Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-13
FIAT JUsTIc1A, RUAT coELUM."


On Thursday, September % Circuit Judg,
Ashford, addressing the territorial grand inr,
said Of. the Hogs case:
Ifeel quite justified in describing the pres
ent status Of that case as constituting pub
lie scandal !, z =.
He also said D. q. -. ~. j. -.
Fiat JUSTICES, ruat Coelum :.
q which the accepted English translation is:
Let justice be done though the heavens should
= think may say that the motto quoted has been
adopted and Is now accepted as the motto OF our
Hawaiian courts. II Ii an excellent and m nspir-
lng motto, and when II ever, the courts relax their
zeal for justice that motto should be trumpet call
summoning the defauiting court, Jury or other ju-
e.sal body back TO rigid sense OF tustics and Of
equally upon aIi-the high and the low, the rich
and the poo and whether OF black, white,
brown or yellow skins The law Il no respecter Of
parsons, whatever their condition, creed color
ne law has no fayerites and issues license to
my whereby immunity may be had for crime com
ierss ineIudIns prosecuting and deiendIns attor-
VS. gfand and trial jurors, that they should have &
faycrtes, nor play any partial role in the ad-
isuation OF their several duties .se
then discussed the Hogs case at some
th, telling the jury that it had committed
lsndentable error in its failure to indict
Ihe bank clerk who had embezzled thousands
Of dollars and cast bis fellow employees under
suspicion.
At the close Of his address he said:
HItsis unfortunately the fact that sentiment has
81 late been nurtnred into Vigorous life and now
rs throughout s, sas a e ss sar
9xpreesfd IN the following words or their equiya-
i HsNail We send ogr native and enr Oriental
l.|.|/IIrfa- nr|aon,s but send hooIe
l1nlfers "a California;
NO community can long sustain q rspreaeh g g
direct az this n II be well mefted a continuance
Of such .prsctise would mean the utter breakdown
Of t6s a5mnIstration q me criminal law and the
paralysis Of he agencies Of criminal Justice.
Hoogs, later indicted 81 the grand jury, re
turned to Honolulu yesterday and with
Abrams, ahotlef former trusted employee Of .
financial institution, stood before Judge Ash
ford zach pleaded guilty Of embezzlement.
in 3 statement issued. when Hogs defalca.
lions eoalne known, an official Of the Bank of
Hawaii said:
THE amount Of the shortages traced to
Hoo9s IS ST. 400. =
When the charge Of elnbezzlenent against
Abrams was made known, the Hawaiian Trust
Company issued statement which said:
Serious irregularities have been discovered
IN our DOCKS INDICATING SHOIIdSc " apPl0Ai-
mately SIG, 500. I,
Both men made partial restitution after
their REGULATIONS were discovered.
Richard Ramos, poor and friendless Fill
pino, also stood before Judge Ashford yester-
day. His crime was that of raising seven
dollar check to seventy dollars.
Eloquent pleas were made by attorneys on
behalf sof Hoogs and Abrams. No pleas were
made for Ramos He had no attorneys.
Hogs was sentenced to pay fine of $1,000
and costs the costs being $3.50.
Abrams was sentenced to pay fine Of $1,000
and costs the costs being $3.50.
Ramos was sentenced to pay 5000 fine and
costs and to spend week at hard labor in
Oahu prison. ., .5s... " ..
Hogs fine was Immediately paid. The
money was ready. -
Abrams fine was immediately paid The
money was ready.
They were free men, a
Ramos had no money. For every dollar of
the fine he viii have to spend q day at hard
labor IN addition to the week s sentence.
He was taken to the territorial Jail
lat Justicia, Ruat Coelum. "