The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-04-26
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TERN, 1860,

APRIL IERA, IcbO.
The business of this term, beginning with the cases
requiring native jurors, was opened on
MONDAY, April 2i-by the trial Ct KGpua, who
with his two brothers, Haole and kapoi, were indicted
for the murder of Mr.. Bigham, at Makawao, Il full
report of which we gave in our issue Of the 18th insr.
hapua was acquitted, and nOHe prOsequi entered FOR
the other two.
THURSDAY, 5th-was consumed in the trial CT
Ragsdale upon an Indictment for burglary, when
after long discussion, the Court held that the proof
of entering into a warehouse would not sustain the
charge, and granted leave 10 enter a ROlie prOSequi.
FRIDAY, 6th-KeaIa q blind native man, was
tried for arson, setting fire to a house in Nuuanu
Valley. There was evidence that the house belonged
to the prisoner, who had matched it. He was
acquitted.
Oiooio, and three other natives, were charged with
the oHense Of driving cattle into others land, in
order to fine the owners for the trespass. They were
acquitted upon the point that the land was not shown
to be cultivated, as the section 246 requires, and only
an attempt had been shown. Case concluded on
Saturday, 9Th.
Mr., Maluaiko and Miss Puwaina, charged with
Grim. con-, were acquitted.
MONDAY, 9th-Puhi and Kanaus were tried and
convicted of forging tax-coliectors' receipts, by alter
ing the names and figures in genuine receipts given
to other parties. Sentenced each to two years i'm
%prisonment at hard labor and to pay q fine of So.
". p. Ragsd0le, who had been RoIe prosecuted
in the burglary matter. was now tried upon an in
dictment for larceny. with the same state of facts,
and convicted. Sentenced to one years imprison-
ment, and a fine of So.
TUESDAY, 1Oth.-Manamana. for perjury. This
man was q witness in the Oloolo case, above, and
gave testimony so obviously p%erjured that, upon mo-
ton of the counsel for Oloolo, he was summarily COM
mitted for trial by Judge Robertson ; but, upon this
trial, the testimony of the witnesses to establish the
crime was so confused that the prosecution was dis
continued.
The only civil case for the native jury was Kaopua
ct ais. VS.. John Ii-ejectmeut. The origin of this
suit, which has now been four times before the Court,
is the misunderstanding OF the construction of u land
commission award issued to kalaeheana, the deceased
uncle Of plaintiffs. Her Highness V. X. Kamumalu
claims to own the same tract by u later award Of a
superior character. Her guardian, the defendant,
therefore, evicted the plaintiffs some time in 1868.
They bring this action to recover the land. On Mon
day tho plaintiffs took a non-suit for technical rea-
sons. After an interval 10
THURSDAY, the 19th.--4yias, Chinaman, was con-
victed of perjury, falsely swearing to things which
would have incriminated Ayan, Dir. Hillebrand's
Chinamun, in the murder of Luika- Sentenced to
imprisonment Al hard labor for five years.
Charles b. Wilder was tried for larceny. His own
confession Of the act y . ruled out and he acquitted.
kiugbee, Chinaman, tried for perjury, was ac-
quilted.
FRIDAY, 20th.-Wiiliam Maxwell, sentenced in
the Police Court to a dne of $500 or six months i'm
prisonment, appealed. Verdict of the jury confirmed
the judgment of the Court.
SATURDAY, 2lsr, was commenced the civil cause of
vs.. Webster, which we report below.
MONDAY, - the jury had retired in the
above, the prisoners we're sentenced AS We have above
Also, two who had plead guilty, viz:
IIakuole, larceny Of watch, &c; two years inprison-
nent at hard labor and fine Of Sd and Kapenapuka,
.arceny Of S94 from another native-one years i'm
and 50 fine.