The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-01
story.of HonoIuh,s Juvenile Court
Gives Rare Insight 70
Life Of City
MAJORITY Or DIVORCES i
SHOWN 70 BE cAILDLEss
Land Court Probate Division and
other Branches Of Second
Division Show Work

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That the second han been the busiest
AZ theithree divisions Of the first circuit
5 court can be easily seen from a perusal
q The report Of the years work, com
pleted yesterday by Judge William L.
! Whitney, presiding Judge Of this disi.
sion. Judge whitney handles all the
isnd court work, the juvenile, divorce
ana probate cases, besides such cngca OF
various Kinds which, in one MANNER and
smother, are assigned 70 him during inc
m i,ss work dodee whitney has been
( ably assistcd during the past year Dy
an efficient corps OF assistantss WIN
ont fuss or furry bIare Of trnmpets OF
.h6fnh. receiving but n small share Of
nreat notice and fotofiety, this division
X the 6fst circuit court has handled q
mas Of work that none appreciate ex-
cent those. who study the reports com
s,,Iefhd vrathrday. In his work Judge
tgkft1ef has been ably assisted by
Clsrk John MarcalIino, Assistant Clerk
and Bailiff A.. X. Kona, Court Reporter
tHerbeft RI. Jordan, Hawaiian Inter.
ntcfef Charles L. Hopkins, John G. Hok
Gina. John q. Anderson, boys probation
oflRcer, and Miss Agnes Il. Maynard,
o4flat nrobation ofiicer. ,gs !. 7. K IL.
Juvenile Court Most Effective
Probably the most effective work. acs
eomplished by Judge whitney is that
connected with the juvenile court.
Judge whitney has made . life study Of
this work. In fact, he Is the father OF
juvenile work In Honolulu. For this
reason, II npne other among many, ju-
,iieiaI and other circles Of the city a.
Unanimous In supporting the second
judge for reappointment by President
Wilson. z "a
During the year ipst past Judge
whitney heard $3.50 juvenile caseA 800
boys and 80 girls appearing before him
dufinR the twelve months for correction
ana fatherly advice. Some Of the
yoangstsrs were reprimanded, others
were placed undef probation and the
more hafdenei ones we're sent 70 the
..iD6ys indnstfial school at Waialee and
the girls ipdnstrial school In Mciliili.
Youths WayWardness 80
Al study Of some Of the figures con.
tanned In the report Of the Juvenile
court VIII be found intafetting 10 the
average reader. assault and battery,
violation of the curfew law, disobedir
epce, gambling, idleness, larceny and
kindred offepses, truancy and Z number
OF other youthful derelictons tell the
story Of the wayYardnees Of the nntprs
tuDate children Of the city. Y.
Larceny and kindred oifenses In
volved the greatest number OF children
appearing before Judge Whitney during
the year just past, i24 boys and three
girls being called before the jnrist be
Cause 81 violations Of the law OF
meum ct tuum. Truancy brought IN
thirty nine boys and nine girls; assault
and. battery thirty boys and gambling
4 Ike number Of the same sex. For dis.
obedience Of parents twenty-six boys
and fourteen girls were called on the
carpet before their best friend I'm tho
q city. idfeness accounted Tor the ap;
pe1fanee lof eighteen boys and fifteen
girls, while one child was called TO time
On account of not minding the curfew
law. For various other oifenses, mostly
81 trivial nature, thirty eight boys
and nine girls faced Judge Whit I,
during the year, go Ii
Nationality Of DelinQuents 4.
BY Nationality the boys and girls
4 called before the judge Of tho juvenile
court were. Hawaiian, 123 and 80 re-
spectively; Portuguese, 102 and 5; Chi
nose, SO aud B.; Japanese, 20 and B, and
all other nationalities, "a and s. Those
who served probation and were qis.
charged were 1875 boys and ~ girls; sur
wondered, II boys and 4 girls; pending
on probation, lD8 boys and ~ girls;
Committed without probation, 3s boys
and 20 girls; rs boys were feprimanded
and 3 boys referred to the district magis-
trate, the cases Of the latter being Of .
more serious nature, Four boys were
dismissed aA well as one girl
ION. their FIRST 0ffen8e there were be.
f6re Judgc' Whitney eID boys and 45
Girls; second, 50 and 81 third, II. boyBj
fourth, = boys; fifth and sixth, 2 boT;
each and seventh and eighth, one J
During the year sses reports we're
made by boys 10 Jchn @. Anderson,
boys probation officer, and 1897 re.
ports BY girls to Miss Agnes +, May,
ndrd, girls, probation 0ifleer.
Dependent children Provided For b,
Fifty-two dependent cases were also
handled Fifteen boys and twenty -one
girls were committed by Judge Whit
ney 10 private homes; one boy aud
eleven girls to private Institutions sed
four girls were committed 70 pal q
institutions. N, y
Thefe was only one bastafdy case
brought TO the attention OF the Juvenile
court during the year and this ease
Is still pending. One Hawaiian and
one chinese desertion case, for NON.
support Of wife and child, were also
brought before Judge whitney.
4 Divorce Courts sad Story M, 'y'
. Tho saa.rft A. ook fs.rark faatnra 0f
Judge Whitney's court work for the
past year appears to be that OF d.
,orces, e2S Of which were granted and
ten refused. Divorces granted to
American citizens, descendants Of varl,
bps races, were as follows Chinese 4
African 2, hawaiian As and white AS;
to aliens: Chinese 3, Filipino 2. Jnph-
nesN 100, Korean Z, Porto Rican A.
Portuguese 3, Russian 2, spanish 2, and
al other nationalities q. Divorces were