The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-25
PRISON WILL NOT
OPEN FOR All WO
Governor Dole Refuses to Elk.
ercise Executive Clemency
in His Behalf.

The application of All Wo for a par
don has been refused by Governor
Dole upon the recommendation of the
Attorney General The report is made
upon the ease by Assistant Attorney
General Douthitt upon whose recon-
mendation Attorney Dole made an adj
verse report to the governor.
The following is the report of Mr..
Douthitt:
Territory OF Hawaii
Office of the Attorney General
Honolulu, H. l., July %, 1902.
Hon E. P. Dole,
Attorney General of the Territory
OF Hawaii.
Dear Sir
L understand that a petition for a
pardon on behalf of one All Wo has
been presented to His EXcellency the
Governor. In regard to said All Wo
and the crime for which he was con-
victed, I have to say as follows; All
Wo together with one Nishyama were
indicted by the grand jury of this Ter
ritory upon charge of robbery in the
first degree. The robbery was upon a
Japanese woman here in Honolulu L
prosecuted them at the May Term. 1902
of the Circuit Court at Honolulu, and
they We're convicted. 1t appears that
u,
went to the house of the japanese
woman one evening between eight and
nine o'clock. At the time they arrived
the Japanese woman was preparing to
retire for the night After knocking at
the door they were admitted into the
room, and Immediately All Wo present
ed pistol at the breast of the Japa-
nese woman and demanded money OF
her, threatening to kill her if she did
not comply with his request Finally,
acting under the fear of these threats,
she yielded and gave All Wb the sum
OF twenty dollars. 1t appeared from
the testimony at the trial that All Wo
was the prime mover in the enterprise:
il was he who held the pistol; it was he
who made the threats; and it was he
who got the money.
All Wo is a young Chinese of fair
English education, speaks English flu
emily, and seems to be ii man of con-
siderable intelligence. Evidently, he
knew exactly what he was doing on the
evening of this occurrence.
1 further state that there was an
other charge of robbery in the first de-
gree pending against both these de-
PENDANTS. Upon conviction of the first
charge and sentence imposed, I was
under the impression that justice
would be subserved by entering nolle
prosequi so far as the other charge
was concerned. In this case the evil
dence shows that All Wo entered a
place where a gambling game was be-
ing carried ON, armed with a revolver
and wearing policeman's badge. and
either through terror of the revolver,
which he threatened to use. or by his
statement that he was an officer and
that the deputy sheriff was just out
side, or by both of said means, COM
PEELED a delivery of the money in the
possession of those robbed.
The offense OF which these defend
ants was convicted is punishable by
Section l16 OF the Penal Laws Of 1897
by imprisonment at hard labor for life.
or any number of years. In my opin-
ion the sentence of five years for a
crime of this gravity was not only not
exc essiVe. hut was extremely lenient.
The men were not under the influence
of liquor upon the occasion in ques
ton. and, as far as l know, there were ,
no extenuatins circumstances in this
ease. Therefore. I can see no reason
why executive clemency should be ex-
ercised.
I have the honor 10 be, sir.
Respectfully yours.
tsigned) E. A. DOUTHITT. !
Assistant TO the Attorney General.