Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-25

thought that we did net have saough
lawsuits on Maui Is very gratefm r.
me and is high praise for our county
What a sad thing il would be il we
did not have any grand juries at all
Or any trial juries, Perhaps we
should so on improving until there
would be no need OF all this expen.
sIye machinery for furnishing crime
so that every attorney who visits
Maui will come here for the purpose
of going up Haleakala to contemplate
the greatest physical crater showing
signs of an ancient Shecl and return,
ing to Happy Valley to contemplate
when viewing society another ex.
tinct crater showing only sulphury
shores of an ancient social sinful
eruption.
Important Duty to Perform
However. unfortunately the most
We can say is that we hope we are on
the road to such a contamination
but to keep on the road and keep pro
crossing we must continue to deter
crime by the cbject-lesson of certain
punishment OF the criminal.
You have this important service be.
fore you of acting as grand inrymen
for this term Of court Ii is import.
anti is a sacred duty. 1t is the
highest function of self government
and it is demanded by the needs OF
the governed.
{ ] doubt not tdat you will well per-
form your present service, but also
remind you that it is only a part sof
a great and constant service and duty
which you owe to your country and
to yourselves every day of your
lives, a duty which is best performed
by helping to establish a right,
healthy, vigorous public opinion
You can also directly act upon GER
tain class of attorneys by showing
them that you 90 not honor them
when they resort to subterfuge and
trickery. For example: See if, when
a criminal case is called, the attor-
ney for the defendant, after exhaust
ing all his challenges for cause, begins
his peremptCry challenges. and ex-
hausts them all by challenging the
very best men of the county and If
his action shows that with. him it is
not sufficient that they know nothing
of the parties, that they have no pre-
judice. against the defendant or his
race, that they are absolutely unbiased
and not prejudieed in any respect and
are in every way and manner quail
fed to act as fair, impartial jurors,
and IL he shows that such men he clfal-
lenges because they are men of high
moral character, of learning and Of
intelligence and are not corruptible,
and shows that he challenges them
and thus rejects as far as he can the
very best men of the county and the
best men on the jury panel-then
show your disapproyal. He can do
this under cur law, but let every
candid man., let every intelligent man
so Judge of the lawyer and of his mo-
tives as he deserves to be judged, and
let it be known and spoken of until
such lawyers hear it and feel It,; let
it be said of them that what they want
is not an honest jury of candid and
able and competent men, but that they
want that advantage which ignorance,
prejudice CT dishonesty gives to the
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their reputation dwindling, they will
begin the work of reformation on
their part from self-interest.
Do all you can to create healthy
public opinion of condemnation of law
yers who so act. Do all you can to
destroy the practise of such lawyers.
TEen when they are thus taught, their
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force them to become honest lawyers
There are many able and honest
lawyers. Give them praise and sup
FORT.
OF all professions the law is tie
noblest-itts power and Responsible
ties greatest
We have right to demand more of
lawyers than of other men. If a min
lister breaks the moral law, we blame
him more than others and rightfulfy
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If lawyer regards not truth and
Justice, he is more to be blamed than
others, for it is against all the pre-
cepts of the law and against his oath
Of office. The license to practice law
is not a license to lie or to deceive.
He is to be bound by the truth and
20 work for the justice in the light of
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~ An honest lawyer is the noblest
~ork Of God nor will | admit it is
the rarest. .-a
There are more reliable, truthful.
honest men who are eminent law
yers than proportionally in any other
Profession. Indeed ] might say it is
the rule that all eminent and able
lawyers are honest. a..
a. An ignorant. weak, incompetent
lawyer is subject to temptations that
learned, able lawyer never has. Re-
member that trickary, dishonesty and
falsehood are, signs of a poor lawyer
poor in every sense.
DO not sympathize with crime or
with criminals. Pity the criminal but
despise and punish the crime. Such
public opinion will do more than
the penal statutes or any court pro
ceedings to stamp out eyil-doing. -
If at any time during your session,
you desire further instruction on any
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