The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-10-02
TO AVOID
THE MOOSE
Murderer Pleads
Guilty Second
Degree.
cFrom Thursdays Advertiser.)

Yoshekawa Dengiro preferred pos
sbilty of Imprisonment for life to
probability of being hanged. After a
fury had been secured with considerable
difficulty to try him for his life. Den
giro changed his plea OF not guilty to |
indictment for murder in the first de-
gree to n plea of guilty of murder in |
the second degree. The jurors were
discharged and the sentence of Dengiro |
was set for Monday morning next at 10
o'clock
In empaneling the jury yesterday
morning, Deputy Attorney General
Prosser waived most of the prosecu-
TONS six challenges. "A few minutes
before twelve o'clock the list was ex-
hausted when the defense had but one
challenge left. There were not enough
names left on Judge Gears panel to
| make up fifteen for a special venire, and
| n request was sent to Judge Robinson
with the courts compliments for the
use of names on his panel. The special
venire was made returnable at p M.
and a few minutes after that hour the
| following jury was accepted and sworn
| to try the case: j. f. Soper, w. f.
Fletcher Guy owens, II. A. Parmelee,
| A. Nelson, II. Carl, H. p Kaohi, p. j.
|
| Stone, f. Fl. Armstrong, A. c. Dowsett,
Jessin Andrade and Lewis c. King.
Charles Creighton, the attorney who
| defended Dengiro on Kauai, at this
| stage announced that he had an impor-
| tant statement to make on behalf of
| the defendant and asked that the jury
| he excused until it was made. The jury
| retired In sworn charge of Bliff Ellis
| and a policeman when Mr.. Creighton
announced that the defendant volun-
| tarily wished to change his plea to that
of guilty of murder in the second de-
gree
| Judge Gear called on the defendant
TO stand up while his attorneys state
noent was interpreted to him. Dengiro
said he understood and consented.
Judge Gear then said:
."Tell him that the penalty for murder
in the second degree may be inprison-
mont at hard labor for life and must
he imprisonment for at least ten years,
according to the law. Is he still will
ing to plead guilty?
i Dengiro. on hearing the words in
, terpreted. readily declared that he was
still willing so to plead
Henry Hogan the associate counsel
: who had conducted the examination of
!, Jurors on behalf of the defense, then
| desired TO offer a few remarks. In as
sociating himself with Mr.. Creighton,
t he said, it was done on account of Mr..
: Creighton's i'll health and his friendship
:. for him. The question defendant
r. counsel had to consider was mainly
d that of the admissibility of certain
testimony. They would not have advis-
ed any man to make such a plea as
that offered except for the gravest OF
t reasons. Neither entreaty nor persua-
t sion had peeii useu ~ iiiIuee ' W,
= fendaht 10 c'iahse ms Pc.
noon hour' acco'lPanieu D' .ne -.
interpreter, WI = Es's i,'oI. a.u ~, -,
', had visited tiie uele,u'nt IA me
lhey totu nm INA. te 80 80 S,,,
victeu ., i.'uiue' -. en - ,,,o.ei,, ~, 40,
= 'he veroiet Nas 90 80 "a ~, t,a t,ia
:. count VI an elroi 80 rIo,,aa
cour.. tSo pc. f,aa Ill
put III. ,.e,'at,,,a af ,tanairg +,;a
eno e., ,sa Nv uogon asked tha,
iol ms ~ aafarraa urt,l Monda,
sente ~. ~ on,,r+ ,,,,sht have ar
i'eN.' 80 ,i 80 na.using tha tast,mon,
s,aa, tha srst trial
AZ ,1 prassar ansvar,rg the COURT
" ,,,ast,on stoted tba+ the nrosecutio,
,,,o,,,a aooant the changed nlea.
NJ creicbtor as,sad that the iury b
oo,iaa IN and dischareed When thi
,ras dona Dengiro reneated his plea Il
rrosenca Of the iurv.
Indge Gear ordered the new plea en-
u tared continued sentence until Mon
dav and discharged the Jurors from fun
-, ther consideration of the case
- DrNcrpos CRIME
p.,., 10
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