The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-13

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THAT if any owner. importer, con-
signee or agent or other person shall
make or attempt to make any entry of
imported merchandise by means of any
fraudulent or false invoice, affidavit,
letter paper or by means of any false
statement, written or verbal, or by
means Of any false or fraudulent prac-
tiCe or appliance whatsoever, or shall
be guilty of any wilfull act or omission
by means. whereof the United States
shall be deprived of the lawful duties
or any portion thereof accruing upon
the merchandise or any portion thereof,
embraced or referred to in such invoice,
affidavit, letter, paper or statement, or
affected by such act or omission, such
merchandise or the value thereof to be
recovered from the person making the
entry, shall be forfeited, which for
fixture shall only apply to the whole of
the merchandise or the value thereof in
the case or package containing the par
ticular article or articles of merchan-
disc to which such fraud or false paper
or statement relates. And such per-
each offense. sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for
time not exceeding two years or both,
in the discretion of the Court"
1t is needless for me to remind you
that the object of this section of the
customs administrative act Is to secure
to the United States its just duties.
And it is also the intent of the revenue
laws of the United States that all par
ties importing or bringing into the
United States merchandise of any
kind, shall stand upon an equal footing
before the law. And any violation of
these customs laws is not only a dep
rivation of the United States of it's
just dues, but also works an injustice
to all others who conform to the laws
and pay the duties imposed upon the
merchandise they import.
IMMIGRATION LAWS.
Gentlemen of the Jury: 1t has been
the settled policy of the United States
to exclude from our shores certain
classes of immigrants deemed to be an
undesirable element to add TO our pop
ulation, and the laws of Congress pass
ed relative thereto from time to time.
have been sought to be rigidly enforced
by both the administrative and judicial
branches of the government Among
the classes excluded are women and
girls who are imported for purposes of
which subject l have al
ready called to your attention.
Among the other classes are persons
brought to the United States
under the provisions of the Act of
March 3, 1908, relative 10 the "Immigra-
ton of aliens into the United States"
such unlawfulness consisting in the
fact that they have been assisted or
encouraged to come into the country
under contracts or agreements. or Of
fers or promises of labor and their
prepaid by the parties
encouraging them TO come into the
country under the conditions stated.
do not deem II necessary to go into
these laws in detail. The United states |
District Attorney, as | have heretofore
suggested TO you, will be ready and |
willing to aid you in your Investigations |
into all these matters, making clear to |
you what laws are claimed to have |
been violated and in what respect. |
II you should desire any further in |
S,ructions from the Court you are at |
liberty to ask for them at any time and |
upon any Of the matters embraced in |
this charge or any other offenses that |
you may have under investigation.
| appoint Mr.. Atwater your fore |
man; you can select your own secre- |
tary.
ESTEE.
October l2, 1908.