REWALD ARRAIGNED, PLEADS NOT GUILTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00494R001100690002-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 10, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Approved For Release 2010/08/10: CIA-RDP90-00494RO01100690002-9
August 10, 1983
? Neighbor Islanas-
GOING TO COURT-Ronald R. Rewgt,,,, head of Bishop,
Baldwin, Rewald, Dillingham & Wong, leaves polite headquar-`
ters this morning for his arraignment in court. -Star-Bulletin
Photo by Craig T. Kojima.
$10 Million Bail Set
~Arraigned,
Pleads Not Guilty
By Charles Memminger
ti Li r_(31fi~i'h I! Writer
Look i11L hac.t;ard and tired,
Ron.ihl It Itev,aid waIked into
Disii i I C'onrt this morning wear-
ing I(- sh,i( kle, and pleaded not
guilt} to charges that he stole
"early ',:3(N).tMHt from two men
?.tho ingested in his bankrupt
cotnpvty. Uishop. Baldwin, Re-
wald, Dillinghamn & Wong.
District Judge Kenneth Itarada
set a prelinnnarv hearing in the
Rexkald case for Friday.
Re>>ald's attorney, Brook Hart,
did not ask that Rewyald's $10 mil-
lion hail. the highest ever set in
tlassaii, be revoked. Hart said
later it ""ouldn't make much dif-
ference if the I'd %ere immedi-
atel' to Bred ith two court
oMors currently in effect freez-
ing all of Rev,aid's assets.
Asked if he was concerned
thou( It-Sald's well-being in
prison, because of Rewald's previ-
ous suicide attempt and his de-
jected appearance in court this
morning. 11,11-1 said he is always
concerned about his clients
"He's handling the situation the
best he can under the circum-
stances." Hart said.
REWAI.D HAS BEEN in police
custody since his arrest Morulay
night after his release from
Queen's Hospital. Rewald had
been in the hospital since he cut
his v%rists in a Waikiki hotel room
on July 30.
He was charged yesterday with
two counts of theft by deception
and bail seas set 5.000 times high-
er than what is normal in theft
cases. The bail %%as approved by
Circuit Judge Robert Won Rae
Chang apparently because sonic
$17 million in assets of Rewald s
bankrupt company, Bishop. Rald
will, Rewald. Dillingham & Wong,
are unaccounted for.
Hart said he would still seek a
hail reduction hearing. but not
right away.
About the bail, Hart said yes-
terday. "The community is get-
ting pretty heavy on this nian
before they know all of the
f acts.",
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