The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-19

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| that by reason of the number of
charges that were accommodating against
the men 1t was becoming a difficaIt
| problem to secure the necessary bonds
I men, and the indications were that the
h prosecution would secure more indict-
ments in the future.
De Bolt Summarizes,
Attorney Prosser, representing the
Attorney General, stated that the men
should be required to furnish add
tional bonds and intimated that thew
might find it profitable to leave the
country under the accumulation of
I charges against them.
= Llghtfoot insisted that there was no
reason for such an assumption upon
the part of the prosecution. insisting
that his clients were dependable citi-
zens who could be relied upon to an
sWer their accusers in court.
In reaching the conclusion that $1,000
bonds were about right Judge De Bolt
entered into general summary of the
situation. His decision that a $1,000
bond was the proper figure was later
modified by reduction to $4OO,
on the representations of Lightfoot,
who pointed out that the charge Of
conspiracy to commit assault and bat,
terry was third degree offense and
misdemeanor.
In the course of his remarks Judge
De Bolt said:
cit strikes me that the seriousness
of the charge would not justify the
court in allowing them to 60 without
a reasonable bond. However, we must
not forget that these people are en-
titled to exactly the same rights as
all other persons. I wish that to be
understood at the very beginning of
the trial and to prevail throughout.
There may be more or less feeling
brought about by these arrests ana
the various charges made under pres
ent circumstances, but there is a duty
that devolves upon the prosecution
a very important one-as well as upon
the court, to deal, with these Japa-
nese in a way that they will be made
to feel and know that in an Amer
lean court they can get justice, and
such justice as will punish the guilty
according to the crime committed, and
which will allow the innocent to go
free. All persons must, however, re-
spect and obey the law.
"Will Have JUSTICE
"No person, no matter what his ma
tionality may be, should feel that by
reason of his nationality or by reason
of his position in life, or by reason of
any peculiar circumstances attending
him, that that has anything to do with
the hearing and trial of his case in
court. The law knows no man; it
knows no race, color or creed and we
can only deal with these japanese as
we would with any nationality. We
look upon them as units, each as man.
We don It know his nationality as far
as the law is concerned.
cit may be unnecessary for me to
say, but I would suggest that the
prosecution should prosecute vigorous
ly and properly, presenting all the evil
denee they have, and presenting it
with all the force they can possibly
present it and the defendants have
the same right to present vigorous
and proper defense, but let it all be
tempered with justice, common sense
and reason, and let these people, be-
ing citizens or subjects of another ma
ton, feel that though they are in a
foreign court they will have justice. -
In the cases of J. Mikawa and
eleven other Japanese indicted for riot
at Waipahu in connection with an at
tempt to rescue a prisoner from Po'
liceman Wills, continuances were grant
ed until Monday, the bonds of $3.50 al
ready given being considered sufficient
by the. prosecution.
Before Circuit Judge Whitney nolle
prosequis were entered in the cases
against number of japanese who were
brought before the court previous to
the indictments having been found by
the Grand Jury. The charges for
which nolle prosequis were entered
were against Mitsunaga and two 9th
ers for conspiracy; Miyauehi and
eleven for riot and Sugawara for as
sault and battery
The last named has been practically
disowned by the higher wage agitators
and has been left to his own resources,
which appear to be extremely limited
He states that his wife is attempting
to secure counsel, but so far her eff
forts have been without avail. Suga-
F, wara made murderous attack upon a
countryman who did not care to con
tribute to the campaign fund of Ma
kino and his associates.
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