The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-06-02
Grand Jury Meets
And Hears Cases
Judge Case In His First Charge
Gives lnquisitorial Body
Considerable Leeway For
A action.

Grand jurors in the second circuit
court began their work for the June
session Of the court yesterday morn.
ing and Judge d. II. Case administer.
ed his first charge to such a body In
SO dStng he gave the inquisitorial
BODY rather wide latitude in its in
Vestigations with careful instructions
as to now far they should go in find
ing Indictments and in reporting on
any investigations i'm regard to public
institutions that might be undertaken
f, b. Cameron was reappointed fore
man Of the body and William Kahale.
kai bailiff.
All TaIesmen Present
When the roll of grand jurors was
called yesterday morning every tales.
man answered to his name They
were Sam Aling, John Andrecht, w
A. Baldwin, John II. Bonnell Frank
Cabral F. B. Cameron, Henry c..
Daniels, Waldemar Devauchelle, p. w.
Eichinger, Charles X Farden, John
iFassoth Jr, ]. Garcia, A. Gross. David
X. Kinney, Frank Medeiros. John
Pacheco, John Plunkett, Joseph Rap
hazel, William Range, George Rosa.
Paul Townsley and Kiyoichi Uyeda.
Comment was made by one of the
attorneys in court to the effect that
at the June term of 20 years ago, d.
H. Case was deputy attorney general
and acting as prosecutor and that
Charles X. Farden was then as now
a grand juror.
Judge Gives Instructions
In his first charge to a grand Jury
Judge Case told the members that
their duties were well summarized in
the oath and warned them to be con-
sciencious and fearless as the respect
for the laws of the land with the many
depended to no small extent upon the
faithfulness shown by the grand jury,
the court and the prosecuting depart
ment If any of those three depart.
ment rang the administration of
justice is weakened just so much.
The grand jurors were told their
powers extended to hearing matters
presented by the prosecuting attorney
of their own knowledge or brought to
their attention by other members of
the grand jury. Continuing he said
in part: while it is within your pro-
else, if need be, the manner and meth
ods of conducting any public institu-
tion or department of the government
within this jurisdiction, and make rec
concentrations for their betterment
you should studiously avoid holding
any person, official or otherwise, up
to public censure. If you find conduct
not amounting to a crime your pow
ers are virtually at an end; the
remedy lies elsewhere. If, on the
other hand, the facts presented to you
amount to crime, you should return
a true bill, thus giving the person ac-
cused an opportunity, in due time, to
be heard in his own defense.
There were six or seven cases that
were to be presented to the grand jury
by the prosecuting attorney in some
of which more than one person was
involved. A number of offenders were
escaped convicts or paroled prisoners
and such have been sent back to the
penitentiary, thus avoiding the neces-
sity and expenses of trials here.
When the jury was empannelled
yesterday Judge Case said it was pos
sible that it might conclude its de
liberations in one day but yesterday
afternoon it was said that no such
speedy finish would come. 1t was re-
ported that one case alone had taken
three or four hours and that the de-
liberations would continue into today.
The session was resumed this morn
ing and it may be that a report will
be handed in this afternoon.
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