The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-31
TEARS FLOW /
Yin COURT
Sympathy Shown For
Amimoto.
LAWYER HANKEY ELOQUENT
Japanese Murderer Sentenced %
twenty-five Years in Prisor
--Court News.
tFrom Thursdays DaiIy.)

Tears flowed In plenty at the ClnsGss
Court room yesterday morning. Salasds
forth by the eloquence OF f. w. HaukRy
az he pleaded for the mercy of the court
to Amimoto, the Japanese who was eus--
victed OF the Kahuku plantation murder
Ho stood beside his stod little client ami
spoke to His Honor 30 feelngly that tsCu-
ems of the men there. some OF them thn
very Jurors who had found Amimoto gzR+
ty, found their eyes d.mmed with sears
and others wept frankly into their pocl<aa.
lhandkerchlefs.
And MIR. Hankey's words seemed &C.
have their influence upon Judge Spliman
for when he came TO pronounce sentences
upon the convicted man he tempered irh
tice with mercy and inflicted the compsrsA-
lively mild punishment of twenty-fvc
years imprisonment-mlld in that II lay
within his power to order the confinement
OF the man behind prison walls for the
term of his natural life.
An argument in arrest or judgment ocs
cupied the first half hour after the con-
vening of court and II WAS not until near.
ly II o'clock that Amimoto was led fsrth
to be sentenced. He was badly frightened,
Judging from the wild look In his eyes a.
he came to stand before the bar. but he
stood quietly. eyes fixed on Judge SIM
man WHO deputy Attorney
Cathcart urged His Honor to infict a Nc
we're punishment upon the convicted. Then
came Mr.. Hankey's opportunity, and nj
though he did not speak at great length,
he talked earnestly and with such effect
that half the court room was wot-eyca
ere he had finished.
Judge SilIiman asked n few questions or
the defendant. ascertainlng his age, which
proved to be twenty-six yearN. and that
he had no relatives In Hawaii and Was
unmarried. He then sentenced the MAE
to serve twenty-five years In Oahu pend.
tertiary at hard labor. The sentence was
repeated to Amimoto in Japanese by Yur
terpreter Hakuole.
Then l won't get out until I'm fifty.
one years DID," he said in his NATIVE
tongue aloud, and he was led away.
LITTLE PROGRESS IN DUEnBaGhN
INQUIRY.
At the present rate of progress thu In,
Quiry into the stranding of the brrk Dun.
reagan will take this week and most Or
next. Before United States Commission
err Robinson yesterday 1t was continued
throughout the day and but three wit
nesses were examined.
Evan Davies, captain of the ship ISa-
public. who was n member OF the Bourd
of Survey which examined into the faSfG
on the question of taking from Capt1ini
Dixon his masters certificate, told OF tiS
soundings taken around the DunregEan
while she was ashore and of the diEeuna
methods which were advocated Tor sre-
ting her Off the reef. Captain C.
Campbell told also OF yisis to the va-f-
sci while she was ashore. Captain .. IN.
Searle OF the j. A. Cummins also veIrr
out and told on the stand OF what Aes
had seen on board the Dunreggan. An the
witnesses were for the Spreckels cornssefy
and We're examined In chief by f. 10.
Hatch, being cross.examined at lsrsasl
length by Judge Stanley for the vesssi.
BARNEY ON TRIAL
Samuel Barney was put upon trial yes-
terday morning for the murder OF Euhr
w. Lorbeer, the yardmaster of the 0slsu .
Railraod 81 Land Co., on Sunday, August
18th. All the day was occupied in securing
a jury, and before evening the entire pun
81 of thirty-siX jurors drawn for the aorr.e
had been exhausted: there were but elev-.
en- men in the jury box and az the defense
had used but six of Its twelve peTennrf-
tory challenges, half of these may not tRss
retained.
Barney sat beside his counsel. Lorrin
Andrews and Il. h. Thompson. He E'e9
exceedingly nervous during tae eariieE
hours of the day, but as the time dragged
along and the jury seemed to be no nearer
completion than at the outset. he becalfe
more calm and offered Mr.. AndrawB
many suggestions on the jurymcp ~shs
were being summoned.
1t is likely that the case win last THO
rest OF the week, for 1t will take at Teaas
all this morning to complete the jury
FEDERAL COURT MATTERS
-Four aliens were admitted to citizen
ship yesterday in the United States rlbs-
trict Court by Judge Estee They were:
Thomas Ii. Walker. n native of England:
Manual Cordeiro of Portugal, Fred. Meg
or OF Germany, ii. s. Richard Of Eng
lard,
The case OF Avery vs.. King came up on
demurrer but owing to the absence Of the
attorneys for the plaintiff. It was post
poned until today. In putting the matter
over, Judge Estee said that he did On
only because the rules of the court werU
not fully established and known amonr
the attorneys of the city.
HoPP ESTATE
Edwin NJ, Marshall. administrator or tho
estate OF John Hopp, the deceased rner~
chant, filed an inventory of the estate tr
the Circuit Court yesterday. 1t shown
that the firm OF J., Hopp & Co.. In which
John Hopp owned half interest. had N ii
assets cash amounting TO a.632Si, stoch.
valued at $9,s7S.4 and accounts receivable
eGialllng $B,7so.92. a total Of 81, 676 The
liabilities OF the firm were $l0.tST. leavS
ing the net worth OF the business SIC ,9iS.sa.
of which the estate of John Hopp owned
u half interest. or $S.f745o as b. Hs,s.
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