Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-19
NAHAKUELUA Continues TO
DENYKNOWLEDGEO Of ATTEMPT
TOKILL DEPUTY SIMMON;
Former Road Oyerseer Gets -Four Months Imprisonment
Keaoha Takes Appeal and Treats Entire Matter as Huge
Joke - Probe Commission Resumes Investigation and
Hears New Evidence

" 4. ~ Sc. .
the sentence imposed by Judge Wise
yesterday morning upon Supervisor
John A. Kealoha, who was tried in
the district court "Wednesday on
charge of falsely certifying to pay
roll.
After, Judge Wise had stated that
he thought the evidence placed before
him warranted a verdict of guilty,
Attorney Breckons arose and said:
Il ask no sentence for any other Of
tense than upon which the defendant
was found guilty, but the territory
feels justified in laying before you
facts to show that this particular GER
LITIGATION was not the only false one
made. The special prosecutor then
enumerated a number Of instances
where he claimed that there had been
similar criminality to the one upon
which the conviction was secured.
An appeal was noted by his attor-
ney, Correa, that he would carry the
case up to the circuit court for jury
trial. The matter of bond then came
up. CoFrea asked that his client be
allowed liberty WHILE it was ascer-
tanned if the first bond given was a
continuing one. Breckpns said he
had no objection to the prisoner be-
ing allowed llperty until the bond
matter was settled.
Treats Matter az Joke.
Kealoha treats the whole matter as
pretty much of joke. On Wednes-
day after Nahakuelua had pleaded
guilty and following Kealoha's trial,
he remarked: "Nahakuelua must be
trying to get up on the hill ahead Of
me and get his hands hardened up
before dc"
Kealoha was arrested for certifying
to payroll that David Mattoon had
performed for 20 days the duties Of
road overseer in the North Hilo
district. The entire trial was based
upon an attempt of the defense to
prove that Nation had performed
services, while the prosecution
claimed that he had not and that the
claim for $50 for Nations services
was a fraud.
David Mattoon was called by the
defense. He testified that during May
he had acted as road overseer in ad-
dition to holding his position with
the plantation. Asked what he did
he said he 'superintended," and gave
orders to lunas and supplied material.
He claimed he did the work in the
early morning before going to the
plantation Office and on Sundays. On
cross examination he answered time
after time to Breckons' questions re-
garding the work, Il do not know
Nations, lack of knowledge of the
| road work was the basis of Breckons
argument to the court and upon which
he secured the conviction.
Commission Resumes Work.
Upon resuming. its investigations
yesterday, after months recess, the
probe commission started to hear evi.
dence which indicates that much oil
it is to be used against Kealoha, and
1 possibly others who have profited un
lawfully in the handling of road
/ finances.
! Twelve witnesses testified before
the commission duringF the day al
of them being North Hilo road work
! ers. Their testimony was very SINH
lar, all of them telling how they had
in the past received their pay and
most Of them stating that they did moi
get all the money coming to them IL
] May.