The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-01-27

On Saturday. a Young halfcaste named Seyasto-
pol Cooper. was up for assaulung an old native
woman. IL appears that be was Intoxicated az The
time. and besides tearing the woman'S clothes.
used foul aad abusive Language. The magistrate,
in passing sentence. observed that tie prisoner
WAS one OF the most lucOrrigI0lr youths iu The city,
having been frequently complained Of. and On the
last occasion tor the heinous offence of beating his
own mother. sentence on that occasion bad bern
suspended. with the view that be might salp sud
go 10 sea. but be had not done 80. and the punish
ment due had 10 be fixed, For the present Uhcnse,
be was sent to prison at bard labor for twenty
days. keliinui aud kauahi were charged Hnder
Section =. Of the Act OF 1870. prohibiting tbe
carrying Of tire arms for sporting purposes without
a license. Il appeared that the father OF The de-
PENDANTS. who krtps fowls. was annoyed by the
Expectations Of owls carrying 90 his chickens. aud
that keIilnui took the gun Tor The purpose OF KILL
ing Tie owls. In doing this, however. be shot a
muI-hcn. Kultbi had only fired oG blank car
tridgcs on New Years day. by way OF celebrating.
vnd he was discharged. bat ke,iinUi was nnvd : 10
-tuat being the least amount allowed by the law.
However useful The law may have proved Itself
generally. in this case lis enforcement j. q hardship
without doubt.
Ca Tuesday, Mariana, a Portuguese, was charged
with furious riding on Sunday, but forfeited
his bail of ten dollars. james Cooper, also
forfeited bail Of SO for being drunk. One native for
a simple drunk, was fined 81 A rather good look
ing young native named K~ahimoku, with good
clothes on and fancy studs in his shirt, was accused
Of stealing 4 pair OF boots, the property Of MIR. G. :.
AAOEl ANlN ANlAANAAA : AN1AANAAN - ~
that the prisoner was one Of thai numerous class re-
Gently described in this journal as Migrants, he
doing absolutely nothing honest for n living. lie was
a church-goer, for on Sunday morning the boots
were identified on his feet as he was retiring from
the services at Kaumakapili Church, where perhaps
he had been 20 repent Of the then. However, at the
Court he declared that lac had bought the boots Of a
foreigner for Sl.60. but as he could not tell who or
where the said foreigner was, the Magistrate gave
him time to mediate upon the subject by committing
him 10 prison and hard labor for six months.
On Wednesday. b.. F. Fuller, a colored individual,
whose name has been several times before inscribed
upon the police records. in connection with sundry
queer transactions in chickens, AS an amateur peach
culturist, and latterly in a case of mayhem in which
he lost a portion Of his nose,-was a%rrdigned for
assault and battery on a native. Through ~interces-
sion of counsel he got a pOstponement until Friday.
A native was brought up under warrant Of arrest for
deserving bound service, at Makee's plantation. Up
to eleven O'Clock nobody appeared on behalf OF the
plantation, and the Magistrate, observing that II
savored of contempt of court for parties to procure a
mans arrest under warrant and then neglect 10
appear, ordered his discharge. He was, however,
Immediately arrested again under n warrant from
Koolau, for deserving from McKeague's plantation.
On Thursday, Kahimoku, the gentlemanly va
grant who got six months on Monday for stealing a
pair of boots in which he went TO church was again
arraigned, this time for stealing a box Of water-color
paints, he apparently being of artistic proclivities.
The box was found in the fellows clothes-bag among
the contents of which (besides other stolen articles)
were q number Of shirt collars, bearing the names OF
certain well known persons about town. The theft
of the box of paint having been proven, the Magis-
trateI" cheerfully " sentenced this cheraiier d'tnduS-
frie to six months more IN the chain gang. After he
was taken to the Station House, Kahimoku was in
duced to reveal, ia Urifing, the whereabouts Of a
fine quilt, worth about $40, which had been stolen
from MIR. Barlow. 1t had been sold for 500 to one
Ahsin, who, in a way that was child-like and bland
Immediately gave it up on the requisition Of the
police. La the case of Fuller, the gentleman of Afri-
can persuasion, charged with assault in kicking a
native boy, he somehow mysteriously escaped pun
ishment.