The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-18
HAWAIIAN
WITNESSES
Judge Wilcox Tells of
His Experiences
With Them.

WIFI tllCIIhs
"cOIoner' Lake was convicted yes
terday in the Police Court of keeping
disorderly house at Queen Emma hall
and was sentenced by Judge wilcox t,
four months imprisonment in oah,
Prison at hard labor and to pay tn,
costs OF the case. An appeal was not
ed.
AT the time the sentence was imposed
Judge Wilcox spoke somewhat tersely
to Lakes attorneys, Robinson and
Hogan. as to the qualifications of Ha-
waiians as witnesses in any case. A
reference was made by counsel to the
1 Hawaiian women, who had testified, in
ferring that being Hawaiians their
testimony should be taken with grain
Of salt. AS Judge Wilcox has for a
score of years, as magistrate, had an
| opportunity to judge of Hawaiians and
their testimony as given from the wit
Il want to say to the attorneys that
know something of the Hawaiians. =
said he. II have lived here many years,
know the language pretty well and
know something of the Hawaiian char
acter I don't want an attorney to
come into this court and say, because
the Hawaiians are dark-skinned, that
their testimony cannot be relied upon,
or is different from that of white wit
nesses. There are just as good Hawai-
ians as there are white people and
viii say that they are a great deal
better than lot of white men who
come down here from the mainland
Deputy Sheriff Chnlingworth con-
Quoted the prosecution.
q 4 q \ y n u \ u n n n y \
and we suggest that an appropriation
t. cover said shortage is unnecessary.
Facts may develop at a future time
throwing more light on this shortage
and proper legislation may then be had
for the purpose of making good the
money lost in the manipulation of this
trust fund.
(Signed) JONAH KUMALAE.
S. F. CHILLINGWORTH, |
A FERNANDEZ,
H. A. JAEGER,
CARLOS A. LONG.
Although there was something Of a |
tangle over it, the House not knowing |
Just how it should go about doing what
t wanted to do. the report was finally |
got ordered to the Printing Committee.
md the bill that accompanied and was
l part of the report was passed to first
,eading. The bill is as follows:
Section 1. The sum of money now
n the possession of the Treasurer of
he Territory known as the Chinese
und. and amounting to .s155,54e.7o is
hereby declared to be a government
ealization
:'section 2. There is hereby appro-
rfated out of the moneys in the treas
Try received for general revenue the
um of $685. $40. 20 to be paid out on war
ants drawn by the Auditor. duly is
ued under the terms and authority of
his act, and in no other manner, and
DR. no other purpose whatsoever.
Section S-The Governor and the
OF the Territory of Hawaii
re hereby appointed a Board Of Ex-
miners to investigate all claims Of
hinese whose names appear in the ]
,eords of the Board of Emigration or
5 depoeitors in the Postal Savings
ank, or any other persons who have
attributed to the said Chinese fund,
nd whenever the said Board is salts
I'd as to the identity of the claimant, S
. his legal representative. they shall
certify upon the claim. and such GER
fcation shall be full authority for the
uditor to draw a warrant to pay the
me.
Section 4. Claimants under this
nd shall not be required to prove that
is their intention to leave the coun- Z
Y as a condition precedent to securing 7;
e payment of their claim.
section 5. This Act shall take effect G
'm and after its passage"
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