The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07

justices. In the samoan practice this concur
renee is carried q step further, and q tudgment
receives TIE concurrence Of the accused. Last
year m aggravated case oftrespass was RrouEhlt
was y such gravity as 70 form 2 good Reg
ON which TO hang the much needed lesson that
The 1Yann nSnos commiss iiUe and the Supreme
Court. King Malietoa promptly ,decl9red that
g. S,G lS wEic 5rS %Ps Is re TP g w"s sg u him.. no he
did not have the force available In his army OF
tee. Chief Justice Chamber. however. wa! OF
the opinion that IL was, best 70 exhaust the
possibilities Of tho civil arm before making
ference. Much to the surprise OF everybody
tho offenders accepted the mmo as an In;
safe conduct" a trip which they had, been want
lug to make and had been prevented bytheirre-
which they could make and stood their trial.
There could be no doubt as to the facts in the
stripped the trees of cocoanuts, and they knew
that The, land belonged to The Papalangi; but
Tor thcy were rebels and did not acknowledge
the MNlicton Government, They were mp
vSstigatton and Without hesitation assisted
the proseeutiWIn, in proving the case agalnst
they politely told the Chief Justice that they
were Interested to hear what he had to say.
they were to keep on all lands OF the Papalnn-
Vi. and three years in the government Jail was
| klN'u tltlh III nv W !hiih ~ W. oih iiA
press their minds with the lesson, Then arose
The leader Of the party. a chief OF some rank.
Chief Justice for the honesty Of his intentions.
and said that he was personally a lowly man
out of the supreme Court and over to the, near;
est trader to transact his business which had
which the stolen cocoanuts had been dried; The
native attendant of the court could not bring
tSii}sit .6S oifSSE jsE TO for his I%suI rank oI was not
But the trespasscr made no, objection to
Gers bad called on him, for an explanation, Of
his gross eontSm ihd r 2t court, the convicted on mnst
a aistinsai s6S%r con sid Ia'f' Su but was still iii P posi-
tive that as he himself had given a dissenting
lie Papalanei. the sentence amounted to noth-
ing, and he hoped that the wise Judge did not
from Savaii to be put into jail by a Government
which ne did not care to recognize. AIlthis
man was confident that he was right; but when
tho Chief Justice insisted that his sentence
aGS1mpGny tho policeman Of inferior rank:
The Government I'LL; the fG,c dPt irppu or o.
mi small compound fenced by a corruGatediron
wall two sheets high. and the whole contrivance
at tn" leeward side Of Mulinuu Point; This is
only another way of saving that il is the hottest
therein are tempered by the customs of. the
country To such an extent that nobody objects
one Just recorded. where the chief found fault
with the company he would have to keep
S at f@e f B%rin %! The 4 d dave the pr hs did n nqs
adpy. and my 1, 6e seen end Gaw,,ti / SvsE petty /
in theory locked within their sheet-iron com
pound and fed on prison fare: put the jailers
prisoner is Of higher rank than the jailer who
the gates swing open before him as he goes
out. to pass the evening with friends. Thus
m9aGS o &%t for tb an a ai C6jst J IL # Noted Wsd in Ssr
c %Spii d" tSs p SnfS and and used Susi'S to " enco Sffnse
secret political gatherings under the shades OF
night. had the pleasure one evening OF discus
man whom within a week he had sentenced to
confinement. As il, was all mixed ny in the
Justice could make no public clamor about this
feature Of the execution Of his sentences. But
appeared on the inner, side Of the prison gate
u nusipepd, {. public notice signed by Mulianga.
it was forbidden for any Of them to payevening
calls upon the Chief Justice at his residence.
ministrationno justice can be Ksptstraishtinth The
Supreme Court WHICH the Berlin act has settled
On y this small island realm at an annual cost Of
$4,000 and more. one can imagine what 1t Is in
the wholly native courts which deal with cases
in which no Papalangi are involved. OF such
HS" Judge, every district is its Chief Judge. and
over all is a Chief Justice. Officially the two
of Samoa and the Samoan Chief Justice. but
commonly o., the bench. where. every one uses
native title Of Faamasino Sill.
For q long time the inGiH;mbept Of this oflse
On to money; and therefore ranks as a
was deposed from office because he dubbed a
IGGpmle OF the G9yernment in the course Of a
%ho %as at q the Npihn aSd Of It th EaS ALL fhis 2 nafiTe f coaFt
when the Berlin act began to go into effect. At
that time a fey Thousand dollars Of funds Of tho
old municipality were turned over TO the Con-
sular Board. by which It was decided to employ
the sum in the maintenance Of prisoners in the
of accounts showed that Folau was putting in
q bill for exactly the same sum every week for
probable that there was the same number. OF
prisoners without change, an investigation
was made. which disclosed the fact that the
prudent Folau had recognized q chance to turn
a penny. indifferently honest. With beautiful
arraiGned before him, without exception he
gave them a trial. found them guilty. and
nS"af" that f being H' the limit It Of oP his sG pewe g s0r Thas
was he enabled to draw upon the Consular
bG %iFsr ' fGd sd dsepEo sdPFi on e 81 F tSIRlIfi for clubbing the
TTa nHbln ths man senrt the &c oft aG vas given to Tee .a
murder, was. committed in a loyal district otlsa-
mqslno sill had been 50 frequently in oflcia!
relations with the. foreign administrators OF
the kingdom that he. knew it would not do to
let the crime pass without some sort OF atten-
ton. The King sent for the murderers to come
in and thcy oheyed the order OF the head OF
their clan. There were two of them. one
the man who had used the club with fatal
effect and the other the petty chief who had
ordered the killing. Thu trial was speedily set
going. for it was the season for copra cutting
and no one was willing TO lose the harvest over
the laws delays. Tuvale tried vainly to secure
the Consular Board TO sit with him as a bench
consequences OF the Judgment. Failing in. this
he secured q Jury Of leading members OF the
trial together. The chief who instiGated the
E Eli Ga was Sie aEc9ri ttsd for tpDt the Ui T 5is ylc That "a a his
therefore he had a perfect right &c, have him
ordSTs. was IS found Snmfr guilty. Of mn murder Uhiy but HpeihGis s
guilt was held 70 be extennated by the fact that
he was personally on excellent terms of friend
ship with his victim and therefore the element
OF malice was absent, He was accordingly
sentenced to be imprisoned in the dark cell OF
tho Jail In the mangrove swamp on the leeward
side, of Mulinnu. there to remain in solitary