The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-20
INTERESTING
WITNESS
Was Born Before
Coming of the
Missionaries.
PRINCE DAVID IN
A NEW ROLE
Petty Trial Jury Drawn : Waimea
Hotel Company Files
Answer.

| 1nefe was very interesting witness
on the stand yesterday testifying in
behalf of the prosecution in the case of
| kapiolani Estate VS. the Kaneohe
Ranch Company. The witness is an
old lady named Mary Maikai. How old
she is she is not certain, but on the
witness stand she said she was a big
girl when the missionaries came to the
Islands and distinctly remembers their
arrival. For many years she was a
pupil of Alexander Johnson. Later she
entered the employ of missionary
| family and went to China with them,
where she remained eight years. This
did not end her wanderings however
| When she came back, one one occa-
sion, while going from Oahu To Molo-
kai, storm arose, driving her and the
| eight other natives who We're in the
| boat far out to sea. whaling vessel
picked them up and took them around
| the Horn to New York, where the wom-
! an remained for year and a half.
WheH the gold fever broke out in Cali
! fornia she moved westward with the
great throng of emigrants, and in 1S49
| arrived in San Francisco, where she
was soon taken on board a vessel COM
| ing to Honolulu, in which city she has
resided ever since.
l The testimony of Mary was taken in
order that the validity of certain pat
ents transferring land from one Apu-
momona to the Kapiolani Estate might
be established. Attorney Silliman
claimed that the old womans testimony
was worthless, as the proof rested upon
the documents and not on her word.
Mary has an excellent command of
English and expressed herself fiuently
in that tongue. Often she dispensed
with the assistance of the court inter
prefer in her haste to answer the quer
ieS of the lawyers.
PETIT JURORS DRAWN
District Attorney Dunno filed writs
of information with Judge Estee yes
terday relative to the cases that are
now before the court. AS a result, the
court has ordered the following petit
trial jurors to appear before him on
| August 9th at 10 o'clock a. M: F. Clay,
Olaa, Puma; w. F. Allen, Herman w
Barth, J. S. Bailey, r. Andrews. julius
Asch. Honolulu: C. r. Bacon, Paula,
Hamakua; B. G.. Allen, A. C. Dowsett
Honolulu; o. Rose, Hilo; F. E. Blake
Honolulu; o. A. Stevens, HiIo; Will
liam Mulch. Honolulu; NJ. S. Pacheco,
Hilo; ]. w. Bergstrom, VIM. Blaisdell
j. w. Robinson, Charles Lucas, VIM.
Woon, G. w. Smith, John WE'LL, Homo
lulu: w. C. Shipman, Hilo; George w.
Smith, Honolulu
There are two George Smiths on the
list.
PRINCE DAVID HELPS.
Yesterday the defense in the case of
Kapiolani Estate VS.. the Kaneohe
Ranch introduced in evidence a hun
dred or more musty old volumes con-
tanning land transfers now long forgot
ten. BY the time the last one had been
deposited before Judge Gear, his honor
looked like a secondhand book dealer.
1t was late when court adjourned, and
in order to expedite matters for the
clerks and deputies who had toied per-
spiringly up the stairs many times,
Judge Gear ordered the, jurymeh to
lend a hand and help them out in car
rying them back. Everyone in the
court room took the hint, and attor-
neys, as Well grabbed. an armful of dus-
ty ledgers and carried them into the
basement. Prince David. who was pres
ent, determining not to be outdone,
laid hold of the last remaining book
and formed the end of the long process
sion.
KAPIOLANI ESTATE ITEMS
The defendants bill of costs in the
suit of Kapiolani Estate VS.. A. S. Cleg-
horn is $3.50. The motion of the plain
tiff for a new trial has been denied. An
: appeal will be made.
! The Kapiolani Estate prays that the
amended complaint in the action of Ka-
piolani Estate VS.. Mary Atcherley ct
al. be stricken from the files. The
amended complaint should be address,
ed to Judge Humphreys, and not Judge
Gear is the contention, as he was the
one before whom the case has been
partly tried.
IWAIALUA HOTEL MAKES ANSWER.
i The Waialua Hotel Company has
made answer to the complaint filed
against them by B. c. H. Sawyer, who
alleges that the hotel company owes
him money for services performed.
The answer states that the defend
ant did not undertake in the manner
and form as the plaintiff alleges No
contract was entered into as alleged.
The said lien does not attach by law on
: the property of the said defendant.
The counsellor for the defendant is