INDICTMENT VOTED LYNCHING AT HONOLULU DEATH PENALTY PRECLUDED

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1932, Page 5

INDICTMENT VOTED

LYNCHING AT HONOLULU

DEATH PENALTY PRECLUDED

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HONOLULU, January 26

Tim indictment in the second degree, lor minder has been voted against AI is Eortoseiie, and Lieutenant .Massie, also two naval enlisted men, Albert Joins and Edmond .Lord. Tim indictment was voted after tne Grand Jury bad deliberated for ten hours

,The arraignment date lias not yet been set. Tins actum removes the possibility of any death sentence, as the maximum peiia.ty for tins offence is lile imprisonment, and tin* minimum 2(J years.

lb also makes it possible for the Navy to assume jurisdiction over all except -Mrs Fortescue. # ’lbis is according to a “gentlemen’s agreement” with the local authorities, providing for naval jurisdiction over the navy personnel in ah cases not involving capital punishment. There is to be a conference to-night on this subject.

Mrs Fortescue, being a civilian, must submit to e civilian trial. Tiie defence will move on Wednesday to quash tile indictment, on the ground that the court coerced the Grand Jury. MURDER CHARGES LAID. HONOLULU, January 26. In the Fortescue case, the defendants are being indicted on a charge of murder in the second degree.