The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-12
ABSENT JUROR
DELAYS COURT
Federal Grand Jury Begins Its
Work---WiII investigate
Many Charges.

The absence from court of one man
who had been summoned as a grand
juror delayed the work of the entire
| court yesterday, caused half day to
be lost, and prevented the swearing in
of the grand jury until two o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
When the bailiff in his usual i'm
| pressive style had announced the open
ing of the October term of court, the
roll of the grand jurors was called,
and it was discovered that Hjalmar P.
R. Glade was absent. His name was
called three times in the corridor, but
there was no response. The court
waited twenty-five minutes, and then
gave it up, ordering the bailiff to an
nounce a recess until two clock Mar
shall Hendry was instructed to 60 out
| and get Mr.. Glade and have him in
| court when it should reconvene.
At two clock Mr.. Glade was in his
| place in the jury box. Judge Wood
| ruff, however, stated that Mr.. Glade
had seen him in chambers, and he was
sure that the grand juror was very
| sorry that he was not present in the
morning. The judge took occasion
| again to impress upon the grand
| Jurors and those others present the
necessity of obeying a summons to APP
pear as jurors. Mr.. Glade was then
examined and sworn in, as the other
| jurors had been in the morning. Judge
Woodruff then read his charge to the
| grand jury.
The October session of the grand
| fury promises to be a busy one, as
| will the session of court There are
many cases to be investigated, of sew
| eral different kinds One of the most
| important cases to be taken up by
| the inquisitorial body is the Rainbow
| case An indictment may be return
ed against Captain Tollefson of the
Rainbow, who is charged with having
taken big load of passengers to sea
| in a vessel unfit to carry them. The
Rainbow capsized in squall, and one
| old woman died. either from drowning
or exposure.
went over until October 25, when the
petit jurors will again appear and be
gin their duties.
A. L. Moses, who was summoned as
grand juror, was excused, because
he is not a citizen of the United
States. John A Scott was excused fol-
business reasons, but he was the only
man whose business plea was accepted
by the court.
Judge Woodruff in his lengthy charge
to the grand jury, said in part:
Way to Get Rid of Bad Law.
"Along with your powers and gen
eral duties there comes to you, as tt
all citizens entrusted with great powe,
and grave duties, the additional duty
of approaching your work with a Sc
rious mind and doing it with extreme
care and good faith. You must re
member that so long as laws remain
on the statute books they must be en-
forced, whether or not any one or many
of You believe the laws to be just an(
reasonable. The best and only way
to get rid of bad law is to enforc,
it. You must therefore accept thu
laws as they are, and influence theil
reform by your votes and influence a:
citizens, not by your actions as grand
jurors. Therefore your duty as grand
jurors requires you to be diligent t.
present or indict all persons found anG
believed by you on the evidence tc
have violated the laws of the United
| States =
Glasses of Crimes