Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-17

COURTS anu NUMEROUS OIncIS IN us
trict courts In these cases large
amounts have been recovered or Sc
cured to the Government, titles of
! lands have been settled and many
other questions of importance decld-
ed.
II is planned during the coming
period that this department, while
continuing its advisory and other Of
flee work as its main feature, shall
engage less in the conduct of Grim
iral cases. leaving that more to coun-
ty attorneys. and shall devote in
creased attention to civil cases,
| largely for enforcement of territorial
claims. the settlement of boundaries
and titles. and other lines of work for
| the purpose of settling and securing
what Justly belongs or is owing to
| the Government For the purposes
Of economy and by curtailing work
in criminal cases. ~ is believed that
one of the attorneys in the depart
ment may be dispensed with notwith-
standing the plans for much addi-
tional work in other directions.
Appeals In Criminal Cases.
recommend that provision be
made, substantially as was done re-
Gently by Act of Congress for Federal
cases. permitting appeals to be taken
on points of law by the prosecution
under certain circumstances in Grim
inal cases
Prisons.
/ Constant advance has been made
in Hawaii for nearly century past
In the treatment of prisoners and for
half century at least the treatment
has been such as to evoke commenda-
ton from distinguished penologists.
Strict attention has been given to
sanitation. the prisoners have been
well housed and as a rule kept at en-
ployment, principally out of doors:
humanity, directed, however, by COM
mon sense rather than sentimental
ty, has been the guiding principle.
In this age II Is hardly necessary
to say that the motive of punish
ment should not be revenge. II
should be protection. Criminals
should be regarded as abnormal or
diseased. The aim in the treatment
OF moral as well as physical disease
should be protection by prevention
and cure through scientific methods.
not the mere melting out of arbitrary
amounts Of suffering for various spe.
cificacts. | invite your careful con-
slderatlon TO the following:
Juvenile Courts.
This subject falls more naturally
under the head of prison than OF
judicial reform. In 1870 district
magistrates were authorized to com.
nit to Industrial schools children un.
der 10 years of age. but this applied
only to cases in which the prescribed
imprisonment did not exceed two
years. and the commitment could MOI
exceed the prescribed term. In 1870:
: the Jurisdiction was extended to cir
| cult courts and judges. thereby per
= hitting commitments in all case
Q tried before them irrespective OF tn,
'''" 'eih VI punishment Du
, the terms OF commitment were limit
5 ed TO those prescribed as punishment
ioT 'he respective onenses. In 1901
= '"ese courts ana magistrates wer'
hiaue practically Juvenile courts witt
Tue usuaI powers OF placing childrer
: under probation officers instead o
I committing them to prison or to tn,
i"uus.riai school' the age limit wa
E "iseu 10 10 years the trials were L
I oe separate IRON the trials OF olde
e ""ehuerS anu the children were 4
D y" Nep' apart from oder Offenders a
M 'i''eS' put 'ne jurisdiction wa
$ .onnheu 10 cases Tor whlch the pre-
< ''peu term was not more than wv
= se"'s anu 10 so-caIled delinquent'
e pue"ts' anu adequate provision wa
= no. "'auo ior 'he separation OF tn
,an1 from oder Offenders Ii
4 '"o age mint was increased I
I 20 se''S anu the term Tor which tn
= ', "'sh' oe committed To IN
4 "uo'"a' schooi was extended to an
= | P'''"" "u'ihk iulHOTlty 1freSpectiN