The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-18
The Native Jury a: Lahaina-The
WaiIuku Water Case-Sfray
Scribblines. Etc.


The native jurors were on hand the
next morning, the 9th instant, and
during the day tried what was
perhaps the most celebrated case
of the term 1t was recorded as Alice
K~Ayers VS.. w. Mahuka, breach of
-promise of marriage. Miss Ayers is a
Lahaina young lady, well known not
only for personal beauty but also for
personal worth, her character being
beyond reproach.
w. Mahuka is "a wealthy young
man, one of the gilded youth of Homo
lulu.
Messrs. Magoon, Kinney, Achi and
Kalua were attorneys for the plaintiff,
and Messrs. Rosa and Creighton man
aged the defense.
As to the evidence presented (Which
Is too lengthy to admit Of recapitula-
tion), this should be said, that some
of the foreigners present during the
trial were of the opinion that tie be-
havior of the fair plaintiff had been
most proper and admirable through
b out the affair, that she had suffered
much in different ways from the de-
PENDANT, and that they off they had
been I'm the jury-box) would have
awarded at least $1,000 as damages.
However, the verdict of the jury,
which was reached about III p. ~, the
entire day having been consumed by
the trial, specified only $500, which, it
is said, Mahuka would have gladly paid
on the spot.
A motion for a new trial was refused
by Judge Kepoikai, from whose deci-
sion an appeal to the Supreme Court
was announced by the PLAINTIFFS at
torney.
During the present week, the de-
PENDANTS uncle was arrested and
brought before Judge Kahaulelio
charged with the attempted bribery
of one of the jury; however, he was
dismissed, as the charge was not sus-
tanned by ample evidence.
Most OF the other cases settled by
the native jury were of an uninterest-
ing nature, and at s p. M, Tuesday,
the 18th inst-the term of court
ended.
STRAY sCRIBBLINGs.
AS to the accommodations enjoyed
by the court and its attendants, one
growl only is reported. a juror in
plaintive accents stated that his
;, ri-htlY couch seemed to consist of but
=. board and a blanket-and that he
longed most inexpressibly for wife
and home.
All the rest seemed to enjoy tropi-
cal life very much. Some were quar-
tered at Pikau's and others at For
syth,s. The favored few who enjoyed
hospitality at "Sunnyside" or at ia
nikeau wished most heartily that the
term could have been extended to a
month.
Early Dec. sth the schooner Ka
Moi touched at Lahaina, landing
AT rpey Magoon who had remained
owe. in Honolulu for the Whiting
Along wedding.
The minstrel show and dance at
I.anikea did not come off.
At the baseball game Saturday
afternoon, the 9th, Lahaina badly
worsted Waikapu, so it is reported.
DR.. Beckwith of Honolulu will take
charge of the Paia Foreign Church
during the third week in January.
DIR. Hutchinson, the dentist, has
been busy in Spreckelsville recently.
Makawao teachers discuss Comenius
to-day 16th).
The marriage of Miss Susie May
Bailey, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. III.
T. Bailey of Makawao and Mr.. j. Ia
w. Zumwalt of Ulupalakua is ar
ranged for Wednesday evening, Dec.
9th, to take place at the Paia Foreign
Church.
ko has lust returned from his yearly
visit to his ranch in California.
Seyenty-five dollars worth of elegant
trifIes have been lately received from
H.F. Wichman, of Honolulu. They are
to be given as prizes in the athletic
sports to occur during Christmas after
noon in Makawao. Five hundred four
page programmes, giving the events
and their order, will shortly be dlstrl-
buted.
Miss Charlotte +. Turner is teaching
in the Waihee school.
No better selection could have been
made by Kamehameha School tnah
that of John w. Kalua, of Walluku,
as orator on Founders Day, Decem-
Der 18th. He visits Honolulu In TINS
weeks steamer.
Wedding bells will ring twice in
MaLawao during Christmas week.
lions have also been issued TO
the marriage of Emily Kalaiakamanu,
JouChter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. q. SAT-
serv, of Makawao, and Henry b.
wilkins, of the same district, to occur
ON the 25th of December.
During Wednesday, the 18TH, the
caIebrated Waikiki water case was
resurrected and the triangular hght
between attorneys is now being waged
at Wailuku Court House before Judge
Robertson. the Commissioner of Water
Rights and Private Ways for Wailuku
district. Messrs. Neumann and Hatch
represent the SpreckeIS lulS!eSli
Messrs. Kinney and Kalua Wailuku
plantation, and V. V. Ashford appears
for sundry Wailuku citizens. The
Spreckels' and citizens parties wish
to prove before his honor that Walluku
plantation has been using more water
than it is Justly entitled to: All wed
nesday was consumed in the examin-
alton of one witness, and since then
the trial has been dragging It's weary
length along with very little apparent
result. The number ::of witnesses Is
innumerable-150, perhaps, more or
Iess-and if more rapid progress Is mol
soon made a judgment will not be rem
dered till Saturday week.
The Consuelo will remain in kahu-
Iui till she obtains cargo of sugar.
The grand entertainment by the
WaiIuku Ministries will take place IN
yIaiIuku a week from next Friday
night, the 18th instant. The pro-
0ramme is most elaborate ana ambi-
fious, and will far eclipse all previous
records. There are two side-spllttlne
farces beside a musical plantation
scene, most realistic and amusing, &c