The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-16
MURDER, HOLDS
KALEKIN| JURY

Guilty Of murder in the first degree,
was the verdict returned by the jury
last evening in the case of George Kale.
KIM, charged with killing his wife,
Emily Kalekini, on August 10th of last
year in the Kalihi district. The jury
was out thirty-fve minutes when Bailih
Hopkins informed Judge De Bolt that
verdict had been reached. The twelve
men filed into the courtroom, Foreman
White reading the findings that forfeits
Kalekini s. life to the law.
The only defense that was entered
in behalf of Kalekini was one Of heredi-
tary epileptic mania, but Attorney Achi
did not succeed in making much of it.
During the progress of the trial Kale-
KIM experienced "fit' in the court
room and his mother also succumbed
to an attack of hysteria in the corridor.
These two "fts - were ridiculed by the
prosecution but were cited by Attorney
Achi to show the hereditary irrespon.
sibility of Kalekini.
In the course of his argument before
the jury yesterday City Attorney Cath
cart took occasion to characterize DR..
Emerson, who said he thought Kale-
KIM was victim of epilepsy, as being
unreliable. Cathcart declared it would
take DR.. Emerson at least three hours
to examine man when it would take
DR.. Collins or DIR. Sinclair thirty min.
) utes for the same work. He cited the
time as indicative of the respective
abilities of the physicians named. He
also declared that Dr. Emerson acted
as though he was searching for evidence
to support preconceived theory and
that he was not willing to act upon the
evidence as presented.
stayton Pleads Guilty.
az wish to plead guilty. said John
t. Stayton, when he was asked by Judge
Dole in the U. s. Court yesterday morn
ing, what his plea was to the indictment
that had been brought against him fol
opening official mail addressed to Pos
tai Inspector Hare. Stayton's plea Of
guilty came as something of a surprise
Judge Dole set Friday as the day fol
sentence. stayton appeared to be mucl
affected during the proceedings.
80 Ill n,
!. States District Court will be a yer,
busy one and the calendar will includ
= several cases that have been frequentl.
continued. J. Rosenberg, the jun
dealer, indicted months ago for receiy
). ing stolen property, will come up flo
trial this morning on the first indici
ment
a A number of cases of japanese indict
ed for importing women for immora
purposes will come up Friday to be sci
including that of Isoi. In this con
nection Judge Dole made special rec
ommendation to the grand jury in h
n charge Judge Dole said:
81 am informed by the District Al
l. torney that several indictments wer
found by the grand jury of the Octc
Der, 1908, term, charging certain pei
n. sons with the importation of wome
for the purposes of prostitution,
would call your attention to the in
portance of the law of which this is
n. violation. Where individuals or con
panies take up such an enterprise fc
profit, it is an attack not only upon til
~ marriage status but also against til
=; honorable status of women"
The members of the grand jury al
N L. II. Underwood Charles B. Fisher,
, W. Bergstrom, N. E. Gedge, E. II.
. Wolter, Charles A. Bon, Samuel Nah,
ka, n t. p. Waterhouse, Hugh V. TT
S. yemen, John Markham, Frank Alberto
M u. Lemon, A. ]. Gignoux, Daniel Quil
Frank Godfrey, Robert MeCorriston, I
win Spalding, L. f. Lyman.
coster Case Today.