The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-06-10
ADDRESS
OF
CHI s.. CIR EIGHTON,
Deputy Attorney General.

dress for the prosecution, delivered
June s, by Deputy Attorney-General
Creighton in the treason examina-
ton:
If YoUR Honor PLEAsE:-I feel the
responsibility upon me this morning
in having to sum up a case of so
MUCH Importance, case of so much
vital Importance to these defendants,
and a case of so much vital import
ance to the public at large, and to
the sovereignty of the country.
l had no desire after listening to
the argument of the learned counsel
who first addressed the Court, and
had no intention to use any language
or to call particular attention to that
to which 1 shall now be compelled to
call your Honor's attention, and that
is the glaring falsehoods in the evil
dence of the principal defendants;
but the counsel who subsequently
addressed your Honor has seen fit to
denounce and vilify the chief wit
ness for the prosecution, Nawaakoa,
saying that he does not know how
that man earned his living during
the time from November up to the
present time, when counsel has heard
his own evidence that the man has
been in the pay of the police depart
ment of Hawaii on the special po-
lice for over year. IF your Honor
please, that attack, and also the at
tack which counsel has made upon
what he claims to be the inconsis-
tency and contradiction of the wit
ness, and claiming that the man is
unworthy of belief, I shall not further
discuss now. But he failed to call
your Reconsideration to the evidence
of Hermann Kaouli, and to the evil
dence of all these witnesses; to the
evidence of Mr.. Ashford, of Mr. Will
cox and of Mr.. Markham, and all
the evidence which they have put on
which corroborates Nawaakoa in
everything he has said on the wit
ness stand. I say the dates of the
meetings have been corroborated,
the fact of new Constitution has
been corroborated by other witness
es, and I say that, taken together
with the confederation, it shows that
that man has told the truth, and
shows that his minutes which he
wrote up at the time of these meet
ings are correct. I do not intend to
discuss any further the testimony
for the prosecution in this case, l
have had occasion to do so upon the
motion to dismiss. Your Honor has
reviewed the testimony at great
length and with great precision, and
found from the evidence there pre-
scented that there was a sufficient case
to commit these men to trial before
jury. Now if that was so at that
time, it must be SO now, unless the
evidence of these men has shaken it,
then these men must stand commit
ted from your Honor's own decision
on that motion. If there was good
case then, and they have not shaken
it, certainly there is good case
now.
l shall devote my remarks to the
testimony, as the law points involv-
ing this case have been deliberately
argued. The case on the part of the
defense has been managed with ex-
treme caution, every point that
counsel could take advantage of he
has taken, everything has been done,
and perfectly fair trial has been
had befofe your Honor, so it is I'M
necessary for any long argument
and your Honor's decision upon the
law has not left it to me to refer at
all to the questions of law involved
For the defense, the first witness
that was put on was Kahahawai. Ht
testimony shows that there was al
organization, secret one with IN
oath which was administered, and
that is about all. except that your
Honor recollects the manner il
which he gave his testimony. He
was upon committee, centra
committee of this organization
"Who were your other members?
81 don't know" What were your
duties ?" 81 don't know" "Wht
appointed your" "Mr. Wilcox" "Did