The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-08-20

the letters; they just selected the parts
of those letters that where dreadful;
that they thought was dreadful, al
though they may have been perfectly
harmless, and they had those things
translated to serve up as a delectable
dish to you gentlemen of the jury,
and then by accident, and purely by ac-
cident, discovered that the very things
that were translated had been stricken
OUT by the Jiji people before the police
borrowed these things. And the learn
ed counsel on the other side was com
PEELED, much against his will, doubtless,
to get up and admit before you, gentle.
men of the jury, that these things were
marked before the police took them.
Was there any mention of the marking ?
"Did Professor Dening, when work
ing out his $4,000, did he say anything
This is translation, but it is cross
ed OUT or Mr.. Sheba say, Il made a
translation of these letters, but it is
crossed out q Not blessed word. These
things are served up to you, hoping that
you will never discover, and that /
shall never discover, that the very
things that were served up to you were
crossed out by our people before they
were taken by the police. Is that
man fashion' 1 leave it to you, gentle
men of the Jury.
eve all like to play fair, don't we 2
There are some of us, perhaps, that
don t like to play fair, but we should
at least preserve the appearance of
playing the game fairly.
Gentlemen of the jury, don't rail
road these men into Jail by such means
You wouldn't like to have a trial OF
that kind yourselves, would youf You
| would not like to think that you were
going to be subject to such persecu
| ton.
again, here we have learned coun
sci reading from Documents; he omit:
the part that doesn't suit him, read!
the part that does. Is that fairs Why
it is like biting in the clinches, thai
| is Just what it is. 1t is like hitting be
low the belt, just what it is. Now
gentlemen of the jury, want you t.
put your stamp of disapproval on sucl
things as that.
| The Broken Promise.
"Again, we have a stipulation en-
tered into in open court that we nigh
show in evidence certain articles tina
had been published in the Chronicle, tn
Jill, and the Shinpo, articles which
we claim, were as bad, if not wors,
than the articles complained of in thi
action. Beginping to look over tn
articles, it was found that the part
were not marked, and so the witnes
retired from the stand on the under
standing that we were to translate tn
portions on which we relied, give ther
to opposite counsel, and then put theI
in evidence, and we came to pu
them in evidence, and counsel wen
back on his stipulation, thing that
lawyer never does; went back on hi
stipulation, and you have not the ben,
fit of that evidence. Now j say, gentl,
men, that is hitting below the belt
that is hitting in the clinches, and as
you again, say, to put stamp of di
approval on it, because it is not fai
and you, gentlemen of the jury, woul
not like to be tried in that way.
Gentlemen of the jury, this is a
important case to the prosecution.
is an important case to these defen,
, ants. Not only is their property il
volved, but their liberty is involved;
verdict of guilty by you would doub
less send these men to Jail for a lon
period of time. Their liberty is as dea
to them as yours is to you, and W
submit, gentlemen of the jury, tina
their liberty should not be juggled ava
because the Planters Association want
to get them and put them where the
can t do any harm.
. sit is important to every Japanes
in the Territory of Hawaii-very in
portant.
"There are 10000 pairs of eye
watching you twelve gentlemen = {
eleven gentlemen, for we have V;
cant chair, am sorry to say-70,0,
pairs of eyes watching your verdict
this case.
EVERY japanese throughout the TIE
ritory knows that this case is now G,
ing to you, and they are looking for IL
! result.
Gentlemen of the jury, as you know
we have had a strike, a strike that hi
been peaceable, strike, you may sa
l without "A single act of violence.
"We have had five or six thousar
japanese out ON strike and no act
r violence shall speak of the Giic
S case afterward. These people have be,
e peaceable; and why have they be,
< peaceable2 Not because they want,
e to 'confscate the plantations or an
y thing like that, and l really don't iii
e to talk nonsense. Not because tn,
v want to confscate, if you please, Gal
plantation and other plantations, b
t because they have supreme respe
t for the law
Shadow Boxing
: "These Japanese, 10000 as they ha,
been called; don't know, never ha'
counted them; 10000 japanese in t
D Territory of Hawaii have respect t
the law, and they believe that al yo
o hands these defendants will get justiC
Z and their respect for the law will be
creased thereby, 1t is a very importa
thing, gentlemen of the jury. / repe;
there has been no more important cril
8 inal case, outside of capital eases, tri
, in the Territory of Hawaii to the pr,
N ent time, and so i beg your most ear
I est attention. | have the present 1
F" gument and then my mouth il close