The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-18
JUVENILE COURT
UP TO GOVERNOR
Civic Federation Will Ask Him
to Establish One at
Once.

| Iaukea. There was no charge against
| them, their presence being due to the
fact that they had been delegated as
| committee of the Civic Federation
| 10 look into conditions at the receiv-
ing station to see if something could
not be done to segregate the juvenile
offenders awaiting trial from the old
er and presumably more hardened Of
tenders.
Some letters had passed between the
Sheriff and the Federation in relation
to the matter. The letter of the Com
mittee on Education, Charity and Pub
lie Health was:
Honolulu, T. H, October 9, 1907.
Hon. Curtis P. Iaukea, Sheriff County
of Oahu.
| Dear Sir: The Committee on Educa-
ton, Charities and Public Health of
the Civic Federation has had its at
/ tention called to matter in your de-
partment, which it is believed sug-
gestion, only to call your attention to
| it, will result in immediate improve
|
/ The matter referred to is that per-
| tanning to the detention of young boys
and young people generally, who are
| held for examination or trial on what
are often trivial offenses. This deten-
| ton, the committee is given to under
stand, is in common with older per-
sons, many of whom are often crimi-
nails of long neutrality-suspicious. whose
iv,f1r +In or
be pernicious in the extreme. We
therefore respectfully call your atten-
ton to this matter, and if you find
that conditions are as We have been
led to believe, beg that something be
done to ameliorate them.
We feel the greater confidence in
bringing this matter to your attention
from the fact that on past occasions,
when we have brought matters before
you. you have given them prompt and
courteous attention.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Very sincerely ours,
W. r. CASTLE,
subcommittee on E. C. & P. H
This the Sheriff answered as fol-
lows:
October 10, 1907.
w. r. Castle, Subcommittee on E. |
c. & P. H, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: 1 have received your favor |
of the 9th inst, and am glad that !
you have brought up question which |
has often proved a disquieting one to
the police authorities when dealing |
with juvenile offenders.
There is no doubt that the detention |
of young boys and young people gener- |
ally, in common with old and hardened |
criminals is a pernicious one, and |
should be remedied or ameliorated in |
some way. This has been done in many |
cases where the young offenders are |
allowed to go on their recognizance
pending trial.
The difficulty has been in the lack |
of separate accommodations for the |
detention of such offenders. 1 shall be
glad, however, to confer with you |
further in the matter, and write the /
committee to make a personal inspec-
ton of the police station with a view of |
3cquainting yourselves fully with the /
difficulties we have to contend with.
Sincerely ours,
(Signed) c. P. IAUKEA,
Sheriff, County of Oahu
The committee looked over the po-
lice station premises thoroughly and !
their expressed opinion was that moth
ing could be done to keep separate the |
Juvenile and older offenders in the |
present circumstances. 1t was sug-
gested, however, that Honolulu Hale |
could be made a place of detention |
as well as the place for trial for those |
Court, and the committee, accompa- |
MED by the Sheriff, will call on the |
Governor within a few days to urge
that this be done
1t was explained by the Sheriff yes
terday that in as many cases as pos
sible Juvenile offenders are released |
after their arrest on their own recog- !
nizances and turned over to their |
parents to be produced in court the |
next day, but in many cases such !
course is not possible.
The number of Juvenile cases before |
the District Magistrate is increasing. |
According to the report of Judge |
Whitney, there were one hundred and |
ten cases during 1906. So far this year
there have been more than this on the |
Police Court calendar, up to date the /
number having been one hundred and |
sixty-fve.
Judge Andrade announces that he is
willing to change the hour of his
court for hearing of Juvenile cases, but
this will not alter the fact that the |
juveniles are allowed to commingle with
the other prisoners in the court yard,
where the greatest damage can be
done to them.
Many women in Munich support |
themselves by street sweeping. It does
not follow that they are lief1ong citi-