The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-22

| Sheriff Kekauoha, this result of the
trial being foreshadowed by the Ad
| vertiser yesterday.
There was full quorum of Super
visors present when Chairman George
w. Smith called the Board to order
and read the following finding:
IMPEACHMENT FINDING.
The Board of Supervisors, sitting as
a Board of Impeachment, under Chap
ter 13, Section so, of the County Act
are instructed by the law to hear and
determine such charges as may be
brought against an officer of the County
Government.
In pursuance of these instructions
this Board has heard the testimony for
and against the respondent. Geo. *.
Kekauoha, Deputy Sheriff of the Dis
trict of Koolauloa, County of Oahu,
and finds as follows:
% That sufficient number of the
petitioners were proven to be legal
voters.
(2) The testimony of the Chinaman,
Akina, is to the effect that he fully un-
derstood that the sum of $4,000 was
to be paid to Kekauoha as a condition
of his release and freedom from fur
ther prosecution.
(3) The testimony of the woman,
Eunike, is to the effect that she, also,
understood the proposition, as above
set forth. This is further borne out
by her affidavit which she admits was
freely given and which she states. fur
ther, was the truth.
The effort of the respondent to break
down her testimony, by a general de-
nial. on his part, OF the testimony given
by him in the District Court, as sup
piled IN the stenographic notes taken
at the time and as further corroborated
by the interpreter, Mr.. G. L. Hopkins,
has signally failed
az In the Leong Wa Kee case there
has certainly been an attempt at perse
cution or a travesty of justice.
The respondent, in his attitude in
this case, has shown himself ignorant
of the rights of a citizen under the
Constitution and of an alien under a
treaty.
The final arrangement for the dispo-
sition of this case is one of veracity be-
tween the District Magistrate and the
Deputy Sheriff. The defendant in the
case, Leong Wa Kee. testifes that Ke
kauoha told him to plead guilty and a
nominal fine would be imposed. This
the respondent denies and, on his part, |
testifes that this arrangement was I
made with the Chinaman by the Dis I
trict Magistrate, outside of the court
room.
In either case there was a movement |
to compound a felony if felony existed |
To ho L h.
IS not disposed to give much consid
Grafton, inasmuch as the trial was con-
lucted in a language unfamiliar to the !
principal witness and, further, the tes
simony is conflicting.
(6) In the katsugora matter the
Deputy Sheriff showed a woful lack of
Judgment and gross neglect of duty
n entrusting a prisoner accused of
apital crime, to the charge of one not
m officer of the law.
The weight of testimony shows that,
It the time of the arrival of the
'ounty Sheriff, the prisoner was with
ut guard, every facility being of
cred for his escape had .he been so {
linded. I
(7) The respondent has made state /
lents, in his testimony, notably the '
eference to conversation claimed to {
ave taken place between himself and
lr. Thayer, at the conclusion of the
case, that have been fatty
ontradieted by credible witnesses.
The case, for the prosecution, has
cen handled with zeal and ability by !.
le County Attorney, while the attor :
ey for the respondent has defended
is client in a manner to win the re- :
)ect of the Board l.
(S) The Board has given careful at
ention to the evidence in this ease, Il
nd majority of the Board agrees on
no articles and unanimously on the ?
lird article as follows:
That the respondent. Geo. K. Kekauo- Il
a, is guilty under n
Article |, of maladministration of U
nce; o
Article IT, of malfeasance in office; A
Article III, of maladministration of II
flee. s.
The power being given to the Board, t
lder Section so of the County Act, to 81
move officers found guilty of the fl
larges named, notice is hereby given Ia
at Geo. K. Kekauoha is hereby re- f.
owed from office as the Deputy Sheriff T.
the District of Koolauloa, County of II
ahu.
The appointment of his successor Is
sted in the Board and of which due ii
tice viii be given later. iC
(Signed re
A. f. cox, III
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