The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-24
GEO. FERRIS
MAY co FREE
Error Of Gear and His
Clerk Causes
Trouble.
(From Wednesdays daily)

| george Ell Ferris. who Is under sen.
tence Of death for murder, may 20 en-.
tirely free as a result OF carelessness or
the part Of Judge Success to Crime
Gear and his clerk in preparing the
records.
The motion for a rehearing Of the mo-
ton for new trial was presented yes
terday before Judge Gear. 1t alleged
that the record failed to show that
Ferris was ever present at the trial
of his case or when he was arraigned
or sentenced. The hearing of the mo-
tlon was postponed to give the clerk
a chance to correct the record and the
further argument was postponed until
Thursday.
In the meantime however Judge Gear
has signed the bill Of exceptions offered
by the defendant with a few minor
amendments, and duly certified II to the
Supreme Court. This 1t is said takes
out of his hands the opportunity for
correcting the record. and the clerks
record will have to be sent to the SUI
preme Court in Its present shape. AS
the record contains the very errors
which are complained Of. namely fall
ure to show that the defendant was
ever present at the trial. Judge Gear
Will very likely be reversed by the SUI
preme Court and Ferris VIII be given a
new trial. AS nearly all the witnesses
in the case have already left the city
1t is hardly possible that another con-
viction can be obtained.
. Q . Q . . . . 0 . Q o Q o
bill passed as amended, with only
Lewis and Oil voting against it, the
ayes being 20.
The Conference Committee on Senate
Bill No. 66 reported in favor of passing
the bill with Senate amendments and
the report on No. 70. fixing Jurors pay
at $3.50 a day, also passed.
An effort was made to take up the
conference report on the emergency
bill from the table, and after some dis
cussion this was done. The bill was
referred back to the Conference Com
mittee.
There was n tilt between Fernandez
and Harris. the former saying Harris
was under the influence Of the Senate,
and he was called to order. The House
took adjournment without action.
EMERGENCY BILL STATUS.
The discussion Of the conference re-
port on the Emergency bill continued
at the night session it being shown
that some members of the House were
willing to recede from the Waimea
bridge appropriation while others ia
vored sticking to 1t. Knudsen said he
would rather see the bridge item taken
out than that the bill fail. Harris took
the position that parliamentary usage
would not permit taking from the table
as the act of tabling took the matter
out of the hands of the House, the
chair sustaining him. This blocked ev-
erything as the initiative must come
from the Senate.
House Bill No. 65, amending the COM
pulsory education law compelling at
tendance upon school to the age of 81
years, with certain exceptions, was con-
sidered, the unfavorable report rejected
and the bill passed n second time.
LEPROSY AND HEALTH.
House Bill No. %, to permit any per-
son without license to treat leprosy, |
came up and was passed second read
ing, other bills taking that course being
No. 81, the characterization law; the
Gear electric franchise bill; relating to
district courts. That relating to at
torneys at low was indefinitely post
pCned.
House Bill No. 30, reorganizing the
Board of Health, came up on final pas
sage and went through, q to 8. There
were many men who voted for the bill,
saying that the Senate would kill it,
as the measure Is the Home Rule one,
aimed AT the Board of Health as now
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH BONUS.
The Wireless Telegraph Company's
bounty bill providing an appropriation
Of $24 900 TO be paid monthly during the
next two years, was considered Har-
ris amending the amount of the bonus
to $4,000 a year. after which the meas
lre were adopted. The opinion was ex-
pressed that the bill Is now useless, as
the amount is too small. The vote
stood: ayes, 80; noes, 8.
House Bill No. II, to provide for an
agricultural college and model farm,
,ame up on final passage. The measure
passed with "a ayes.
on motion OF Harris the vote on the
Telegraph subsidy bill was re-
considered and petitions from Maui and
Hawaii were read asking the House to
pass the bill. on motion of Kellinoi
he Harris amendment of $4,000 a year