The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-24
LABORS OF GRAND
JURY NOW ENDED

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ment as possible should be extended to
the proprietors OF respectable hotels
and resorts. Finding however that un-
oer strict Interpretation Of the law
the proprietors of the hotels have been
guilty OF illegal acts the Grand Jury
hnds II necessary to bring indictments.
To the conditions at Iwilei the report
devotes considerable space. saying that
while 1t Is deplorable that such places
should exist, as society is constituted
at present they seem to be necessary
evils and are under better control there
than if allowed to scatter promiscuous-
ly over the city.
The condition of the Insane Asylum.
the employment of minors in saloons.
water front abuses, licenses of hack
drivers and the sale of alcohol by drug
gists are among the other matters con-
sidered by the report.
1t was shortly before noon Yesterday
that the Grand Jury finished it's labors
ana came into court to present its re-
port. The trial Of the native Kane was
going on and Judge Silliman was upon
Humphreys for few moments to en-
able him to receive the report and dis
charge the jurymen.
The report was read by Foreman
Spalding and with it were presented
the two indictments against the Wal
kiki liquor sellers. the last to be found
by the jury.
The report In full Is as follows:
Hon. A. s. Humphreys, First Judge CIR
cult Court, First Judicial Circuit, Ter
ritory of Hawaii
Sir: The Grand Jury empaneled and
sworn before you on the sixth day of the
Current month, having concluded their
duties. beg to render their final report as
follows:
Seventeen cases have been brought be-
fore this jury by the Attorney Generals
Department, and examined by US, with
the res lit OF finding for a true bill in
fourteen cases and no bill in three cases.
This jury has also found two true bills
in cases brought to the attention of the
trry in your charge OF August 6, 1900
| We have investigated, SO far as poesi-
BILE, into the subjects referred to in your
charge to this jury, and also into various
other matters to which our attention has
been called, and We have examined nu-
merous witnesses.
SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAYS ny.
THE HOTELS AND RESORTS AT
WAIKIKI
We find that two resorts at Waikiki are
operating under special licenses from the
interior Department, a copy OF which ac-
companies this report. These licenses
We're issued by the Minister OF the Inte-
rior with the concurrence of the Execu-
tive Councif of the Republic of Hawaii
under the authority conferred upon him
by the Act to Regulate the Sale Of Spir-
1tuous Liquors. 1t will be noticed that
the privilege Is given licences OF selling
liquors to guests and their friends, which
certainly permits of liberal interpreta-
ton.
The subject of sales on Sundays under
these licenses was not considered by the
Executive Council, such sale being sub
Ject to the provisions of section 25 of the
aforesaid Act 10 Regulate the Sale OF
Splrituous Liquors, etc, viz:
ANY holder of a license who shall sell
or retail any spirituous liquor or permit
or suher the same to be drunk in his
house or premises on Sunday, shall be
liable TO penalty not exceeding 500, but
this section shall not apply to the ordi-
nary supplies furnished to bona fide
boarders and lodgers in the house or
premises"
The fact that liquor has been sold at
these resorts at Waikiki on Sundays, to
persons who can in no way be considered
bona fde boarders or lodgers, although
probably guests or their friends, was VOL
unfairly admitted by the proprietors
their statements coinciding to the effect
that they were not aware of any Illegal
act and thought that they were within
the privileges conferred by their licenses
This jury believes that these places have
incurred large expenditures and have act
ed openly with the full knowledge of the
authorities; that they did not intention
ally violate the law as TO sale of LIQUOR
on Sundays, and the evidence before us
tended to show that the legalizing such
sale by respectable hotels and resorts at
Waikiki. TO guests and their friends
would result in lessening Illicit trade and
drunkenness The jury also believes
that as liberal treatment as is consistent
with the public welfare, should be ex-
tended by the Government to respectable
hotels and resorts
1t is not in our province. however, TO
ignore existing laws, through any ones
ton as TO their propriety. We found that
under strict Interpretation of the law,
liquor has been Illegally sold on Sundays
by the Hawaiian Hotel Annex and Wal
XXI Inn, and we nave brought i1dfct-
ments against these places accordingly.
We failed TO find that police protection
mad been promised or guaranteed to these
resorts although we made careful in
quiry.
The statement of Mr. II. y. Alnny. with
reference to the police. referred 10 IN
Your Honor's charge OF August S, 1s8
to this jury. was investigated. TIE uit-
ness claiming a misundersiandine Of his
remarks, and testimony was to tne effect
that ne used the word authorities" and
not police
HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION AT
IWILEI
There Is colony of five buildings en-
closed by a high board fence, located at
the Eva side of Iwilei. owned by a local
company. These buildings contain Us
rooms and are at the present time occu-
pied by 14I females. of which l35 are
japanese. These inmates are all register
ed under the Act to Mitigate, etc. The
condition of the premises and general
management, which is conducted under
the supervision of the Police Department
and tire Board of Health, is as satisfac-
tory as could be expected. provided this
shameless vocation must be tolerated as
q necessary evil