The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-09

The Federal law under which Hauoe was convicted and sent to
jail ago. may hard a law nonene-
less. having taken public money from safe does purge
himself by paying back future time 1t aXnes dealing
the WeaVed be saved from the of crime which
they may slip unknovngy The path is so easy
Absolute does entirely prevent
Imprisonment entirely prevents theft but deers many
thus Laxy, the other hand invites OF
there who natural born criminals who almost
doomed from their cradles But the of embezz only weak
and be deferred examples the fate before them clearly ap
parent
has quite common practice the taking
public money money replaced xreasurr
Wright He took considerable OF public money The fact that
discovered He charged with
made confession The public officer whom he made the comics
allowed him in which money enough repay
his shortage AS he unable raise the money abcond
ed Had he however, raised the outside OF three
would have known anything about the matter and the chances
might remained time longer.
lh plea OF those who allow this kind OF thing IS that the public is
saved from loss That is serious matter to lose $4,000
OF the public funds has taken get
back than to punish the guilty party 1t this plea which has saved
the conscience of these islands Indeed has become
ngned minds that they that crime has
committed Wen pubic money mas been aNer SO long as 1t IS ultimately
paid back specous plea but utterly false To receive back
public money and not prosecute for the crime comes very to the
commission of another which called compoundng felony
There walking round the city today who much
CRIMINALS as many man who working out his sentence either in
oahu IAN or IN some similar place OF detention on the mainland but
fail friends fail
criminals because orsoo when they have been discovered they
made good their shortage was tha japanese he any less criminal
because round with Officer Renear
the articles which he had ston In this would argue
the OF the articles condoned the offence But the of many
the return OF public money which has been stolen condones the offence
completely
This axty responsible large part which
has the and the future unless punishment
becomes certainty We know that aXy punishment for
violence induces further crimes OF violence till an outraged community
takes the punishment Of criminals hands In the The
Star considering the aXy is the law has been aNy the
of public officers who would not invoke the law.
This however, be thing of the Our officials
waking the fact that aXy money Oense,
Governor kind condone such
Once fully understood that the socaed borrowing public funds,
to be replaced future time really crime and will inevitably
be punished discovered and there will be far fewer such
1t hard who have been inclined be enen
but eny such almost criminal Leny lends itself
atng 1t first dollar it is five
dollars, and then plunge for larger 1t the
magnitude of the should consider the principle OF the
thing which should be looked and the principle that public
money should be private hour Public
and the betrayed punishment should follow
The OF Vivian Richardson only another illustration OF the
which