The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-11-09
IN CIRCUIT COURT.
Burke Gets Five Years at Hard
Labor.

Labor
Some time since S. NJ. Damon signi-
| fed desire to resign from his position
as trustee under the will of Bernice
Pauahi Bishop. Yesterday a motion
was filed in the Circuit Court by w.
F. Allen, j. o.. Carter and S. NJ. Damon
for approval of the accounts of the
trustees and the appointment of w. o.
Smith as trustee in place of S. M.
Damon.
p. L. Weaver was appointed assignee
OF E. A. Jacobson, a bankrupt, yester-
day.
Sarah j. Grace has filed a petition to
be appointed administrator of the es-
tate of John Grace, estate valued at
$3.50.
John Burke, who was found guilty of
manslaughter in the third degree for
the killing of John Milton, was SEN
fenced yesterday to Imprisonment at
hard labor for five years. The five
found guilty of assault and battery
were sentenced to Imprisonment for
one year with costs of S. each.
divorce was granted Kahaina Au-
liza yesterday from Aulia.
The affidavits of C. A. Spreckels,
Rudolph Spreckels, Charles S. Wheel
er, Russell ]. Wilson and Samuel Par
ker have been filed in the Circuit Court
in the case of the Hawaiian CONNER
cial and Sugar Company VS.. Claus
Spreckels. The affdavits are in an
swer to the defendants motion to dis
miss the case conditionally. The aft
davits of the directors aver that the
suit is brought to establish the just
rights of the corporation and not to
harras or vex the defendant.
By stipulation the case of S. All Mi
VS.. L. NJ. Baldwin and W. H. King of
Maui will be postponed to the Febru-
airy term.
At 1880 o'clock last evening Judge
Perry listened to argument in the
Sumner VS.. Crandal case
The defendants bill of costs in the
case of William Easie VS.. Waihee
Sugar company, amounting to $347,
was filed yesterday.
Bills of cost by plaintiff in the Eliza
Richards VS.. George Houghtailing
case, amounting to $42.5O, and by the
plaintiff in the M. C. Aldrich VS.. Pre-
ella E. Hassinger, ct al. case, amount
ing to S43, were filed yesterday.
The bill of divorce brought by Pipi-
ana Mary against Kaoo has been dis
missed. An appeal was entered by the
libellant Divorce was granted Annie
Kalawaia from David L. Kalawaia.
An inventory of the property of the
late Godfrey Rhodes was filed yester-
day by Nancy Rhodes, executrix, show
ing real estate valued at s2S,500 and
personal property amounting to S4,-
800.
Manuel Thomas has brought suit
against Antoine Rosa for the recovery
of six Hawaiian Government bonds,
aggregating in value of 81 ,400 The
complainant alleges that in September
1887, he sold parcel of land to the
Government for the above amount and
appointed Antoine Rosa his trustee
and agent. He claims that he has
been paid the interest accruing ON the
bonds by the respondent, but that
when he demanded the bonds of him
ON August LIST of the present year, the
respondent evaded the demand. He
AYERS it as his belief that the respond
ent has sold the bonds, in violence of
the trust reposed in him.
The dispositions of Mrs. Elizabeth
Bourne Waterhouse and Edith Susan
Pinder in the matter of the probate of
the will of Mary Elizabeth Luce have
been filed in the Circuit Court.