Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-15

oIy. and on conviction thereof, be i'm |
prisoned for term not exceeding FIVE
years and pay fine not exceeding
$1,000"
While 1t is further provided by the
laws of the United States tAct Of
March }. 1872 in part as follows:
Section g. That the importation
irto the United States of women for
the purposes of prostitution is hereby
forbidden; and all contracts and agree.
ments in relation thereto made in adj.
vance or In pursuance of such illegal
importation and purposes are hereby
declared VOID; and whoever shall
knowingly and wiltully import or cause
any importation OF women into tina
United States for the purpose Of pros
titution. or shall knowingly or wilful.
ly hold or attempt to hold any woman
to such purposes. In pursuance Of such
Illegal importation, and contract and
agreement. shall be deemed guilty of
felony and on conviction thereof
shall be imprisoned not exceeding Ave
years and pay a fine Of not exceeding
$4,000"
OHenses on High Seas.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury. there
Is another question Of serious impor.
lance which may come before you, and
that IL the investigation of offenses
committed upon the high seas. 1t Is
the spirit and soul of the law that the
deck of an American ship shall be as
safe to the toilers of the sea as is the
mainland to the toilers on the shore.
and Tor that purpose the Congress Of
the United States has enacted (section
ALL of the Revised Statutes. as
amended December 81, 1881 has en-.
acted that:
"Flogging and all other forms OF
corporal punishment are hereby pro.
hibitcd on board any vessel, and no
form Of corporal punishment on board
any vessel shall be deemed justifiable.
and any master or other officer there.
OF who shall violate the aforesaid pro-
Visions of this section or either there
Of. shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor punishable by Imprisonment
notices. than three months or more
than two years. Whenever any officer
other than the master of such vessel
shall violate any provision of this sec.
ton. 1t shall be the duty of such mas.
ter to surrender such officer to tho
proper authorities as soon as practi.
cable. Any failure upon the part of
which failure shall result in the as.
cape of such officer, shall render said
master liable In damages to the person
/ Illegally punished by such officer"
| II will thus be seen the policy Of
American law is to protect all OF our
citizens wherever they may be and
whatever their pursuits in life; and to
that end the law Furnishes the officers
OF vessels who impose any punish.
ment not prescribed or perm. Led by
the statutes Of the United States; sea
as to punishments. section loot of the
Revised Statutes rs amended Decem.
Der 81. 1898, volume 30, Statutes L.
s., page 1907: to which your attention
10 called. and which prescribcs the
kind and amount of punishment the o.
ficcr Of "A ship may for each character
of oftcnse committed by men on ship
board, inflict--the officers of ship
cannot go beyond this.
Labor Law Violation.
Complaint has also been made to
this court that the labor laws of the
United States are being violated in
this Territory and the court instructs
you that the hours of labor of all men
employed by any contractor or sub.
contractor of the United States, or
who are employed upon any of the
public works of the United States, is
limited to eight hours "A day. and II Is
unlawful Tor any officer OF the United
States Government to require or per-
NIT any such laborcr or mechanic to
work more than eight hours In any
calendar day. except In case Of extra.
ordinary emergency; and any one who
Intentionally violates any provision of
this Act shall he deemed guilty of a
misdemeanOr, and upon conviction
thereof shall he punished by hne of
not more than $1,000 or by imprison.
ment OF not more than six months.
". Vol. Stats. L. s., p. $40, passed
August !, 1922
IT this statute Is being violated you
are to ferret out the facts and under
the advice of the Assistant United
States District Attorney, take such
steps as are necessary to maintain the
law and protect the citizen against
such violation.
p Gentlemen. when you have finished
) your labOrs you will submit a final re
I port In writing, stating in detail what
YOU have done: and from time to time
you can report TO this court any indlct
, ments found and indictments ignored
where the parties are already under
arrest. But In all cases where you
have considered a matter against a
party not under arrest and ignored the
/ charges, you will not mention that par
tvs name In your report.
a hereby appoint J. b. Anterior your
q foreman. and you will select your own
secretary. ESTEE, Judge
October 18th. 1901.