The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-03-07
COURT cHRoNAvL..
Justice Frear Sworn In-Habeas Cor
pus Case-Fancy Account of an
Attorney in Fact.

JuSblCe Il TehT oWorh al -aAupouS SoI-
pus Case-Fancy Account of an
Attorney in Fact.
w. F. Frear to-day took the oath
of office as Second Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, having been
promoted to that position from be-
ing Second Judge of the First Judi
cial Circuit Court. The oath was
adapted from the old form to suit
the changed structure OF the govern
ment.
H. e. Cooper also took the oath of
Office this afternoon as Second Judge
of the First Circuit Court.
Mr.. A. Rosa has filed q petition for
writ of habeas corpus in behalf of
Martin Socento, confined in Oahu
Prison. The prisoner was sentenced
by District Judge j. X. Kapuniai at
Waimea, Kauai, on March 8, 1892, to
imprisonment at hard labor for one
year and to pay a fine of 800, for
assault with deadly weapon on Mr..
Glade, manager of Kekaha planta-
ton. At least that must have been
the intention, but the mittimus reads
as if the man should have been i'm
prisoned in the year l of the Chris
tian era. 1t says 81 M. H." (Maka-
hiki ka Haiku, the Hawaiian for
Ammo Domini-"in the year of our
Lord'). The prisoner has served
year out of 1892 and 1893 A. d. or
NJ. H., but his fine being still unpaid
the holding power of the queer nit
timus is to be tested under habeas
corpus. Judge Whiting has ap-
pointed tomorrow at IL o'clock for
the hearing of the application.
Judge Whiting gave a hearing to-
day to the vexed case of L. Ahung
of Honolulu, bankrupt, the "discov-
cry" of whose accounts has appar
emily proved harder task than that
of America 500 years ago. Hatch
for j. f. Hackfeld, assignee; G. w.
Ashford for the bankrupt.
One of the appeals pending in the
Circuit Court was that of Beniamina
and Lila, fined $50 and $40 respect
lively for a social offense. Beniami-
ma having died, Lila has withdrawn
her appeal and paid her fine. S. X.
Kane for defendants.
1t is supposed the appeal of de-
PENDANT, in Brown VS.. Spencer, will
be dropped on suggestion of the
death of defendant-appellant.
ANNIH1LATINa AN ACCOUNT.
Chief Justice Judd has rendered
the following opinion on submis-
sion in the cause of Kahakuakoi ct
al. VS.. S. M. Kaaukai:
"The parties to this case not be-
ing able to agree upon an adjust
ment of the account submitted, l
find as follows: The attorney-in-
fact, S. M. Kaaukai, is entitled to
only percent commissions for col
Letting rents and borrowing money
on mortgages for the plaintiffs.
81 cannot allow defendant the
$500 charged by him in his account
for his services in negotiating the
so year lease to M. p. Robinson and
J collecting the bonus of $3.50. He is
only entitled to 5 percent on this
amount. Deducting the sums for
which defendant has made two en-
tries, charging them twice, and add
, ing some amounts of omitted bills, ]
find, by a rough calculation, that
the amount of $S01.49 as stated in
defendants account on the sum ow-
:. ing by plaintiffs to him, to be reduc-
ed to nothing. The account thus
corrected is approved, and the power
: of attorney cancelled. Costs to be
paid by defendant
S. X. Kane for plaintiffs, w. G.
Achi for defendant.