The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-05-16
EAST MAUI NOTES.
The TrIaI of Opium smugglers-
Mnny ttcms OF Interest.

The time from the close of the
proceedings at Court, until the sail
ing Of the steamer being so brief, the
report of the trial of opium snug
glers at Waikiki, Maui, as given in
last Mondays issue of the BULLETIN
so unanimously, covering some forty
odd sheets of closely written short
hand, your special stenographer had
barely time to transcribe his notes
into longhand and was therefore
compelled to omit matters of news,
and defer the report of remarks and
comments made by Maui people, dur
ing the progress and at the result of
the trial.
That the defendants would be
acquitted and discharged was fore
gone conclusion. That although this
was the general opinion, in not one
single instance was reason given
why the defendants should be dis
charged, and all were unanimous in
the belief that the three defendants
were landed upon Maui from a
strange schooner, that they brought
a large quantity Of opium with them,
and that they disposed of tie drug
at prices highly remunerative to
themselves.
We shall not attempt to offer any
explanation of this illogical reason
ing on the part of the Maui people,
many of whom are known 10 possess
extremely level heads.
Another remarkable feature of this
remarkable trial was the supreme in
difference Of the three defendants
thereto, who, of all others, one would
suppose would be most deeply con-
cerned. Yet it is a fact that j. W..
Brown, the chief defendant, was so
deeply immersed in the mysteries Of
yellow backed novel during the en-
tire proceedings as to be entirely
oblivious to everything else going on
around him. His partner Williams
was buried in the depths of the
latest issue of the DAILY BULLETIN
borrowed from your correspondent,
while johnson, the third, snoozed
away the greater portion of the time.
An unconcerned trio surely.
Brown offered to wager $50 before
the case was called, that they would
be acquitted, and expressed surprise
that they 90 "made such asses OF
themselves" as to attempt to convict
them.
Comment here is unnecessary, as
it is generally well understood by
thinking minds under what influence:
such conditions exist. Therefore il
is not surprising that the genera
opinion hereabouts is to the effec
that the whole proceedings are any
thing but tlattering commentary OF
the astuteness of the authorities who
worked up the case, and that thes
three extremely affable and agreea
BILE young gentlemen, who have beer
lounging about these parts for TIT
past six weeks. spending none.
freely, in haiI-fellow- wel-met man
ner, with any and everyone win
chose to partake OF their liberality
did land from strange vessel whicl
was signaled by colored lights burne'
at night for weeks, in full view o
the homes of some of our ocs
authorities; that they brought will
them quantity of opium, variousl.
estimated TO be of the value of from
$4,000 to Sl50,000, and that the,
disposed of the same very much t.
their advantage.
Who will oppose the licensing o
opium after this? And last, but b.
no means least, that Judge Noa
Kepoikai made the greatest mistak
of his life when he excluded thos
letters, Nos. 2, 3 and 4, offered a
evidence by the crown. We are a
liable to err, however.
AN ASPIRANT FOR THE JUDGESHIP.
Many of our people on this sid
of Maui are highly amused at tn
spectacle presented by brother G. II
Dickey of Hamakuapoko, in h
scramble for the position made vacar
by the demise of the Hon. Geo. 4
Richardson of Waikiki. 1t is rattle
mirth provoking TO see our versati
friend, who is an adept in many {
the walks of life, from measurin
ribbons and weighing sugar benin
his counter on week day, or passin
the plate for stray dimes at the Nj
kawao Foreign Church on Sunda,
to dancing Jim Crow" and singir
"McGinty" and "Annie Rooney"
Makawao literary gathering Of 8
evening; waiting upon his numerol
friends and acquaintance through
out the district and with tear-dimme
eyes beseeching them to sign the
names to his modest Cd petition
Her Majesty to appoint him Circu
Judge of Wailuku. While we ha'
grave doubts as to whether the pc
session of the aforementioned IA
J accomplishments are the necessa
qualifications TO fit one for the pos
tiOn on the hcnrh we have not tl