The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-22
ELEVEN MEN
FOR JURORS
Japanese Murder
Trial Under
Way.
JURY SPENDS
NIGHT AT HOTEL
Defendant Still Has Sixteen Per.
emPtory Challenses-Law
is Not for Delay.

Inc Hrst oay nearing OF the ran
bara Gisaburo murder case closed yes
terday with eleven of the twelve jurors
required having passed the challenge
emptory challenges having also been
exhausted. The eleven men were plac-
ed IN the custody of Marshal Hendry
and kept under his charge at the Ha-
waiian Hotel for the night.
There was extreme difficulty in secur-
| ing jurors competent to serve but it is
confidently expected that the panel will
be filed out today. There are still
twenty talesmen to be drawn from and
that should be sufficient to complete the
jury. Judge Estee overruled the motion
of the defendant for two days notice
of the special venire, holding that the
law requiring such notice was not in
tended for delay.
A motion made at the opening of the
court for the appointment of some other
man than j. H. Hakuole as Japanese in
|
terpreter was also denied by the court.
F. E. Thompson presented affidavits to
the effect that the dialect spoken by
the defendant was not one with which
Hakuole is familiar and he asked for
the appointment of some other man.
Mr.. Breckons presented counter affida-
| Wits showing that Hakuole had inter-
preted for Gisaburo and the defendant
appeared to understand him, and had
admitted it in swearing to the affidavit
presented in court. Judge Estee said
| that he was satisfied with Hakuole's
4 ability and had questioned the circuit
Judges in regard to him before swearing
/ him in as interpreter.
| The following twelve men were then
called to the jury box and questioned as
| to their eligibility for service:s F. w.
| Beardslee, William Buchanan, w. F.
| Dillingham;, F. H. Kilby, c. H. Brown.
| Andrew Chalmers, j. M. Camara, John
lW. f. Sabin and W. T. Smith.
| To all of them the question was put
as to their feeling towards capital pun
lishment, as to the removal of a doubt
by reason of a grand jury presentment
| and as to opinions formed in reading
| the newspapers. The question as to
1 the same credence being given to
| Japs testimony as opposed to that OF
a white man was answered in the mega
tive by many of the jurors, while equal
lily as many had formed an opinion or
/ were opposed to capital punishment.
| The following jurors were challenged
for cause: F. w. Beardslee opposed to
| capital punishment; VIM. Buchanan
acquainted with wife of the deceased
and biased against tbs defendant; Wal
ter z. Dillingham;, formed an opinion
from reading newspaper report; An
| drew Chalmers, couldn't give same
weight to Japanese testimony as t
/ that of a white man; j. M. Camara
opposed to capital punishment; c. Hus-
tace, formed an opinion from reading
/ newspapers; George Hawley, didn
place credence Nin testimony of Jap
anese as compared to white men; Alex
Nichols, already formed an opinion
Andrew Bannister, heard story on wa
ter front which would require evidence
to remove; w. A. Naylor, opposed t
capital punishment; Henry Giles, form
ed opinion from newspaper reports D
Il S. Andrade, opinion as to guilt; 3. PECK
opposed to death penalty JOS Clyne
prejudiced against Japanese testimony
, Arthur Berg, opinion formed IRON
newspaper reports and considered IN
ldictment as partial evidence OF gullt
] James Steiner, opposed to capital pun
lishment: NJ. G.. Silva, scruples agains
death penalty; A. w. Pearson, d1dn
believe Orientals had same regard FOL
oath as white man and would d1scrllnl
4 nate in favor of the latter; j. L. Gil
lilan, related to Cunha, who is in thu
office of counsel for the defense.
The following jurors were passed To-
cause: F. H. Kilby, was former assist
ant at the insane asylum, no employ
ment at present; C. H. Brown, formerl!
plumber. not engaged at present
John NJ Davis, employed by L. B. Ker
& Co.; w. H. Wilkinson, engaged il
ranching at Pearl City; W. F. Sabin
newspaper man, not employed at pres
emit; W. T. Smith, was employed a
Hackfeld & Co.; z. B. Friel, no busl
ness at present; P. H. Hughes, sugar
boiler at Waimana1o Plantation; NJ
Bissel; J. H. D'Almeda, formerly EN-
pleyed at Grinbaum & Co, not engages
lat present; George Roenitz, employed a
Hackfeld & Co.; II. w. Green, collecto
for several firms; Herbert E. Cares
conducts a restaurant in Honolulu
Paul Smith was also passed.
United States Attorney Breckons dl
not exercise his first peremptory chal
lenge and Mr.. Thompson excused ii. W
{. Green. The defendants second chai
lenge was exercised in the removal Q
John NJ. Davis. Paul Smith was mex
excused peremptorily by the detendan
he having been called to fill Gillian
place. Mr.. Thompson objected at tn
time to the calling of talesmen on IN
ground that he had not received NV