The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-03
GRAND JURY
MUST WORK
New Court Term
Will Open
Today.
JUDGES TO SIT
CONCURRENTLY
All But Gear Who viii Flock by
Himself - Jurors Called
for Today.

| pOrtdnt term OF court nelu N the 6T- j
ritory since it's organization will be |
opened this morning at $50 o'clock by |
Judge J. T. De Bolt. The grand jury |
which will be instructed at that time
will be charged with the investigation |
| of the affairs of the government, prin- |
cipally in relation to the Public Works !
and the Treasury departments. Both |
B. H. Wright and ]. II. Boyd have /
been held by Judge Wilcox to answer
to the grand jury, and undoubtedly the
Treasurer Wright case will also be pre-
scented. Whether or not the investi-
| cation extends into other departments |
of the Territorial government depends |
upon the grand jury itself, for that |
body has the undoubted right to probe |
into the conduct of any of the offices, |
other, Of course, than those which are
Federal in their nature.
This will be Judge De Bolts first |
term of court, and his charge to the |
grand jury will be awaited with inter-
est, as it is expected to go into the !
! affairs of the Capitol building. He |
will inaugurate new practice for the
Honolulu courts, in that copy of the
written charge will be placed in the
hands of the grand jury for their
guidance. Former Judges, though
making charges of great length, deliv-
cred them more for oratorical and po-
litical effect, which the jurors speedily |
forgot, or ignored after reaching the |
jury room.
Besides Territorial affairs, there are
number of serious crimes to be in
vestigated. The burning of the Friel
| home, the murder of Jap boy in
! Iwilei the other night, and several |
cases of arson, are also to be looked !
into. Altogether, the grand jury will
have a busy time, and it's sessions will |
probably extend over period of sew
eral weeks.
The members drawn for the grand
jury, though all will not serve, are as
| follows:
/ Serene E. Bishop, NJ I. Silva, w. H.
| Thornton, Anthony W. Seabury. E. T.
| Winant, John G. Lane, E. S. Cunha,
/ H. A. Parmalee, John Waterhouse,
Charles A. Gait, Charles B. Wilson, Flo
Fon, Edward H. F. Wolter, A. Garten-
berg, VIII G. King, M. A, Peixoto,
James G. Spencer, A. 5. Cleghorn,
Charles D. Chase, A. Frank Cooke. !
/ Peter Z. Jones, and Daniel Kaeo.
Deputy Attorney General J. w. Cath
cart will represent the Territory in the
deliberations before the Jury. Jnlge
De Bolt is ID take charge of all the
criminal work at The present time, be-
ing the presiding judge, whiie the civil
calendar will be referred to Judge
Robinson. He will begin work i'm
mediately upon opening court this
morning, and call the civil calendar.
His jury is composed as follows:
f. S. Dortch, Samuel Nowlein, Z. J.
Dutra, Charles Marques. Charles Laza-
rus. John c. Quincy, Alexander Laza-
rus, H. E. Hendrick, Joseph K. Fabian,
John K. Ramon oulu, William Mulch, |
John Ouderkirk, William Lyle, Will
lam T. Patty, C. Bollman. and A.
| Barnes.
Judge De Bolts trial jury is not
called to meet until this afternoon at
1870 O'Clock. The jurymen drawn
for it are as follows:
K B. Porter, Eugene P. Sullivan,
Jessin Andrade, j. Oswald Lutted, Guy
/ T. Kelly, Warren Boyle. L, ]. Nahora
Hipa, Theodore Richards, Lot P, Fer
nandez, Husto de la Cruz, A. E. Muir
! ply, Henry Hickey, George Fern, VIM.
L. Peterson, B. S. Gregory Chang
| Chau, A X ieira. J. d. Cockett,
James Mott, C. A. r. Makaena, Caesar
Vieira, F. T. P Mcintyre, and Samuel
/ G. Dwight.
No trial will be taken up, although
the criminal calendar win be called.
All jurymen will be excused today I'M
til Wednesday morning because of
election day.
Judge De Bolt will hold court in the
Supreme Ccart room, while Judge
Robinson will preside over the sessions
in the new court room, formerly used !
as chambers by Judge Humphreys. |
| The grand jury will be given the re- |
naming new court room, which was
made over from the stenogEapher's
Offices.
Judge Gear will sit in chambers. and /
/ all chambers matters will be assigned /
/ to him. The second judge dissents'
| from the ruling of the majority that
circuit judges may sit concurrently, !
and will flock by himself at this term |
of court. In the meantime it is ex-
peeted that the Supreme Court may /
pass upon the en- blanc question, or
that the legislature will amend the law
to suit Judge Gear
PARIS GETS OFF.
George H. Paris escaped punishment
for CONTEMPT through an omission N !
the citation of a specification of the !
ofense committed. Paris skipped oar {