Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-17

had been stricken out by the Jiji peo
pie before the police borrowed these
things. And the learned counsel on
the other side was compelled. much
against his WILL doubtless. to get up
and admit before you. gentlemen of
the jury. that these things were mark.
ed before the police took them Was
there any mention OF the marking?
Did Professor DeB:hg, when work.
ing out his $1,000, Gid he say any.
thing.-'This is translation but 1t is
crossed out or Mr.. Sheba say, !
made translation of these letters
but II Is crossed out?' Not blessed
word These things are served up to
'ou. hoping that you will never dis
over and that shall never discover.
that the very things that were served
,p to you were crossed out by our PEG
lc before they were taken by tho
police. Is that man.-lshion? ] leav,
{ to you, gentlemen of the jury.
I'VE all like to play fair, don't weT
There are some of us, perhaps. thai,
ont like to play fair, but we should
t least preserve the appearance Of
'laying the game fairly.
Gentlemen Of the jury don't rail
Dad these men into Jail by such
peans, You wouldn't like to have q
rial of that kind yourselves. woulC
on You would not like to think that
on were going to be subject to sucl
persecution.
Again, tere we have learned coun
el reading from documents: he omit,
he part that doesn't suit him. rcads
he part that does. Is that fair? Why
I is like biting In the clinches.' thai
Just what II IL. II Is like hittini
'elow the belt. just what II is Now
Gentlemen Of the jury, ! want You I,
nut your stamp Of disaplroyal on sucl
hings as that.
Again, we have a stipulation ell
cred into In open court that we might
show In evidence certain articles tina
rad been published In the Chronicle
he Jill and the Shinpo. articles which
IS we claim. were as bad. II not wors,
han the articles complained of IN thi
iction. Beginning TO look over tn
,rticlcs II was found that the part
we're not marked and so the witncs
'etircd from the stand on the under
standing that we were to translate tn,
PORTIONS on which we relied. give then
opposite counsel. and then put then
II evidence. and we came to put then
n evidence, and counsel went back ~
lis stipulation. a thing that lawyci
lever Goes: went back on his stipula
ion. and you have not the benefit o,
hat evidence. Now ! say. gentlemen
hat is hitting below the belt. That
'iting In the clinches, and ! ask yo'
lgain, say, to put your stamp Of dis
pproval on It, because II Is not fail
md you gentlemen Of the jury woul,
lot like to be tried In that way.
Gentlemen Of the jury. this IL ~
important case to the prosecution.
an important case to these defenG
nts. Not only is their property l..
| olved, but their liberty is involved: {
| oraict Of guilty by you would doubt
! css send these men to Jail for loni
'eriod of time. Their liberty IL a.
| lear to them as yours is to you. an6
We submit, gentlemen of the jury. tina
heir liberty should not be juggle.
lway because the Planters kssoeia
ion want to get them and put then
ghere they cant do any harm.
1T Is important to every Japanes,
n the Territory Of Hawaii, very i'm
| )ortant.
"Theer are 10000 pairs of eye,
| watching you twelve gentlemen OF
,leven gentlemen, for we have va
ant chair, ! am sorry to say-70, 00'
pairs Of eyes watching your verdict II
| his case
Every Japanese throughout tn,
| Territory knows that this case Is nov
going to you and they are looking 70
| he result.
| Gentlemen Of the jury, as 20,
Know, we have had a strike, a strik'
that has been peaceable, strike yo'
may say, without a single act Of vic
lence.
I'VE have had five or six thousan,
Japanese out on strike and no act O
Violence shall speak of the Glitch
case afterwards. These people hav
)een peaceable. and why have the
been peaceable? Not because the
wanted to 'confiscate the plantation,
or anything like that, and reall
don't like to talk nonsense. Not bs
Iause they want to confiscate, IL 20
,leasc, Oahu plantation and othe
plantations, but because they have
,upreme respect for the law.
These Japanese. 10000 as the
ave been called; I don't know, I ne,
err have counted them; 10000 Japai
ese In the Territory of Hawaii have
respect for the law, and they believ
that at your hands these defendant
will get Justice, and their respect fo
the law will be increased thereby.
is a very important thing, gentlemc
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