The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-05-07

The Report of the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court has been forwarded TO Us.
From it we gather that jury waived cases,
have, during the last biennial period, de
creased so per cent. while cases in Banco
have increased over so per cent. The
! Chief Justice speaks of the Intermediary
Court as causing unnecessary labor and
suggests that the law be altered to allow
an appeal either to the intermediary Court
or to jury, and not to both Courts in sue
cession. One might forget that the de
NAL of an appeal to jury would probably
be unconstitutional, but the present right
of appeal from one magistrate to another
is thoroughly superfuous and should be
repealed. The suggestion that the District
Court of Lihue, Kauai, should be made a
Police Court with jurisdiction over Kauai
and Niihau, is good, and viii meet the APP
proval on all hands.
We notice that the Chief Justice crit
cising the measure of 1882 which deprived
the Supreme Court of any voice in the ap
polntment of District and Police Justices.
says the action was an unwise one" Mr.
W o. Smith has a bill before the House
to put matters on their old basis.
Though the statistics of violation of the
laws in reference to sexual intercourse
have declined considerably. the Chief jus
tice doubts whether they point to an in
creased morality. doubt many will share
The following are the Chief JUSTICES
views on drunkenness.
The statistics show total number of prosecu-
tons for drunkenness of 500. with convictions
IN 2-S05 cases. For the years 1880 and 1881 there
we're l9gO cases prosecuted and l,752 convictions
prosecutions of LILO. and of convictions 1865
OF these 3,el0 cases, the Police Court of Homo
lulu, IN which District alone liquor is legally
retailed, tried l.S29 The REMAINING Isl
cases were heard in Court for Districts where
liquor Is not allowed to be retailed.
This fact, as well the fact that there were II,
the last two years 2i9 prosecutions for selling
liquor without license, as against l73 for the pre
yivus period shows that the Liquor Law of iSs9
Is not as effective in preventing the illicit traffic
in liquor its friends hoped
Inns great increase IN drunkenness resulting
from thus law which took OF the restrictions from
the sale Of intoxicating liquors TO the native IA
Maiian is alarming to every friend Of this race.
Ihls law went into effect October LIST 1852 and
expires by limitation ON the first of next January.
AZ some legislation on this subiect is therefore
necessary, suggest that there might be further
restrictive measures enacted which would tend tn
lessen the evils arising from intemperancc There
certainly should be law forbidding the sale OF
liquors TO minors II has been thought by many
that the hours of sale TO the public should be fur
Their cortailed. Many are of the opinion that the
retailers should not be allowed to sell BY the bot
tie, and thus much of the drunkenness Mt home
and consequent crimes of violence be prevented
The complaints for assaults, assaults and bat
series, ARRAYS and all offenses of this character
throughout the Kingdom were 1901 as against l597
for the previous period This increase Of PA
cases Is undoubtedly traceahle to the increased
facilities among the people for obtEining in
toxicating liquors.
Whether making the laws for divorce
more strict viii have the desired effect, is