The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-09

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StatioD-house. Am one of the prison guard.
Mr.. McKeague sworn: Am policeman.
Was on duty at the Sta t1on-house when MI.
O'Connor and Kawainui brought in the &C
cused. Entered the charge and took charge
of the prisoner and the moulds produced u
Court They have been in Charge OF the
| authorities ever since.
The prosecution here rested their case,
and Mr.. Russell, for the defense, called Mr.
n. D. Monsarrat.- Being sworn, the wit
ness produced plan of the shop occupied
by the accused last November. The witness
testified that he had prepared the plan to
give idea OF the openings into and di-
visions of the space.
Wung Kau (tLe prisonerJ was then sworn,
and gave evidence in his own behalf. He
produced paper to show when he was in Mr..
Hopper's employ, but as the document bore
another name instead of his it was ruled
out. He stated that his business was that
of repairing guns, musical instruments,
watches, &c. Does iron-work, pipe-ftting,
and other work. The accused then denied
having any knowledge of the moulds shown.
Had never seen them until Mr.. O'Connor
fshed them out from under a cupboard
standing in his 1.-THE accused's) shop. They
then had paper bag wrapped around them.
This was secured by a string. O'Connor
united them, laid them open, and, after look
ing at them, took the spurious coin from his
pocket and laid it in one of impressions.
He then remarked that it was pretty good
John" lie ordered the accused to go with
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that he made no resistance went with
OCOnnor quietly. He also testified that he
did not know the witness Silloway at all,
and had no knowledge of the spurious coin.
His testimony fatty contradicted that of
SillOway, O'Connor, and Kawainui.
J. Fl. Hopper, being sworn, ties tilted that
the accused had worked for him some
months. That he was very steady man,
always on hand, but could not be trusted to
do piece of work at the la the or elsewhere
in the shop, for fear he should spoil the
work. The witness was obliged to discharge
him as he did not ''fi,l the BILL
Messrs. Wong Kim, You Chum, Vim Quon
and Wong Leong, countrymen of the
prisoner, testified to their acquain lance with
him, and to his general good character.
Those of the witnesses who witnessed the
arrest testified that they did not see the
accused offer any resistance to the officers.
O'Connor, being recalled by the Attorney
General denied having raked out the mould
or any other package from under any piece
Of furniture, but that he had found it as he
stated in his testimony. He also stated
that when he left the shop he left it open,
and when he returned with officer Wond,
it was closed. There was no string around
the mould.
VIM. Wond, sworn. Ana police-officer.
Saw accused in police court, on the Goth.
On the 25th, went with O'Connor to the
shop and searched it for counterfeiting
tools and implements. Found none. Found
nothing that pertained to the business of
counterfeiting.
The testimony rested here, and after
short recess the Court re-assembled, and
Mr.. Russell, for the defense, addressed the
jury.
he said this case was a novel in the his
tory of Jurisprudence in these islands. That
it was the first one of alleged counterfeiting
that Hawaiian jury had been called upon to
consider. 1t was only within very brief
period that the Hawaiian Kingdom had
silver coinage of its own, and this was
case where the Crown was attempting to
prove that the coin known as the ''Kalakaua
Collar" was counterfeited.
The Indictment in this case is based on
the 10th Section of that chapter of the
Penal Code that relates to counterfeiting,
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swall be inflicted upon whoever has in his
possession any mould, pattern or other de-
vice adapted or designed for counterfeiting
coin. The Crown has endeavored to show
you that the defendant had in his possession
the two things shown here, the bit of metal
and the two pieces of wood. The Grown
first puts on experts to tell the jury what
these things were. Their testimony was
clear and satisfactory to the defense as we'll
as the prosecution. They all said that from
these moulds Kalakaua dollars could not be
made, they being so imperfect. If the de-
PENDANT had these things with the intent to
make Kalakaua dollars in them he could
not do it.
In regs-d to the point that the defendant
had these things g knowingly the Crown
relied upon the evidence of two persons,
O'Connor and Silloway. O'Connors evi-
dence was contradicted by the defendant
their two statements were exactly opposed
to each other. Now it was quite possible
that O'Connor had the opportunity to place
the articles where he found them.
The theory of the defense was, that
O'Connor had brought those things to the
shop for the purpose of making case
against the defendant. In examining into
the antecedents of O'Connor, we find that
he has been, to begin with in the British
army. Then he has been in various places,
and is finally here without anything in par
| ticular to do. He says that if he can get
such an appointment here as he desires he
may remain otherwise, he will leave on
the next steamer for the Colonies. 1t is not
known that his departure would be very
| severely felt. He is a bird of passage, and
swoops down upon this poor Chinaman and
| hauls him into this Court as a malefactor.
He says that he does this for the good Of the
! public.
Mr.. Silloway, the other witness, upon
/ whom the Grown relies to make ont its case,