The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-13
PURITY Of
ELECTIONS
Judge Dole Delivers Ills
Charge to Federal
Grand Jury.

Men who were prominent in the not
remote period OF history making in the
Hawaiian Islands, veterans Of the Ha-
waiian Jury box. several leading cam
paigners OF both the Republican and
Democratic parties, representatives of
large business interests and OF the
mechanical trades-more than one OF
these classihcations being in some cases
blended in dividuals-altogether 1t
was a panel of jurors the like of which
has hardly been seen before in Hawaii
which assembled as a grand jury in the
United States District Court yesterday
afternoon TO receive the charge OF the
court. 1t was the maximum panel of
20 men which obeyed the summons, but
2. c. Jones, the Nestor of them all,
was excused at his own request by
Judge Dole, on the ground of age and
the fact that jury duty he had per-
formed OF late proved injurious to his
health.
Following is the panel as sworn to
investigate the matters and things to
be charged by the court for inquisition:
s. NJ. Damon. foreman; Geo. K. Kaia
]. W. Mcdonald, F. L. Waldron, S. G.
Wilder, Chas. Butzke, C. G. Ballentyne,
J. P. Winnie Geo c. Watt, II. Lam
easter. s. n. Hundley, Z. d. Carley,
Hugh AlcCorriston. c. NJ. V. Forster,
J. A. McCandess, W. o. Atwater, ].
A. Gilman. ]. P. Cooke, F. r. Bath,
John Effinger. H. A. Wilder, J. J.
Splitter.
After the charge of the court had
been delivered as below summarized, c.
f. Calvert was sworn as bailiff to wait
upon the grand jury Judge Dole placed
the courtroom at the disposal of the
grand inquest
THE JUDGES CHARGE.
Judge Dole read his charge to the
grand jury, which began with state
ment of the functions of that body.
He stated that matters would probably
be presented for consideration by them
under the following sections of the
Revised Statutes OF the United States
viz:
Sec. 55oS. II two or more persons
conspire to injure, Cypress, threaten, oil
intimidate any citizen in the free exercise
or enjoyment OF any right or privilege
secured to him by the Constitution OF
laws OF the United States, or because
of his having so exercised the same; OF
II two or more persons go i'll disguise
on the highway, or on the premises o
another, with intent to prevent o.
hinder his free exercise or enjoymen
of any right or privilege so secured
they shall be punishable by fine ant
Imprisonment.
"Section 54o3 Every person whit
wilfully destroys or attempts to de
stroy, or carries away any record, papei
or proceeding of court of justice. OF
any paper or document, or record flee
or deposited in any public office, shall
without reference to the value of thC
record, paper, document, or proceed
ing so taken be punishable by fine OF
imprisonment at hard labor, or both.
Section sos. Every officer having
the custody of any record, document
paper or proceeding specified in sec
ton 54o3, who fraudulentlv takes away
or withdraws or destroys, any such rec
ord, document, paper, or proceeding
filed in his Office or deposited with hin
or in his custody, shall be punishable b!
fine, or Imprisonment at hard labor
or both; and shall, moreover, forfei
his office and be forever afterward dis
qualified from holding any office unde,
the Government of the United States,
Among other observations the charge
contained the following:
"As grand jurors of the Fedora
Court, you are probably voters ant
may be more or less Interested re-
Spectively in the prestige and good name
of the several political parties; which
interest, though laudable. must be sub.
ordinated to the paramount interest OF
all citizens in the integrity OF the state
and the moral and material prosperity
dependent thereon.
Il need hardly remind you of the in
sidious and weakening influence of such
acts as Improperly interfere with the
freedom of voting upon that great OBJ
ject of government, the supremacy OF
law, and upon the standing OF the
political parties in whose behalf they
are perpeuated, as we'll
''You are at liberty to apply to the
court at any time for further instruc
tons upon any of the matters alread!
referred to, or upon other subjects tina
you may have under consideration
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