The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-21

the past year is an admirable sum-
ming up of the great amount of good
work accomplished, and accomplished
at a double saving to the county
first, in the greatly lessened running
expense of the department, and, Sec
ondly, in the greater county realiza-
lions through it's share of the fines and
costs imposed. This year it required
20 per cent. more arrests and secure
1890 more convictions than in 1906,
while the fines and costs increased 80
per cent. over the year before.
The report, emitting the lengthy de-
tailed schedules, was as follows:N
ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS.
Exclusive of arrests in transit and
cases handed over to the Federal au-
thorities, the total number of criminal
arrests for the year 1907 was 1870, as
against S479 for 1906, an increase of
S91, or 26 per cent. The total number
of convictions was 1888, as compared
with 229S for the previous year, gain
of 1890, or nearly SO per cent. in
crease.
The most prevalent offenses are
gambling, drunkenness, assault and
battery, vagrancy, larceny second de-
gree. and disturbing quiet of the
night. They constitute 50 per cent. of
the total convictions for the year.
FINES AND COSTS.
The cash penalties imposed on per-
sons convicted during the year aggre-
gated s23, 1870, whilst for 1906 the
amount was s16,OS2.6O, a gain of 81
7O2.5O, or nearly so per cent. increase.
NATIONALITIEs AND SEX.
Listing the 'Hawaiians as a distinct
race, twenty nationalities figure in the
criminal record of 1907, Chinese head
ing the list with 9SS offenders; Ha-
waiians come next with 500; japanese,
6O9: United States (Americans). 3S2
Portuguese, 25S; Porto Ricans, 141;
Koreans, "A; other nationalities. 142.
of sexes, 3242 were males and 146 fe-
males.
The total number of juveniles ar
rested was 2O9, as against 10 for 1906,
an increase of SO, or 80 per cent. OF
the 209 arrests, Is were discharged, 50
committed to industrial schools, and
lO9 admitted to probation. Hawaiians
and Portuguese constitute the chief
delinquents. OF sexes. 1S2 were boys
and q girls. Larceny, truancy. gam
bling, leading idle life. assault and
battery form the chief offenses.
AS cases of this nature increase, the
need of a separate place for the de-
tention of juvenile offenders when
under arrest and awaiting trial is be-
coming more and more apparent. For
young children, especially girls, to be
forced into the company of older and
hardened criminals, seems an outrage,
and steps ought to be taken to pro-
vide some place, other than the COM
mon lookup, where the young can be
detained, and not be thrown in the
company of thieves and drunkards, as
at present.
HUMANE SERVICE.
With the beginning of the present
administration, an officer was APP
pointed, with special police powers. to
take up humane work, and render such
service as may be needful in this re-
gard. AS the result of this officers
efforts, a humane society, comprising
some of the most prominent people in
this community, has been organized
for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails.
The services of this officer has been
invaluable to the department in many
ways. especially in juvenile cases
where the complaints were of a femi-
nine nature and not sufficiently seri-
Gus TO warrant arrest.
TRUANCY SERVICE.
This service was taken up with the
opening of the present school year,
and from the reports that have come
in from the different schools the at
tendance has greatly improved.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
There have been "a inquests held
during the year. with verdicts result
ing as follows: Accidental deaths, 81;
drowning, 49, murder, s.; suicides, 10;
natural causes, 4. There were As males
and eight females. Forty-five deaths
occurred in Honolulu, the rest of the
districts contributing nine.
Two fire inquests were held, result
ing in verdicts of incendiarlsm. In
one case. that of the government kero-
sene warehouse, the guilty party was
by the police and is now
serving his sentence in Oahu Jail.
EXPENDITURES.
The total appropriation voted by
the Board of Supervisors for the pay
and maintenance of the police for the
twelve months ended December 31st,
1907. was ss5.949, apportioned as fol-
lows: Payroll. s73 1893: material and
supplies, s12,150 The disbursements
on these accounts were payroll. s73.-
2S4-25; material and supplies, $12,069. So:
leaving unexpended the sum of s644sO
from the total police appropriation for
the year. The total amount expended
was ss5.304.2O.
Among the expenditures for 1907 &C.
cur an item of s1Os277 for permanent
repairs to the station house, which
should have come out Of some specific
appropriation. and not from incidental
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