The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-06-02
The Fourteen Jap Defendants are
Acquitted.
KAAUkU RIOT CASES over
Closing Arguments OF Attorneys
Two Hours and a Quarter.

The Kahuku riot case is ended. and
the Japanese so free. Such was the
determination of the jury yesterday
after two hours deliberation. The
verdict of not guilty was returned IN
the case of each OF the fourteen de-
PENDANTS.
At the opening of :he morning sGs-
sion, Attorney Robertson began The ar
gument for the defense. He Gld not
deny that there had been a riot, the
occurrence of which was lrowa. But
he did deny that the defendant Jap
anese had brought about that riot.
They had resisted attempts ~ do them
bodily injury. Their provocation was
great. for they had gone on a peacefui
mission to the camp Of the Chinese.
While there they had been attacked
and only in self-defense did hey en-
gage with their assailants. lie showed
how after that the riot had become
general Throughout the whole upris-
| ing, the results OF which were terrible
and deplorable, he asserted thai the
japanese had not been the aggressors
| and leaders. His closing was forcibe
and eloquent, and 1t was evident thai
| his effort had not been wasted on the
jury.
Upon the closing of Mr.. Robertson 5
argument Deputy Attorney-General
Dole began for the prosecution. 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
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 were always fraught with dire
probabilities, which fact had been
clearly brought ont 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 im-
| pressed upon them the necessity Of
weighing carefully all the evidence.
| He said in conclusion that the jury
was to return 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
stayed there, and a number of those
waiting began TO talk of hung jury.
But at ) rs knock announced that a
decision had been arrived at.
The laps stood up while the verdict
was read. Straight down II 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 chen dismissed the jury
after thanking them for their serv-
ices. The talesmen We're as follows:
c. j. Mccarthy, foreman; Fred Philip
l.. c. Singer, W. G. Wilder Jr., \. 5.
Prescott, Il. Warehouse, Jr., p. Pfeif-
er, William Lucas. \. V. Peters, J. En-
meluth, w. +, Ordway and A. d. Ian
mock.
Attorney-Gsneral Cooper and Depu-
ty Attorney-Gen Dole for prosecu-
ton, 4. 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.