The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-20
GRAND
JURY WORK

Mr.. Williams, and having waited un-
Ill II could have the services of Dep
uty Milverton of the Attorney Gener-
ais Department, the Hilo grand jury
has handed in its report. besides re-
turning an indictment against Row.
land that is calculated to attract some
attention. This report was handed In
on March 8. The Circuit Court at Hi
10, Judge Parsons, is still busy with
the murder case OF Territory VS.. Nor
ita Keizo, the prosecution being con-
Quoted by Deputy Attorney General
Milverton who has the able assistance
OF Chester A. Doyle OF the Attorney
Generals Office. Mr.. Milverton, by the
way. is said to have been doing some
wonderful work in Hilo.
INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury found indictments
against Shin Miung ok, Kang Yong
Box, Woo Miung Sock. Han Sang
Won, Chang Chez Yuel and Kim Yong
Yee for murder In the first degree
HOMO Tsurutaro, Seki Mitsuda and
Fugisaki Matsutaro for murder in the
first degree: Maxine Kisaburo, Toga
Arakichi, Matsumoto Esuke, KIDD XII
chiji and Yamanaka for assault and
battery with a dangerous weapon; /;
Juan Enandes for contempt of court,
and six indictments for various other
offenses.
CORRUPT JURORS.
In accordance with the instructions
of the court. the grand jury Investigate
ed matter of alleged bribery of
Jurors during the trial of the case of
Jacintha Fernandez VS.. Evangeline De
silva and II. S. Overend at the May
term. They reported they were salts.
| fled that some OF the jurors were un.
duly influenced, but, owing to the
great length of time which has elapsed
since the trial of that case and fol
other reasons, the grand Jurors were
unable to secure sufficient legal evil
dence to warrant them in returning
any indictment.
GAMBLING IN HILO.
Also under instructions of the court
they investigated alleged gambling IL
Hilo, finding that the evil of regular
! ly equipped gambling houses" was con.
fined to Chinese and Japanese. Under
the guidance of Deputy Sheriff F'ettei
| they visited two such run by Chinese
and one by japanese, which We're bar
ricaded and guarded and contained
gambling furniture. In none of the
cases We're they able to obtain evi-
dence TO warrant u charge against
amy particular person" On this sub
ject they conclude:
In this connection we desire to
state to your Honor that arrests are
continuously being made by Deputy
| nf In
gamblers, and we think the Sheriff's
| Department is at the present time do
! ing all In Its power to suppress Grim.
mai offenses of that character.
| DIRTY. OF COURSE.
whilst visiting the Chinese anC
Japanese gambling dens we were yer,
much struck with the filthy and un'
sanitary condition of the premises anc
we think steps ought to be taker
without delay to improve such insan-
itary conditions"
| FRIVOLOUS CHARGES.
An investiga ton was made of
sSS2SSSScSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSScSSSsSSsS,
borne by the Territory. Again, prio-
to annexation very large percentag,
| of our criminal offences were classeC
as misdemeanors, and persons charg
| ed with the commission thereof wer,
tried. and either acquitted or convict.
! ed without the Intervention of Jury
| other than on appeal, and at mucl
less expense, and, as many still be.
| lleve, with as exact justice as under
the present system. Since annexation
the great majority of these cases re.
quire hearing before a grand jury
the finding of a true bill and there
after a trial before petit jury.
DUTY OF TERRITORY.
| Hawaii fully realizes that 1t Is her
duty, and II is her pleasure as well
to contribute just proportion OF he,
annual revenues toward the common
defense and general welfare of the
Federal Government. on the othe,
hand, she feels that, under the pres
ent order of things, she is bearing q
share OF such expense out of all pro-
portion TO her area, her population and
her wealth.
Hawaii stands in a decidedly differ
ent status from contiguous territory.
Situated twenty-one hundred miles
from the nearest coast-line of Califor-
MIA, her geographical, political and
commercial conditions call for a course
of treatment quite different from what
"onld ordinarily be applied to terri
tory not isolated by thousands of miles
of water.
Our bonded debt at the present time
is $3,1370O0, and we are now paying a
per capita tax of about twenty-five
dollars. The withdrawal OF these In
ternal revenue and custom receipts
has resulted in our paying a per cap
ita tax to the Federal Government OF
nearly eight dollars.
Some Of our friends have labored
under the impression that Hawaii was
seeking rebate" or refund" of
these revenues. This is a mistake. We
do not ask that Congress enact any
legislation turning these internal rev.
enues over to the Territory of Hawaii
for Hawaii to spend for such purposes.
at such times, in such amounts and In
such manner as she may choose
Neither do we ask that Congress so
legislate that this revenue. as a trust
fund. will be placed In the hands OF
some other department OF the Govern
ment, and thus, for a period OF twenty
years placed beyond the control of