The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-19
.HILO GRAND
JURY WORK
County Attorney Is Set
Aside--Gambling
Houses.

Houses,
After having refused 10 be served
by the County Attorney OF Hawaii
Mr.. Williams, and having waited I'M
til it could have the services of Dep
uty Milverton of the Attorney Gener-
ais Department, the Hio grand jury
has handed III its report besides re-
turning an indictment against Row
land that is calculated to attract some
attention. This report was handed in
| on March g. The Circuit Court at Hi
10. Judge Parsons, is still busy with
| the murder case of Territory VS.. Nor
tia 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
zee for murder in the first degree;
| HOMO Tsurutaro, Seki Mitsuda and
F'ugisaki Matsutaro for murder in the
| first degree; Maxine Kisa buro. Toga
| Arakichi. Matsumoto Esuke, KIDD XII
| chiji and Yamanaka for assault and
battery with 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 H. s. Overend at the May
term. They reported they were salts
fed 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 for
other reasons, the grand jurors were
unable to secure sufficient legal evil
dence to warrant them III returning
any indictment.
GAMBLING IN HILO.
Also under instructions of the court
they investigated alleged gamDling in
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'etter
they visited two such run by Chinese
and one by Japanese, which were bar
ricaded and guarded and contained
gambling furniture. In none of the
cases were they able to obtain evil
dence to warrant a charge against
ANY particular person" On this sub
jecI they conclude:
I'm this connection we desire to
state to your Honor that arrests are
continuously being made by Deputy
Sheriff Fetter of Japanese and Chinese
gamblers, and we think the Sheriff's
Department is at the present time do
ing all in its power to suppress Grim
inal offenses of that character.
DIRTY, OF COURSE.
whilst visiting the Chinese and
Japanese gambling dens we were very
much struck with the filthy and I'M
we think steps ought to be taken
without delay to improve such insan-
itary conditions
FRIVOLOUS CHARGES i
An investigation was made of
charge offered by member of the
Board of Supervisors against road de-
partmenI employees, but touna no or
Tense of q criminal nature to report.
They suggested that discharge of the
person or persons charged was all the
case called for.
Practically similar report was
made with regard to charges the same
Supervisor made against the Sheriff's
department.
They. however, censured the former
clerk Of the Sheriff-the one appointed
by the board contrary 10 the oner4l 5
wishes-for retaining 1855 bail money
after the supreme court decided that
his appointment was illegal and void.
He turned over $3.50 while the grand
jury were in session, but retained $40
because he could not account Tor II.
They ind a shortage in this amount
on the bail book and say the ex-clerk
should hand the money over to his
successor, adding:
I'VE can not understand why this
shortage was not discovered when the
books of the Sherifts clerk Were auo.l-
ed by the Auditor of the Territory"
BAD CONDITION.
Relative to the setting at large last
wear Of a boy committed to the Ter
ritorial Industrial School by Magis-
trate 1apai, because of a dispute be-
tween Territorial and county authori-
ties over his transportation, the grand
jurors say:
I'VE condemn the cofditfon of affairs
which permits of the release of any
persons. either when committed to the
reform school by due process OF law
or to any other Territorial institu-
ton, and we suggest to both the Terri
toridl officials and to the officers Of
the County of Hawaii that there be
secured speedy determination by the
Suprem Court upon the question of
the liability for such transportation"
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