The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-17
CAST INSINUATIONS
AGAINST KAULUKOU
CHARGED WITH FORCING WIT.
NESS TO COMMIT CRIME
OF PERJURY.
MASON FELL DOWN AFTER BEING
STAR WITNESS.
Testified Yesterday he Had Employed
Porto Rican Woman for Laundrying,
But Today Took 1t Back.

Porto Rican Woman for Laundrying,
But Today Took 1t Back.
The charge of vagrancy against Juan
Maralda a Porto Rican Woman, which
was begun yesterday before Judge Will
cox and was continued until this morn
ing, developed into quite an interesting
case this morning in the police court.
In fact the star witness for the defense
admitted on the stand this morning,
that he had been guilty of perjury at
the trial yesterday and charged that
j. L. Kaulukou, the attorney for the
defence, had forced him to give the
false testimony. This sudden change
of front on the part of the witness who
was Thomas Mason the night witch
man for the Wilder wharves, caused
big surprise and his charges against
kaulukOu caused much interest among
those in the court room.
The woman was charged yesterday
with having no lawful, visible or suffi-
cient means of support. Several wit
nesses were heard for the prosecution
il support of this charge. For the de-
fence, Mason was supposed to be the
strongest witness. He testified that
for the past three months the woman
had been coming to his house about
twice a week to wash clothes. He
paid her 81 one week and IS another
alternating with this scale every week
Deputy High Sheriff Chillingworth VINO
w prosecuting tried to impeach the
testimony of the witness and asked if
the woman was not in realty MasOn's
wahine manuahi Mason denied this in
sinuatiOn and insisted that the woman
was simply employed by him to wash
clothes The court suggested that Mrs.
Mason be subpOenaed to appear in court
as she might be able to give additional
light on the subject, so the case was
accordingly continued until this morn
ing.
Mason evidently reconsdered the
matter for by this morning he had ur-
cided to retract his former testimony,
which he did in an affidavit which was
subscribed and sworn to yesterday af-
ternoon. The affidavit related to the
case Of the Territory of Hawaii VS..
Juan Maralda, charged with violating
section go. The sworn statement of
Mason which was handed to Judge
Wilcox, was as follows:
Thomas Mason being duly sworn
depOses and says: / was a witness for
the defendant in the above entitled
case and as such witness was called
to testify before the District Court of
Honolulu, on this 10th day of July A. D.
1902; and as such witness did, after
/ being sworn to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth in
| the above entitled cause, did testify
that the defendant, Juan Maralda had
been washing for me for three months;
| that l had paid her three and four
| dollars a week; that l last paid her on
| last Saturday at 4 p. M, and that She
| the defendant, was there at my house
working last Saturday; while as a mat
| ter of fact the defendant, Juan Maral-
da, has not been working for me for the
! last three months, and | have not been
paying her three and four dollars a
! week, and that l did not pay her last
| Saturday at o'clock p. m. and the said
| defendant was not at work at my
| house last Saturday; and that my tes-
! timOny as sworn to before the District
/ court in the above entitled case was
| false: but was sworn to at the In
| sigation of j. L. KaulukOu, attorney
/ for the defendant, who came to me to
assist him and to testify before the
court that the woman was working
/ for me; and forced me to appear in the
court and testify in the above entitled
! cause as he had told me to-"
Mason was called to the stand and
asked il he had anything further to
state regarding his testimony of the
day previous. He said that he wanted
| to make matters right. He admitted
that the previous testimony had been
false and added that the statement
that he had signed was the truth. He
said that Kaulukou had come to him
and asked him to go into court and
help the woman out of the trouble and
| agreeing that he, Kaulukou, would
make it all right with him. In fact Ma
son said that KauluKou had forced him
to go on the witness stand and give the
false testimony, although the details
Nf HOY I,A
not related
AS soon as Mason had concluded his
statement, Kaulukou promptly arose
with a denial. This Is quite a serious
! charge against me-" said KaulukOu
land if the court will permit me, / will
make statement regarding my con-
nection with the case"
"Oh, we are not trying you, Mr.. Kau-
lukou," remarked the court.
Kaulukou then related the circum-
stances of his conversation with Ma
SON. KaulukOu declared that after the
woman had been released on bail she
had asked Kaulukou to go with her to
the Kinau wharf to see her friend, who
proved to be Mason Mason admitted
to KaulukOu having employed the wo-
man at 81 and some times So a week,
to wash clothes at the Mason house,
as Mrs Mason was i'll, so KaulukOu
said the man would be a good witness
and asked him to come into court and
testify for her Mason agreed to do this
Kaulukou had not tried to force him in
any way to testify, and in fact, Ylgo-
rously denied the insnuation of Ma
| sons affidavit.
The hearing of the case was then re-
sumed. Kaulukou argued that the
charge had not been proved. The court
found the woman guilty and sentenced
her to two months Imprisonment In
Jail Notice of an appeal was given.
G. Casattio, another Porto Rican wo-
man who had a number Of stolen
watches hidden I'm her pillow, was given
two months in Jail for having no visible
means of support. She had pleaded
| guilty,
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