The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-14
In Conference With City Officials
Deficit For Biennial Period
Looms Large
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
RUN Bills UP RAPIDLY
On Other Hand. Are
Forbidden To Provide Against
Court Bankruptcy

From July / to December 81, 1915
the expenses Of the three divisions Of
the local circuit court reached So.
s74.gV, At this rate the expenses Of
the court for the whole Of the bienn al
per- I'd, ending June 80, 1911, will
amount TO s4I,49G.B4.
How to stretch an appropriation Of
$4,000, after deducting the $I0,37IBu
spent durii1 the frst quarter Of the
period, SO that the balance, OF $Is,-
625.s4, wiz suffice for the coming
eighteen months, was the problem that
was dscussed yesterday in conference
between Gredit Judges Ashford aud
Whitney, on the one hand, and Mayor
Lane, Supervisors Single and Logan;
Deputy City Auditor Lloyd and Deputy
City Attorneys Cristy and Garden, on
the oShek hhnd. Judge Stuart, who was
on the bench In his division at the
time, was unable to attend the con,
ference:
Leeislature sets Figure
The last legislature limited the
amount the municipality could appro-
pirate for court expenses during the
current biennial period to $4,000, or
1880 for each quarter Of the period.
that Is, each six months, had the APP
proPriatioh available been evenly pro.
rated. At this rate the court expenses
for the first six months exceeded the
pro rata for tho time by SO, 1866. I'm
less there is saving somewhere, the
expense of the three divisions for the
eighteen months. ending June 30, 1917,
will amount to $3l 1888 There is
available for the same period only
sls,625 "a, II Is here where the Grub |"
comes in.
Several schemes Of how to cut down
operating ext enses were discussed at
the conference, but they were all given
up, practically, rs impracticable. The
municipal end of the conference left
Judge Ashford 5 quarters with a rather
slim and vague idea that in some man
ner or other the way. will be found
the Two ends win be made TO
meet. ,tt'IHl}> -.i. ..'',,. '..} .
Jurors Fees Run Up o'1 .
The greatest item of expense to the
three divisionf of the first circuit
court during the past six months were
The fess and mileage paid to the grand
and trial jurors, the total alnoudting
to ~, 26S 10, all other expenses for the
samo period amouD'ing to but 81, l0656.
!. In some undefnable way the confer
ence felt that during the remainder Of
the ienniaI period sufficient might be
saved In jurors fees and mileage TO
make the two ends meet, but how to
10 this is something the municipal OF.
fcials will wrestle with in the future.
We won I have to cross the Lridge,
until we come to il, >, was the way
9ne Of the city eonfefeea put the prop
Dsiti0n. lt. X ~ ',r. !,
Judge Ashford and Judge whitney
thought that, possibly, jurors rees ana
mileage for the coming e ghteen months
might decrease considerably. ,-,..H
Big Wave OF Crime II. th1.- r.. 4
t'There was al unusually great wave
Of crime in Honolulu during the first
six months Of the pericd,' said Judge
Ashore, 'tand II looks to me as il
there will be an Improvement for the
better in this regard ror the future
My division and that Of Jdge
Stuart incurred the major share of the
expense. In Judge Stuart 3 court t.Iere
was big congestion OF civil case TO
be tried before iuries, owing to the
ABSENCE of a Judge in that division for
some time before Judge Stnart's ap,
ointment, He cleared the major po.-
lion Of the extra load during the past
xix months and il Is unlikely that Jury
trials during the balance of the pres.
snt period will be anything in number
Ike what they were in the past.
In my division, where criminal
Eases must be tried, i feel that there
win be largo falling OF for the
futnue, unless I am much mistaken. Il
look for a reduction in jurors fees
Ind mirage In my court. y
Rhitney's Outlook Better
Judge Whitney of the second divi-
ZION had but one jury trial during the
past six months-the Stewart & Co.,
spalding damage suit--but II required
ibont 1880 for jurors fees and mile.
lge, the trial lasting over forty days.
~ don't look for anything like IL
IN the near future," Judge Whitney
aid. Z CAT least, ! hope for no more
'nch lons.wihded and extensive trials.
And, again, | don \ suppose John An,
ierson . Ford will requife $l29.40 again
,or repairs'' &. 80
b. II is understood that the probation
officer has by this time learned TO
rive his car and that repairs will DO
Iept down TO minimum. A. ~r'r.
Even though the circuit judges and
Inc city officials who attended yesthr.
lay 4 conferences do not know exactly
low $Ts,6 viii be made to meet
he expenses for the next eighteen
months, when the past six months ran
IL 10 slO,s74G6, the outlook is opti.
iiistlc. z1 NJ. a.. f y.
'ihanciers Doubthhl ~.s'
\ On the other hand students of local
inances are not at all satisfied with
he outlook and they fear a repeti-
ion Of what occurred when the legis
allure WIS III session early last year,
When II was found necessary for the
awmakers to Fass 4 specific appropria.
ion Of 5000 TO cover q deficit in the