The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-14
HAD TO PAY
AL|MONY
Chinese Sent to
Jail Until He
Did.
SUPREME COURT
DOES QUICK WORK
Hands Down Two Opinions in
Cases Submitted Last
Week.

Chong Quong learned that an order
of court must be obeyed, after he had
been locked up at the Police Station for
a few hours Saturday afternoon. upon
Judge Gea@. The Chinese is the same
who was sued by San Moe few months
ago for divorce, and who disclaimed the
ownership of half a dozen or more chill
dren whom his wife said he had refus-
ed to support. Quong denied that he
had any property whatsoever at the
trial. and when questioned by Attorney
Brooks stated that he earned but ten
dollars a month, or Whereabouts.
It was Shown however that he had an
interest in store, which brought him
in considerably more money than that,
and Judge Gear allowed his long SUI
fering and patient wife, alimony of fiji
teen dollars a month. The money was
to be paid on the 25th of each month,
beginning in August; but the defeEd-
ant had failed to comply with the or
der of the court, and Saturday morning
Fat the request of Attorney Brooks
Judge Gear issued a bench warrant or
dering the Chinese to show cause why
he should not be punished for contempt.
The prisoner was arrested and
brought into court, but failed to give 4
satisfactory explanation for disobe-
dience of the courts order, and show
ing no inclination to comply with the
mandate was adjudged guilty of con-
tempt by Judge Gear and ordered de-
tanned at the Police Station until ne
had complied with the order of tie
court
Finally seeing that he had no other
way to secure his freedom Chong
Quong obtained the aid of his friends
and raised the money needed to pay
alimony to his divorced wife, and was
then released after brief confinement.
GEAR TRIES TWO CASES.
Judge Gear heard two appeal cases
Saturday from the District Court. In
the case of F. D. Carwallo VS.. William
Savidge ct al. he rendered judgment
for defendant.
In the case of w H. Smith & Co.
he found for plaintiff in the sum of
$50 and costs.
HAGEY CURE CASE
In the case of Harrison VS.. Magoon.
the attorneys presented arguments
! Saturday for and against the opening
of the verdict. on the ground that Vic
| tor Fernandez was disqualified because
he had taken the Hagey gold cure. The
| e
! put on the stand to testify that they
had been unaware of the jurors dis
qualification until after the case had
! been submitted Attorney Robertson
! introduced the court record showing
/ that the only examination Of Fernan-
dez was by himself, and contending
that consequently the defendants waiv-
ed any objection they might otherwise
have raised. The arguments occupied
the greater part of the day, and Judge
Gear reserved his decision until this
morning.
A PERJURY CHARGE.
The Grand Jury, it is reported has
been investigating the charge made by
Attorney Biting in the case of Cook
VS. Hebron. of perjury on the part of
one of the witnesses. a motion for a
new trial based on that ground has
been made.
SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court handed down two
opinions Saturday as well as hearing
arguments in the appeal of the Kama
| 10 Sugar Company
| The first opinion was in the matter
! of the Alma Estate, wherein Magoon
appealed from an order made by Judge
| Humphreys allowing Wade Thayer on
attorneys fee of $40, which was to be
paid by Magoon from his commissions
| as administrator. The court in over
ruling Humphreys says
| Where the amount of commissions