The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-27
COURT ON MAUI
Business of a Second Cir.
cult Term Ended.
Few Criminal Cases-Judse Stanley
on the Bench A Salvage Mat
ter-Divorce LibsIs.
wailuku. Maui. June 81. 1899.
CRIMINAL.

CRIMINAL.
Republic OF Hawaii vs.. Pele Kawelo.
burglary. first degree. The defendant
entered a plea OF guilty to indictment.
Messrs. Creighton and Correa argued
before the Court, pleading for mercy
and leniency, as the lad was but OF
sixteen summers, and had entered the
store OF Rodrigues, in Wailuku, some
months ago in the night time. and
succeeded on several occasions in get
ting away with some coin, and all
this the lad claims TO have done for
the sake of having some fun. The
Court sentenced the defendant to i'm
prisonment at hard labor for a period
of six months in the wailuku Jail.
Republic OF Hawaii VS.. Leong Yee.
burglary in first degree. Indictment
presented: defendant entered plea OF
not guilty: trial by jury on June 14th
and 18th. The regular panel OF jurors
having been exhausted, there being
seven peremptory challenges by de-
PENDANTS counsel, fourteen talesmen
We're called in by the Sheriff. The at
tention of the Court and jury was de-
voted to this case for two days. and at
p. m. on Thursday afternoon. after
the jury had been out for half an
| hour the foreman, Frank +. Baldwin.
| handed in the unanimous verdict of
the jury for defendant. f. p. Dole for
prosecution, Messrs. Hons, Coke and
Brooks for defendant.
CASES BEFORE JUDGE STANLEY.
Judge Stanley. of the First Circuit.
who was assigned to hear cases In
the Second Judicial Circuit in which
Judge Kalua was disqualified on ac-
count of interest, or having had some
thing to do with said cases in the ca
pacity OF an attorney, came up on
Wednesday morning, June 18th. The
first case handled by Judge Stanley
was Pioneer Mill Company VS.. Lahai
ma Coffee and Fruit Company. AS
there has been an injunction filed IN
the First Circuit, which was dissolved
and an appeal taken therefrom. The
the case was ordered continued until
December term.
Mary Waiwaiole ct al. VS.. l.. II.
Bailey ct al, bill for partition. The
Court declined to hear petition and or
| dered the same retained until plant
IFS title 10 the property has been
heard in court OF law. Judge STAN
ley, after being on the bench for about
one hour. thanked the attorneys most
heartily for their kind attention unto
the close Of his arduous duties, which
then happily terminated.
MIXED JURY.
II. p. Baldwin and l.. y. Thurston
VS.. Kahi ct al. replevin. The defend
ants claimed to have found twenty
two pieces of 10x12 redwood lumber
floating about two miles out beyond
the breakers at Kihei, and claimed
salvage of So for the same. The plant
ifs considered that the services OF the
natives were worth only about one
dollar and they should be satisfied
with such reward. as plaintiffs do not
believe that the lumber had got loose
from the moorings during the night
The jury returned a verdict for plant
ifs, and assessed damages In the sun
of 800. Hons-Coke for plaintiffs. J
Richardson for defendants.
Laukua Mahi VS.. William KukonS
and W. G.. Scott, deputy Sheriff. Wal
luku; Trespass. Hons-Coke for plant
III, Dole for defendants. The jury
rendered a verdict for plaintiff. with
damages OF 800.
Charles Gohier vs.. 4. y. Hayselden
deputy sheriff, Lahaina; maliciou!
prosecution for causing the arrest o
Mr.. Gohier for riding a bicycle with
out light after the hours OF darkness
in the district OF Lahaina, was set
tied out OF court, the defendant agree
ing that plaintiff should have judg
ment in the sum OF SO.
DIVORCE.
Kalaaoula (w) vs.. Kamoanaia (k)
alias Bob Samoa CHonolulu). Grant
] ed. Kalaauola was married to IN
other man on the same day by Rev
J. NJ. Lewis, of this town.