The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-05-25

CONVICTED

Kelike Kaawaloa has been added to
this years long list of convicted muir
derers In this Territory. After having
his case for over four hours in it's
hands yesterday the jury found him
guilty as charged" and he was charg-
ed with murder In the first degree.
Though no human eye saw him per-
petrate the deed. there was a closely
welded chain of circumstantial evi-
dence to show that. after threatening
to do SO a few hours before. Kaawa-
loa brutauy killed n woman named
Virginia Moeluhi-his mistress or wife
81 seems uncertain Wilhelm Kakd-
ako tenement house on Saturday night,
December 2. 1905, by Telling her. prob
ably with his fist. and banging her
head upon the floor, producing hemor-
rhage of the brain from which She
quickly died.
w. S. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
General, prosecuted the case, and Avon
II. Crook, assigned by the court. made
as good defense for the accused as
the circumstances permitted. Judge
De Bolt gave the jury only the in
structions requested by counsel on both
sides, SO far as he could allow them.
The jury retired at 1906 p. m. and
twenty minutes later asked permission
to go out to lunch, which was granted
with the admonition to take no intoxi-
eating drink with the meal and not
to discuss the case, even among them
selves, outside of the jury room. After
returning the jurors deliberated until
about i:i5, when they agreed upon
their verdict as above.
Death is the exclusive penalty under
that verdict Between verdict and
sentence, in capital cases, an interval
of As hours must elapse.
cause no horse had been sent for him.
He said, in answer to question by
Supervisor Moore, that he was not un
der the orders of the Deputy Sheriff,
anyhow.
OVER FOR THE DAY.
County Attorney Douthitt took the
stand and read the names of 81 of the
81 signers to the petition for the re-
moval of Kekauoha. all of whom had
certified the genuineness of their sig
natures to him and told him they knew
why they had signed the paper. This
evidence was admitted under protest
from Achi. all the members but Archer
voting for admission.
During Douthitts testimony, Achi
tried a bit of drama in the sudden
production of man supposed to be one
of the signers, whom he asked the
County Attorney to identify. Mr..
Douthitt could not swear to the man,
but thought he had seen him-and
later it came out that he had, and in
the place that he remembered. Also,
Achis play was bit further spoiled
by Chairman Smith having the man
sworn and getting him to admit, under
oath. that while he was drunk when
he signed the charges, he was not so
drunk that he did not know what he
was doing He had signed the petit
ton for Kekauohas removal knowing
what was in it, although he had not
seen the top part of the paper in sign
ing
The case for the county rested at
this point. and Achi introduced as his
first witness District Magistrate Ma
noa. of Koolauloa. His testimony was
all as to the case of Illicit liquor sell
ing in his district, and was favorable
to the Deputy Sheriff's manner of con-
Quoting the case. He had not con-
cluded his evidence when the hour Of
came, and the impeach-
ment trial was continued until next
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