The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-30
AKEA GETS A
YEAR AND A HALF
SENTENCED BY JUDGE LINDSAY
THIS MORNING FOR A CRIMINAL
AssAULT-OTHER CASES.

l-luuSdN transacted considerable DuSl-
| ness this morning BY $3.50 a. m. he
! had sentenced Akea, a Chinese, to
| year and a half imprisonment for G.
criminal assault upon a girl under IA
years Of age, and had denied the mo-
| ton to quash the indictment against
Miamura and Mazda, charged with
murder in the first degree. The mo-
| ton was based upon grounds similar
to a case earlier in the week. when
| the non-attendance of the County At
torney at the grand jury to conduct
the prosecution was one or the grounds
A plea of not guilty was then entered
by the defendants. 4
Nole prosequis were entered in a
number of indictments for gross cheat
against c. A. Schmidte, who had TAX
en- funds while employed by the City
Feed Company
The court adjourned until $3.50 o'clock
next Monday morning
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four rejected ballots each. When this
announcement was made it caused the
biggest sort of a sensation in the court
room. Attorneys hurried about the
room to confer and every one was on
the qui vive. If correct, it made the
most material difference in the count
and practically meant that Brown
had been elected sheriff, as there had
been a mistake in the official count.
This last count had been Brown 1893,
Iaukea 1913, giving Iaukea a majority
of votes whereas the tabulation of
the canvass gave Brown a clean ma
o. 1t,
Judge Gear and Dunno and Brown
were elated while Kinney, Edings and
Iaukea and that faction was accord
ingly depressed. Kinney consulted
with A. Lewis the chairman of the in
spectors, as to the manner in which
he had called out the ballots. Lewis
said it was incomprehensible to him.
All of the inspectors and others had
watched him carefully during the call
ing while the tally clerks were COM
petent men. There had been no dis
crepancy in the matter of their returns
Lewis was positive that the envelope
in which the ballots had been placed
had not been tempered with and the
seals had not been broken. Kinney
and Iaukea were at a loss to account
for the difference, other than that the
ballots had in some manner been tam
pered with They felt certain fraud
had been committed.
The spectators left their seats and
stood about the railing in front of the
bench, eagerly waiting until the official
announcement should be made. 1t
was reserved for Associate Justice
Hartwell to correct the error.
The mistake had been made by Kin
ney and Gear in tallying the ballots
that they had canvassed in the cham
bers of Justice Hartwell. After the
court had reassembled, Justice Hart
well announced that there had been 65
ballots counted for Brown and 10 for
Iaukea. But to this Kinney and Gear
objected They both declared that |
the justice was in error and that the |
figures We're exactly the reverse The |
trio had kept the tabulations of the |
counted ballots. This made a differ |
ence of exactly IA votes one way or the I
other When the count was finally |
given, it appeared that Brown had !
gained these IA votes and l other while |
Iaukea had lost them.
Justice Hartwell therefore explained |
while the excitement was a it's height |
that he had figured that the votes
were entirely reversed but he had de-
ferred to the returns of Kinney and
Gear. He insisted that his record had
been correct. Both sides laughed over
the situation but Kinney and Gear
still insisted that they had been cor
rect.
However the Chief Justice directed
that the ballots that had been cam
vassed before Justice Hartwen, be re-
counted. This was done and the re-
suits showed that Brown had received
"a votes and Iaukea 49, completely re-
versing the result. These figures when
counted with those of the count before
the Chief Justice, showed that Brown
had received 1S9 votes and Iaukea 1874. ,
Each had lost four ballots in the can
vass so these figures brought the to-
tails exactly to that given on the official
returns less the four rejected ballots.
The equilibrium was therefore, restor-
ed once more with consequent elation
on the part of the laukea side
The net result of the canvass this ]
morning was an even break Brown {
gaining nothing in his opponent each !
losing four votes.
The Chief Justice announced that I
the court would take a recess to 1870 t
p. m. and if it continued the court t
would take up the canvass Of the Pauoa !
precinct. y
The discrepancy between the official 5
returns and the number of ballots l
found on the string Of counted ballots I
in the fifth precinct of the fourth dis
trict last Wednesday can be explained I
In only one way. According to the
official returns Brown had 1853 in that
precinct, in the canvass Z Brown bal
lots were rejected but when the Su-
Dreme Court announced it's tabulation c
Brown was found to be entitled to 1852, t
Just one less than the official return. I
The question that most naturally arises I
Is, how could seven Brown ballots be !
rejected and he have a loss of only I