Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-17
JUSTICE AS JUSTIFIED
BY THE LAWS PROTECTORS
ON The ISLAND OF HAWAII
DR.. Holland and His Penknife Arrest
cd Twice for Same 0Aense---S Shades
Of Kona Canaries in the
Courts.

Hilo. Dec. 14.--Dr. Holland of Kan
was arrested some time ago upon the
charge of assault with deadly we'd
pom: said deadly weapon being a pen
knife with a blade some small number
OF millimeters in length, and the AS
sault' occurring in a scrap of physi-
cal nature in which he was engaging
with a fellow resident of the same dis
trict. The district magistrate before
whom the case was brought failed TO
find evidence upon which to hold the
accused and he was accordingly allow
ed to wander again at large and TO
flourish the deadly weapon" over his
finger nails Of the heads of his adve.'-
saries, II he SO chose.
II is, however. a peculiar thing about
the law of Hawaii, or rather one of the
many peculiar things; that man can
be arrested indefinitely upon the sane
charge. and brought before the commit
ting magistrate. So the adversaries OF
the assuager of suffering caused him to
be again brought before the Court; and
eDputy Sheriff Eaton to prevent any
miscarriage of justice strictly charged
the Judge not orelease him. II is sup
posed to be the proper thing for the
judge to charge the jury. but for the
prosecuting officer to charge the judge
is legal shrub sui generis and peculiar
to Hawaii. where 1t fiourishes vigor-
ously. Having secured the ends of JUS
tice to this extent the deputy proceed
ed to fix the malefactor's bonds az
$1,000. DR.. Holland now commenced
enumerating to himself the friends
whose fidelity and ability would be
likely to meet the test Of a thousand
dollar bond and vas about to go forth
and interview them. Nay, nay re-
marked the disciple of the immortal
Andrews III the type-setter leaves out
the of the adjective there will be an
other libel suit mot so, my festive
disturber Of the peace, you can't go
forth, and moreover no paper bond
goes. you must put up one thousani
semoleons In L. S. gold coin, else what
is the advantage of being annexed, AMI
why shouldn't vote for Wilcox. as !
did last election?" Holland thought
he was up against 1t now, for certain.
Teh gold crop in Kau is not so heavy
that you can send Jap out into the
front yard and gather up a thousand
while lamb could flop ito tail a couple
of times. However. the Doctor waltz
ed up to the telephone, that ever pres
ent help In time of trouble; and after
some talk to the various monied indi-
viduals he found could rake up the re
cessary coin, and so finally found HIM
self at liberty once more.
Judge Waipulani was still In doubt
las to the justice of holding the man and
accordingly sent down to the Attorney
General at Honolulu full report of thu
proceedings and asked his opinio'
thereupon. The Attorney General upoI
examination Of these sent up word tina
there was no ground upon which DR.
Holland could be held. This letter tn
district Judge showed to the deput
sheriff and on the strength of 1t wa
about to release Holland. Eaton, how
ever forbade him to do 1t. until h
tEaton) had come to Hilo and four
out what Andrews thought about tn
matter. And this was actually don'
and eventually Holland was discharg
ed. Such is justice, as she Is done" 4
Hawaii.-Tribune.