The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-31
TEARS FLOW Il
''''Y|N'C0URT
Sympathy Shows For
Amimoto.
LAWYER HANKEY ELOQUENT
Japanese Murderer Sentenced %
twenty-five Years in Prisop
--Court News
(From Thursdays DaIy.)


Tears flowed in plenty at tho CInaGss
Court room yesterday morning, calAsN
forth by the eloquence of f. w. Haukay
az ho pleaded for the mercy OF the court
to Amimoto, the Japanese who was euE--
victed OF the Kahuku plantation murder
Ho stood beside his stolid little client ami
spoke to His Honor 80 feclngly THAI tsru-
ems of the men there. some of them thn
VERY Jurors who had found Amimoto gxBA
ty, found their eyes d.mmed with Gears
and others wept frankly into their poclxsa.
lhandkerchiefs. u.
| And MIR. Hankey's words seemed e.
have their influence upon Judge SiIlimun
for when he came to pronounce sentences
upon the convicted man he tempered jua
tice with mercy and inflicted the conpsrsa-
lively mild punishment of twenty-five
years imprisonment-mild 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 OF judgment oc~
cupied the first half hour after the cou.
vening of court and 1t was not until hear
ly II o'clock that Amimoto was led ferak
| to be sentenced. He was badly frightened,
Judging from the wild look in his eyes as
he came to stand before the bar. but he
stood quietly. eyes fixed on Judge SIM
fnUH WHllo deputy Attorney
ICathcart urged His Honor to initict n &c.
we're punishment upon the convicted. Then
came Mr.. Hankey's opportunity, and al
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 Silliman asked a few questions or
the defendant. ascertalnlng his age. which
proved to be twenty-six Year,. and that
no had no relatives in Hawaii and Was
unmarried. He then sentenced the rias
to serve twenty-five years In Oahu peri-.
Tertiary at hard labor. The sentence was
repeated to Amimoto in Japanese by Yn-
terpreter Hakuole.
Then 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 DUMB EaGhN
INQUIRY.
At the present rate of progress the In.
Quiry into the stranding of the bark Dun
reagan will take this week and most ar
next. Before United States Commission
er Robinson yesterday 1t was continued
throughout the day and but three wit
nesses were examined.
Evan Davies, captain of the ship Hes-
public, who was n member OF the BonrG
of Survey which examined into the factE
on the question of taking from Captzisp
Dixon his masters certificate, told OF thS
soundlngs taken around the Dunreggan
while she was ashore and of the diEerena
methods which were advocated for tsEt-
ting her Off the reef. Captain C.
Campbell told also of n visit to the ya,i-
sci while she was ashore Captain j. IN
Searle OF the j. A. Cummins also vqir't
out and told on the stand OF what aes
had seen on board the Dunreggan. An the
witnesses were for the spreckels consrsfry
and We're examined In chief by g. Ss!
Hatch. being cross.examned at ,srsasl
length by Judge Stanley for the vessel.
BARNEY ON TRIAL.
Samuel Barney was put upon trial yes
terday morning for the murder of Gphsl
w. Lorbeer, the yardmaster of the oelsu .
Railraod & Land Co.. on Sunday, August
18th. All the day was occupied in securing
a jury, and before evening the eIrtire pan-
ell of thirty-siX Jurors drawn for the oarrn
had been exhausted: there were but eilev-
en- men In the jury box and as TIE defense
had used but six of Its twelve peTeIniTh-
tory challenges, half OF these may not ,ss
retained
Barney sat beside his counsel. Io-rtn
Andrews and i. Il. Thompson. lie Tss
exceedingly nervous during the eaTSeE
hours OF the day. but as the time dragged
alcng and the jury seemed to be no nearer
completion than at the outset. he becasTe
more calm and offered Mr.. AndrewB
many suggestions on the jurymop Ths
were being summoned.
II is likely that the case VIII last thu
rest OF the week, for 1t will take at isaae
all this morning to complete the jury.
FEDERAL COURT MATTERS.
Four aliens were admitted to citizen
ship yesterday In the United States E1ts
trict Court by Judge Estee. They were:
Thomas y. Walker, a native of England;
Manual Cordeiro of Portugal, Fred. Meg
er 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. 1t was post
poned until today. In putting the matter
over. Judge Estee said that he did DD
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 tha
estate OF John Hopp, the deceased rneH~
chant. filed an inventory of the estate tu
the Circuit Court yesterday. 1t shows
that the firm of j. Hopp e. Co.. In wsItch
John Hopp owned half interest, had as
assets cash amounting to $i.632ei. stocA.
valued at s9.s73.4 and accounts receivable 1
equalling $i,7s0.92. a total of s7,sSG76 The
liabilities OF the firm were sl0.4S'.T. leavS
ing the net worth or the business si6.s4s.s.
OF which the estate of John Hopp o~nsS
u half interest, or $S.E45o. .s H[s.
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