The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-06
MISS MURCUT IN ERROR ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
TEN CASES IN ONE POLICE COURT
CALENDAR.
One Portuguese Family Quarrel Oc-
cupies all Morning and Others are
Waiting Turns.

Manuel Muniz assault and battery on
A. Cabral.
A. Ferreira, assault and battery on V.
Fernandez.
A. Rosa, assault and battery on w.
j. Morris.
w. j. Mores, assault and battery on
f. Rocha.
G Riordan, assault and battery on
+. Rocha.
ken"alu, assault and battery on e.
KAPPA. .aAN
haahue, assault and battery on d.
K"qna.
Kule, assault and battery on Sasaki.
LOUIS hlpu, assault ana battery on
G, f. Butler, assault and battery on
S. Anderson.
The above is a part of the police
court calendar for this morning and
seems To indicate that the stormy wea-
Their provokes quarrelsome dispositions
Judge Wilcox had a large audience of
Portuguese to testify and listen to the
evidence.
Only one case was tried during the
morning. 1t was that of Muniz, whose
trial developed into a story of how Ca
bral beat his wife with two others to
help him, because his father-in-law re-
proved him. Cabral testified that his
father-in-law sent for him last Thurs
day night and that when ne arrived at
the home of his wife's parent the latter
met him with Q club t'unl1 huu
such a blow that he thought his leg
was broken. The witness produced :.
letter from a doctor. which he wanted
to show to the Judge but Judge David
son, who appeared for the defense, OBJ
jected.
I'VE object to the introduction of the
letter" said the attorney, The leg is in
court"
High Sheriff Brown did not offer the
letter so Judge Wilcox was spared the
need of making ruling.
Cabrals testimony was supported by
that OF Maria p. Patricia, Manuel Ja-
cinto, Virginia Muniz and Manuel Ca
bral. 1t was a formidable array or
witnesses, but the defense was ready
with another.
Muniz swOre that he had not struck
! his sOn-in-law. When the latter visit
/ ed him, he had told him that he was
not man enough to marry. because he
had not provided a good home. Then
/ Cabral his brother and another man,
| turned upon Mrs. Cabral and began to
| choke her and beat her to death. Other
evidence was that the father had Just
kicked her out of the house, so that it
began to appear that Mrs. Cabral had
/ passed a very lively evening. While
! the three men beat and checked his
! daughter, Muniz who stood by, with a
| club in his hand, eXerted his will power
so that he was able to refrain from
using the club.
/ Manuel Goursa Enos also saw the
/ beating. He told the court that he was
! close by and saw the three men chock-
ing and beating the young woman, but
/ did not interfere. When he was ask
ed why he didn't stop it, Manuel shrug
ged his shoulders and said it wasn't hi.
business.
Judge Wilcox thought there had beer
family quarrel ending in a free figh
but that Muniz had really used tn,
club on Cabral, outside of the fight
and Muniz was fined Sc and costs. TIL,
defendant and his victim and thei
families trailed into the street ant
loudly discussed the case and the evi
} dence till another fight nearly grew gu
of the decision.
Louis Kipu was one of the smalles
defendants that ever appeared in tn,
) police court. His assault upon Mar,
Smith consisted of shooting her witt
/ an air gun which he didn't know wa
loaded He had been given the gun a
Christmas time and had had IL withou
, harming anyone until yesterday. whei
he sent a ball at Mary Smiths head
and though he was very small. she ha,
him arrested. He was sentenced L
lose the air gun, and left the court wit
his grandmother.