The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-13
The case of the Territory vs. s. Oza.
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| ne case I'll 1nG TERRITORY yS. 8 OZa
| XII was noile pressed
QUINN AND SCHMIDT-FEES
c. t. Quinn and w. T. Schmidt, thu
jurors whose per diem fees were or
| uered forfeited by Judge Humphreys
and who. upon appeal to the Suprem,
| Court were practically directed t,
| apply for redress to the court from
which the order was given, yesterda,
filed a motion, based upon affidavits
asking that the order be set aside and
vacated. The court set the matter ov.
er until Monday, April 18th.
KAHOOKANA ESTATE.
The Hawaiian Trust and Investment
Co, Ltd, administrator for the estate
of j. X. Kahookana, was Yesterday
by order of court, discharged from the
duties of administratorshi his ac.
counts having been filed and APPROX
ed by the court
i PROBATE.
Upon petition of Alice Maude Gaskell
Luce, the will of William Seaborn Luce
vas Yesterday admitted to probate
and the petitioner appointed executrix
OF the estate, in accordance with the
provisions of the will. The petitioner
shows herself to be the niece and
adopted daughter of the deceased
there being several other relatives who
are named as devisees and Iegatees
under said WILL
The estate as referred to IN the pc
tltlon, consists Of real estate and per
Sonal property of the value of 81 500
Upon petition of r. w. Cathcart. one
of the executors in the estate of Jas.
Dodd. deceased, the court YESTERDAY
ordered that said executor be author
lied to sell, either at private or public
sale, a certain leasehold on real estate
and house thereon valued at 81 600
R.lS Nlf III
after advertisement for three weeks
in two daily papers.
NJ. u. Silva, administrator of the
estate of j. Cabral Medeiros. has filed
an application for leave of the court
to dispose of a mortgage for s400. Civ
en- by Augusta de Jesus and Domingo
Fernandez, on July 81. 1900 for term
of two years, there being no funds
available in said estate for the sup
port and maintenance of the widow
and children of the deceased except
such as may be raised by the disposal
of said mortgage. Applicant also asks
Tor authority and direction to pay the
OF the estate to the said widow and
children.
The court ordered that the said Kid-
oW be allowed $40 per month for her
own maintenance, and $40 per month
for the support of her children for
the sixty days next following the ap-
pointment of the administrator. and
stated that the administrator had the
right, without order of the court. to
dispose of said mortgage
Motion was yesterday filed by NJ G.
de Costa, administrator of the estate
OF John de Costa. deceased, requesting
an order of direction and authorize
ton To pay the amount authorized by
law to the widow and children of the
deceased for their support and main
tenance.
1t was ordered by the court that
said administrators pay to said widow
for her own support, the sum OF S25
per month for the sixty days next fol-
lowing the date of his appointment
and $40 month as an allowance for
the support and maintenance of her
said two children.
The first judge of the First Circuit
Court yesterday approved the report
Of j. A Thompson, master, in the es-
tate of Jacob Jurgensen, upon the
1nal accounts of George r. Carter, the
administrator. with the will annexed In
said matter and ordered the admins
traitor discharged upon filing the
proper receipt with Mrs. Jurgensen,
he sole devisee and legatee.
In the matter of the estate OF Frank
Antoine an order was yesterday given
by the court for the clerk of the Jul
Ai+Ieii A(NketI tliiclil " pay " u ulld ibt
Amelia) Antoine the sum of 1872 20,
which is shown by the petition and af-
idavit OF Abigail Antoine (mother of
said Julia Antone) to be the distribu-
i've share of said Julia Antoine under
he will of the deceased, and now due,
said Julia Antoine having reached her
majority. as provided in the win here
-ofore filed in probate.
FEDERAL COURT.
The demurrer in the case of w. c.
Achi VS.. Kapiolani Estate Ltd, was
argued before Judge Estee yesterday,
the argument occupying the entire
lay. The case was submitted a a late
hour, and the attorneys filed briefs.
This is case involving the validity
Of the right of the Territory to i'm
pose a stamp tax, it being contested
in the Federal Court because the de-
PENDANT claims that the Territorial
law requiring stamps of legal docu
ments is unconstitutional
The amount of bail in the case of
the United States against William
Walsh has been reduced from $500 to
81, 900, and that of the defendant in the
case of the United States VS. Nelson
Stuart, from $500 to $500.
All the defendants against whom in
dictments have been found will be ar
raigned this morning before Judge
Estee.