The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-04
CIRCUIT COURT NEWS.
May Term of Higher Court Open
ed Yesterday.

ed 1SStSrdaY.
Several cases OF the May term were
disposed of yesterday. as follows: Re
public of Hawaii VS.. d. Kamakauahoa,
liquor selling without license. appealed
from the District Court of Honolulu.
nolle pros'd.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. Kaapana
| maintaining lottery scheme, appealed
from District Court of Honolulu for
mitigation; sentence of lower court of
s25 and costs sustained.
Republic of Hawaii VS. W. Soloman.
violation Of Postal Laws. pleaded
guilty; sentenced to one year at hard
| labor and costs.
Republic of Hawaii rs. w. ]. Coelho,
embezzlement; indicted. plea reserved.
Republic of Hawaii VS. D. X Brown.
embeZZlement. defendant withdrew
plea of not guilty and plead guilty;
| sentence suspended to Wednesday.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. NJ Kahale-
kula and Republic vs.. Nilama, both for
perjury; both nolle pros'd.
Republic VS.. o. Williams; found gull
ty. sentence suspended.
Republic VS. NJ Schweitzer. selling
goods without license, appealed from
District Court of Honolulu; continued
until next term.
Republic VS.. Henry Crane. rescuing
prisoner. appealed from District Court
of Honolulu, and Republic VS. A. l..
Morris. importing opium; both nolle
pros'd.
Republic VS.. Lee Tong, possession of
opium: fines and costs paid
Republic VS.. All Kin, possession of
opium, appealed from District Court
of Honolulu; appeal withdrawn.
Republic VS. All Hee. maintaining
lottery scheme; stricken from calen-
dar.
Upon his own petition, Henry Smith
has been discharged as trustee of John
Sumner Ellis, the latter having at
tanned his majority
Lee Tong. who on February 26th,
was convicted in the District Court in
an opium case and was sentenced to
pay a fine of SOS, with his appeal to
the Circuit Court yesterday, which he
made subsequent to his conviction.
Mary Buckle ct al. have discontin-
ued the suit against MohOle for eject
ment
j l,
executor of the estate of H. NJ Still
man, were filed yesterday
Suit has been brought by w c. Pea
cock & Co. against the Republic to re-
cover $1,3S3.17, money paid for duties
on liquor drawn from bond between
January 81, 1898, and January 9. 1894.
On January g. 1898. the duty on whis-
ky and all other spirits of 80 per cent
and over up to so per cent alcoholic
strength was increased from So to SIS 80
per gallon. The plaintiffs claim re-
turn of $1,30S.17 on the ground that
treaty relations between the Islands
and Great Britain require a 12-months'
notice of increase in duties before their
enforcement. The duty on the liquor.
which the firm withdrew during the
year, was paid under protest. De-
mand was made upon the Executive
Council for the amount of the claim
and disallowed. The Attorney General
found, upon examining the memoran-
da of duties paid that only a small por-
ton of the liquor was imported from
Great Britain. and that the claim
would be reduced to trifing sum-
Suit has, therefore, been brought
against the Government for the recov-
cry of the whole
The receipt of one-sixth benefit of
the estate of the late H. A p. Carter
was fled yesterday by the beneficiaries
and the trustees discharged from the
custody of the one-siXth interest
Emma Anna Nawahi filed a petition
yesterday to be appointed administra-
triX of the estate of the late Joseph K
Nawahi.
The Supreme Court sustained the
decree of the Circuit Court in the case
of ]. M. Peenabele, administrator, VS.
d. TOOmly ct al, and remanded the
case to the Circuit Judge for further
proceedings.