The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-23
PLATE ThROWER
HAD TO PAY FINE
Raphael Prada was Assessed
SIS For a Retort To a
Pleasantly.

Raphael Prada, the Kakaako plate
by Judge Wilcox yesterday for indulg-
ing his pet idiosyncrasy during the
progress of Kakaako pink tea"
Mr. and Mrs Prada were the givers
of the banquet, and August Martin,
the plaintiff, was an invited guest.
Martin left his soup untasted, and
when the fish course was served mani
tested visible signs of uneaSinesS. No
sooner had the entree been brought on
than he sought to relieve his surplus
spirits by indiscriminate bread-throw-
ing.
A piece of precipitated crust sought
shelter on Mrs Pradas person, and
that lady called her husbands atten-
ton to the incident.
Throw a plate at him." was the
hosts advice.
Mrs. Prada did as bid, but NOT max
ing sufficient allowance for trajectory,
her missile went wide of its intended
mark Thereupon, her better half
seized platter and hurled 1t with
such good effect that Martin is still
wearing a bandage round his Uranium.
Judge Wilcox assessed damages as
mentioned above, and Captain Fox
translated his honor's. finding to Mr..
and Mrs. Prada in Spanish. The de-
leIQdIlt lcolHCo 1oeC Aioiii - ~ SAA q
in Portuguese.
All Chong, a witness for the defense
sought for information relative to the
finding of the case from All On, who
had to confer with Deputy Sheriff
Chillingworth in Hawaiian before he
could enlighten his countryman.
All Hoy appeared in court with an
| eye which looked as if 1t had been
| toyed with by mad dog. The charge
/ against him was that he had been on
| the premises of Kamuha, at night,
! without lawful excuse. The owner of
| the premises is said to have had a
short decisive round with the owner of
the eye. The case went over until this
morning.
officer Needham, who was recently
badly hurt in Kakaako brawl, was in
court with a sheet around his head
The charge against Benson, his alleged
assailant will be heard today
The following cases were also dis
posed of: William McDermott, mali
cious injury, nolle pressed; I. r. ALI
son, embezzlement, continued unit
moved on; All Chin, All Hop, opium II
possession, $50 and costs; j. Osborne
John Hick, Bertrand, Walsh, drunken
ness, 81 and costs; Mrs. S. Rathburn
. desertion, reprimanded and discharged
Il d. Kauhaa, assault and battery OF
Kamahele (w), reprimanded and dis
!. charged; Tom Carey, assault and bat
terry on Quong Fook Tai, January 23d
, George Smith, riding without light
reprimanded and discharged.
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but could find no sign of burning or bills
3 tering.
: Several Englishmen have tried this e1
pertinent, one Of them a British resider
: on one of the Society Islands. He say
r IT felt something resembling slight elet
: trio shocks, and the tingling sensation
; continued for hours afterward, but tia
was all. The tender skin of my feet Wa
t net even hardened by fire."
n Yet the stones were so hot that an hon
d lafierward green branches thrown c
a them caught fire and blazed up.
g II ia difficult to explain these phenom
Ina. No theory worthy of scientific COZ
y sideration has yet been proposed to a
t, count for them.