The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-11-28
VICTIM ENTITLED
TO THE SYMPATHY
Attorney Opposes Maudlin Sym
patty" That Would Interfere
With Furguson Sentence.


that it is certain that many people will
sign petition asking the Governor to
pardon the condemned man. II IN
hard TO believe that with the memory
of his deliberately shooting down II
brave police officer in the discharge Of
his duty that either of such steps could
be contemplated By the law-abiding
citizens OF Honolulu. But If this is
true, it ~ an example of the maudlin
sympathy which encourages crime ana
prevents justice from BENG carried out
in criminal cases.
1t is not the fault of our criminal
law or couits in this jurisdiction that
men escape their inst punishments, but
often false scntimentality on thu part
of the community Tor n man charged
with crime results in failure Of Justice
and encourages others to perpetrate
similar olfenses. A man who is convict
ed of murder in the first degree by n
Jury who has heard the testimony and
who understands the facts is entitled
to little sympathy from any outside cit
liens who did not sit upon said .lnry and
hear the facts.
The difficulty here has been to find
jury who are willing to, by their YER
| iet, practically pass sentence of death
| upon a criminal, no matter how heinOus
his crime. Ferguson had every pr0tec-
| JiOn that our laws, anxious to protect
| lie innocent, throw around one accused
| If crime He was ably defended by
| onnscl who raised every point that
sould be raisci in his favor. The jury
vas an intelligent jury. The facts show
! hat by his own statement, with an
tttcr disregard for human life, he was
willing TO discharge q revolver loaded
nth cartridges, which he knew were
!eadly in effect at police officer to
regent his own capture.
! 4 man, under our law is guilty OF
| nri der in the first degree VIXEN his act
shows such n wilful disregard for human
| life ry his act he has bcreft an in.
socent woman of her husband and little
'hiidren Of their protector and has lett
Them dependent upon the generosity OF
his community. if any citizens have
money oy sympathy to spare, let them
pend it upon the victims and not upon
| he one who has caused this misery. To
| lXtond lcniency OF executive clcmcnct
in this ease means the encouragement
Of every ruiI!an to do the same thing
| when an attempted arrest is made by q
police officer. II discOuia ages every po
lice officer who is endeayoring to pro
tect your and my life and property.
My experience az a lawyer in Grim
nnI,. nrn;,h,on, tLot socns to Jo,n,
inrnerntn e,;min,Is IRON, acts of yio
lence. If there was any question as I,
this man being the entity marty. ther,
might he another siGc to this question
but under his own admission the iur,
could have found him entity Of tbi
crime and. having been sentenced I,
punishment which will protect thi
community from a repetition of act
such AS tbis. in iustice Ia our polic
force and the officers who fncc Iilt
risks in the daily nerformnnce of thei
duties. citizens of this communit,
should think twice before signing an,
sucb netition mr. mixing onv confirm
lions which win only tend to oncouroy
crime and criminals
JORRIN ANDREWS.
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