Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-19
|AyKtA ANXIOUS
u Be ADMIRED
CathCart Says Iaukea
Should Guard
Prisoners

The meeting OF the Board Of Super
Nisors last night was delayed cOnsid-
Crably by the reading of the quarterly
report of Sheriff Iaukea. who tickled
his party vanity by making COMPARE
sons between mis- work and that OF his
predecessor.
Archer commented on laukeas self
ilattering comparisons.
We had a report In 1906" he said.
"Iaukca might coniine himself to his
own report"
He wants tfs to admire his good
work" explained Hustace.
I'VE will admire him alright" said
Archer. lie then pointed out that the
sheriff might quite properly leave 9TH
ers To blow his horn instead of vast
Ing valuable efforts in patting himself
on the back.
The report included the following
data: The total number of arrests Tor
! the period named was 1916, an in-
crease of 1893 as compared with lliI
for the corresponding period In 1906.
The total number OF convictions was
1927, as against 1872 for 1906, an in
crease of 295. The totals for the dis
J tricts of Honolulu, Eva, Waialua, Ko.
ulaupoko, Koolauloa and Waianae were
J lli7 arrests, aud 1872 convictions in
| 1906 as against 1886 arrests and 1927
convictions In 1907.
The nationalities of persons convict.
| ed are as follows: Hawaiians, l02,
| Portuguese, II; Japanese, 10; Porte
Ricans, II; all Others. 1903.
After mentioning an Increase In the
convictions for drunkenness the report
gays:
Next in point of increase comes tn.
Offensc of gambling with total oG al
convictions as against 3i6 for the first
three months of 1906. gain of 95
This net result of nearly twenty eigh,
per cent. Increase In the convictions oi
gambling becomes the more noticeabl,
when II Is shown that In the aggre.
gate there was an actual decrease IN
the number OF arrests for gambling In
! 1907.
! In 1906 there were 532 arrests and
3iG convictions; In 1907 there were
BIS arrests and AL convictions, dc.
crease of II In. the number Of arrests
Speaking OF juvenile offenses II says:
The offenses are larceny 80. truancy
20, gambling 10, idle or dissoute life
3, disobcdience 3, assault and battery
:, profanity 2, and false fire alarm ..
/ The dclinquents are lIawaiians 80
Portuguese 80, Chinese .. Japanese 2
others 3.
! County Attorney CathCart presented
Ills opinion In regard to the complaint
| ihat Sheriff laukea had left certain
prisoners unguarded In Judge Robin
sons court, In part as follows:
Certain indictments, having beer
found by the Grand Jury. were re.
turned into Court, whercupon the Court
ordered bench warrants to he ISSUED
Tor the apprehension of the person:
indicted. Pursuant to the order con
iained in the bench warrants, the
County sheriff proceeded To arrest tn,
persons In the bench warrants named
and had them on the 10th day OF
March, 1907, before the Court for sucl
disposition as was proper to be mad,
OF them in the premises. Having 81
far as obeyed the orders of the Court
the Sheriff then left the prisoners with
odt any officer IN charge of them, an,
they so remained unguarded until the
patrol wagon was sent TO rcconyey
them to the police station.
The legal question involved is wheth
or II was the duty of the Sheriff undel
the law TO guard in the court room
the prisoners, whom he had arrested OF
these bench warrants. would say
rnhesitatingly, that It was his duty {,
SO guard and safely keep these pris
! OncrS.
The law lSection GS of the Count,
Act says that the County Sheriff shall
attend all circuit courts held within
the county and obey all lawful order
and directions Of all courts held with
In the county" Among the duties de
Volved on him by law Is to safely keel
AL persons committed to his charge
The bench warrants were lawful ord
ers of the court. Under these bencl
warrants, II was the duty of the Coun
~ Sheriff to apprehend the prisoners
and under the law he was then re
CURED TO guard and safely keep then
/ until discharged from his custody b!
due process of law.
This, believe, fully answers you