The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-12-12
MAUI NEWS.
December Term of the Second
CiTcuit Court Stray
ScribbliBes, Etc.

MAUI, Dec. :. = During Saturday
evening the ID inst, the steamer
Claudine, after a delightful three
hour run from Kahului, landed a
large number of East Maui people
upon the tropical and beautiful shores
Of peaceful Lahaina. Sunday and
Monday was passed most quietly and
enjoyably, but during all Tuesday
second invasion occurred, this time
by the calvary division of old King
Court, and the interesting village Of
bread-fruits, palms and ruins has
since then been the scene of life,
hustle and legal proceedings. During
Tuesday evening the Kinau brought
the Honolulu delegation, and during
Thursday morning the Mokolii added
the Molokai detachment. Something
after 9 A. NJ, on the 9th inst, Circuit
Judge A. n. kepoikai entered the
court room, and Sheriff Chillings-
worth formally announced the begin
ming of the December term. There
was a host of official dignitaries in
attendance. There were Deputy
Attorney General Wilder and Messrs.
Kinney, Rosa, V. V. Ashford, Creigh-
ton, Achi, Paehaole, Maheluna, Ka-
lua, Richardson, Kalama, all men,
beers of the bar; the District Magis-
trates, Messrs. COpp, Daniels, Kahau-
lelio, Kaleo and Kalauokalaui; the
deputy-sheriffs, Messrs. Hooking,
Josepa, Scott and Baldwin; the inter-
prefers, Luther Wilcox lHawaiian).
G.. A. Doyle (Japanese), All ChOy
(Chinese), \ Tavares (Portuguese);
and Captain Andrews; Arthur Wilder
(stenographer) and others.
After the usual preliminaries, one
of which was the examination of the
calendar, which showed sixteen GRIM
inal cases, the jury attempted to try
the issue entitled Provisional Govern
ment VS.. All Flu ct al. Four China
men had assaulted u native boy at
Waikiki, the 'easus belli'' being \
dispute over some water rights.
However, the jurymen never
received their dollar per man,
as two of the defendants plead
guilty before they had had an oppOr-
tunity to reach a verdict, and All Flu
was fined s., Kong Fong $50 and the
other two were allowed to go without
punishment for good reasons.
In the Lahaina murder case, per-
haps the most important one Of the
term, Sikh YosugarO, after a cOnsulta-
ton with W. A Kinney, Esq, plead
guilty to manslaughter in the first de-
gree and was sentenced to eleven
years imprisonment at hard labor.
The two Japs, Sikh Yosugaro and his
victim, made an appointment to fight
because of some ill-feeling, and in the
struggle the murder took place 1t
was sort of duel to the death.
During Thursday morning, after the
Judge had declared this sentence, the |
MOlokai case, Provisional Government |
VS.. John Hiu, for feloniously branding, |
was nolle prosecuted because the ami |
NAL in question had been returned to
McCOrrison, its owner.
The next case, Provisional Govern |
ment VS.. Kaula Ia POrtuguesel for |
criminal assault upon native girl at |
Waikapu, consumed several hours |
and finally terminated in an acquittal |
owing to the legal efforts of V. V.
Ashford, who served the defendant |
without Tecompense.
No. IS, Provisional Government VS..
Yoshimoto, for the distillation of
okolehau, resulted in a verdict Of |
guilty. SpirituOus liquor was proved
to have been found in the defendants
possession, and that, according to the
law of 'S4, is prima faeie evidence Of
its manufacture. The sentence will
be given tomorrow morning. j. K.
Kalua for the defense.
No. "A, Jose Maciel vs.. Jose Freitas, /
civil costs of $500 claimed for assault.
A. Rosa for plaintiff; Chas. Achi for
No verdict as yet g PM
1t is possible that the foreign jury
will finish their part Of the calender
by tomorrow FRIDAY night.