The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-15
GEAR HAS
4 BAD DAY
Gives the Police
Another
Dig.
ILJDGE A SPANISH
INTERPRETER
Saws Porto Rican Would Murder
Him Though Official Interpre'
ter. Contradictions.

conclusion OF MS term OF lIHpiiSoA~
ment, the second judge was harrased
the entire session of court by attorneys
and prisoners. 1t seemed almost inn
possible to secure a case for trial, and
after a half dozen had been disposed
| of by nolle prosequi, pleas of guilty
or withdrawal of appeals, a jury was
secured for the trial of Manuel Veiri-
era, but the court threw up the sponge
and adjourned court at two o'clock for
the day. The Attorney-General, High
Sheriff, attorneys and the world in gen.
| eral came in for a share of the courts
displeasure and there was a feeling OF
relief when court was finally adjourned
until today.
| In the morning after spending half
an hour in trying to find a case ready
| for trial Judge Gear adjourned court
until one o'clock and then again there
was the same trouble in finding a case
or defendant waiting for justice.
Through it all however the criminal
| calendar was almost entirely cleared
up, and aside from murder cases, and
the defendants indicted by the grand
Jury, there are few cases still to be
disposed of at the present term.
HIGH SHERIFF ROASTED.
| At the opening of court in the after
| noon Willie Forrest, a Hawaiian boy
of prepossession appearance, was
| brought in to answer to the charge OF
| larceny He was alleged to have stolen
/ a chicken and had been in prison for
six months, unable to secure hearing.
Willie appeared in the blue uniform of
the convict, and the court at first or
dered him taken away, with word or
censure for the police department. but
| the defendant was finally allowed to
remain until his case was disposed of.
| Upon motion of Mr.. Douthitt sentence
| was suspended until the November
| term.
Then the court renewed his attack
upon the High Sheriff and Tailor for
permitting Forrest to appear in court
in prison garb. He said that the police
| had been warned by other judges not
to bring prisoners into court in convict
lclothes,- and added The Attorney-Gen-
eral and the High Sheriff have been
told that; every man is presumed to
be innocent, so you have no right to
drag him into court as if he were a
convict If the prisoner has no other
clothes then buy him some. If another
man is brought here in prison garb,
| particularly il he has not been con-
victed, the court will take some action.
You will inform Mr.. A. NJ. Brown of
that, officer"
NOLLE PROSEQUI ENTERED.
In the case of Kan Woon charged
with illegal liquor selling a nolle
| prosequi was entered by Mr.. Douthitt-
The same action was taken in the case
! of j. Borge also charged with violation
of the liquor laws. This action led to
a disagreement between the Deputy
a ttorney-General and Deputy Sheriff
Chillingworth, the latter insisting on
prosecution, while Mr.. Douthitt argued
that no conviction could be secured
upon the testimony of informers in the
Circuit Court.
In the case of Montana Colon, charg-
ed with assault and battery, the wit
nesses had disappeared and the case
was dismissed.
In the case of Tan Ping Sin, who was
fined twenty-five dollars in the lower
court for assault and battery. appeal
was withdrawn by Mr.. Brooks.
A jury was then called in the case
of Manuel Veiriera charged with Illicit
liquor selling. but the papers had not
been sent up by the clerk of the Police
Court, and Judge Gear refused to await
until they arrived adjourning court I'M
til this morning.
A bench warrant was issued for the
arrest of Lee Kin and sixteen others.
Mr.. Douthitt moved to dismiss the APP
peal, but when Mr.. Thompson said he
had few hot shots for the police de-
partment, Gear said he would continue
the case until morning.
GEAR THOUGHT HE WAS TO BE
MURDERED.
Jose Reveira, a Porto Rican, was
sentenced to prison for two years by
Judge Gear yesterday on the charge of
larceny of jewelry from the home OF
Isaac Cockett. The court said that the
defendant had threatened to murder
him at the expiration of the term
though the official interpreter stated
otherwise, and attributed to the Porto
Ricans only he most peaceable inten-
tions.
Reveira entered a plea of guilty to
larceny, which Deputy Attorney-Gen-
eral CathCart stated was the charge
in the indictment, as the evidence did
not show positively the crime of bur-
glary. Reveira admitted however that
he had burglarized Cockett's home. and
was informed by the court that FOL
that crime the punishment could be
life imprisonment, though for larceny
he could be sent to prison only for two
years.
DO whatever suits you," was tn,
prisoners response through the Span
ish interpreter.
Judge Gear then stated that he would
sentence the defendant to the limit o
two years, and as ReVeira began t
talk, interpreted his remarks as II
said he would murder the judge wheI
he gets out" Judge Gear is somewha
of a Spanish scholar.
The defendant is satisfied with wha
he got" was the way Interpreter Nc