The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-17
RIUn flssEl10l
II lls1lElE GRMI
One Offender in That
Line Is Delivered
From Jail.
PRestsu1lsn Of lns1IEl BasPs
AN AGED MAN ALLEGES he HAS
BEEN DONE ouf OF
HIS PROPERTY.
Two Divorces Granted-Piantation
Claims Land From kahookano
Estate Susan srash's Guardian
Sues to Collect Rental

Judge Humphreys yesterday granted
Virginia NJ Lancaster a divorce
against Mile Lancaster. The plain
| tiff is awarded custody of the child,
for whose support the defendant must
pay $7~a week alimony. He has also
to pay costs of the proceedings forth
with. On the last Friday of each
month he is allowed to take the child
| to the home of his parents, there to
remain until the following Monday.
Kela Kaka MARQUEE was granted
a divorce against her husband, Fran
cisco Del Almeda Marquee.
An Abolished Crime.
zee Tai, who was fined 800 and
costs in the District Court for opium
, in possession, was discharged on a
nolle prosequi by Judge Humphreys.
There is no such offense now known
to the law in Hawaii
Ho Chong was brought out of Jail
under writ of nabeas corpus. Joseph
Goo Kim. signing the petition, said
Ho Chong had been uniawfuily re-
strained of his liberty ever since the
third of August. 1900, and that Warden
w ILL., 0NtoAho hAAh APO-A eAN
si:c - aa lad BEEN so ordered By
n,iiiinGs issued by S. Hookano. Dis
trict Magistrate of EVA. The return
of Warden Henry shows that Ho
Chong was sentenced to pay fine Of
$3.50 and costs of So, or to be i'm
prisoned at hard labor until said fine
and costs were paid. The man had not
paid the money and was working out
the amounts at the rate of fifty cents
day. The mittimus states Ho Chongs
offense to have Deen having opium un-
lawfully in his possession. A memo
randum endorsed on the document
figures out the sos days OF labor re-
quired to work out the penalty as end
ing with November next Judge
Humphreys ordered the prisoner dis
charged.
Insurance Money Paid.
Arthur G. Mericourt has at last
obtained his insurance money for
property destroyed two or three years
ago at Palama His claim has been
fn the courts nearly ever since the
fire. He has now filed satisfaction
Of judgment, acknowledging the re
ceipt of s5110 with s per cent interest
from July Is, 1899, In the two cases
against the Norwalk Fire Insurance
Co. of Norwalk, Conn.
An execution has issued out of the
Supreme Court for 1896 on judgment
obtained in the Second District Court
of Honolulu by B. F. White against
C. H. Patzig.
A. Old M.n,e Hannnl.;a+
Keani Ahu Puuki has brought suit
for the May term of the First Circuit
Court claiming $500 of Lot K c.
Lane under certain deed of convey
ance. The declaration quotes the deed,
setting forth that the plaintiff, out of
gratitude for care taken of him in
poverty by the defendant and for the
consideration of one dollar. conveyed
to the defendant all the interest of the
plaintiff in the estate of his father,
Puuki, believing himself to be legally
entitled to portion or the whole Of
such estate. 1t is stated in the deed
that the grantee. defendant in this
suit, was willing to provide comfort
able support and maintenance for the |
grantor, now the plaintiff, during the |
remaining years of his life. The gran |
tor was poor and old and feeble and |
unable to bear the expenses Of as
sorting his legal rights in court, and |
unable to support himself in comfort, |
and without children of his own to |
whom he could looK for support in his |
declining years. 1t was also stated in |
the conveyance chat strong ties Of |
1~s~ k<4 Hox
the grantor and grantee Now PuuH |
alleges that Lane has not kept the con- !
ditions of the deed. On the contrary:
That ever since the delivery and &C.
ceptance of said deed of conveyance,
defendant has neglected and refused |
to provide said plaintiff with any
maintenance or support. That plain |
til has often requested defendant to |
provide maintenance and support for |
plaintiff in accordance with his said
agreement. but defendant still neg
lects and refuses so to do"
Plantation Claims Land.
The Honolulu Plantation Co. has
brought . bill in equity to declare. q |
trust against Mia Kahookano and four
other KahookAno minors. the Hawaii |
an Trust and Investment Co. and Liz
zie K Kahooksno. The last named Is |
widow Of ]. K Kahookano, the minors |
are her children and the corporation |
named Is guardian Of the minors The
complaint alleges that piece OF land |
containing one acre and four $500 |
chains at Aiea, mentioned in certain
was conreFed to the late