The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-27
Several Measures are TO Come from
the Government.
MOLOKAl IN FIRST DISTRICT
10 Facilitate Trials and Process
Act on Suspension OF Sentence.
Assault Degrees.

several measures to be presented by
the Government to the Legislature are
now ready for the first reading and re-
ference. Just so soon as the assembly
is organized proper notice of presenta-
ton of a number of acts will be given.
Acknowledgement Smith has prepared
nearly all, if not all these bills. Each
matter has been the subject of consid-
Grafton by the Cabinet and President
Dole gave his opinion upon them before
his departure for Washington.
One of the acts concerning directly
the judicial and police departments is
the changing of the Island of Molokai
from the second to the first judicial
district. At present all Molokai cases
that cannot be disposed of by the local
or district magistrate must go to La
haIna. The means of communication
Is uncertain and hazardous and there
is often delay and always great incon-
venience to interested parties. Be
N"NSi 1hOIohoi IIOhOlu1u IHeIG Is
regular weekly communication by the
steamer Mokolii and the packets for
Maui and Hawaii can touch there
when necessary. This new plan is re-
garded as a big thing in facilitating
the disposition of Molokai legal mat
ters. There had been talk of the re-
form for sine time, but there was a
general inclination to wait until Mr..
Smith took the matter up.
Before the recent interesting decision
on suspension of sentence by district
magistrates had been handed down by
the Supreme Court an act had been
drafted relating to suspension in Dis
trict and Circuit Courts. There had
always been doubt in the premises and
the act that will be submitted will
clear away all question. 1t is intend
ed that the practice shall be suspen-
sion in certain cases for a definite pc
riOd. If sentence is to be moved upon
the defendant will be notified and if
he receives no notice be may be GER
tain that the state has waived all its
rights or penalties.
There has in the past been unsatis-
factory results in the trial of several
classes of assault cases. Each variety
of assault and battery is now sep
arate and distinct Offense. 1t is pro
posed to revise the code so that assault
and battery shall be in degrees similar
N system to larceny. Then II a mar
who is charged with an assault with
| dangerous weapon proves that thu
| no
cannot escape scott free when il Is sci
evident that he is guilty of assault
The degrees will be as follows:
Assault with intent TO commit muir
der or other crime.
Assault upon an officer of the lay
in the performance of his duty.
Assault with dangerous weapon.
Common assault.
The enactment of a slight amend
ment to be offered to the present Ii
cense law will interest and please
whole lot Of people living in the vicini
ty of Beretania and Pensacola stree
and in other residentialR districts. Thi
will be in effect that t lie Minister c
Interior may use his di action as
whether or not he shall Aant lodg
ing house license, for a catain locals
ty. IA
1t is not likely that matter {
changing the Court holdi place frol
Lahaina to Waikiki wi be offere
to the Legislature. It is stain thu
no such proposal will COZ from an
of the Minister'S With tHseW road
on Maui, Lahaina is regarded as a
entirely satisfactory PLAY e for til
Court to remain indefinitely.