Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-03-13
Too Thin


ths libel salts against editor
Smith 10 drop. and be Is reported
TO have used the following mar
yeIlous language.
IL has been the custom in
this county for many wears in
cases az this kind for the plain
tifT- attorney to draw up the in
dictment- Autone Rosa, Wilson :
lawyer. has been given ample
opportunity to do this, and has
not done 50. and OF coarse the
case fell through. | took the
trouble TO 90 to ROsa's Office
three times in regard TO the
matter. but he paid no attention
whatever - preparing the indict
ment
Although the case was. as are
all criminal libel cases, brought
in the name of the Government.
it is the duty. as / said before.
Of the plaintiffs attorney to at
tend entirely to the case. The
HoLoNUAs complsint has, of
course no foundation in fact. but
IS simply an attempt to make
capital out Of 4 small matter.
Through an interview with the
lawyers who have for the last
eight years held the Office as
Attorney General and Deputy
Attorney General. we have ar
rived at a very different eonclu
sion from that of the
P. G.. Attorney General.
BY agreement a specially retain
ed Attorney may do the work of
the Attorney-General, and draw
the indictments in a criminal
case. which be is engaged to
prosecute, but we would be OBJ
liged 70 the learned Attorney
General to show us anything in
any of the statutes Of this country
which makes il the duty of the
assisting prosecutor to do so. Ii
Mr.. Rosa neglected to perform
the work, for which be was re-
tained. he IS responsible to Mr..
G. b. Wilson only. but the At
torney General is responsible to
the psopie for allowing FIVE
criminal cases properly preferred
aga inst man to fall through.
The Attorney General is the only
prosecuting officer known in
law and in fac t, II he depends
on another mai, to do his work
snd is disappointed, he vet is
responsible for the neglect of
luty and he is the only person
known in the manner. When
Mr.. w. O. Smith saw that Mr..
Rosa did not have the indict
meuts ready, say within FIRE
minutes before the time to pre-
sent them lapsed be should have
drawn them himself at once
Or if he considered that circum-
stances justified him have enter
ed Rolle Prossqui. To allow the
Eases to fail through simply be-
cause the prosecuting officer did
not do his duty is a scandal Of
such magnitude that it viii take
something more to explain
il satisfactorily to the
community than Mr.. Smiths
statement that the Hollow A
makes capital out of small
matter. IFS criminal charge
against citizen for an offence
ior wirch be can be punished
with two years Imprisonment is a
small matter in the eyes of the
learned gentleman who has been
placed nj the head Of the exacu-
live Law brsHeh Of the govern.
meut. we should like TO knos
what he considers a great matter.
e criminal libel salts in his eyes
( a matter Of small importance
xe wor,,l like to know why a
.ase Of that .aiurs against the
siitor Of this paper Is carefully
carrie on fcom term to term ana
sarsiully placed on each
snd every calender. We shoala
be loatl. 10 think that the learned
Attorney Generals arbitrary
action il to be found in the fact.
hat the defend .nt in the eases.
hat fell through is the ''rss
,fshe r. G. While the complainant
5 Wilson ard that the defendant
N the sait which goes on IS
he s'les. Of the P. G
xhils the complainant
Is-wall. the brciler-ia iase-of the
immaculate Attorney General.
IA 49, s<e2s..,n ..s~.tsf. srsaff,