The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-21
IN A JUSTICE COURT.
his HONOR" DELIVERS AN OPINION
IN IMPRESSIVE STYLE.

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a,,.n,n, IN ou.st, a., t,1,c,r,o,, poo,,,..
"i""'sspeie" " i"eous''ce nose
Chief Aim Is TO Put the "Kerbosh' on
Crime Whenever II shows Its Ugly Front.
! lhie mas been iamentable tallur9 TO the
man VINO mas NOT prowled around the pre-
-onct ludicial grlstmlli on grlhding days
aud seen inlqulty Nstomped on and JUS
tlce crowned queen OF the May.
But II you Woulu see the Jusuce court III
us Wllo' uhpestered state go INTO the
Jungles OF ci'st leNas, Where IL roams at
| VIII ana subslsts on iuhhy young men
| VINO geI accused OF disturbing peace
Whlch IN All iikeilhoou never existed In
such places the Justlce oi tine peace gener-
| ally runs his ONCE IN connection with n
iall STOCK OF family groceries, and the
SESSIONS OF the court sre neid IN tne rear
emu VI uhe eiherc"ntile eS'a 'Where
tne presiulhe genius eau Keep ms eye ON
'he iron' uoor' 80 that ne may nov HISS
c"sn s"ic II opportunity ouers. ana 'ne
opportunity sonle'Iiiies presents user ON
such occasions; ana ms honor asks the
lawyers anu ,he jury 10 excuse MN WINE
ne increase. one gross receipts Oh the cash
uraWer. ' also happens sometimes that
tne - esPieS s'ile one u, 'he courtroom
VINO Is III arrears ior supplies, ana Iays
| PaPerNelEhu on leBai proceedings Whlle
| ne uVteuiP's 10 luuuce 'ne uehhqueht 10
squafe the account rms sometimes re
sulIs III pau uloo', pe'Ween ueptor ana
| crcui'or' "neIy "oruS' aAnahuIes anu par
re- re- s'tNes anu tho GROUND torn up III whlch
his nol"r suuletliles comes ouI OF the
connie. T ON an lourS' Win a mead on nm
hAe nipPoPO'aihus. uei an auJourh-
iiiehu ls III oruer' anu 'he reso oI 'ne uocket
o"rrieu over W 'ne neNu Term Oh court
a'Venueu 'ne sittlng oi one OF these
courts onco anu saw u hatch OUT small
oroou oi uhNarulshed Justice young
man hhu uisIurpeu tne peace ana trlned
WIN tne ulShity ol 'he state III the one
anu 'ne same trahsacuon' ana lustice
WhetVeu us us haykhlle ana howied Tor re
Vehge' Inc court had drawn up the
| Indictment NJ the instance OF n nervous
| gentleman, VINO CLAIMED that subdiVl-
sion OF the peace located IN MS immediate
! vicinity had been disturbed by the young
man herelhbelore referred TO. In draw
| ing up tine Indictment ms honor had
detected somewhat from Hoyle and or
typography and spelled peace piece.
When court was opened, counsel for defen-
dant attempted toquash the complaint on
the ground OF its literary and legal imper-
| gument TO chat end. After counsel had
| closed his argument" the court sustained
| the indictment in substantially the fol
lowing language:
"Nhllc admitting that in the drafting
OF the indictment an embarrassing degree
OF unfamiharity with the standard au-
thorities on diction is evident from the
| spelling of tile word peace, at the same
time 1t is the opinion of the court that
| TINS lnaccurdcy does not vitlate the indict-
ment, for we cannot enter upon the dan
| gerous precedent of predicating the ad-
ministration OF justice upon certain de
gree of familiarity with the textbooks.
"Justice was full grown and had corns
on her toes before knowledge had ceased
to wrestle with the collie. She stood guar
dian over the liberties of man while knowl-
edge was in the kindergarten and small
Clothes ana now 10 make her subserVlent
10 TINS precoclous young uh were IKE the
heau paying homage TO the tall' lcouh-
sci VIII Dear with tine court, we VIII state
that we are mere 10 administer "a JOB lot OF
rect"hgulhr Jus,lce anu h"o ior the pur-
pose OF discussing tne literary merit OF
tne complaint wherein supernulty OF
l seems TO nave obtained ana IN wmcn
the uroughc appears 10 nave s'ruck 'he "
crop
-, admitting that' "heh scrut'hized py
the scnoiariy eye Peace conveys 10 the
niinu aulnereht meaning 10 thatot piece
u mas no age over IL wheh conveyed 10
the understanding phoneVicaliy' hence
shouiu witness on the stahu tesuiy 10
% .he la''t 'na. 'ne uelenuahe nau uis.uro1a ,i
tne peace .he import Vi 'he woru wouiu
De determined ny the sense III "hich IL
was eihPioSeu, anu 'no saiio p'ooeSs VI
reasoning "ouiu oo'ain us "pplieu W 'ne
"i,sc.h ,,no' i',s'r "iiien'' A.
| iiereioie ,ho uour' hoiuS 'naO 'ne
c"iiPi"ii'' Mhle h'',o ""opiy III nS ieSS
as Iee"rus ii'eia,y h'aheuP' ~ "ouhu"h''y
suiiicieho ior All Practic"l PURPOSES, anu
this ~ nuo- cour' III "hich "ostrao'
theory VIII ever DO invited 10 seat up
next 10 ohs s.oVe anu Pl'ocioai ueli'onstra-
uon a,ioweu 10 ghaw ms III tne pack
hal. we take IL ior granted ona' Justice
"ouiu seo aions as wen an" eieeP as
sounuiy shouiu eoh,ictio,' ue Seeureu ior
uisturoine 'he piece as 'nousn '.le sum
verdict haa oeeh opliiheu ior uis'uroinl
the peace. Inc me "ouiu pe no h"r"''
10 pay ior .ne persoi so oo,i' 'oteu' '',v r''
oureu peace "ouia reooNer its "or'I''' iuH
tioh as carry, anu the revenue "oe'".'-
'he county oy reasoh o' 'no hne
wouiu ouiu as many
houses OF Ja'is' iuo onle' .il" ~ ~"
.he Justice court ~ 10 puo .ne her."tsN ,''
criIiie wherever ~ sno"s ts MY -
anu hoo 70 at'eihp, W eoiiPs'o ~ O''n'
| first rate restaurant IN drawing up bills
OF Indictment scholarly attainment Is
all wei ana good' put the crucial moment
sometimes arrives when justice presses
her lily white hands 10 her stomach ana
yearns to he satisfied
npSlrA understood