The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-17
CHIEF JUSTICE
IN LAST REPORT
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comment hv iuniite Perry The justice
draws attention % lhr Increasing mum.
Der 81 divorces granted In the Homo
leila coufts and concludes by stating
that anything that viii make divorces
harder 70 ret would meet with his
hearty approval,
Justice Perry e comments are.
While che schedules which form q
part of thia report are sclf.cxpiana.
tory 90 those who examine them a
may be we'll 20 call attention specih.
cally 10 some Of the facts disclosed by
them. The figures relating TO former
periods are copied from earlier reports
Of tho chief justice to the legislature.
The total Of civil cases for all the
courts Of tho Territory for this bien-
NAL period was 57S3 as against 56s4
In 19O7.0s, and that OF criminal cases
1898 as against 1899, a total in.
crease of 1868 for the period.
In the supreme court 80 cases in all
were heard and disposed Of in 1909
and "a in l910a In 1910 the number
Of cases was smaller than In any other
year during the decade last past, the
highest, 149, being presented in 1904
From the FIVE circuit courts came no
appeal of all classes during the two
years, the judgments in SO cases being
affirmed and in 2S reversed. From
the tax appeal courts there was but
one appeal in 1909 and none in 1910,
as against three in 1907 and 10 in
1908.
Increase All Around.
In all the circuit courts in this pc.
riod there were 36Os cases, and in the
last preceding period 1881, while the
total in all the district courts was go.
765 for the last period and 20,129 for
1907-S.
In the circuit court of the first cir
cult business continues to increase, the
total of cases for 1909.10 being 2344,
while for 1908 it was 1878 and 1918
for 1866. In the second circuit the
totals for the three periods last past
are 1928, and 387 and 395; in the third,
144, $50 and So; in the fourth, 346, 3S2
and 56S; and in the fifth, 304, 1s4 and
2el.
Court Without a Case.
OF the district courts, that of HonJ-
lulu comes first in amount Of business
for the biennial period with total of
| 1923 cases, South Hilo second with 1918,
Wailuku third with TIA, and Maka.
wac, Eva, Hamal1ua and Waimea
\ (Kauai) next with $3.50, SOC, 6S5 aud
| 638 respectively. The most satisfac-
tory showing, however, is that made by
the Hon. S. Kahoohalahala of Lanai,
who reports that no judicial contro-
versies, whether civil or criminal,
arose in his jurisdiction during the two
years. Judge Kahoohalahala has served
as magistrate most of the time since
1870
Portuguese Show Best.
OF convictions for all offenses for the
period, 1924 were japanese, or 6A per
cent of the total of that race in the
Territory; Chinese, 1892, or 10 As per
cent; Hawaiians, 2715, or z per cent;
Portuguese, $50 or 1-3 per cent Re-
ferring to the more recent acquisitions
to our population, SSl Koreans, $50
Filipinos, 115 Russians and so Span
iards were convicted One of the ta-
bles touches upon this subject in fur
Their detail.
Less Drunkenness.
Upon the charge of drunkenness
there were 1858 convictions during the
period, as against 2272 for 1907-s, 2083
for 1866, 1925 for 1904, and 3775 for
1902. OF the 1858, COL were Hawai-
ians, 235 Japanese, 1872 Portuguese, 16
Chinese, 81 Russians, IA Spaniards and
FIVE Filipinos. The convictions for illicit
selling of liquor were 1872.
Since the enactment of the statute of
1907 regulating the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, the board of license commission
ers for the county of Kauai, apparently
construing the law differently from the
other boards, has refused to issue any
licenses for the sale of liquor at retail.
In view of this fact the table entitled
Convictions by Counties, of Certain
Offenses, may prove worthy of study.
The table shows the population of each
county for 1900 and for 1910, exact
| figures for 1907 not being available, and
the convictions for drunkenness, liquor
selling, other violations of liquor laws
assault and battery and all other
offenses of violence for each year from
| 1908 to 1910, both inclusive. The popu-
lation Of Kauai increased from 20,734
in 1900 to 1882 in 1910. The total
Of convictions for drunkenness was So
in 1907 and IL in 1910, while the total
of all offenses of violence was SO in
1907 and 81 in 1910; but on the other
hand there were 39 convictions for Illicit
sales of liquor in 1910 to in 1907 In
the other counties, each of which per
mitted a moderate number of retail Ii
censes, the figures are as follows:
Oahu population 5s,504 in 1900 and
s2,02s in 1910) 943 convictions foi
drunkenness in 1907 and 500 in 1910
SS for liquor selling in 1907 and 25 in
1910, $40 for all offenses of violence in
1907 and 294 in 1910.
Maui population 1920 and 30,547)
$50 convictions for drunkenness in
1907 and 15l in 1910, 6 for liquor sell
ing in 1907 and 7 in 1910. 1877 for all
ofIenses of violence in 1907 and las
in 1910.
Hawaii population 46,s4s and 55,
1922 1919 convictions for drunkenness il
1907 and $50 in 1910, Is for liquor
selling in 1907 and IA in 1910, PAT foi
adj offonses of violence in 1907 and 24t
in 1910.
Gambling.
Gambling Of all kinds furnished 654t
convictions during the period as agains
50s5 for 1907-s and 4542 for 1866
BY nationality the highest figures are