Word: judds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When a newsman asked if the commutations were part of a secret deal whereby the surviving assailants of Mrs. Massie would not be brought to trial a second time, Governor Judd lashed out angrily: "Anything of the kind...
...exactly 11 a.m. all four prisoners were ushered down a hall and into the office of Governor Lawrence McCully Judd. To each he handed a paper commuting their sentences to the time already served. By telescoping ten years into one hour the Kahahawai case was thus closed with one final dramatic fillip...
...commutations from Governor Judd, island-born son of an island-born son of a Yankee missionary, did not come spontaneously. Defense counsel had formally petitioned him for executive clemency but more potent was the pressure of mainland sentiment. In Washington Congress had seethed with legislative proposals to set the convictions aside. No less than 104 Congressmen had signed a cabled plea to Governor Judd to pardon the four prisoners. Victor Steuart Kaleoaloha Houston, Hawaiian delegate in Congress, aware of the rising political tide against his territory, likewise begged the Governor...
There was even a report that Secretary of the Interior Wilbur had radiotelephoned. In Honolulu a Navy boycott against concerns employing Kahahawai jurors was threatening serious economic damage to the business community. One juror had been threatened with "a ride." Governor Judd's nerves were raw with worry. He was friendly with the brown islanders but, after all, he was a white...
Because commutations of sentence do not restore civil rights, a belated drive was started by Lawyer Darrow to get his clients full and unconditional pardons from Governor Judd. In Washington, Congressional sentiment was overwhelmingly for pardons. Legislation was offered authorizing the President to act over the head of the territorial governor in such cases as this...