The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-20
JUDGE ED|NGS At NA|LUKU.
HEARS CASES IN WHICH KALUA
is DISQUALIFIED.
japanese Wife Killer Gets Twenty
Years Imprisonment-Will Hudson
the African Don Juan is Sentenced.

WAILUKU, June 19.-Judge Edings
began holding circuit court Wednesday
morning. lie finished the list of cases
assigned to him at noon Friday, and
left by the w. G. Hail for Hawaii in
the evening.
Assistant Attorney j. +. De
Bolt arrived Thursday and will remain
until the grand jury has adjourned
and the criminal business of the term
is disposed of. Friday morning the
grand jury presented three indictments,
one against Pun Hakolo, burglary, one
against Ar Foo Tai for burglary and
one against Hirata, bribery. They al
so investigated the charges against
William Towles, Kanakaaukai and
Nishimura, and recommended the dis
charge of the prisoners, which was
granted
William Hudson, the negro who fired
a shot last January i'm a scramble with
three or four other negroes, was found
guilty by the trial jury yesterday, and
was sentenced to two years imprisOn-
ment by Judge Kalua. Hudson in
company with Sweetie Smith fled with
two nero women one Sunday night i'm
January, and as Hudson testified, he
wanted to scare Albert Hill by firing
a pistol i'm the air. He was charged
with assault with deadly weapon OBJ
viously and imminently dangerous to
life.
The japanese wife killer from La
hama was sentenced to twenty years
Imprisonment by Judge Kalua, which is
the lowest penalty that could be inn
posed on him. This japanese was at
first charged with murder in the first
degree, but he was then charged with
murder in the second degree and plead
ed guilty to the charge. He gave
long explanation of the occurrence to
the court. He admitted having taken
a knife from the bed where his wife
was lying but he could not recall what
he did with the knife. He could not
say whether he stabbed his own wife
or not. She had repeatedly refused to
go back with him. claiming that she
did not love him any more, and in spite
of all her husbands entreaties to in
duce her to go back to him, she would
not yield. and as the defendant testi-
fed, he got very angry at her for going
with another japanese whom she loved.
This offense was committed last April
Judge KalSa then sentenced the Jap
anese to imprisonment at hard labor
for twenty years, this being the lowest
that can be given, remarking at the
same time that the Japanese was right
in one respect but that as he was
guilty he would give the defendant the
lowest sentence.
Shiga, the Japanese women charged
with larceny in the second degree. was
found guilty as charged by the trial
jury last night. Judge kalua will prob
ably pass sentence on her this morning
In the ejectment suit of Duarte VS..
Kalua. Judge Edings rendered judg-
ment in favor of plaintiff for possession
of the premises, with nominal costs
He also named w. o. Smith as adj
ministrator of the estate of Agnes n.
Kalua.
The Wailuku Sugar Co. VS.. Solomon
Hale, ejectment, occupied the attention
of the court and a jury all day Thurs
| day and till noon on Friday. The
case is an old timer and was partly
tried by Judge Kalua, who found that
on account of certain evidence which
was ELECTED, he was disqualified and he
declined to cry it. The jury remained
out about five minutes, and returned
with a verdict for defendant.