The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-22
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JUDGE ASHFORD
.CHARGEsGRAND
JURY TO PROBE.
GAMBLING HU|S
Inqmsitorial Body Of Territory Is
Advised AS To Its Duty In
Special instructions
COURT DEALS PARTICULARLY
With CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
according To Present Program
Searching investigation Of
Law-Bresking win Be Made

Law-Breaking viii Be Made
An investigation into the operations
Of number Of alleged gambling huis
which have been carried on in Homo,
lulu for some time past was begun by
the territorial grand jury yesterday
afternoon, The members Of the jury
were called into court by Judge Ash.
ford, who delivered special charge
dealing with the sub ect and more par.
ticularly with the question Of criminal
conspiracy. The charge Is a lengthy one
and appears to cover tho ground thor
oughly.
Judge Ashford referred the Jury
~ in particular to the charge set forth in
much detail in The Pacific Commercial
Advertiser in its issue of the nine.
.eenth instant, TO the effect that large
number of persons had established and
have long conducted gambling resort
in a house situated on Gulick avenue in
this city, az '3~.4
Eleven witnesses Summoned,
Eleven Witnesses were subpoenaed
yesterday by order Of the court, Cap,
tain II It. lake being instructed to
produce them before the grand jury.
They were all in the rotunda of the iu-
iiciary building while the jury was I'M
session, with the exception Of .I,Walter
Doyle, who was i'll at, home. As the
Jury had some routine work TO attend
to there was time for questioning only
ono witness yesterday, the man being
called heing A. MeDuAie Of the local
nolice department.. The Jury adjourned
at four clock yesterday afternoon to
two o'clock this afternoon, when it will
continue the Investigation. The wit.
nesscs subpoenaed 80 far are;
Sam Mcmillan, Al. MeDulIie, Joe Leal,
Tom Quinn, Mrs. "A. Gertz, Otto Gertz,
A. McDevitt, Fred Estes, Herman
Krbey. >. Walter Doyle and ogawa
Kabashihara. " M
As the investigation develops itself
II is likely that many other witnesses
Twin be called and, if is probable that
the grand jury viii meet every after
noon for some day to come. 1t will
likely visit the scene Of the alleged
rambling huiis operations. From what
,ould be learned yesterday, it is be.
Iieved that the whole police depart
ment, and particularly it's detective
bureau, will be sub jected to a search.
ing Investigation, &S.s@. ::
Judge Ashford Charge IN
Judge Ashford 5 special charge to tho
Grand jury was, in full, as follows:
'HGentlemen of the Grand JnryrIn
pursuance of the more general instruc-
tions and suggestions contained in my
charge to your honorable. body upon the
occasion of your being empaneled on
| the eleventh instant, I have now to
bring TO your attention the fact that
wide currency has been given in the
ports to have been more or less wide,
| " extended scheme Or conspiracy to
establish and carry on q gambling
game, or games, for the purpose, among
others, Of flcecing uIiwary, ignorant
and intoxicated persons. / refer in
particular to the charge set forth in
much detail in The Pacific Commercial
Advertiser in its issue Of the nineteenth
instant, to the efefct that a number of
q IONS had established and have long
| conducted a gambling resort ina house
! situated on Quick avenue in this city,
| -eferring you to said journal for such
| "details as will assist YOU in beginning
| the investigation of said charge which
now recommend to you. prf d 49,.
Have Gamblers Conspired7 81 f;
| 81 advise you to pursue such inNes.
tigation with a view TO ascertaining
whether q conspiracy was entered into
| Cor the, general purposd of procuring
premises in which to carry on gambling
enterprises such as are forbidden by our
laws. You will find a definite defiHi.
| ton Of a criminal conspiracy in Sec
| ton 1901 of the Revised Laws, together
with many examples showing Of what
elements and circumstances may con.
sist. But YOU are instructed that the
list of examples there given is by nc
means exhaustive, but that said
examples are simply to be regarded by
/ way of illustration Of a conspiracy
which offense is defined in the follow
ing wotds: 5s.5g.
! f''A conspiracy is a malicious oil
fraudulent combination or mutual un
lertaking or concerning together of two
or more to commit any offense or insti
gate any one thereto, or charge any one
therewith;, or to do what plainly, and
directly tends to excite or occasion of
Tense, or what is obviously and directly
wrongfully INJURIOUS to another,
Must Indite Guilty
set maybe that YOUR Investigations
will reveal d state Of facts wherein two
or more persons iointly concerted ol
agreed together to. ,obtain the posses
SION. sCe .esrtsiis preiaisestfor. the pur
| pose of there, conduc ting, or having COZ,
| ducted therein, gambling pames