The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-02
DULL DAY
N COURI
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Case in Federal
Court.
WRIGHT WILL
HAS BEEN FILED
Usual Round of Routine Work
In First Circuit Court
Yesterday.

The case of the United States VS.
captain Sedergren, charged with as
sanlt and battery on the high seas.
came up yesterday before the Federal
Court Deputy United States District
Attorney Dunno for the prosecution and
Attorney Kinney for the defense. The
testimony of several witnesses was
taken and the case continued until this
morning.
The jurors were as follows o. C.
ITraphagen, E. H. Adams, ]. K. Merse-
berg. A B. Scrin1geour, ". F. SharTatt,
E. c. Winston, E c. Rowe, W. L Elton,
st. C. b Sayres, Ed. Henriques, Chas.
Carter and j. H. Sizzling.
Michael Swan, the negro who was ar
rested by United States Deputy Mar
lshal Hendree on the schooner Admiral,
will plead this morning before Judge
Estee
The continued case of Mist VS.. Kapio-
I1ani estate, occupied all yesterday af-
ternoon in the First Circuit Court,
Magoon e Thompson and Batch &
lSilliman appearing for the plaintiff and
j. T. De Bolt and Kinney, Ballou &
lMcClanahan for the defendant
COURT NOTES
Return or summons was yesterday
] made in the case of Thos. Metcalf VS..
Antoine ]. Lopez, showing service upon
the defendant by Albert McGurn, deputy
sheriff
| Levi L. Joseph. formerly a messenger
in the Judiciary Department and now a
messenger in the Attorney Generals Of
fee. yesterday made application for adj
mission and license to practice law in
| the inferior courts of the Territory. The
! application is endorsed by Henry Smith.
| The petition was heard by the Court at
4 p. m. and the applicant was duly adj
| mitted and licensed to practice.
William o. Smith has patitioned the
court that letters testamentary may be
issued to himself and Anna S. Wright
and William H Wright, the legatees and
devisees under the will of John n.
Wright. The petition states that the de-
| ceased left estate consisting of 1850
shares Of the capital stock of Ookala
Sugar Plantation Company of the value
Of S37,00
/ Thomas Fitch has been appointed by
the First Judge of the First Circuit Court
as guardian ad Item for II. A P. Car
ter and Grace S. Carter in the case Of
]. o. Carter VS.. Sybil A. Carter ct al.
a bill in equity praying for instructions.
PROBATE
! Meta H. Sutherland, executrix under
the Will or Maria A. Bruins, mas filed
her inventory of the property of the es-
| tate, showing an estimated value of &c.
500 in real estate and s14,250 in personal
property.
Miss Jessie Roesch has petitioned the
Court for the appointment of Wilson <.
Azbill as administrator Of the estate of
her father, Charles Roesch, deceased.
Formerly the petitioner prayed for ap-
pointment of Mr.. Azbill as temporary ad-
ministrator; she now asks that the ap-
pointment be permanent The Court ap-
pointed Friday, June T. at 10 o'clock a.
m. as the time for the hearing of the
petition.
Ira Eskew, administrator of the estate
| of Donald G.. Campbell, alias James
Osborne, deceased. yesterday filed petit
ton, praying for permission of the Court
; to sell certain real estate belonging to
said estate, of the estimated value OF
$50, for the purpose of paying the debts
of said estate, there being no cash funds
in the hands of said administrator with
which to discharge said debts.
An order to show cause why such sale
should not be made was issued by the
Court.
HARRISON VS.. MACON CASE.
In accordance with the decision of the
Supreme Court fled in the case of Thorn
the clerk of the court yesterday ISSUED
remittitur, remanding said case to the
First Court for the further proceedings
directed in the opinion filed with the de
c5sion.