The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-09
TWO ACES WON THE POT.
But Marshal Brown Got Hold of the
Kitty.
Some Everyday Notes in the Lower
COurt-TroubIe Among the sports.
Fines and Penalties.

Mau and Kumakeo. two young lads,
plead guilty to being drunk and were
sentenced to pay fine of 81 and costs.
Sam Broad, bright looking, but a
naughty little boy of IA years, was
given year in the Reform School for
persistentIy absenting himself from
school.
Three Cinnamon, for entering into
the liquor business and running speak
easy, had their cases postponed until
Monday.
Julianna, tender and frail member
of the sewer class, confessed to 16
summers and a neglect to register un-
der the Act to Mitigate. On promise
to make regular calls in the future, she
was released.
Hama, another in the same set, but
three times as old, was convicted and
given a month on the reef.
Santos, a native hack driver, was
charged with driving a hack without
license. He denied the allegation and
employed S. K. Kane to act as his at
torney. Mr.. Kane submitted a regular
certificate and drivers badge as evil
dence that he knew what he was about.
The license, however, was for another
hack. The judge looked up the law
and could find nothing there that COW
cred the case. He adopted the usual
course in such affairs and took the
matter under Amusement
Jenny Cleary, a bright little sunbeam
who has played around the judges desk
before, Slid down ON cloud yesterday
and charged Maurice Paulain, he of the
laces and hooded rain coat, with as
saulting her. Maurice had stated out
side of court that under Queensbury
rules the fight would have been given
Jen, but as there was no referee at the
ring side, Judge De La Vergne let the
Government take a SO purse which
Maurice had TO hang up. Jennie slid
out on the same cloud.
Seven representatives of the sport
ing fraternity were brought before
the court to answer to a charge of
gambling. They were arrested in a raid
on Saturday night last by Marshal
Brown and Officers KAPPA and Brown.
They plead not guilty and the follow
ing evidence was offered by the prose
cution:
Detective KAPPA identified defend
ants as men he had seen playing cards
in the basement of a place on Hotel
street. Saw them from 1870 last Sat
urday night until 1 80 Monday morn
ing. The officer stated that in COM
pany with the Marshal and Officer
Nicholas, entrance was gained by get
ting through a window in the cellar of
a place several doors away, and that
they had made their way into the eel |
lar where defendants were playing by
removing the lock from the iron door.
Watched the men, heard them talk
about their hands, jack pots and
fiushes. Only four of the men were
playing; the rest were in positions that
prevented my seeing what they were
doing; saw one man draw three cards
and rake in the pot on pair of aces. |
Saw some money and a great many
chips and cards. Saw what was going
on through peep holes we had made |
about half past one Monday morning |
previous. Was inside three times all |
together, twice when they were play |
ing; one time we went in no one was
there.
Officer Nicholas called and identified |
two of the men. Did not go as close as
the last witness or the Marshal, as
had a cold and 1 might have coughed,
and we would have been discovered.
Marshal Brown testified in detail as
to the method of obtaining evidence,
substantiating everything KAPPA had
said, and gave further details regard
ing the raid.
Defense offered no testimony, relying
upon the efforts of A. G.. NJ. Robertson,
their attorney, to have them acquitted
Defendants we're fined $40 and costs
as to four, and half that amount as to
the other three.