Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 205, 7 September 1894 — HAWAII'S "BLUE" LAWS [ARTICLE]

HAWAII'S "BLUE" LAWS

C0NSTITUTI0N and LAWS Framed bv the Missiouai , ies. * LAWS of the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 18. I£ anr indivuloal be confinod iu prisou for lewdues?. or be made to serve at hard labor, or placed in the Pecitentiary,* when one half of the »pecified time is elapsed, then if the person who has cbarge of him, and the toacher who instrncts him, or other persons of respectability perceive, that said prisoner appears well, appears qniet, having the appearance of repentance, then on their giving notico to the Governor he may set said prisoner at liberty, and ho shall serve no longer, nor be confined longer. It is ended. he is pardoned. But this does not apply to those who aro banished to another land. If this law be proclaimed in any village or district, theu the day of its proclamation shall bo the day of its taking etfect in that plaee, but even if it be not proclaimed, it shall nevertheless take efiect on the first day of September of the cnrrent year at all places in this archipellago. All the words of this law hare been approved by Xobles and by tbe Representatives; we have theroforo hereunto set our names this twenty uinth day of May, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one. at Lahaina, Mani. (Signed) KAMEHAMEHA III. KEKAULUOHI. CHAPTER XXXV. A LAW RESPEdIXG THE RACIXG 0F HORSES SECRETLY. The law respecting the abuse of animala is well understood by the people, but still horses are not safe. Thero is a considerab!e number of pereons who go secretly and seize horses in the nigbt and race them. and by such a mischievous courso some borses have boen killed. lt is c(ear that there is a very great crime, but there is no statute whieh particularly prescribos the puuishment. Whereforo in a eouneil of the Nobles with the Representatives, tho following statntes vrere enacted, 1. If one seize the horse of another secretly by night, without the knowledge of tho horsler, or by the owner of tbe horse, and race him tbe en'minal pereoushall pay twenty five dollars, ten to the owner of the horse, tcn to the informer, and five to the Government. If the horee be damaged, he shall in addition pay to the owner of the horse, tho full amount of tbe damage. lf he do not tbus pay, he shall be fiogged twenty lashes andtben put to hard Iabor for the owner of the horse for the space of two raonths, and two monlhs more for the informer, and if the horso wore injured by him tbe labor for the owner of the horse shall be prolonged according to the amouni of damage sostained. 2. lf a mau repeat the ofi*ense describod in the first soction after he had been onee pnnished his panbbmect shall be double to his former one. If this law be proclaimed in any rillage or district, the day of its proclamation shall be the day of its taking eribct in that plaee, but even if it be not proclaimed, it sball nevertheless take efiect on the firet day of September of the cunrent year at all places in this archipellago. Ail the words of tbis law have been approved by tho Xobles and Representatives, we have thereforo set our namea hereunto, on this twenty third day of April in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aod forty one at Lahaina, Maui. (Signed; KAMEHAMEH.I III. KEKAULUOHI. CHAPTER XXXVI. LAW RESPECTING THEFT. We hereby prohibit all s(ealing % and felonions seiznre, and violent plundering. and taking secretly thu property of othere. Whosoever does any of tbese things with a real thierish int«nt, is obnosioos to this law. and sball be ponished as follows: W hosoever shaU ateal, or take socretly with a thievish design the property of another, and whosoever shall lyingly carry away and secrete in a thievish manner the property of anotber ahall be panished thjxs:— 1. II the stolen property be Iess than two dollare, then he ahall be fined foor tunes the amount o£ the properiy whieh he stole. If one dollar be alolen, foar doilars «b*ll be the fine, whieh with ihe original sam makes five dollare, two to the goverament, and two to the owner of the steleu property, together with the original sum, whieh makes Uuee doUaza. II two dollara be stolen, then the fino ehall be eight doUare; lonr to the goverament, and foor to the ow»er of the stoieo pioperty. If he fail to pay these, he shaU be pat to hard iabor, whioh he ahali perform of a reloe eqaal to the fine, a portion ol the labor !br the goven»ment. and a portion for ihe owner of the property. (T<* be C<nUinued.)