The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-02
COURTS AND
CAPITOL
A One Cent Fine
To Be Paid By
Endo.
THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL MEETS
The Special Term of First Circuit
Court Adjourned Until
Monday.

The special term of the First Circuit
/ Court called for yesterday morning adj
journed at noon until next Monday.
several causes were presented.
The case Of the Territory vs.. Endo
came on for hearing. The defendant
withdrew his plea of not guilty and en-
/ tered a plea of guilty. The court SEN
fenced the defendant to pay a fine of
one cent and to remit the costs of pros
/ ecution and a stay Of execution was
also ordered. The reason for the nom
inal fine was because the defendant
had been confined nearly the fun time
for which his offense made him liable
voluntarily working while in prison.
The report of J. Alfred Magoon mas
ter in the matter OF the estate of Theo.
H. Davies, deceased. was confirmed by
the Judge of the First Circuit Court
and the final accounts of Theo. Rain
( Walker and Francis Mills Swanzy. ad-
. ministrators, approved and allowed said
administrators by order of court being
discharged.
{ It was further ordered that a fee Of
5000 be paid to the executors and that
said executors be allowed thirty days
within which To file q decree embody-
ing the courts orders and TO distribute
the estate according to the terms of
the will
The report of p. Danson Kellett. Jr
as master in the matter of the estate
of James Dodd, recommending that the
executors be not yet discharged in view
of matters still unsettled was heard
by the First Circuit Court and con-
tinued until moved upon.
of the First Circuit Court in the debris
case of the Wailuku Sugar Company
VS. the Hawaiian Commercial and Su-
gar Company. making the injunction
permanent. The tunnel case was TAX
EN- under advisement, briefs to be filed
by counsels by Wednesday, April g.
Return Of summons was yesterday
made by Deputy Sheriff Albert Nc
Gurn in the following cases: Wah
Ping. ct al, VS.. j. H. Raymond, ct al;
Kaiolawa VS.. Kolomona Kimakea, and
Manuel da Inadros VS.. w. F. Frear
ct al.
The motion for leave to file answer
in the case of Gear Lansing & Co. VS..
MaunaIei Sugar Company was yester-
day granted.
SUPREME COURT NOTES.
In Re writ of Silva VS.. Thomas Aiu.
it was moved by J. M ViVaS that
costs in the matter be RENTED, as
petitioners financial circumstances are
deficient to meet the same
In re guardianship Of Maria Brown,
F. w. Hanky, representing w. c. b.
Brown, appellant, moved that the ap-
peal to the Supreme Court be dismiss
ed.
Mr. Magoon, representing Judge Lit
tie, as attorney for Pauline Rutman'
/ aulya cd hot ma de-
/ ferred until he heard further from the
latter. The court dismissed the ap-
! peal.
In the case of Gouveia VS. Doney.
which was dismissed from the calendar
of the December term, Mr.. Peters NOV
/ ed that it be placed on the present
/ terms calendar. The motion was de-
MED.
/ Argument was had yesterday in the
Supreme Court in re the estate Of Ali
ma, and the matter submitted for de-
cision.
/ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
! United States Commissioner w. ].
count amounting to s56 IS, for the ap-
prevail of the judge of the United
/ States District Court The same was
examined and approved.
/ 1t was yesterday ordered by Judge
Estee. on motion of United States At
Z j.
/ lowing amendment to rule Sc OF the
/ United States District Court rules, re-
lating to the payment of court costs,
/ be adopted.
1.-THE costs shall in all cases be taxed
as aforesaid, within ten days after the
rendition of the judgment, decree or
/ decision, otherwise the clerk shall tax
! the same and enter the amount in the
order, judgment or decree"
GOVERNORS COUNCIL.
. At the Governors Council yesterday
morning an application for permission
to change the name of the Hilo Portu-
guese Sugar Company to the Hawaii
an Mill Company" was presented by
representatives of the corporation. AS
there did not appear to be any good
reason for the change, and as the pro-
posed new name would cause confusion
with the names of other corporations,
the meeting did not take any action
in the matter, awaiting conference
with Hackfeld & Co.
| A letter from Sheriff Baldwin, in re-
gard to Hackfeld & Cos application
for a liquor license at Lahaina, was
read, in which 1t was stated that the
greater number of people in the neigh
borhood were in favor Of the license
preferrine wholesale license TO
dealers license. The meeting recon-
mended the granting of wholesale IL
cense.
An application and letter was read
from Gilman proprietor OF the ocean
View cafe. near Waikiki, in which he
appIied for a hotel license, and stated
the conditions under which he had lost
his other license. which was for light
wine and beer The meeting was not
in favor of granting the hotel license,
as it did not appear that the place