The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
TOO MUCH
FIGHTING
Judge Wilcox Scores the
Defendants.
SENDS TWO TO THE REEF
Police Magistrate Says Assaults are
Getting too Frequent in
Honolulu.

Il DIRTY and six was the number of
the unregenerates marshalled for
examination at Judge Wilcox's
emporium of justice yesterday morning
The session was an unusually uninter-
esting one for a Monday morning and
the scribes who haunt the court relig-
iously on the first working day of the
week, in anticipation of an abundant
harvest of entertaining paragraphs, re-
turned to their desks practically empty.
No less than eleven cases were put
over until today or later and the at
torneys as a body appeared to be af-
flicted with that tired feeling" which
makes itself so evident among all sorts
and conditions of men, when the Sab
bath has flown.
! Frank Murphy assaulted and batter
| ed one Sam, and as a result will be-
/ deck the Reef for ten days. Frank said
/ IN explanation of the assault that he
had acted in self-defence. He said that
Sam had followed him and tried to en-
tice him into a swipe JOINT, whereat he
became Disguised and smote him.
This epidemic of assault must be
stopped" said his honor, land 1 intend
to come down severely on all proved
guilty of this offence. l sentence you to
Imprisonment for ten days and the
next time you see a man following you,
don't hit him.
Gabriel, one of the old guard DRINKS.
on being invited to plead. admitted
suavely that he had been inebriated
This is the first time in my recol-
lection" said his honor, as he imposed
the customary fine, that Gabriel was
not on hand with a large excuse"
When defendant heard this he straight
way commenced to make up for lost
time
Steward Steward" Steward -
mo answer" yelled Hanrahan for a
gentleman of that name was needed in
court to answer to charge of intox-
ication.
Bail forfeited declared the judge
Better call the captain and the mate
Lancaster was doing business at his
old stand yesterday morning.
Guilty or not guilty? Mr.. Lancaster,
Intercepted Judge Wilcox.
"Oh, yes; 1 was drunk" replied TIL
defendant. evidently displeased that hi
honor had allowed any doubt to eros
. his mind. He got no receipt for his tw
dollars.
Kanui, a luna in a crap game. wa
apprehended with dice and money il
his hands. and was fined $25 and costs
Charles Santos bought peanuts fron
a japanese woman, and when she sug
gested that he give her a nickel a
. consideration therefor, he fell to an
beat her Santos said that it WASH
he who did the hitting, but friend
= The judge thought differently. however
r and sent Santos "up" for ten days.
> Loren Merrill. collector tried to col
lect n little account from a native. TIL
native failed to ''po2y up" ard allega
t-at Merrill assaulted him. Defendar
! brought into court a young pawn
1 stone which ne Rugged affectionatel!
= lie was not ready for trial and wi
= face the music today.
p Nahinuliilii and KanahO. larcen!
> second degree committed; Joe Carol
and James Davis. profanity, So an
i costs: Aki. lascivious conduct, thre
$ months; All Nung, opium in possession
y $50 and costs; All Wa, opium in posse;
f sion, $50 and costs.