The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-10
ANOTHER VENIRE
FOR RIOT CASE

Eleven jurors have been secured, ten
tatively, to try the riot case the sec
ond time. That is, eleven veniremen
have been passed for cause by both the
prosecution and the defense, but they
are all subject to peremptory challenge,
and it is probable that some of them,
at least, will be discharged from the
jury box. The defense still has eleven
peremptory challenges left, having
exercised but nine of the twenty 1t
had when the drawing of a jury was
commenced, while the prosecution has
thus far waived peremptory challenge
and therefore has three left which it
may exercise in its discretion.
With twelve men in the jury box,
all passed for cause, the defense at IL
clock yesterday morning peremptorlly
excused Abraham d. Bolster, and the
Judge announced that the special venire
of twenty-six men ordered the day be-
fore had been exhausted. Judge DE
Bolt ordered another special venire of
twentysiX men summoned to appear In
court at $3.50 this morning, and court
then adjourned for the day.
The eleven tentative jurors, who have
been passed for cause and who are not
yet challenged by either side are John
X. Clarke, cashier of Hind, Rolph q
\ Co.; John \. Bortfeld, poultryman
George If. Greene, an employe of 3.
| II. Webb, the locksmith; 5. j. Allen
castro, proprietor of the Enterprise
Soda Works; James Guild, of II. y.
Hall & Son. $. +. Mott, travelling sales
man; James II. Cummings, John TrasIl,
| clerk; b. r. Campbell, clerk; Sam lie.
leo, an employee of the Road Depart
ment; David h. Martin, carpenter.
Peremptory challenges have been
exercised by the defense against Hiram
Kolomoku, George Malina, d. NJ. Ka-
makau, 7. G. Mcclure, Robert L. Mist,
John N. Joseph, William r. Isaac, Alb
raham d. Bolster and George IL. Kar-
ratti. The other veniremen, aside from
| those in the two lists above, have been
| excused for cause. Sam Leleo, one of
those tentatively accepted, is half
brother of Mrs. Mary Atcherley.
County Attorney Cathcart and Attor-
| ney Prosser are looking after the draw
ing of the jury, for the prosecution,
while Attorney Lightfoot, as usual is
looking Safter the interests of the de-
Tense. Lightfoot asks each veniremen
particularly what newspapers he reads
and whether he would allow himself
to be influenced by any accounts of the
trial that he might get hold of. Cues
tioning Sam Leleo, Lightfoot asked,
elf there are any long accounts of the
trial appearing in the Bulletin, would
you read themf" Leleo fastened to
deny that he would let himself be in.
tiuenced by anything the Bulletin
might say, and declared that he never
read the Bulletin, anyway. Questions
of the same nature were asked all the
, other veniremen, all of whom denied
emphatically that they would pay any
attention to anything that might ap,
pear in the paper mentioned. Some
of those questioned declared that they
had already formed opinions whieh
they thought would render it improper
for them to sit on the jury in the case.
1t now appears probable that, if the
bailitf is fortunate in finding most of
! those for whom summons was issued to-
day, the jury may be completed tomor.
row, in which case the trial proper
will probably begin Monday.
One OF the defendants, Jotara Mi.
kawa, whose name heads the list, is
sick, and it is possible that he may not
be able to sit through the trial.