The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-15
JEAN SABATE IS HELD
BY FEDERAL
JURY
TANBARO, JAPANESE ACCUSED
OF KILLING CAPTAIN JACOB
SEN, is INDICTED AND WILL
APPEAR FOR AN EARLY TRIAL.

Jean Sabate was arraigned this af-
ternoon in the United States District
court, on four indictments charging him
with OBTAINING and holding mail matter
submitted to his care as mail carrier.
In the first of the indictments there
were eleven counts each charging the
detention of a different letter. The other
three charges relate to other letters,
making fourteen in all. The defend
ants attorneys, Creighton and Correa
asked for a postponement to Friday,
and Judge Estee allowed them to two
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, to enter
| pleas. The trial will probably proceed
then.
The court proceeded with the arraign-
ments of the other defendants. EX-
! Judge Stanley, who had received an
! appointment to defend Manuel Vieira
charged with distilling liquor without a
! federal license, was also appointed to
represent Daisy Vieira wife of Manuel
and who is indicted for a similar Of
! fense. United States Attorney Breck-
ons announced that he was ready to go
| to trial in all the cases, and the Tan
| bara murder case will probably be
| taken up next Monday.
! Judge Estee very highly compliment
! ed the federal Grand Jury this morning,
: in discharging the jurors after receiving
! their final report, in which there were
nine indictments. I'm many years ex-
! perience, both at the bar and on the
| BENCH" said the court, there is no
instance within my recollection in
| which the duties of a grand jury have
| been so faithfully performed and 50
quickly and so cheaply to the public,
as in this instance"
There were four indictments against
Jean Sabate, an indictment for murder
on the high seas against Tanbaro Gisa-
fgRff n
! tilling OF liquor. The report of the jury
was as follows
Honorable M. NJ. Estee, Judge of the
United States District Court of the
Territory of Hawaii
"Sir The Grand Jury empanelled,
sworn and charged by you on the 18th,
day of October, A. d. 1902, having con-
! cluded it's duties, begs to submit here
with the following report:
THE United States Attorney has
brought 70 the attention of this grand
jury ten cases, all of which have been
carefully considered and in nine cases
true bills have been found and return
ed to your Honorable Court; and in the
one case, no bill has been returned, as
the evidence presented was not deemed
sufficient to warrant a conviction
j There were no secret Investigations
made other than those presented by the
United States Attorney
"A list of the cases investigated by
this Grand Jury, in which true bills of
indictment have been found is hereto
attached and made part of this re-
port
I'm concluding this report the Grand
Jury takes this opportunity to express
it's appreciation of the ability, fairness
and courtesy shown by Robert w
Breckons during it's short session"
Frank Thompson was appointed tC
defend TanbarO. who was ordered
brought into court at two this after
noon for arraignment. Tanbara said
he had no counsel and no money here
to pay counsel, but thought he had
some money in Japan.
The first defendant to be tried viii
: probably be Jean Sabate who was alsC
ordered to appear for arraignment this
afternoon. He stated that Creighton
, and Correa were his attorneys. The
other defendants indicted are D. Vieir6
and Manuel Nieira and Ton Bong dis
tillng liquor, Kara Asaka selling liquor
} without a license. The case in which
: no indictment was returned was tina
of Asahi. selling liquor, He was dis
charged from custody.