The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-12
KEALOHA HIS
OWN BEST
LAWYER
His Handling Of His Defense Was
Disastrous and He Was Com
mitted on Two Cases Of Embez-
element from County-PerSists
in Treating Felony Charges as
Elaborate Jokes.

| lMal Special 10 The AdreEtiseT.)
! HlDO. August stl-Iohn KesloLs vss
last Thursday afternoon committed 90
The grand jury on . eaarge of en-
lezzling county funds. Iie Wsirel ef-
animation on . Second charge Of the
same kind The eirI oase sga,n.t hiW.
looking towards abe TeeOyefy ~ the
county of zone Of the fUaAs lot
through BIN, was continued BHfii next
THURSDAY.
The Kealoha esse hal been continued
until iast Thursday 10 Order that the
defendant might aeeure sssel from
Honolulu. So HOBOIuls attorney ap
pesred. however, although Keslohz Wa
~ the wharf ~ the mOTsiEz 70 meet
one. n is fald thst b. had engage !
Attorney strsnss, bot that strauss
would not e9ue unless b. received his
tee Or ~ lessf s1Dstantial part there
Of. in advance.
When the ease was fzlled 10 the
morn ~. KeslOha NsnteI-it pct pOBed
anti the afternoon. ~ he tso8ghi there
No possibility that bic laWyer might
haze arrived in tie wiIbefsjns. The
request ne granted, and az hSJf- past
one KeslOba TUNED W, laNfer-less, but
lapJg. Iie proceeded - conduct hiss
OBn esfe. The exhibition would have
bern pathetic. bad II not been for the
fart that KesiOha seemed 10 think the
whole thing rare lOke.
Objections overruled.
Do tie ffsf ease BreekOns called ex.
AUdstOr N@gHjFe 20 shOW that 10 July,
1911, be- had i@id KeaI0ha sfj, by
cheek. for crushed rock furnished By
me county, Nhieh Mcguire had used for
ais PBueg- fesidebee grounds. The
cheek. endorsed by KeSIohs, was IN.
tfoaussy .. evidence. KeaIoha Oh,
/ ~ the defendant can SHOW that the
witness aas Issued more checks than
that 70 the sl.sSdsyfi,, OjJjest = said
Kesloha. - 1l1gesn fIey tell that this
ebses was' noe1ssyGs aaDisay music
30 attention w g | .sf,tf 70 Il hii' {. OBJ
ee4ioB. and tho '>is1sSsas adlaitSsd IIh
eyidienee, KssI4ba objeetsgbslI tbe
Keal0ba asked Mcguire alsIsEst Of
qgestiOns on erO-s-ezsminatiOn, bot
they we're wholly futile.
j GeOrae LONsOD, the bank b1Ok<eeper,
testified t5st HeaIobs had easbed the
ebegk on Jolly ~, 1911, o -"T"
county Tres.sut>Y swain testified that
when payments Wereetss4I, 20 him a.
treasurer be- aINaSs. gave, .ssIsee IT for
.Heh. ile eOBJ6,tSu from TIE stHbs in
be r"eeiptbOOks What payments had
Tern uade ~ BIN, Taxing tie rsfeiB
bOOks, Swain slowed that on June -,
1911, Kcslobs had paid him 81 40, and
that On JuIy -, 1911, KeaIOha paid
J him 80.
Again Kesloia objected. He claimed
, the Evidence vac immateTisL No heed
was paid 10 biz objection, and Swain
went on 70 state that no other pay.
J meBts had been made by KeaIOha be
D tween the dates mentioned.
twas any money deposited by me
: with tbe treasurer after that date
askeil KeaiOba.
"Yes," replied Swain.
"Wss more than $500 deposited for
the North tliIO road department after
, June -, 1915"
swain sajd he could tel only by ex
aiming bis books. KealOba insisted
that this he done, aud weary time
W"H HIfFWN NNNhANE Abl sFN6iH W Hhh'
tie addition. he reported that over
$500 had been paid thus
Breckons Had the Drop.
b KoalOba tried 10 deliver flank at.
: tack by showing that road supervisor'
I'D not have 70 pay IN their receipts
g every month. Quick ~ a fash Breek
chs met bin with 50 Overwhelming
, lunch II evidence. lie showed that
|, tbe BcSt payment made Ly Ke1lOha va,
D one 81 800. -, made September 8
III i9iL bfeckOHs then showed receipt.
! showing that y. VERY had paid s30C
Tor county rock on September 3; that
. keal0ba had rece yed q sos .D5 check
f0r comfy rock On August 10; that hi
r. bad Teeeiyel sI2 from W. IT, Shipmar
for county rOek On August 7. and that
be- bad received from w. y. O'Brief
A Fi1,s3 on August for rock also
4 These papers bore KsslOba's signature
I snd they were offered ~ evidence u
4 show that between payment Of ~
4 mate July vs. aDd the 500 - payment
made 90 september =, KealOba bae
lbken IN mere ilag tiiat amount 0i
imDneY el0nRiDg ~ tbe county.
"1he prosecuting attorney claim
ibai ~ these SIMS were Tor efnsbei
NHNH HNfHN fHHNNN| ~ NNfNN WIZ NNN
some we're for ifaDsporati0g, and ~
other things.
N 1--WE 10 not slleRe that he stol'
v money tT0m crushed fOek," aBsNefsi
] iimckops 1--WE allege that he siOll
money from the county, sgd IL doe
not matter Hhfihsf II we fOT eTushe'
r0rk ~ not -
IN does not" SAID ifsalGha,
Y HsAdwutng Expert
y IS pHlRbf, fhs csJgHissl0g ltsgOe
D rapher, was ihe Hest witness, belal
IA fgiiei t0r tlf pvrl 0sf NJ resdiHR heI ~
p0H 0f the testimony PigfB w feailh
Bhfn he wac rRllfl hY iifeehogs y
In witness lu ilr sni brought by Nv
county pRaiHsi ono Ross ~ ihf -
rpfrN ~ money no ihe county w
IGushsi ross so.i hy ke4lgia ~ fpa
|' sgperispI At ite ilWs tIeefsgs ~
r. "lipl'l ih' fsse me'Hy igf 100 pp'