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heard his story, and then saw the governor, who promised that the 
man should have another hearing or trial the next morning, at nine 
o’clock, and that he should not be punished until I was informed 
of it. In the morning, however, to my great surprise, I heard that, 
by the governor’s orders, and in his presence, Herron had, at eight 
o’clock, an hour before the time his new trial was to take place, 
received twenty-eight lashes. On learning this circumstance, an officer 
was at once sent to wait upon the governor, to request an explanation 
of the proceedings, and that Herron might be given up, and held sub¬ 
ject to the governor’s order, for a proper trial. On receiving the 
officer, Governor Kekuanaoa declared that it was a misunderstanding 
relative to his having promised a new trial, and declined giving up the 
man. In consequence of this, I at once sent a message to demand 
him, and to state that if he was not surrendered, I should be obliged 
to take him, for I would not suffer him to remain any longer in the 
keeping of persons who would inflict punishment with so much precipi¬ 
tation. This caused his delivery. Shortly after, I received a letter, 
telling me that the corporeal part of his punishment was remitted, but 
demanding the fine. I took this occasion to write the governor a 
letter, pointing out wherein he had erred, in order that he might not 
fall into a similar error ; which I have inserted in Appendix VIII. 
The next day I was notified that he would be again tried before a 
legal tribunal, viz.: the governor and the United States consul. The 
day after, he was accordingly sent on shore to undergo a trial, which 
he himself wished, for the purpose of proving whether he was guilty 
and subject to the fine. The trial of Herron took place in the grass- 
house of the king, that has been before described; the scene was 
characteristic, and will show the manner of conducting trials in the 
Hawaiian Islands. Governor Kekuanaoa, the American consul, Cap¬ 
tain Hudson, Dr. Judd of the American Mission, who acted as inter¬ 
preter, and several officers belonging to the squadron, as well as those 
of the government police, numerous residents, of all colours and classes, 
the prisoner, his friends and accusers, were present. At one table the 
governor and Dr. Judd were seated, at another the consul and Captain 
Hudson, while the prisoner and witnesses, with the spectators, were 
standing in groups around. The court was opened in due form, and 
Dr. Judd stated the indictment, to which Herron pleaded not guilty; 
every thing was conducted with due solemnity; the oath was then 
administered by the American consul, to the witnesses on both sides. 
Dr. Judd examined and interpreted the whole. During this proceeding 
all were deeply intent in ferreting out the truth, with the exception of 
his excellency the governor, who was occupied most of the time in 
