The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-07

were written in the Hawaiian language.
T. +. Atkue was the district magistrate
who heard the case originally. He has
the district of Koolaupoko and the case
came to Judge Gear on appeal
COMPLAINT WAS LOST.
The case of Wada, a Jap, charged with
assault and battery, was dismissed be-
cause OF the failure of the prosecution
to produce a complaint, which it was
claimed had mysteriously disappeared
from the other records in the case. A
receipt signed by Clerk Thompson was
produced, showing that he had received
the complaint, along with the remaining
records, and Mr.. Douthitt called the at
tention of the court to that fact. The
prosecution was allowed to introduce tes-
ttmony to show that a written complaint
had been fled and Mr.. Thompson was
put On the stand to prove that the rec
ord had been placed in his hands. He
could throw no light upon its present
whereabouts. and the complainant, a
Japanese woman, was then put on the
stand. to attempt to show that she had
signed the complaint. The questions Of
Mr.. Douthitt and of Judge Gear was put
to her through the interpreter.
Did you sign g. paper at the police
court?" asked the former.
Il did, replied the witness.
DO you know what 1t wasf''
NO"
Did anyone read IT to your
NO"
Did you read it?''
NO.
Where was it you signed this paper:"
In the police court. after Wada had
been arrested"
The Court then took a hand In the ex-
animation.
Was it a complaint against this man
that you signed?'
Yes, sir.
What did you do at the time-any-
thing?"
My fingers were cut, and the doctor
told me to sign 1t; it was a Doctors GER
t!ficate'
Where did you sign it?''
"At the doctors Office
How did you come to go thereT
II was not there myself: my sister was
there"
How did you sign the paper, them"
II say now that didn't sign any paper
because 1 am not a writer. and could not
sign it If I had wanted to- replied the
witness. to the astorishment of judge.
attorneys and jury.
Did you make your mark on any pa
per, them" inquired Mr.. Douthitt
That ended the exa,nina ton. and the
defendant was discha'g ed. A new war
rant was Immediately issued, and he
viii be rearrested.
NO WATERED MILK GOES.
Anton Richards was found guilty of
selling adulteTated milk by jury yester-
day, and will be sentenced this morning.
There was no denial of the fact that the
milk in question had been watered, and
that the defendant had sold it; but he
claimed that he did not know that the
tactical fluid had been adulterated, and
laid the blame upon the japanese who
MIXED the cows. The jury did not take
the same view of the case, and returned
a verdict of guilty, signed by P. G. Jones.
as foreman within less than thirty min
utes. Richards Will be sentenced this
morning. The jury was composed as fol-
flows: A. Fernandez, w. A. Baldwin, M
P. Robinson, ]. KuneWa, P. c. Jones, w.
E. Rowell, E. S. Holt, George Kekauo-
ha, F. Harvey, George Nawaahoa, H.
Bertelmann and w. N. Buchanan.
Following the verdict in the above case
the appeal was withdrawn in the case
of Kawamoto, charged with a similar
offense, and he accepted the sentence of
the lower court, q fine of fifty dollars and
costs.
OTHER CRIMINAL MATTERS.
The criminal docket is fast being clear
ed, and next week will probably see the
remainder of the criminal cases disposed
of. Three cases are set for Monday, in
Guiding two assault cases and an Illicit
liquor selling case. A Japanese man.
slaughter case is set for Tuesday morn
ing, and will probably be the last case
on the criminal docket heard this term.
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