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

it may not have been that Attorney
Achi citing of the great case OF Bar
dell against Pickwick in making mo-
tion to rule out certain evidence in the
| KekaUoha Impeachment trial before
the Supervisors yesterday afternoon
was decisive. And it may have been
that il was. Close students of that
eminent legal authority, Mr.. Charles
| Dickens, must of necessity be im,
! pressed by the mere mention of a ease
so &C q rated. And worse precedents
than those laid down in Bardell and
Pirltwick might he followed by ina
parchment courts to graver cOnse-
quences than befel the benevolent Mr..
1 icswick.
However that may be, Mr.. Achi
opened the proceedings of the court i'm
parchment yesterday with motion to
strike out the evidence of one Akana, II
Chinese, to the effect that Euniki
| the mother of the gid told me that
Kekauoha told her that if / would pay
| $3.50 the case against me would be
dropped, and also all the other parts
of the evidence of the same character"
ACHI SCORES.
This was testimony going to the
gravamen of the charge against the ac-
cused Deputy Sheriff. Kekauoha, on the
specification that he had agreed to
compound felony charge against the
Chinese, nevertheless Achi argued that
it was all hearsay and should be
stricken out. Further, he protested
against the plan adopted by the Board
of permitting Chairman George w.
Smith to make all rulings, arguing that
in regular courts of impeachment the
| vote of each separate member was
taken on separate points.
County Attorney Douthtt met this
| argument by asserting that the girl in
question was used by the Chinese as a
go-between to make the offer to accept
bride by the Deputy Sheriff, and that
the evidence was therefore competent
as showing the chain.
After his argument, the Board
cleared the room for a short executive
consultation, and at the end of five
minutes opened the doors again and
the chairman allowed the contention of
Achi, ruling out the evidence. AS to
the delivery of rulings, Chairman Smith
said that the chair would continue to
voice the opinion of the Board, as
heretofore, but in case any member was
not in accord with the ruling, he would
so state and thereupon vote would be
taken by roll call
THE MURDER CASE.
So, for once and twice, Achi had
scored. This ruling seemed virtually,
to settle that particular specification
of the charges against Kekauoha, for
nothing further was said about it.
The County Attorney took up an
other charge, namely that of malfeas-
ance IN neglecting to take proper care
of II murderer arrested at Kahuku, and
Police Clerk Charles Baker was called
and showed that he knew rather less
| than nothing about the matter in hand.
Mr.. Douthitt then called Sheriff a.
NJ. Brown, whereupon Achi objected
that Brown had already testified upon
one specification, and it was the duty
of the County Attorney to make any
witness tell all he knew at one sitting.
The objection being overruled, Sheriff
Brown told of going to the house of the
respondent ON being advised of the
murder, and finding the murderer, a
Japanese, sitting handcuffed on the
porch and in the custody of nobody
but a small boy whom the Sheriff
judged TO be between the ages of
twelve and fifteen years. Witness learn
ed that KekauOha was at church. sent
Tor mm 10 come down, and received
word that he would come when he got
ready.
In the meantime, two native men
came lounging out of an Clubhouse at
hekauoha's place, and Il third came
lounging across the road. AS the
Sheriff's time was valuable, he took
the prisoner to Kahuku, and held the
inquest upon the murdered man there
ae mad received no help of any kind
from Kekauoha in getting testimony
or in holding the inquest a.s,
CONFIRM THE SHERIFF..
officer Joseph, Leal. who had accom-
testimony as to the small boy. whose
age Leal placed at fifteen years. and
tod how he had been sent to the
church to fetch Kekauoha, and had
been told that the Sheriff could wait
until the Deputy got ready to go,
Chester Doyle also corroborated the
testimony OF the Sheriff, only he plac-
ed the hoy's age at from nine to ten
years. All these three witnesses were
very positive in the testimony going to
prove neglect of duty ON the part Of
kvkauoho
Tailor Naone, OF Hauula. the next
witness. was one OF those who signed
the petition for the removal of l<eka-
uoha from office, and told of the fail
ure of the accused man to deliver the
Japancse prisoner To him.
ON cross-eXamnation II came out
that Kehauoha had sent a policeman
to him to tell him TO come ana get the
Japanese. but NHoue had not gone be-