The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-04
POLICE COURT
HAPPENINGS
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/ In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing W. S. Smith, an ex-Art.-!ery man.
was sent TO the reef for thirty days for
vag anoy. Defendant is the man who
was acqu tted by the Cram Jurs for an
alleged assault On a police officer IN a
sal, On last year. He spent quite a term
in pllsCn pend.ng heaIIhg u his case.
/ Smith said that he was too SEX TO
work and had no money. "A aoetor stat-d
that examination showed that there was
nothing the matter with MIN Whatever.
The case of Tanner tua, little Glrl
charged with truancy, went over Until
today at the req est IF the osecut. II.
The Protective League, has, II Is u-der-
stood, EXPIRE sed desire to look af>er
tie girl. he League WIZ probably lake
amer Pua 10 It's institution. at KIM.
NJ Fernandez had some money coming
from A. Iirez and as ~.-e latter refused
to pr. duCe when invited, he proceeded
to take what he considered to be fair
equivalent out of Pres hide. For this
Judge Wilcox fined him $40 and costs,
saying that his method of co lecting
money was to say the least unworthy
of emulation.
Pirez had other troubles that day. Aft
er being chast.sed by Fernandez, he
went down to the postoffice and met one
Montaro.
Hello Pirez," said Montaro that's a.
peach of an eye you've got"
"You lie!' hlssed the irate Pirez, who
objected to having it rubbed in"
Fists flew and arrests followed. Yes
terday each man left court IS poorer as
result of the ARRAY.
Kama a japanese wahine was sent
over for ten days for deserving her hus-
band. His Honor tried his famous pow
ers of reconciliation, but this time they
failed to work Kama said that her kane
abused her and that she would rather
do ten days than go back to him.
In another desertion cases Mary F. Ar
ruda figured as a principal. Defendant
said that her husband had assaulted her
and on that account she had gone to live
with her parents. She stated that he had
threatened TO break her head if she did
not return to him.
Judge Wilcox cast the deciding vote
for the lady, saying that If Mr.. Arruda
would only talk as sweetly to his wife
as he used to in the counting days the
pair would surely make up.
Other cases attended to We're: Domin-
go Ferreira, violating section 81 Penal
Laws, April 4; Makahonu, assault and
battery on All Hou, discharged; John
Correa, assault and battery on ]. Vivi-
chaves, April 4; Kapoi, Black Jack,
Sam Floyd, drunkenness, 81 and costs;
Otaba, common nuisance, Sc and costs.
Karl Hanson, a seaman on the bark
Alden Besse, hit Seung Yal Pack, cabin
boy, in the mouth and will be called upon
to explain this morning. His victim is a
Corean and had occasion to address
Hanson which he did, partly in the
vernacular of his native land. The
Swede thought he was being sworn at
and took umbrage.
The police are receiving many COM
plants of thefts of dog tags. Some of
the robbers take only the tag, some take
the collar as well, while a few greedy
ones take the dog and all attachments.
The relapse from dormancy on the part
of the official dog-catcher is responsible
for this new enterprise Owners who
can't afford to buy a tag steal one from
the first licensed canine they can corral.