The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-09
COURT NOTES.

turned q verdict In favor OF pam
tiff KaIa for a half moiety of the
land situate in Manoa, in the pos
session of C.. p. Iaukea, defendant.
The other plaintiff was Annie Ku-
mualii who discontinued during the
progress of the case. J. A. Magoon
and S. K. Kane for plaintiffs G..
Brown for defendant.
VIM. III. Cummings, found guilty
of an assault upon Mrs. ]. K. 1au-
kea, was sentenced to pay fine OF
S25, being SIS more than the fine
imposed In the lower Court.
Vina King was arraigned upon
an indictment charging her with
assault with a dangerous weapon
upon one Geo. Washington, and by
the advice of counsel her plea was
reserved. J. L. Kaulukou will de-
fend.
An hour and half was lost yes
terday morning waiting for certain
corpus deficit stored away in the
strong room of the Police Station,
which had to be used as evidence
in the conspiracy case before Judge
Whiting. The essence of the crime
was at last found and the case pro-
ceeded with.
The case of the Provisional Gov
eminent versus David and Roland
Watson occupied the attention of
Judge Whiting and Hawaiian
jury all of yesterday, and will prob
ably take all forenoon today to
conclude the same. Defendants
are charged with having conspired
to implicate one Afo with the un-
lawful possession of opium. The
said Afo was tried at the last Nov
ember term and acquitted by for
eign jury. The theory of the prose-
cution is, that defendants them
selves possessed the opium with
which they tried to fasten the guilt
upon an innocent third party. '.
V. Ashford for prosecution, w. e.
Achi and j. l.. KaulukOu for de-
PENDANTS.
Messrs. III. Hackfeld & Co., credi-
tors to the amount of over $4,000,
have filed a petition for letters of adj
ministration upon the estate of the
late ID. .Nahinu, of Hookena, South
Kona, Hawaii. March 18th is ap-
pointed for the hearing of the ap-
plication. +. M. Hatch for petit
TONERS.
Another decision in the J. f. 0.
Banning estate has been filed by
the Supreme Court. 1t relates to
an appeal by the administrator, w.
F. Allen, from certain rulings made
by Circuit Judge Cooper upon ex-
captions to the Masters report dis
allowing certain commissions and
finding that certain expenses should
be deducted from the income &C
count only. The Court say that no
appeal lies therefrom on the ground
that the record shows that no final
order had been made in the matter,
either allowing or disallowing the
accounts, but that on the contrary
a for her hearing (upon the pro-
priety OF the investments made by
the administrator was contem-
plated before final order should
be made. F. NJ Hatch for the adj
ministrator; A. S. Hartwell and
w. A. Kinney for the respondents.
Another decision filed by the
Supreme Court is that relating to
the rights of married women to
execute contracts under the statute
of 1888. The case is entitled
Anima and Awana, storekeepers
doing business on the Island of
Kauai, against Lau Kona, being
an ejectment suit of land leased by
Queen Kapiolani without the con-
seut of her husband the late King
Kalakaua. The syllabus of the
decision is as follows: GA woman
who married and acquired land
prior To the passage OF the Married
Woman's Act Och. NJ. Laws, 1881
may after its passage execute with
out the consent of her husband, Il
valid lease of such land so as to
entitle the lessee to possession
after the death of the husband"
The fifth Circuit Court had decided
in favor of the defendants, where
upon plaintiffs took their exception
to the Appellate Court, which nov
snstains the exceptions and re
mand the case for a new trial.
The decision was written by
Justice Frear, and is concurred III
by Chief Justice and Justices
Bickerton. w. A. Kinney, Judd,
and J. A. Magoont for plaintiffs.
A. S. Hartwell for defendant.
Mru Emile, Tborpa 1ybo raSidas of