The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-02
The Fourteen Jap Defendants are
Acquitted.
KAHUKU RIOT CASES OVER
Closing Arguments of Attorney
Two Hours and a Quarter.

The Kahuku riot case is ended. and
determination of the jury yesterday
after two hours deliberation. The
verdict of not guilty was returned N
the case of each of the fourteen de-
PENDANTS.
AT the opening of the morning Sos
sion, Attorney Robertson began the ar
gument for the defense. He t;Id not
deny that there had been d riot, the
occurrence of which was kYowa. But
he did deny that the defendant Jap
anese had brought about that riot.
They had resisted attempts ~ 10 them
bodily injury. Their provoca-ion was
great, for they had gone on a peaceful
mission to the camp Of the Chinese.
While there they had been attacked
and only in self-defense did they en-
gage with their assailants. He showed
how after that the riot had become
general. Throughout the whole upris-
ing, the results of which were terrible
and deplorable, he asserted that the
Japanese had not been the aggressor3
and leaders. His closing was forcible
and eloquent, and it was evident that
his effort had not been wasted on the
jury.
Upon the closing of Mr.. RoberJsor's
argument Deputy Attorney-General
Z he
talked along the same line as was fol-
lowed by w. o. Smith in the closing of
the murder case. That there had been
a riot was evident to all. He discussed
the evidence at length, and asserted
that everything pointed to the defend
ants as being engaged in and the lead
ers of the riot. He dwelt upon riots
in general and the necessity of stamp
ing out all tendency of such outbreaks.
They We're always fraught with dire
probabilities, which fact had been
clearly brought out in the one now
under trial. His closing was clear.
brief, and to the point.
Judge Perry then charged the jury
in a fair and able manner. He i'm
pressed upon them the necessity -of
weighing carefully all the evidence.
He said in conclusion that. the Jiry
was to return a separate verdict for
each defendant.
At o'clock the twelve good men
and true filed into the room of DELHI
Grafton. For over two hours they
Il l%N,. Nr
waiting began to talk Of hung jury.
But at 5 Is knock announced that a
decision had been arrived at.
| The Japs stood up while the. verdict
was read Straight down it was not
| guilty. In the case of ten there were
| three dissenting, in the case of. three
there were two dissenting, and the last
one. Tamafugi, had only one dissent
ing.
The Judge then dismissed the jury
after thanking them for their serv-
ices The talesmen were as follows:
| c. J. Mccarthy. foreman; Fred Philip
L. C. Singer, w. c. Wilder, Jr., \. $
Prescott II. Waterhouse, Jr., p. Pfeif-
er. William Lucas, A. V. Peters, J. EN-
meluth, w. f. Ordway and \. ID. Ian
mock.
Attorney-General Cooper and Depu-
ty Attorney-General Dole for prosecu-
ton, A. G.. NJ. Robertson, defense.
This concludes the kahuku trouble
which resulted in three Chinese losing
their lives. Over one Japanese hangs
the death penalty. Two others will
spend the next twenty years in prison
the sentence for manslaughter in the
first degree, and Yamane. the general
on the white horse, will devote fifteen
years TO improving the roads, he hav-
ing pleaded guilty to manslaughter in
the second degree, and was convicted
on another charge of manslaughter in
the third degree.