Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIX, Number 25, 21 June 1890 — Our English Column. [ARTICLE]

Our English Column.

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I have, hcrc t a vtor> whKh will please yoo young Hawaiian la*>crs tnd polieeioe». I: »how how, when a man hai broken tftc laws of his country, he will try erery way he ean lo escape punh.bment f and make ?hc people think be is an inncccnt man. In eaHy davs out tn the Westcrn Statcs of Cm lc .S*m'§ big farm, the in habitants sufJcred very rau<h from a gang of horsc-ihicrev Many of the thicrcs wcrc < aught f tried in thc courts and found guihy; but, by rcason of some error in the indictment, fgct your Kng!iih-Hawiuan dictīonaries and look up the meaning of tbc wordi> you don't undersUnd) they escape pumshmcnt. The farmers compUined at thi% because they cou!d not get satisfaction or protection. About this time a man was appoim ed to be judgc whosc name was C'iark. Hc was not learned in thc law. but he was an honcst man, and st<x.»d tirmly on thc side of justicc and right. Court eame on: Judgc Clark on thc bcnch. The jail was full of horscthicves. The punishmcnt for stcaling borscs was not-less than thirty nine lashes of the whip on the bare ba« k. The grand jury found indictmcnt> against eaeh of thc j>risoncrs. After Court oj)cned, Ju<]ge C!ark said, "We will iry John l.ong as he scems to be a leader in this businc-» of stealing. Mr. Shcri/T, him in to court/' Thc sheriff brought thc man in M John Long," «aid the judge, "Vou arc accused of stealing an inelian pony. Are you guilty or not guilty ?"

,4 May it plcasc th? court ( " said John I.ong's lawyer, "we plead thathis name is John H. 1.0ng." JuJsc Clark.— i'hat makes no <lifferenee; I know the man, and that is sufftcicnt. l.(iu<Y<r.—\\'c move to(jtiash the indictmcnt. (See du tionary.) JuJse Clark. —(iive your reasons. Unvytr.—First; therc is no value of the horse given: Second; it is <:harged in the indictmcnt to be a horse, when it is a gelding.

Ciark, —I know an inelian pony is worth ten dollars; and I shall conslder that a gelding is a horse; molion over rulcd, (or refused). The prisoncr then pleaded not guilty. I'he jury was called; the trial was short; vcrdict, 4, (luilty M ; sentence, thirty nine lashes on his bare haek. I.ong's lawyer moved an arrest of judgemcnt, hecausc the indictment did not say that the horse was stolen in that statc. I'he judge promised io consider the j)oint, and give a dccision the next day. Uut ordered the sheri/T to keep the prisoncr safely. After court was over, he to!d the sheriff secretly to uke Long into the woo<ls, elean out of hcaring, and give him thirty nine tashes on his bare back, weli laid on, then put hini in jail again. "Keep this to yourselves," he said, "and bting the prisoner into court in the morning."

Thi» order was obeyed strictly, and, ncxt morning Long was. in the box aiiain, his lawyer was ignorant of what hail been do»e.

Judtf Cl«rk, —I have been thinking of the case of l,ong. I think we will grant him a new tria[.

Long, tpringing to his fect, cried out, t4 Oh, no, for heaven's sake! I have been whipped almost to death already. 1 discharge my lawyer, and withdraw bis motion." J*dgt Clerk, enter the judgement on the book, and iuark it satisficd.

Thc other pri*oners were brougbt in, one after another, and convictesL No motion to quash the indictment, or arrest judgement was afterwards made. J'he prisonen were whipped and d» charged, carrying with them the news to aU of their companions. Not a hone was stokn in that part of the country for years afterwards.

While we tre tilking about tiws, eoum, Uwyen, etc, •! wonder how miny of my Hiwaiiin liwyer friends e*tr read ihe book of Uws prinied it Lihiimluni in the ycir 1842, ind pessed by the legisUture whieh met at Lahiina during the yeir 1840, 1841 to 1842 ? I will write out some pam of those Uws, $othat you may see how different they wcre from the Uws of these day& Here is a section about I married persoiis t i

u lf iwo mamed persons do not Hve hippi!y toKether, but quarrel oftcn and become fimous for the same t and also disregard their marriage vows, they •hall then be hrought to trial, and being cooricted of the charge, is specified abore t they shai! both be con/ined in irons. They shall be coofined sep*« ntely, noe tofether, aad shall be eoofioed at night only, and in the morning »ball be aet at liberty, to go where they pleaie, t>ut at night $haU be eoō fioed again, and shalt be confioed erery night iuiU! they eeaae quaneliag."

Marne<i pmoo; lirtd :ogctb€r n»ore hapf»«Jy :hcr» th*o thcy do now, pcrhap& Rcad this M law -Yespcctirg idierv~"As for ?hc idkr, !ct tbc tndustrioos [nit hiro to shaa»e, and *ound h» oame frora ooe cnd of thc country to thc cthcr. And even if thc>' shou!d witbhold food on arcount of hts idicness, :hcrc ihall be no condcmnaūon for ihoie who thus trcat ;dicrk If a landlord, or a ehiei should gi?e entertaia|ment to vach a *40ggard, bc vouid thcrcby brm£ shamcon the industrioa>. For threc the tcnants of him who :hus cntcTUin*i a *!u*gard shali be frccd from labor for :bcir landtordSuch is the punisJ?nicnt of him who bcfricnd < * a I>ct hina obtain hi* f«xxi UU r.

is the way your grand fathers and grandmothtrs wcr« taxed: • Kor a Man, one dollar." j "For a Woman, half a dollar. M "For a Ik)y, one-fourth of a dollar.*' "For a C»irl, onc-cigth of a dollar. M « « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ "In thc back part of the blands where "money is difticuh to be obtained, "Arrow root (pia) wiil be a suitablc "substitute. Thirty-threc pouads of l, arrow root will be taken for a dollar "Cotton is aUo another suitabie "artU;le. Sixteen pounds will ae""counted equal to one dollar. Sugar "is anothcr suitabie arti< le, also nets."