The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-15

GRAND JURY.
HumphreysG Third
Charge.
MUSTN'T REGARD PAPERS
Advised not to Dig Too Deeply Into
Honolulu's Past--News of
The Courts.

the day In this the Judge referred to
statements and charges made in the pa
pers within the past few days and direct
ed the jury not to uig too deeply into the
past In investigating the moral condition
of Honolulu. The charge was, in full as
follows:
Mr.. Foreman and Gentlemen Of the
Grand Jury: / desire to direct your at
tention TO a matter which / feel IL proper
TO advert to at this time. Since the be-
Ginning of this term, and since the organ
izatiCn of this jury, certain statements
Pave been made In the public press. / de-
sire TO say to you, gentlemen of the
lGrand Jury, that you are not to concern
yourselves with any matter or thing, by
whomsoever 10 may purport to have been
written or signed, which appears in the
public press of this city or In any public
press. You are to concern yourselves
with crimes that have been or are alleged
TO have been committed, and with such
matters as this Court charged you to in
vestigate and report on. We are concern
Ell with present evils and conditions. Let
us look hopefully to the future, care for
the present and not dig up things of the
! past. On the 18th day OF August, 1888, the
J Republic OF Hawaii passed into history.
Like any other historical fact. IL is sub
iect to criticism and censure, IL criticism
anc censure be deserved. 1t is not for you
to determine whether or not certain con-
J ditions did prevail here prior to the 18th
DAY of August. 1898. 1t is matter of
which you can absolutely take no cogni-
zance. IL is not within your duty to de-
termine whether OF not the Monarchy was
J overthrown: whether or not troops
were properly landed here from an Amer
lean man-of-war. 1t Is n matter of some
historical Importance as to whether or not
Mary, Queen of Scots, was rightfully be-
II n I~I I...s a.
| concern itself with that any more than
as to whether the Hebrew or the Gentle
religion II the proper religion. Such in
J vestigation, while opening up wide field
of enquiry would be absurd. You will not
he Influenced by anything said in the pub
IL press. There are many things said in
the press that are true. and. unfortunate
\ ~ many things are said in the press that
are untrue: but IL II not your business
and place to run threshing machine
through all OF the idle remarks made from
time to time in the public press. With this
: caution you may retire.
In the afternoon the Grand Jury did not
hold any session. meeting only to depart
in large carriage to pay visit TO the
Insane Asylum. the Penitentiary and 9TH
er public institutions. They remained an
hour and a half at the Insane Asylum,
and after going thoroughly over it they
went to the Penitentiary, which they also
ICaretully looked over.
MR.. THUhsIoN EXCUSED.
At the opening of court yesterday Judge
Humphreys excused l.. a. Thurston from
acting attorney for the native, Xii.
who was accused of setting fire to cane
fields at Waianae.
Mr. Thurston stated to Judge Hum
lphreys that although ne had received no
official notice of his assignment to defend
an alleged criminal. he had seen the state
r.. fall.
nized the obligation OF every attorney to
respond to the request of the Court to de-
fend impecunious defendant, and
n would be prepared to do so but for the
. reasons which he would give.
. He stated that he had given notice I'm
n loren court a year or ago that he was
a taking no more cases for trial in court;
that In fact he had only had one case in
court during the year. which was an ar
Rument in the Supreme Court of an old
case: that he was now attorney for the
Insurance companies in the Chinatown in
surance cases. but that was because II
was not expected at the time he began tC
, act for the companies that the cases
,. would go into court, IL being then sup
> pcsed that the damage would be paid by
the Government through the Commission
that was provided for; that sixty-twC
cases had been filed, from which tes
cases had been selected, and these had
been assigned by the Court for trial be
fore Judge Silliman today: that thes'
cases would take all OF today and prob
ably part of tomorrow. making IL impos
L sible for the speaker to devote his atten
tcf, TO the criminal case in time for plead
W ling to the Indictment on Wednesda,
morning.
Judge Humphreys stated that he con
sleered the reasons given as sufficient
ane excused Mr.. Thurston from acting Il
the criminal case to which he had beef
assigned.
In place Of Mr.. Thurston Judge Hum
. phreys appointed J. l.. Kaulukou. He al
"a SO pleaded for release from the task. bu
lhs was ordered to appear on Saturda
- morning and plead for his client
nd LAMBo DISCHARGED.
A. Judge Humphreys and a jury were occu
pied nearly all day yesterday In hearin
the case against g. Lambo. who Is chare
81 with adulterating milk. The case wer
II the jury shortly before O'Clock, an
after being out about five minutes a vel
diet Of not guilty was returned. At III
IL former trial of the case the result was
Hi drawn jury. Deputy Attorney Gener'
lCEthcart prosecuted the case and LIANT
was defended by J. a. Magoon.
LUNALILo's ESTATE.
W. O. smith, as managing trustee
the estate of King Lunalilo. has filed
the Circuit Court his annual report.
shows receipts for the year ending Ju
81 1890. OF s3s.2es.25 and disbursements
n s2i.f7Si9 Promissory notes are held
D. the trustees amounting to SIS, 4is.95; ii
wsiian Government per cent BON
arr ounting to $3.50, Oahu X. * L. c
bonds amounting to $1,000. and s12-2l1.
IN cash "a total OF s229.Sii7I an increa
of s2.6S6ss over 1899
The report OF Maria j. Forbes. manag
= OF the Lunalilo Home, is appended.
n shows ~ inmates I'm the Home, Of who
n were received during the year. MI
Forbes says that three men who had be-
inmates OF the Home were dissatish
- ard found friends 10 whom they cou
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