The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-13
Released on BaiI--.Habeas Corpus
Argument for Others Will Be
Heard This Morning.

Court proceedings in the cases of the
strike leaders yesterday finally resulted
in the release of Maxine and his col
leagues on bail after formal charges of
being disorderly persons and conspiracy
had preferred against them, Tasaka,
Kawamura and Negoro being included
in joint Indictment that was found
by the grand jury after it had been
in session during the greater part of
the morning.
Gao Wan Hoy and K. Kawasaki are
sureties for the men. On the charge
OF being disorderly persons Judge Rob
inson fixed the bond at $3.50, and on
the charge of conspiracy the bond was
fled at $1,000.
The five Japanese who were arrested
as witnesses and all connected with
the Nippu Jill, also secured their re-
lease in the afternoon, bonds being fixed
at $3.50 each. The men were M. Yama-
shire, K Kawamoto, s. Tiara, Y. Imai,
H. Takemura and T. Okumura.
The disposition of these cases all oc-
cured before Judge Robinson. The writ
of habeas corpus for the twentyfour
Japanese taken into custody in con,
neetion with the assault on a country
man who desired to return to work,
was argued before Judge Whitney, but
the eases went over by agreement until
Q O'Clock this morning, at which
time the prosecution will submit the
names of the men they desire to hold,
releasing those whose testimony would
simply tend toward duplication. Judge
Whitney win then fix bail for the Jap
anese that it is the desire of the pros
ecution to hold as witnesses.
Kinney Makes Charge.
ssThe Territory of Hawaii is in the
hands of a criminal organization, was
the statement that w. A. Kinney made
before Judge Whitney during the course
of the proceedings, and he declared in
emphatic terms that the issue before
the people of Hawaii was whether the
government should be predominant OF
is to be influenced in the enforcement
of the law by a collection of aliens
that are presenting a solid front against
the administration of justice and the
apprehension of criminals who have
been guilty of attacks on their own
countrymen.
Upon the converting of the session the
firm of Kinney, Ballou, Prosser and An
derson were entered as counsel of
record assisting the prosecution on the
motion of Attorney General Hemen-
way.
After some preliminary remarks the
writ was quashed by Judge Whitney
with the understanding that the de-
Tense and prosecution should immediate
iy proceed with the question of ballabll-
ity, Attorney General Hemenway tax
ing the stand that the men should not
be admitted to bail and being sup
ported in argument by Mr.. Kinney, the
latter summarizing the whole situation
that confronted the government officials
in enforcing the law.
Kinney declared that the power exist
ed in the discretion of the court to re
mand the prisoners without bal, even
if they were only held as witnesses
He said that the opinion of the Attor'
new General should be sufficient foun-
dation for the court refusing bail. ii
being plain that the interests of jus
tice would be defeated by allowing the
witnesses to go free and be influenced
bv the threats and intimidations OF
Others.
Denounces Gathering.
II prophesy that the events of this
wear and the year to come will be re