The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-09-17
CASES COME
Up AGAIN
Transition Period
Criminals to Be
Re-lndicted.
(From Mondays daily.D

new term Of Circuit Court which be-
gins today will have a bigger under
taking than any grand jury has had ,
for years. It will not only be COM
PEELED to consider the commitments by |
the district courts for the past two
but also all the cases of men !
convicted during the transition period.
now held In prison.
It has not been definitely decided |
whether all these cases are to be pre-
sented for the consideration Of the new
grand jury, but 1t is certain that all
prisoners who were released on habeas
corpus and then rearrested will have
their cases brought up by Deputy At
torney General Cathcart today. In all,
there will be over forty cases TO be
considered, and the jury viii be kept
busy for three weeks II not longer In
some OF these habeas corpus cases. the
defendants pleaded guilty at the orisi-
nal hearing to minor degrees Of their
crimes, and were given this benefit in
their sentences. In the indictments to
be brought by the grand jury no len
sency will be shown, and where the evil
dence is sufficient the man will be in
dicted on every charge OF which there
IL a possibility Of . verdict of guilty.
1t Is not altogether certain that the
cases Of All OF and the five remaining
prisoners whose convictions were found
legal by the Supreme Court, will be pre-
sented to the grand jury, but the re-
mainder OF the habeas corpus cases will
be taken directly before that body. as
fast as they can be reached, and be-
tad
some decision as to their disposition
will have been agreed upon.
The reopening of these cases VIII
mean a heavy expense to the Territory,
but as there seems no other way out
Of the difficulty, this procedure must
be followed. 1t will also result in again
crowding the calendar. but as these
men have all been tried once the sec
ond hearing will not take so long. A
conviction in some Of the cases Is
doubtful, as the witnesses have scatter
ed or disappeared entirely, but High
Sheriff Brown has been busy gathering
I'D the missing skeins Of evidence. and
will be ready to present them to the
grand and petit juries in due time. The
Kahuku riot cases will probably be the
first ones considered. the witnesses haV'
ing been summoned for today. During
all these habeas corpus proceedings thu
attorneys for the criminals have never
contended that their clients were in
nocent of the crimes with which the,
are charged and the fight for freedom
has always been on a mere technicalit,
of the statutes. and never with
thought that an innocent man was be
nf his lihprtN
Now that they have by these tactics
compelled a rehearing they will have
the almost hopeless task of attempting
to prove to the satisfaction OF jury
the innocence of self-confessed crlmi
nails. In the majority of these haoea'
corpus cases there were pleas of guilty
at the original hearing, circumstanc'
in itself hard to combat even II not al
lowed to legally be presented to TN
jury.
The prisoners now at Oahu Prisoi
convicted during the transition perio'
whose cases will very likely be con
sidered by the grand jury which will
be impanelled today are:
Aug. "a. 1898, w. d. Hamilton, man
slaughter End degree, Honolulu, Stanley
years.
March 3. 1899, Benz Kuplhea, rape, ka
uai, Purvis, 3 years.
MAY 22 1888. Ihara Ichigoro, murder Is
degree Honolulu, Perry. hang, eommut
ed to life.
May q, 1899. Osaka Mankichi, man
slaughter LIST degree, Honolulu, Perry
% years.
May %, 1899, chida Manxaboro, man
slaughter, LIST degree. Honolulu, Perry
% years
May q, 1880, Yamane Nenchiro man
slaughter End and 3rd degrees, Honolulu
Perry, Is years.
August 10, 1899. Geo. Wade. murder Pm
degree, Honolulu, Stanley, life.
August Is, 1899, Ganji, assault will
deadly weapon, Honolulu, Stanley, $40
fine and years.
December 9. 1899 Yong Lock Nee, muir
der End degree, Maui. Kalua, life.
March 10, 1900, Lum Kon, larceny Is
degree Honolulu. Perry, Is months.
May a. 1900 Kaluna, burglary lat de
gree, Honolulu, Stanley, Is years
May rs, 1900. VIM Ester manslaughte
list degree, Honolulu. Stanley. 20 years
June s, 1900. Lono Opio, rape, Maui
Kalua, 4 years.
May s, 1900, Nalopi. malicious burning
Honolulu, Stanley. years.
June u. 1899, All Quong. rape. Hawaii
Wilder. life
manslaughter End degree, Hawaii, VIII
der, 10 years.
April s, 1899, Huekoni alias Kaie. bur
glary End degree. Hawaii. Wilder. years
October 9, 1899. Hanale Napuupahee
murder End degree, Hawaii, Wilder. q
years.
October IS, 1899. 10 On Pau. burglar,
Ind degree. Hawaii, Stanley, u years.
April s, 1889. Hamada, burglary LIST de-
gree, Hawaii. Wilder. 8 years.
July 10, 1893. Makihara Katsataro. man
slaughter End degree, Hawaii. Wilder,
years.
October Is, 1885. Lee Lang, larceny Isl
degree. Hawaii, Stanley, years.
March 5. 1900, CHOW Yuen Toon ALA,
Papaaloa, assault with deadly weapon
Hawaii. Parsons. years.
October Ii, 1898, Anne Sang, larceny In
degree. Hawaii, Stanley, 4 years.
A lot Of unclaimed freight held a
the warehouse Of the Kahuiui Railroad
Company. In Kahului, Maui, will b,
sold at public auction on Septembe,
a. Lat Of articles and shippinp m, ~