The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-12
CASE
Peter Correa Takes Pic.
lures in Catholic Church.
Strikes at Another Young Man for
SqueaIing "-Found Guilty of
Assault and Battery.

The afternoon in the police court
yesterday was taken up with the most
amusing case of Peter Correa for as
sault and battery on one of his own
countrymen, Manuel Broncho, good
member of the Catholic church. The
Deputy Marshal appeared for the pros
ecution and Lyle A. Dickey for the de-
Tense. Defendant plead not guilty to
the charge, and Manuel Broncho took
the witness stand as principle witness
for the prosecution.
Broncho: l was walking toward my
home last Tuesday, and had come to
the sorner of Punchbowl and Kinau
streets, when Correa ran out and asked
me why | had gone to Father Valen-
tine with the stories about his taking
pictures in the church. l told him
that l did not consider it right that
such a thing should be allowed to go
in the church, as the girls in the choir
objected TO having snapshots taken Of
them and of having fun poked at them
afterwards. Just here 1 might say that
it was on the Sunday just previous,
that Correa went into the church and
made an attempt TO take the picture
of the choir. 1 told Father Vanlen-
tinetine and he had Correa put out of
the church and sent for police officer
besides. Correa accused me of say
ing that l was not afraid of going out
side to meet him and l did not say
otherwise when he had hold of my col
lar at the corner of Punchbowl and
Kinau streets. Just as he said this he
struck and hit me on the cheek. Mar
tins, a cart driver, happened to come
along at the time and he separated us.
Nothing new was brought out In the
REORGANIZATION. Brancho was par
ticularly clear in his testimony.
Next came Martins the driver and
there being no Portuguese interpreter,
the Deputy Marshal was called upon to
get out Of the man what he could. The
sign language and the mixture of what
was thought to be intelligable to the
witness. was very much appreciated
by those who had the opportunity OF
listening. Finally Martins surprised
the court by breaking forth into
string of very good English. He testi-
fed that he had seen the defendant
strike the complainant and that he had
had the pleasure of separating them.
Prosecution rests.
Correa-I did not strike the defend
ant Made a grab at his collar and
held him. He took hold of my hand
and 1 of his and just at that moment
Martins came up and separated us.
AS to the camera. | took 1t out OF my
right hand pocket to transfer it to the
left-hand one as it did not feel COM
Portable where it was.
The Deputy Marshal then took hold
of the witness and succeeding in get
ting him to confess that he did strike
at the complainant and that too with
every intention Of hitting him but the
fact that the blow did not strike home
was not any of his fault. He had not
gone to church with the intention OF
taking the picture of Father Valentine
or the congregation. He only intend
ed attending mass and afterwards go
ing about the city to take views.
Next came Peter TravenS who al
though but ten or fifteen feet away
from the scene of the encounter did
not have a single clear idea in regard
to it. He got his right and left hand
mixed up and when questions by the
Deputy Marshal began to stutter so
that he must have caused himself a
great deal of pain.
The case was in the nature of a
laughing farce and at the end Judge
De La Vergne although finding the de-
! PENDANT guilty, simply reprimanded
and told him to beware of taking any
more pictures in the Catholic church.