The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-07-15

POLICE CoURr.-The past has been more than usu-
ally a week of business in the Police Court, On
Monday. a native girl,-one of that class, just verg-
ing on womanhood, who infest the streets evenings,
and by their brazen manner and noisy chatter give
fair promise of the sort of maturity to which they are
sure to arrive, if they live,-was fined SIS for loud
talking in the yard of Kaumakapili Church during
service on Sunday evening.
On Wednesday, James Rowlands, a seaman belong
ing to the British ship Beau Monde, was fined $25
for assaulting Captain Ross of that ship, in the street.
The assault was proved to have been a most cowardly
one, from behind, knocking the Captain down with
out his seeing his assailant. Rowlings. being unable
to pay the fine and costs, is sent to prison, where he
will be kept at government expense something over
100 days at 25 Cts. per diem. AS he has a permanent
bodily ailment, he cannot be put to active labor, and
so the prisoner is taxed with his keeping. 1t it said
there will be an appeal in this case.
On the same day. j. Strauss. a German shoemaker,
keeping shop on Fort street, was charged with an
assault with a loaded pistol in ]. F. Kenyon, tailor,
of King street. 1t seems that on Saturday evening
last, Strauss went to Kenyon's lodgings, and present
ing a pistol at his head, inquired" Are you going
to confess? If you don't confess all that you've
known of me for three months, I'll shoot you dead
After some remonstrance at this strange conduct,
Kenyon asked if the pistol was loaded. The reply
was, yes, accompanied with more threats. After a
while, getting soothed, Strauss put the pistol away in
his pocket. but when Kenyon again inquired what
he meant, the pistol was again presented, with the
words" I'll kill you if you don't confess God tells
me to kill YOU Kenyon slipping out, Strauss finally
went away, saying that he would come up in the
morning and shoot Kenyon. Singularly enough, the
latter made no move towards having Strauss
arrested until Monday morning. AT the trial, it ap-
peared that the pistol "a revolver) was borrowed by
Strauss from one Weik. for the purpose of shooting
rats. When loaned it was empty, and when given
up on Monday FIVE chambers we're found loaded and
capped. On being asked by the Court why he car
ried a pistol, prisoner stated that he had suspicioned
81 the lawyer with a tall hat, and DR.. Hutchinson of
trying to poison him." Although the mans manner
was perfectly cool and rational, it was evident from
his actions as proved and from his language in the
Court that he was insane, and he was ordered 10 be de-
tanned in the prison for two months. to ascertain if
he is permanently crazed, previous to being sent to
the asylum.
Kuku, a native ~drayman, was arrested for an as
sault on Raymond, driver of an express wagon, on
Saturday morning last, on the steamboat wharf
Postponed until to-day, to hear testimony of the mate
of the steamer.
On Thursday, the case of Charles Smith. Swede,
q painter, for assault on William Kelly, saddlemaker,
came on for decision. The Gazette of this week con-
tains a garbled and unfair statement of the circum-
stances. The facts are that on the 9th ofJuly, Smith,
who was sober, but a naturally excitable person. re-
ceised a most outrageous and unprovoked insult from
Kelly, who is said to have been under the influence
of drink, whereupon Smith kicked Kelly and ran of
The latter pursued, having armed himself with an
iron instrument, known as q shoemaker's peg rasp.
On overtaking Smith. before the weapon could be
used, Kelly was disarmed by the bystanders. where
upon Smith rushed in and struck him a blow on the
mouth, with his fist. 50 far as appeared. splitting the
lip open completely. The arrest followed. and the