The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-07

10 you SSOpeT anu lHltliISeHl CilIZSAS
If somebody else were making the re-
port TO you.
Keep Proceedings Secret.
The oath which you have taken
obliges you to keep secret the proceed
ings had before you, and you should
constantly bear this in mind. 1t is
| the policy Of the law that the prelimi-
nary inquiry as to the guilt or limo
cence of a person accused of crime
should be secretly conducted. One
reason for this may be TO prevent the
escape of party should he know that
proceedings were in train against him,
| another may be TO secure freedom or
| deliberation and opinion among the
grand jurors, which would be Impaired
if the part taken by each might De
| made known to the accused.
A third reason may be TO prevent the
| testimony produced before you from
/ being contradicted at the trial of the
| indictment by subornation of perjury
| on the part of the accused.
You may elect one of your number
| 20 serve as your clerk, if you so desire,
| TO preserve the minutes of your pro-
| ceedings. At the conclusion of your
| labors these minutes should be verified
| by the attestation of your clerk and
| foreman. whereupon you may direct
| that they be delivered to the Attorney
| General
Witnesses appearing before you may
be sworn by your foreman, or if he is
| absent by any onR of you. You may
when necessary for the examination of
| any witness invoke the services of an
| interpreter. but an interpreter should
not be permitted to be present when
witnesses who speak the English Ian
guage are under examination.
No indictment can be found by you
| unless at least twelve of your number
concur in such finding. When an in
dictment is found by you. you will in
dorse thereon, "A true BILL" and have
| such Endorsement signed by your fore
man.
The court will ordinarily convene at
ten o'clock in the forenoon and rise
at five o'clock in the afternoon, but
you may regulate your own hours of
convention and adjournment, except
that you cannot adjourn sine die until
discharged by the order of the court.
At the conclusion of your labors you
should render final report to the
court, in which you may state the
number of cases examined by you and
for what the number of indictments
found by you and for what: and as
have before stated. you may also IN
vour final report comment upon and
direct public attention to any evils OK
listing or threatened which you deem
worthy of public consideration.
Gentlemen of the grand jury. before
Won enter upon your duties | desire 10
say that the references which | have
made in this charge as to the duties
N the Attorney General are intended
70 be abstract and impersonal In
iced | NAV congratulate you upon
he fact that in the discharge of vour
functions YOU will be assisted and serv-
ed by gentleman who bv his ability
Integrity, perfect candor and sense Of
fairness. has won the confidence AMI
respect of the community as he eniovs
the confidence and respect of the court
Following the charging of the iIrv
John Mitchell was sworn as bailiff and
lie jury retired to begin its delibera
tons.
As the jury retired Attorney Davis
asked the court if he might present
attidavits on behalf of Joseph P. Cooke
explaining why he was late in reaching
court. The court refused to receive
them, saying that Mr. Cooke knew he
had been summoned aud his business
was no more important to him than
the business of any other member of
the jury were to them; that it was not
fair to the court nor to the other jurors
for Mr.. Cooke to delay twenty-four
men merely to suit his own private con-
venience and the fine of SIS would
stand.