The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-29
SECOND STRIKE
JURY SECURED
Twelve Men Are Sworn to Try
the Leaders of the
Agitation.

A Jury was secured yesterday for
the trial of Maxine, Negoro, Kawa-
mura. Tasaka, and Yamashiro, the i've
| leaders in the higher wage movement
among the plantation japanese, VINO
are charged with conspiracy to inter
rupt the free operation of the planta-
tions and to incite the laborers to vlo-
| lence.
The men who will sit in judgment
upon the accused japanese are Sam
Pupuhi, Henry H. Plemer, Hiram Kolo-
moka, Charles A. De La Nux, Sam NJ.
Kamakau, d. P. Fuller, George Town
send, Jr., John d. Padaken, John 2.
Mitchell, Thomas McGarvie, w. E.
TERRELL, Charles Y. Yanick.
The jury was secured shortly before
noon Yesterday and sworn by Judge De
Bolt. The members of the jury were
cautioned to refrain from conversing
with anyone in connection with the case
or the strike conditions in general. An
additional request made by Attor-
new Lightfoot for the defense that the
| Jurors be asked not to read the news
paper accounts of the trial. was acted
| upon by Judge De Bolt, who told the
| Jury that while he did not have any
power to forbid them to peruse the
| newspapers he felt that it would be
| better for all concerned if the mem
| bers of the panel would refrain from
reading anything bearing upon the con-
/ duct OF the trial.
| In the examination of Jurors, Mr..
Kinney for the prosecution simply ask
ed few general questions, favor
| able answer to which eliminated the
juror from the possibilities of being
considered open to disqualification on
the grounds of prejudice or business
| entanglements.
| For the defense, Attorney Lightfoot
/ adopted a policy of submitting each
1 juror to rigorous and searching cross
examination, the defense having been
allowed every possibility to eliminate
anyone whom they did not think would
make fair and impartial juror.
! After the jury was sworn yesterday
Mr.. Kinney suggested that as the riot
case was to proceed before Judge Rob-
inson this morning at ten O'Clock, it
would be well 60 grant continuance
/, for few days SO Attorney Lightfoot
could have an opportunity of eontinu
ing in the defense of the thirteen Jap
anese accused of riot.
Judge De Bolt agreed with the sug
gestion made by Mr.. Kinney and &C
cordingly granted a continuance unit
ten clock Thursday morning, wheI
the first witness will be placed on tn,
stand by the prosecution.
There is possibility that the cast
against the Waipahu rioters can b.
concluded before Judge Robinson b,
Thursday, but it is expected that i
will require a week or more to CON
clude the trial of Maxine and his col
leagues before Judge De Bolt.
A continuance was granted yester
. day by Judge Robinson in the two frs
strike eases that developed. Four Jap
anese charged with assault and batter
are the defendants. Il. A. Douthitt j
the attorney for them.
Court Notss.
James A. Thompson has been appoint
> ed the guardian of Sarah Nakookoo an
Amy Helene Thompson, minors, wit
: bond fixed at $3.50
Judge Robinson yesterday granite
the petition CT Mrs. Irene Holloway
guardian of Francis Hyde Brown, tina
she be allowed the sum of $500 for de
fraying the cost of a trip to the main
land and also az increase to 5000 pc
month for the costs OF education.
W. 0. Smith has been appointed tn
administrator of the estate of the lat
John Kea without bond.
Henry R. Macfarlane, Jr., has bee
appointed administrator of the estat
of his father, the late Henry R. Mae
farlane. Emma Macfarlane the widow
and Cecil Brown are named in the bill
J as executrix and. executor.