The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-22
SAYS NOT GUILTY.
Charges and Specifications Two of
the Witnesses Examined a Delay
in Getting Down to Work.


er, president; Majors Iaukea, Potter.
Mcleod, Cooper and Nnpt. Kinney.
Judge Advocate. Attorney \. q. NJ.
Robertson represented the defendant.
The room was filed with interested
spectators.
After reading the minutes of last
meeting the prisoner was escorted in
to the room by Capt. Zcigler He APP
peared rather pale as he entered, and
was suffering with .everc coug,n
Before taking his seat .,e salu ed the
court.
Captain Kinney read the order CON
vening the court. The prisoner stated
that he had no objections to any mem
Der, whereupon the court was sworn.
Captain Kinney then read the charge
and specifications as follows:
Charge-Conduct unbecoming an Of
ficer.
Specification First:
That Capt. John Good, Company L,
First Regiment, n. &. H., did address
large number of the men of his com
pany. in the company's Office, as fol-
lows: THE pay and allowance are
cut down, our services are not appre-
ciated by the Government. and we
ought to do as little as we can for the
money. I'm going to do ten per cent
less work, and | would desire you to
do the same" or words to that effect.
This at the Executive building on or
about the 1st day of May, 1896.
Specification Second:
That Capt. John Good, Company f,
First Regiment, y. G. H., did use lam
guage of similar character to Lieu
tenants Coyne, Ludewig and Schaefer.
This at the officers mess room, ON
or about the lst day of May, 1896.
Specification Third:
That Capt. John Good. Company +,
First Regiment n. G. H.. did use lam
guage of character similar to that
set forth in the first specification to
various members of his company on a
number of occasions within week or
so of May 1st, 1896.
Specification Fourth:
That Capt. John Good, Company f.
First Regiment. n. G. H., did, while
drilling his company on the regiment.
! ll 10 dc Il II,
a manner unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman, speaking to his men in q
highly disrespectful manner of his
commanding officers, and did make use
of the following words in reference tc
the riot drill, viz: This - -
-- sailor drill; if they wanted
to get somebody at the head of tn,
regiment, why in -- didn't they get
a military man, not sailor. We won
Coloners," or words to that effect
Sneering language of like import wal
used on several occasions. but this las
principally on or about June 10, 1896
at Honolulu, on the regimental parad,
ground.
Specification Fifth:
That Capt. John Good. Company +
First. Regiment. \. G. H., did. on tn,
occasion of the grand parade on Jul,
4. 1896. yell at his men at the top o
his voice. as follows: - - you
guide right" to the scandal of every
body in the vicinity.
This on Miller street on the morning
of July I. 1896.
Specification Sixth:
That Can't. John Good. Company f.
First Regiment, n. G. H.. did. on o.
about May p. 1896, against the mem
bers OF the First Regiment, \. G. II.
pieces in the Executive grounds, caus,
the charge of carelessness in guarding
the field pieces to be communicated Il
the Commander-in-Chi Presiden
Dole. and caused such charge to b'
based upon representations known "a
the time to Capt. Good to be false anC
misleading, to-wit: The representa-
ton that a certain sight of one of tn,
field pieces had been secretly abstract
ed from one of the said field pieces b,
party unauthorized so to do, Will,
guard was supposed to be kept owe
the same, and by the representation
that certain sight mailed TO tn
Commander-inChief on or about tn
said cath day of May was the sight al
legged to have been abstracted afore
, said.
Specification Seventh:
That Capt. John Good, Company i