Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-20
.L|CHTF00T'S ADDRESS TO JURY

the complaint. or else you must &C.
quit them. And In arriving at the
true proposition you have to consider
the evidence OF the defendants as well
rs the evidence put in by the prosecu.
ton.
The other instructions which are
given by the court to you 1t is not
necessary TO go into at this time.
Listen carefully to them. and will
;ay this to you gentlemen: II His
honor should read too fast when he It.
cading the instructions, he wouldn't
ne offended II you would ask him
Please repeat that" he would rather
be pleased than offended. Don't hes.
tate II you do not hear, or anything
of that sort. II you will rise in the
box and say Please, Your Honor, I
!idn't quite catch that. His Honor
will not be hurt or offended. but His
Honor will be glad to read the in.
5truction to you, or such part as you
10 not. did not understand before. So,
III judges read instructions quickly
md not very loud tone of voice. Jurors
lon't hear and yet they are NINA
nina" lhilahila) so that they don't
hear-they will not be offended II you,
N proper way, ask that a certain
instruction be repeated
uO:55 here follows recess until
HOOD
THE COURT: understand gentle.
men of the jury, after consulting with
counsel during the recess, that there
is possibility OF having the case sub.
the matter so that you might during
the noon hour make arrangements for
being honored guests at the Young
hotel tonight.
MR.. LIGHTFOOT: Now gentlemen
Of the jury. of course We want to ap.
proach this trial as have said before
In common sense way. II would be
ridiculous to approach II in any other
way. Now there is such a thing as
conspiracy. You have all heard about
conspracies. Of various kinds. Those
of you of English parents will have
learned from your parents of the won.
derful Guy Fawkes' conspiracy. where
on the fifth OF November in the year
Sixteen Hundred and Five G6O5),
think It was. Guy Fawkes and Ave or
six other conspirators conspired to
blow up the Houses of Parliament In
London. There are various kinds o.
consplracies. Dol
Now the court will instruct you
and II Is the law. that the proof Of {
conspiracy may be made by the proc
If various acts, that is to say, that Il
very seldom happens that you can gel
what is called direct proof Of a con
piracy. II is not. for instance. like
he crime of murder. Very often there
is direct proof. 81 saw the defendan,
fire the gun which killed the de
ceased Direct proof. Now wher
people are going to cOnspire of course
hey don't ring bell and say "Heal
We, hear ye! We are going to form q
| conspiracy"
No, that isn't the way conspiracies
ire usually formed, and am not foo
enough to suggest to you for a mo
ment that that Is the only proof thai
You can have of conspiracy. Yot
ian infer conspiracy where 20,
prove other acts. or course. Tn,
court will instruct you that that |,
not only the law but common sens
proposition. And the government
gave to you, gentlemen. the govern,
ment comes. to you gentlemen with
bunch Of facts which they say the.
will prove to you and from which 20,
can infer a conspiracy. They say, II
We will prove to you these facts" an,
from these facts you can infer a con
spiracy, these facts are
Dening Again.
First: We will prove to you tina
there was In Honolulu an institution
called the HIGHER WAGE ASSC
CATION" as Professor Denning put
it, THE HIGHER WAGE 'KISE' AS
ISOLATION, - CONSULTATION As
ISOLATION" and his testimony be
} Ing tinged by his Partially in tina
case, as In every other case In whicl
he has testified, he said,
That 'kise'. Aha, aha!, | tell you
that is an awful thing. let us see wha
. II determination go on a
all costs'-'kise, 'kise,'" just imagine
oh, dear!
They say that this "Kise AssC
citation Of Honolulu has branch ass,
Citations throughout the Island Q
, Oahu, and perhaps on some OF tn
other Islands, and these branche
. operating through the head highe
, wage association did certain unlawf,
acts In which. for which the respon,
ents are responsible.
. The court will instruct you tha
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