The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-05

cause OF the argument pending before
/ Judge Gear upon an application for the
grand jury minutes
/ In the case of VIM. Ester. a transition
period prisoner, the court granted leave
TO Attorney Strauss to amend his plea
/ in abatement now on file.
| All Hee failed to appear when his name
was called, and it was then discovered
that the defendant was serving term
| in prison for some other offense. The
| case was set for November 18th Leave
was also given Kaluna, charged with
burglary. to withdraw his plea of not
guilty, for the purpose of allowing a plea
in abatement TO be substituted
John Louis, another youth charged
with larceny in the second degree, will
be defended by Robertson, by the courts
appointment The boy, in response to
the questions of the court. said he had
only one relative in Honolulu.
What kin is he TO your he was
asked.
He's lawyer" responded the boy,
and the examination ceased.
A dozen or more new cases We're enter
ed upon the calendar of appeals from
other districts, and cases inadvertently
omitted. These will follow the cases al
ready set down for hearing The GRIM
inal part Of the docket was completed.
and cases set as far ahead as November
21st. The orders in these matters were
not final, however, and it is not expected
that all the cases will be reached upon
the day set for trial, though the attor-
neys must be ready TO proceed whenever
they are called.
THE NEW JURY.
The jury was called the first thing yes
terday morning by Bailiff Hopkins and
all of the thirty-siX answered to their
names called, as follows: Isaiah Bray
Ia Marcaharvr oh 7
A. Rostin, Edwin X Blake, Charles T.
Lake, John NJ. Davis, Jonah X. Nakila,
Arthur X. Jones, Ruby A. Dexter, Chas.
Dudoit Jr. John w Smith;es Hermann
Levy. Abraham St. Chad Piianaia, Jo-
seph Richards, William Herrlck. Edward
Woodward. Harry s. Swinton, Guy Liv-
ingston, Isaac II. Harbottle, Samuel w.
Spencer, John S. Andrade, Alexander K
Aona, William C. Rowland, John l..
Hansmann, Alexander G.. Nicholas,
James KahalepUa, Haughton G. Bick-
ertion, Geo. w. Harrison, David Motley,
Jacob Lando. George w. Macy, George
X Kaia, James NJ. Sims, John G. NJ.
Sheldon and Benjamin r. Campbell.
The court then asked those having ex-
cuses to present TO step forward. Edwin
st. G. Pi:anaia ard Samuel Spencer were
excused. The reasons given by H. S.
Levy, James Nj. Sims and Arthur Jones
We're deemed insufficient. Isaac Harbot-
Tie was excused Tor ten days.
NEW DIVORCE SUIT.
The little demon of discord has entered
the home of +. G. T.. Walker and his
wife, May l.. Walker, and after a little
more than four years of married life.
the wife seeks TO have the matrimonial
bonds broken. In suit which she has
brought in the Circuit Court Mrs. Walk
er recites that they We're married in this
city on March 13. 1897 and almost contin-
ualy since then her husband has treated
her in an unnatural and cruel manner
and frequently and constantly inflicted
upon her much grievous mental suffering
and has used personal violence toward
her
on May II, 1899. she relates an incident
upon which she lays great stress as
the manner in which he |
has treated her. AT this time she says
she was very i'll, and confined to her bed, |
and had the care of their fourteen |
child. Her husband, she !
states, acted toward her in a manner cal |
culated and intended by him to annoy |
and torment her, and he called her vile !
and opprobriouS names and epithets and |
finally struck her. thereby throwing her !
lead back on the pillow, and he also |
threatened to take the child and leave |
he house and never return.
Since then he has treated her in cruel |
speak to her or spend any time in her
company, and that he failed to provide |
Ter then or at any time when she was ill., /
With medicines. He left her for days and |
weeks at n time. leaving her i'll in bed,
,lone in the house, without food, care or
attention, the care of the child also de- |
yolving upon her She asks for an abso-
ute divorce and monthly alimony.
COURT NOTES.
Another phase of the Cummings estate
natter came up yesterday in an appl,ca-
ion from George Markham to have one
lalf of the sum of $11110. ordered paid to
I. 3. Cummings. held to await the final |
of the suit of T. b. Cum
nings VS.. George Markham ct al.
An order has been made in the Alma
state case requiring j. A. Magoon, adj |
to pay into court the sum
f S55.56. held to be due the estate by the
supreme Court
Frank c. Bertelmann and Henry G.
5ertelmann yesterday, through George
)avis instituted suit to compel the spe-
ific performance of contract to loan
nd advance to the plaintiffs the sum of
300. The defendants named in the COM
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