is not lesseued BY the
fact that your temptation first suggested the crime
10 them. II is too frequent for Hawaiians 10 say
that this man or this woman persuaded them TO
commit offence, and BY that 10 hold themselves
absoived from all responsibility In the matter.
Their guilt, as have said, is not lessened, but
yours is increased for In addition to planning and
executing the crime, you have drawn them into the
commission of a most airocious murder.
warn you both that you may not hope for any
communication Of the sentence which is now about TO
be passed upon you. therefore enIreat you that
you use the short time that will be allowed you to
prepare yourselves meet your death and for that
purpose you listen earnestly to those religious To-
structors that may eudeavor to enlighten your
science to bring you 10 sincere repentance for the
sins which you have committed during life, and for
Xiii, you are no less guilty than Kaaukai and
Kaapuni, aud less deserving of punishment,
and that punishment DEATH Bot it frequently
happens that to promote the ends Of public
justice ii is necessary to use the testimony of &C
complies. For this purpose the Attorney General
has thought necessary to use your testimony and
it is not usual 10 prosecute those whose testimony
is thus used You have therefore escaped this time
and now entreat you to think what terrible
crime you have committed here If you have accused
these your companions falsely and II they are limo
cent Of the crime, they say they are, that you do
nov say so. You are free from this trial probably
but still you not free from this crime. aud you
will be Obliged to walk very circumspectly hereafter
TO insure your safety. The effect of this crime will
always hang you, and idleness or the least ir-
regularity will soon involve you again It. therefore,
behooves you to look well TO your ways, and more
especially keep yourself constantly employed and
in sight OF men, that you may avoid the temptations
to which it seems you have yielded. When you
shall listen 10 the sentence which | am about to
pronounce upon your associates in crime, think how
near you have been TO death by the hand OF public
executoner, and. bear the memory Of II constantly
through life to your grave.
The only excuse that you have been able to give
for having assisted 10 deprivng two of your neigh
bors of their lives is that you were asked to do So
Would that asking you to do good things would be
as effectual as asking you to do evil Every day the
Hawaiian arranged before Courts offers as an excuse
for his offences that this this enticed
him, and seems to think that to be sufficient
for his wrong doing, aud that he even ought 10 90
unpublished. This idea is very prevalent TO be
great encouragement TO the friends ofthis nation
The manner of your giving your testimony is very
far IRON giving any assurance that you at all APP
preciaie the awful position in which you stand, or
are in proper manner repentant for the crime in
the commission OF which you have assisted.
Kaaukai-you have been accused before this Court
of murder, aud jury of your countrymen have pro-
nounced you guilty. Wherefore the sentence of
the Court is that you be taken hence to the Jail in
this town of Hilo, and be there kept in close con-
fnement until fitting opportunity shall occur 10
transfer you the prison the Island of Oahu,
and that you then be transferred TO the said prison
on tie said Island Of Oahu, and there be kept in
close confinement until the second Friday in The /
month of March next ensuing; and that on that day
between the hours of six o'clock 10 the morning and
twelve O'Clock noon, and within the walls of the |
said prison. you be hung by the neck until you are
dead, and may God have mercy on your soul.
The same was said TO Kaapuni.