The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-06
WILCOX HAD
A BUSY DAY
Awards By the District
Judge.
POLICE COURT SESSION
Only Quartet of Offenders Against
the Sobriety Law--List
of Cases.


professional men whose appearance
ance of the Orpheum on the first night
of new talent
Judge Wilcox during the proceedings
registered an emphatic kick against adj
vancing any more interpreters fees; he
said that last month he had to advance
half of his salary and that the practice
was keeping him poor.
He She, member of the Chinese four
hundred. with feet the size Of big pea
nuts and jade and jewelry adjoining her
hair and ears was hauled in for as
saulting another Oriental society bud
by name Tong May. 1t appeared that
defendant threw a leather pillow for
complainant TO catch and she missing
it was hit on the head thereby. This
was the case for the prosecution.
The Deputy Sheriff said that this was
a very different story from the one told
him by complainant when swearing out
the warrant and he thought that some
one had been getting at" the witness
There was blood and brutality in the
original version, concluded Mr.. Chill
lingworth, while the story told in court
was that Of an incident in a game of
catch.
Judge Wilcox sought for scars on the
prosecuted Uranium but finding none
murmured a line or two of Bret Harte's
concerning ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain and discharged the
defendant, giving a kindly hint to at
torney Strauss, who appeared for the
pillow-thrower, anent the advisability
Of keeping his eye on his fee.
Wahinehou, a native lady of no in
considerable charms next graced the
arena. She wore a holoku finished in
old lace and appointed with the largest
and latest things in balloon sleeves. The
trouble was about water pipe alleged
to have been maliciously injured. When
defendant took the stand and with
grace and dignity, with which a fas-
cinating nervousness was to some ex-
tent blended, told the story of her trou-
bles, and her neighbors, and the hate
full pipe. the courts heart fiuttered, and
from then on it was all off. The Judge
discharged the lady. remarking that it
was civil rather than a criminal
matter.
Monday" Crews was "cinched" for
hitting his son with an AK. Judge Will
cox recognized his old acquaintance
and mutual condolences were exchang-
ed. Mr.. Crews FIRST name was given
him by the night clerk at the police sta
ton on account of the serenity of his
bobbing up at the Merchant street cara
-vansary every Monday morning.
Mr.. Crews. who appeared in court in
his time-honored overcoat with moss
attachments, waxed indignant when
confronted with the charge against him
and said he never raised as much as a
straw against his offspring, let alone a
meat chopper. The case will be dis
sected at the old stand this morning.
Richard Shepherd was charged with
cruelty to animals. The trouble was
that he drove team of horses to Ka-
piolani Park on Monday, said horses
having sore shoulders. The case was
an interesting one and singularly album
dant in incident.
officer Miller, the humane officer, de.
posed to having made the arrest, and
stated that there was sore on one OF
the horses shoulders as big as his hand
The horses were hitched to the real
end of the patrol wagon and taken t
town. Their harness was not removed
on account of barrel of beer which
occupied most of the room in the "hur
ry up" cart.
Captain Fox said that while at II,
Park on Monday his attention was call
ed to some small collar boils on tn,
| horses. He did not think them seriou
though and was of the opinion tina
| they were old sores chafed by the new
| collars which the horses were wearing
| officer Hanrahan bore witness that h
assisted in the arrest of Shepherd an,
said that he tried to arrest anothe
man in the same connection but tina
he resented and took off his coat pre-
paratory to a fight, to which the crow
! urged him on. On second thoughts wit
ness said that he concluded that l
| would bt better to let we'll alone I'll
reinforcements arrived. Shepherd an
Fred Harrison who owns the team too
the stand In turns; the former said tina
the horses were all right when the
left the stable. and the latter testifie
that the trouble was caused by tw
new crosby collars which had bee
specially imported for the horses an
which did not fit. He said that whe
ShS SoASS were POiHleu out 10 MIN
offered to unhitch and take the horse
back to town. This Miller would n.
allow however stating that he could d
nothing till he had ascertained his dut
from Mrs. Helen Craft. Hanrahan, h
said, threatened to arrest him for eva6
ing justice.
DIR. Chaplain said that as far as /
could see there had been no cruelty IL
nicted and said that the horses coul
have been worked right along and tia
the chafes would soon have heale'
This he said was done all over ii
world.
The horses were sent for and examiI
ed and the result was that a fine OF s
and costs was imposed. The Judge b.
ing quite sure that there had bee
cruelty. An appeal was noted.
Fitzpatrick, Lawrence and sever
others were taxed s. and costs for ira,
ing on the seventh day which Is Il
Sabbath.