The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-05
MACFARLANE OFF LIGHT
HIS EXCUSE SATISFIES JUDGE
HUMPHREYS.
Had Neuralgia All Night and oversight
While the Court Waterbury Cases
Next Week

There will not be any jury business
in the Circuit Court Juis week. Only
jury waived, divorce cases and demur-
rers, etc, VIII be heard during the
week. The reason of this Is to give
the grand jury time to get in its work.
All of the criminal cases will have to
be gone over 1t is presumed that by
monday sufficient number of indict-
ments will have been returned to war
rant the taking up'Of cases in the reg
ular way. The tTial jury has been eN-
cused until Monday.
Judge Humphreys has instituted a
departure in that he will not accept
as juror any employe of the govern
ment or of any court or other public
officer. He this morning ruled that Il
lawyer was a court officer and threw
out all the clerks of lawyers that had
been subpoened. In the case of busi-
ness houses from which two or more
jurors had been drawn, both or all were
thrown out
The first matter taken up this morn
ing by the court was the contempt
attachment issued yesterday for c. w.
Macfarlane. In view of the filming of
James W. Bergstrom 800 at the last
court term for failure to turn up
promptly friends of Mr.. Macfarlane
were fearful that he would be severely
dealt with. Not so. however. The
megaphone man and yacht racer had
an excuse that appealed to the court,
and he was allowed to depart in peace.
/ Night before last he was seized with
an awful neuralgia For many hours
he rolled in agony, and the fever
| threatened betimes to set fire to the
bed linen. Devious draughts had to be
taken to quell the jumping proclivities
of the ailment At last at a. m. the
almost lifeless patient sank into a deep
/ slumber, from which he did not awake
until 9:45 a. m. He then hurriedly
dressed and made all speed to the
court house, but. alas, was the pro-
verbal minute too late. He lost his
breakfast to boot.
This excuse appealed to the court
and the culprit was declared not guilty
of contempt Even the costs were re-
mitted
j. O. Lutted was excused for the term
on account of rheuma tsm. Albert u
Harris was excused because he and
j. G. Spencer, one of the grand jurors,
( are employed in the same office, the
Pacific Hardware Company. G. r. Col
Inns was excused because he was in
business for himself, has only boy
helping him and his attention there is
constantly required. w. j. Forbes was
! excused far priVate raaSanS- A Rornas
! was excused to Monday on account of
illness. Thomas Mott was excused be-
cause he is a clerk for the Pacific Hard
drawn from that concern. Abram G.
Piianaia and w. w. Chamberlain were
excused because they worked for law
yers, Whiting q Stanley and w. o.
Smith, respectively.
After the jury as it remained had
/ been excused until Monday, motions
in regard to cases were taken up. The
remaining case against DR. Noblitt
was placed on the calendar and a nolle
prosequi Immediately entered by the
Attorney General. Mary A. Coffield,
VS.. Territory of Hawaii, damages was
set for hearing on Friday
The case of Vasconcelles VS.. James
Dodd estate. assumpsit, is being heard
this afternoon.
Levy vs.. Azbill, assumpsit; Titlow VS..
Albert White, ct al, assumpsit; Harrf-
son VS.. A. NJ. Brown, replevin, and
Fred Meyer VS.. d. X. Naone,- ct al,
We're stricken from the calendar.
Two divorce cases We're set for to-
morrow. They are Bertha st. Clair VS..
John st. Clair and j. Newa Kanaulu
VS.. Lucy X. Kanaulu,