The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-16
POLICE COURT.
ChaS. Downing Charged
With Assault.
Crusade Against Unhitched Horses on
Streets--Harness Thief Sent
To Reform School.


ence room, together with a large array
of legal talent greeted Judge Wilcox a.
he beamed a good morning over the
rims Of his glasses yesterday morning.
The Judge plunged at once into the
maze Of criminal and minor Onenses
and quickly weeded out those cases
which could be continued until Satur-
day or Monday.
One case which attracted general at
tention was that OF Charles Downing,
who was the principal in the stabbing
ARRAY last Sunday morning in which
the three natives were so fearfully
slashed. Downing appeared before his
honor in his shirt sleeves, his coat be-
ing held Oy the police as an exhibit for
prosecution. Three charges of assault
ana battery were read, but no plea was
entered by defendant as Judge Wilcox
wishes to give the man an opportunity
of comforting with an attorney. Mar
shall Brown acqulesCed inasmuch a. he
desired the Court 10 grant a contin-
uance of the case for one week when
he hopes TO confront the prisoner with
his be-yictims.
Four French women were brought to
the bar charged with maintaining
houses of III repute in certain sections
OF the city which make disagreeable
neighborhoods for respectable Iesi-
gents. Marshal brown SAID ne was un-
wInIng TO prosecute the women pIo-
yldeu they confined themselves to GER
tain prescribed nm,ts. All the cases
we're nOlle pressed.
a Japaneso u.ay man OF diminuiye
stature was charged with unnitching
ana feeding has horse in a puDllc street,
"for an unIeasondDIe tine" thereby
obstructing the street. Marshal brown
stated to the court that THIS pTacdce
was becoming common among Ger am
classes, and ne had commenced a cru
sade against sucn offenders on We'd
nesday at noon. At that hour scores
or uHnitCned horses and wagons were
strung aiOng in a line a.ong the Pa
lama road. Takayama, the defendant,
had been warned twice by "A ponce
defendant pleaded guIity. Before pass
ing sentence, the Judge sounded a clear
note or warning TO OJner such trespas-
sers of the public highways. Ii was
their habit, he SAID. To rent a piece OF
ground just large enough to put a
shanty on, while the stable was con-
signed to the Sidewalk and streets. In
order to impress these trespassers that
q Fah b.a In.
places, a fine or 50 and costs was I'M
posed. low enough to begin with,
said the Judge.
Joe Souza, a small Portuguese youth.
was hailed before his honor. charged
with stealing a breeding strap. and at
tempting TO seal a second strap, Fl ON
the stable of S. NJ Ballou. The Mar
shall explained that the enterprising
youth crawled through a window of the
barn and was captured by the yardman
while in the act OF abstractlng the sec
ond strap. The boy pIeaded gully to
the charge. The father Of the boy, a
miIkman, was lecturtd by Judge VIII
cox before sentence was passed. In a
large measure, he averred, the father
was as guilty as the son, by merely
winking at the presence Of a strap
brought into his own house without in
quiring where or how it was obtained.
This encouraged the youngsters 70
steal. The boy was committed 10 the
Reform School for a period of six
months
A row OF six native boys, ranging
from small sized shavers OF seven ye IRIS
TO youths Of sixteen and seventeen,
charged with playing ~ come H.
more commonly known as craps re-
ceived one Of the Judges wisdom talks.
! His honor was opposed 10 sending any
OF them to the Reform School for fear
they would introduce the mysteries OF
/ the game there, using the buttons OF
Their coats instead Of nickeIs. Two
/ fathers we're also called up. one OF them
being blind. They were instructed "a
look more carefully after their prog
eny. The two older boys were fined
$40 and costs each. ard the yOungster-
were turned over TO their wait ne
parents. All Chong and y. Hong two
| Chinese boys aged about thirteen yelrs
were charged with larceny. a former
charge Of burglary having been with
drawn. They pleaded guilty 10 havinl
entered the store Of X Oda at lwilei By
means Of key. which was exhibi ed II
court by the prosecution. Two shirts
Of the value Of 81 were taken. A yea
on the reef was melted out in each case
| Two DRINKS, ssilOrmen. were fineC
IS and costs. a japanese for sleeping
on the grass plots OF Thomas square