Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-18

meaning one thing, "On your word OF
honor" ] don't think your word Of
honor Is made any greater or any less
by the oath. But on your oath. what.
ever that may be, or In whatever light
you may take 1t, as being more or less,
/ than your word of honor
You said, NO. | have no prejudice
against the Japanese as a class" On
your word of honor you said,
81 will try this case according to
the evidence as | hear II on this
stand" On your honor you said.
81 will try this case according to
the law as His Honor shall give II to
me from The Bench"
And | urge you. gentlemen of the
jury. II such urging be necessary. that
you fulfill your oath. that you fulfil
your word of honor as men and as
gentlemen and as jurors. That Is all
we can ask of you
As to the law. His Honor may be-
wrong. His Honor would not tell you
It he could speak to you now"
Gentlemen. | am always right, | am
never wrong
Because that wouldn't be true But
he Is wrong 1t remains for the 81
rerior court, the Supreme court here
to put him right. but not for the Jury
not for counsel. not for us to say
Your Honor, that ruling was wrong
mn hn1 t,gl,t IN. al
-" We have to take IT, we are
bound by II, whether we like It or
lon't like II. You must take the law
as His Honor gives II to you from
the Bench, must take It. And you
must take the facts as you hear those
facts from the stand.
In the beginning, the court. in the
trial of this case, His Honor from the
Bench requested you as personal
favor to him, that you would refrain
from reading the newspaper accounts
of this trial. Business men,-and |
have no doubt that you have tried hon.
estly to comply with the wish which
His Honor eXpressed,-but business
men have to read newspapers. II H.
impossible. without we were to lock
you up to keep you from reading the
newspapers, and whether Intentionally
or not, you certainly have read the
newspaper accounts Of several things
that have transpired since this trial
commenced. Not intending to be dis
courteous to His Honor, not intending
to read the accounts, written some
times by-reporters, sometimes by
other people. You may have read
them, you must inadvertently perhap,
have read some of them.
Now gentlemen, on your word OF
Honor, n pledge the most sacred tina,
n man can give. On your word OF
honor, cut II all out. don't let Il In
fluence you one way or the other.
The jury system may have been
abused-never mind. Do your duty
Regardless of whether we should have
trial by jury or not.
II may be that highly colored one
sided views of the evidence have been
published by the other side. Don't lei
II influence your verdict one way OF
the other. See. We couldn't do IT,
We haven't got any newspaper to e
to: We don't have any newspaper
nor have we the time to do It! So II
would be unfair. Wouldn't II? II
would be unfair to take highly colored
reports of this trial that have beer
published when you have no opportun
ity of getting reports from the Other
side! Don't let II influence you DOM
let your judgment be swayed at all by
any OF those outside considerations.
Different things have transpired
some of which are extremely regret
table and which ! can assure YOU gen
tlemen Of the jury. these defendants
regret as much as anyone else. Bu
they have nothing to do with the case
Absolutely nothing to do with the case
And as men ] ask You by that sacret
pledge, to cut those out of your con
siderations. Not to let those thing,
have any bearing upon, or influence
YOUR verdict one way or the other.
During the trial of this case Their,
have been great many rcgrettabl,
: personalities engaged In by counsel
There are always are In long trials