The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-27

Transactions with Mng1ife, then YOU
must not find him guilty, for in that
case he was not trying TO embezzIe
money, but he was irving to embezzle
rock At
sneers at Field.
Mcbride paid Gooding Field the com.
piimcnt Of paying particular vehement
attention TO him and his Testimony.
Referring TO him constantly as Goodinf.
Good. GOvernment Field. Good Govern.
lnentsat-Fivo Hundred DoIlars.a. Nj nth
Field and other cheap pieasantries
sneering at him as N" detectiye,p ana
employing the other meretrieious tnctics
used in this sort OF oratory. MeBride
insisted that Field was a violent parti
san who wanted TO see John Kealoha
convicted in this case, as otherwise peo
pie might begin 10 enquire as TO what
good they were getting from paying
Field $500 a month. Clauiius expressed
his wonder at what Field would not do
for $500 month
Parsons Accused.
Towards the end Of his harapqub
Mcbride capped the climax by accusing
Judge Parsons Of being biased and
prejudieed in favor Of the prosecution.
In view Of the particularly high re.
gard which Judge Parsons holds in this
community, the absurdity, even tho i'm.
possibility Of steh thing, struck those
present with the sense Of disgust at the
insolence of the accusation. 1t was not
the mere fact that tho charge was
made, as il was made to serve as a
basis for an exception, but the way in
which 1t was done, and the studied
manner in which opportunity was
sought for the repetition of the charge
which made such bad impression.
Mcbride started the thing by read
ing to the jury bits culled from the in.
struetions, which is not proper. VIA
'tWill You waive the reading of the
Instructions at this time, Mr.. Nc.
Bfidef'' asked the court, courteously.
In that way we can avoid reading
them twice to the jury
note an exception to the remarks
Of the court as showing bias and preju-
dice,v Hung back Mcbride. He then,
with JUNCTION, had the statement Of the
court taken down in the official record
by the stenographer, as well as his own
exception. "a. N.,E taF.
A bit later Claudius was at it again,
reading from the instructions to the
jury.
"Thc court will read the instructions
TO the jury, Mr., Mcbride, = said Judge
Parsons. n.
Mcbride snapped out the same obiec-
ton on the grounds of bias and preju-
dice on the part OF the court. "
/ think / have right to read these
Instructions. The court holds that /
have not, he elucidated to the jury
"In this court ! must abide by the
rules of this court, and II will not read
the instructions, although / think
have a right to do so.'' f
But a little while later McBfide was
at il again. He started to explain the
instructions TO tho jury. ~.-Eg.h
Mr.. Mcbride, you cannot explain
that, and the court cannot" said the
Judge. 'a. ~. !. f. p. .. .'.'
Mcbride instantly noted, with gusto,
his bias and prejudice objection
The argument lasted unJil about four
o clock, when court was adjourned I'M
til Saturday morning for further argu-
ment. ~ e" H..'e
f'" Breckons' Summing Up.
Breckons' argument lasted exactly an
hour and was as careful and temperate
as the defense s had been impassioned
and stormy. Bfeekons went over the
evidence in sequence, showing how the
defense had been purely one of law,
the facts not having been disputed. +
The nearest approach on the part
of counsel to claim innocence or hon.
esty,' said Breckom, twas his argu-
ment that the explanation lay, perhaps,
in Kealoha's being guilty only of care.
lessness; and that Is no defense.V
Breekons also referred TO Mcbride s
attack on Goodink Field. "Mr. Ne.
Bride asks you, 7" was his conclusion,
= that you aeauit Mr.. Kealoha because
Cooling Field got FIVE hundred dollars
a month. E
1.-THE matter Of John Kealoha, per-
sonally, is a comparatively unimportant
one, he said in closing 'The mat
ter Of the stealing of the $45 from the
County Of Hawaii is comparatively
unimpOrtant one. Much more important
than these is the principle which is at
stake. Shall il be said that man who
admits, or who does not deny, that he
did take money, and who sets up a
defense which the court has ruled was
not good, can go unpublished because
You, citizens Of the County of Hawaii,
return a verdictNof not guilty.
sit has been said rightly by Mr..
Heen that II is the electorate of Hawaii
which is on trial; civic honesty is on
trial. Return a verdict of not guilty,
under the circumstances which / have
outlined to you, and you will mark it
down that man can steal in the Coun-
ty of Hawaii and can go free; that h
man can steal in the County Of. Hawaii
and can still sit as a member OF the
board Of supervisors. Are you, as mem
bers of the electorate Of the County of
Hawaii, Of the Territory Of Hawaii, Of
the United States, going TO let that be
said In this matter your response,
bility is greater than is that Of the
officers of the prosecution, than is that
OF the court ~
Honesty in Public once
The question is Shall honesty in pub.