The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-08

IN enacting. Iney 10 not constitute
law unto themselves. but, like all othe
citizens of this Territory. are amenab
to all laws enacted and I'm force with ,
view to the preservation and continue
ton of the peace and well-being of th'
community, the violation of which con
stitute public offense."
The court alludes to it's caution givey
earlier in the charge against acting OF
mere rumor or unfounded report ant
then proceecs:
But 1 charge you further that accu.
sations of malfeasance in office and
dereliction in duty--that the House OF
| Representatives, at the last session oi
the Legislature of this Territory has
been induced to purchase and has pur-
chased, at exorbitant prices, property
not belonging to the seller but which
in fact, belonged to the Territory o.
| Hawaii and which had been donated by
the Secretary of the Territory to the
House of Representatives for it's gratui-
tous use, and that certain employees
have received fourteen days compensa-
ton for seven days services, and that
other employees have received compen-
sation for services never, In fact, per-
formed-rest upon more substantial
foundation than mere rumor or I'M
founded report when supported, in a
measure. by the indictment of a Fed
eral grand jury, by the recommended
ton of Territorial grand jury, taken
in connection with the statements made
in n minority report, and by common
/ repute."
The grand jury is charged that the
| circumstance of difficulty in obtaining
legal evidence on this matter should
not deter it from making investigation
and report, "in order that any future
session of the Legislature OF this Ter
ritory may not be the scene of further
achievements of a similar reprehen-
sible character"
DISORDERLY HOUSES.
I'm the final report of the last grand
jury of this circuit" the charge pro-
ceeds, attention Is called to the ex-
istence of houses of prostitution in the
residence districts of the city of Ho-
nolulu, and while the grand jury rec
ommends that the police department
take up this matter to the end that
the better element of the community
be freed from daily contact with the
evil, 1t is not incumbent upon the
present grand jury to shift the burden
of responsibility for the continued ex-
istence Of the evil complained Of upon
the police department. The exist
ence Of houses of prostitution or i'll
fame in any community and particular
ly II located in a residence district, |
constitutes an outrage upon common
decency and a menace to the peace and |
well-being of the citizens of such COM |
munity generally, and while 1t is the |
duty of the police department, under |
our laws. to apprehend and arrest all |
classes of public offenders, including |
the keepers and inmates of such houses |
of prostitution or ill-fame, that de- |
partment, without warrant of arrest, |
would be acting without authority of |
law in invading the dwellings of this
class of offenders, whose offenses in |
their nature are not overly or openly |
in order to apprehend such
and it is the province and
duty of the grand jury to aid the police
department in the effort to suppress
such offenses by investigating the mat
ter and upon sufficient proof of the
of the crimes charged, by
|
warrants Of arrest may issue"
AVOID USELESS EXPENSE.
Judge Robinson in conclusion re-
minds the grand jurors that the ex-
pense incident to a session of the grand
jury is borne by the people Of this
circuit and county.
"Junketing trips" he informs them,
taken in the pretended investigation
Of the management and control of
some public institution, situated in
his circuit, under Territorial CONTROL
against the officers and employees of
which there has been directed no
'harge or suspicion of mismanagement
n malfeasance in Office are expensive
md useless. All public institutions
inder Territorial control, whether in
his circuit or out of it, are subject at
III reasonable times to visitation and
by the Governor and other
permanent officers of this Territory,
including the judges of the courts Of
ecord, and it is quite unlikely that any ,
or malfeasance in Of
Ice, or any abuse of any kind, could be
ong continued without the fact of such
malfeasance or abuse ,
icing brought to your attention by ,
his court in its charge"
The court says that investigation and ,
eport by a grand jury will accomplish :
title toward remedying a defect in
or premises. Officers of the
articular institution are likely to
now more about it than the grand
urors, and both officers and grand r
irors know that the defect can only r
e remedied by legislative action.
For grand jury to expend s25 or
30 of the funds of this Territory, t
ealized from it's citizens by taxation, h
lerely for the purpose of ascertain t
lg and reporting that a cesspool at S
he Insane Asylum was insufficient in b
oint of size and capacity, when such [
,vestigation and report could do no C
ossible good and when the same I,
mount of money-or perhaps a sum