The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-13
ARE GUILTY
OF ASSAULT
.Savidge, Juen and
Schnack Must
Answer.

IL. A. Juen, William Savidge and j. II.
Schnack were each found guilty Of as
sault and battery upon an old native
woman, Mrs. Mamakee. by a jury in the
Circuit Court yesteid day afternoon. The
offence was committed while Schnack
was attempting to forcibly remove the
prosecuting witness from the house uccu-
pied Ivy her, hut which he Claimed to
have bought from .Iuen. The case was
bitterly fought, Judge Davidson appear
ing for the government, assisting MIR.
Cathcart. while Attorney Strauss appear.
ed for defendants. The prisoners had
been previously discharged by Judge VIII
cox because Of lack OF evidence.
A sensational incident occurred during
the examination of jurors which p ON
ised TO have serious results. j. q. Merse.
berg, after having been accepted as
juror, requested that he be excused,
stating that circumstances made 1t i'm
possible for him to serve. He said that
while riding home in the car Wednesday
evening, Savidgc, one of the defendants,
spoke to him about the case, suggesting
that he do the square thing. The con-
versation was carried On in a joking
manner, and the juror replied in the
same tone that he would. The Court,
however, did not take the same view of
the affair. and thought this too serious
a matter to be lightly passed over. OH
Ger Sea, who had been one of the party
on the car, was called to the witness
stand, and he also testified that the con-
versation was not serious, and some of
the members of the party had been jok-
ingly referring to the case. The Court
was still not satisfied with the explana-
ton. and requested the Attorney Gene al
to make an affidavit calling the attention
OF the Court to the matter formally, SO
that Savidge could be punished for con-
tempt. He added also that If the Attor-
ney General did not do this, he would
order the clerk of the court to take such
action. Judge Humphreys severely scor-
ed Savidge for speaking to the juror,
stating that the punishment for such an
offense was n very severe one 1t IL
probable however, that no further action
VIII be taken than this rcpi imand
The jury was out about twenty minutes
before arriving at the verdict of guilty"
Judge Humphreys announced that SEN
tence would be passed this morning, fol-
lowing 'thc hearing of motion for new
trial.
The jury hearing the case was compos-
ed as follows: John II. Taylor, Guy Llv-
ingstone, Edwin *. Blake. John NJ. Da-
Wis, Tod II. Scott. Alex. X. Aona, Isaiah
Bray, John l.. Hansmann, Edw. Wood
ward, ii. c. Bickerton, Ruby A. Dexter
and n Peterson.
RECOMMENDS INCREASE IN BOND.
F. j. Russell, master, yesterday filed a
report approving the accounts of r. w
Carter, guardian of Annie II. X Parker
The master recommends an Increase of
the guardians bond from SIS, 600 to $780,
600 He says:
AS will appear from the amended in
ventory filed herein by said guardian on
Novcrabor 18th, 1901, the personal estate
or said ward consists of loans and in
vestmsnts to the value of So, go togeth-
err with one-half interest in %, 900 head OF
cattle, 1000 horses, and all other live
stock on the Parker ranch and one-half
interest In certain leaseholu interests, set
out IN fun In said amended inventory
The annual revenue of said wards estate
as shown by guardians charge for COM
missions due him for his services during
the year beginning November 18th. 1900,
and ending November 18th, 1901, Is s2s,-
1898.
From the above figures and from In
quiry as to the value of the personal
property of the ward not valued in said
inventory. 1t is the masters opinion that
the total value of the wards personal
property and her income Is In the neigh
borhopd OF 100000. i therefore recon-
mend that the amount of the guardians
bond be, increased to the sum of $500 OOO
also recommend that the guardians
second annual account be approved as
rendered"
COURT NOTES.
kaluna, whose case Judge Humphreys
refused to consider Wednesday because
he WAS attired in prison uniform was
brought into court again yesterday with
a new suit of clothes, costing exactly ten
dollars. The bin was paid by the high
SnprtM, The 10 continued i'm ha
next term.
Motion for new trial was filed yester-
day in the Gussman case
a nolle prosequi was entered In the
case OF Joe Kauihaka, charged with
assault.
The case OF w. G.. King w. VIM. Peter
son was heard by the court yesterday
evening. THIS Is a suit on account for
goods sold to defendants divorced wife. |