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Circuit Court Of fhe Second Judicial Dis
frfct of the hawaiian Isin nds,
June Term. 1851.

trict Of the Hawaiian Islands,,
Jut1e Term, 1851.
The Circuit Court for the second Judicial Distric
commenced its sittings at Lahaina, Maui, on Tues
day the 11th instant. Present, Hon. Elisha III
Allen, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, (pre
siding) and Hon. F. W. Hutchinson, Circuit Judge
for the Island o. Maui.
The Court was opened by proclamation, and COM
menced trying the following Criminal cases:
The King, Us. Elias B. Hayden.-Embezzlement.
The Jury in this case, returned a verdict of guilty,
recommending the prisoner to the mercy of the
Court. The Court. after a feeling and strenuous
appeal for mercy in behalf of the prisoner by his
counsel, and there beng some mitigating cir
cumstances attending the case, imposed a fine of
Fifty dollars on the prisoner.
Mr.. Bond, District Attorney for the Crown.
Mr.. Farwell, counsel for the prisoner.
The King Us. Puleloa.-.Nurder.-The prisoner
was indicted for the wilful murder of Kahuhu, his
wife, by administering to her Strychnine, at Hama,
East Maui, ON the night of Friday the 18th of De-
cember last. The trial of this cause, the most cell
ebrated that has yet marked the annals of our ju-
dicial circuit. occupied the Court nearly three days.
and excited intense interest throughout the whole
community, the court room being literally jammed
with spectators during its progress.
The evidence in the case was wholly circumstan-
tial, but very strong. 1t was clearly proven on the
part OF the prosecution, that the prisoner purchased
the poison on the day or about the time the muir
der was committed. the party selling it having tes-
tilted to the fact. The physician, DR.. Strangenwald,
who examined the stomach of the murdered woman.
testified that there was poison in it, and by several
experiments made in court. FIRST with strichnine and
then by the contents of the stomach given to lizards,
showed clearly to all present in the courtroom,
that the poison taken from the stomach was quite
as deadly as the other. The evidence was so clear
that there was no reasonable ground of doubt. The
counsel for the prisoner, however, claimed that the
prosecution had not proved that the stomach was
that Of the murdered woman, but might have been
that of some one else, and expatiated on this point
with all the eloquence of a Hawaiian orator. The
jury returned into court, nine for acquittal and
three for conviction. As the prisoner was leaving
the court room, his counsel shook him heartily by
the hand, and said, having in view no doubt a
liberal fee. " You must not suppose that you es-
capped conviction because you were not guilty, but
only by my exertions."
Messrs. Bond. and Bates for the Crown. Mr.. Kau-
wshi, for the prisoner.
The King Us. Rskoiohe s Raapaii.-Perjurv.-
In this case the District Attorney moved Nolle Pros
lui. and so ordered by the Court. Mr.. Bond, Dis
trict Attorney. for the Crown. Mr.. Farwell, for
the prisoner.
The King RS Kdnakahi, & Pahupu.-Larceny
CafAe-This was an appeal from Hon. +. W.
Hutchinson, Circuit Judge. The prisoners were the
balance of the Molokai gang Of cattle thieves, con-
victed before the District Justice Of Molokai, last
January. The jury after being out FIVE hours, re-
'urned a verdict Of not guilty against Kauakshi,
md guilty against Pahupu-two jurors dissenting.
Pahupu was sentenced to be imprisoned with
lard labor for two years. Mr.. Bond, District At