The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-13
A WARNING
To THIEVES
Long Man Sent Up
for Twelve
Years.
(From Thursdays daily.).

| Roger James by Judge De Bolt will
probably have the effect OF putting a
stop to the indiscriminate thievery
with which Honolulu has been afflicted
for a month or more past. In passing
sentence Judge De Bolt referred to the
present epidemic Of crime and stated
that the object OF punishment was to
deter others from similar offenses. In
! this case the court stated that the
defendant had been ably defended, and
| he had been given every possible op
portunity to prove himself innocent.
However the jury had found him
guilty and there was nothing to do but
! impose sentence. The sentence OF the
court was twelve years in oahu Prison
and to pay the costs OF the prosecu-
ton.
The jury was instructed and retired
at about eleven o'clock yesterday
morning and 1t was two hours before
an agreement was reached. The de-
PENDANT was defended by II. w. Robin
son. appointed by the court. az he had
no means. The maximum punishment
for burglary in the first degree Is life
Imprisonment under the Hawaiian
statutes.
THIEVES TO REFORMATORY.
Judge De Bolt yesterday morning
sentenced two OF the boys indicted for
horse stealing to the reformatory for
the remaining years OF their minority.
The court stated that the statutes had
been carefully considered and he be-
lieved he was given authority to send
minors to the reform school. Two of
the boys, f.. Marks and Frank CAL
dero, pleaded guilty to larceny in the
second degree and were each sentenced
to the reform school until they be-
come OF age The third of the young
sters, John Estrella, was sent to Jail
for twenty days. He also pleaded
guilty and was given a severe lecture
by the court upon the rewards of hon
age however at which boys can be sent
to the reformatory SO the Jail sentence
was imposed.
| All three Of the boys were members
which operated around Waialua, and
they were alleged to have stolen mules
from the Waialua Agricultural Co.
INDICTMENT BORE WRONG DATE.
The case OF Bolles. charged with
stabbing Sheriff Chillngworth was
called up in the afternoon, when it was
discovered that the indictment was
dated in 1902 instead OF 1903. The case
was continued to permit the clerical
error to be remedied
WERE AT THE WRONG PLACE.
In the case OF NJ. Ferias and Antonio
Nobre, charged with being unlawfully
upon the premises of another, the jury
returned n verdict of guilty. and each
OF the defendants was sentenced to
prison FOR "A term of one month. They
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jury didn't believe it.
WAS HIS OWN LAWYER
Tin Soon, the Chinese boy charged
with the larceny OF graphophone and
late music from the Boys Brigade
school, was in court yesterday after
noon as his own attorney. An attorney
3 III,
court but he was not on hand when
the case was called and Judge De
Bolt ordered the trial to go ahead, \
jury was impanelled and examined by
the Attorney General and by the court
for the defendant Tin Soon ex-
pressed his willingness to accept
the jury ana Il was sworn to try his
ease Adjournment was then taken uu-
III this morning at nine O'Clock
CASES FOR TO-DAY.
Tho following cases are set down for
trial today. Territory vs.. Tin soon,
Territory u.s. Kitrhitoro, Territory vs..
Lizzie kauL Territory Us. Pang Look,
Territory ys srocM and Territory VS.
Fugu,
THE WIRELESS SUIT
A jury $3.50 secured yesterday morn
ms in the usr NJ Marrours Wireless
/ Photograph Coo Ns D. J. cross ana the
lrial b. already vrll under way The
suit b. fur royalties ana Tor the sale
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simply dispositions whirh had boon tNk-
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