The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-05
JURY D|N[D
IN PRISON
Novel Experience
In the Ferris
Case.
SLEEPING IN COTS
AT COURT HOUSE
Two Witnesses Heard Yesterday
and Case Will Occupy Re-
mainder OF Week.

The second day of the Ferris murder
trial was devoid of sensational develop
ments. The hearing will probably be
concluded by tomorrow or else the jury
will be compelled to spend the time in
confinement at the court house.
At the opening of court E. H. Paris
was excused from service on the jury
by consent of counsel and F. E. Rich
ardson was sworn III his place Rich
ardson appeared in a shirt waist, but
| there was no repetition of the Humph
reys-Testa act when the editor had
been ordered out of the court room for
appearing in his shirt sleeves.
After the first witness was sworn Mr..
Reynolds for the defense moved for the
discharge of the prisoner on the ground
that Ferris had not been given his con-
lstitutional privilege of appearing in
court to challenge the grand jury, and
that the arraignment had not been
proper, because read by Assistant At
torney General Douthitt, instead of by
the Attorney General or the deputy.
charge of the defendant, and the case
proceeded with the hearing of evidence.
| Alfred Krohn was the first witness
and his examination was lengthy and
| tedious. He was witness of the meet
| ing of the two men and told his story
| in much detail.
There was considerable levity during
| the trial. and this was not diminished
when Attorney Reynolds attempted to
prove that the hypothenuse of a right
two sides. This was in connection with
Krohn's testimony as to the relative
positions of Ferris, Watson and him.
self. Reynolds said that every school
child knew that the hypothenuse was
equal to the sum of the other two sides,
and when the Court asked him how he
knew, he said that it was in the books.
| Reynolds, in spite of the laughter in
the court room, insisted on the truth of
the axiom, and said that Robinson's
Elementary Geometry would prove his
statement.
AdiiSl Se1llOl Will IIetJI VI d
fiery hue, was the second and last wit
ness of the afternoon. He testified that
he heard the struggle and rushed to-
ward the room, only to catch Watson
as he fell. Smith testified that Watson
cried, "Oh, Red!' and dropped lifeless
to the floor.
The jury is spending the night in the
stenographers' room in charge of three
officers. Cots were provided By High
Sheriff Brown, having been borrowed
Guard stores, through the courtesy of
Colonel Jones. Lunch for the jury was
provided at the Grill, and the jurors
will suffer no inconvenience from the
| lack of funds. The quarters in the Ju-
dietary building are furnished with sin
gle cots for each man and with mat
tresses pillows and spreads, together
with mosquito netting for each bed
Last evening the jurors were taken to
Oahu prison, where they were served
with dinner by Warden Henry. All
Joined in pronouncing it the best meal
they had tasted for some time, and none
of them will kick if they are given their
meals by the High Sheriff during the
remainder of the trial. Following the
dinner the jurors participated in a lit
tie impromptu musicale in Judge Hum
phreys' old chambers, following which
they spent the night in the chambers
provided for them.
COURT NOTES.
Godfrey Brown and F. NJ. swanzy
have petitioned that they, with John
Simmond and T. r. Walker, be dis
charged as executors of the estate of
James Wood. The petitioners were ap-
pointed in 1884, and say that all debts
have been paid and the youngest son
is now of age, and they ask that they
be relieved of the property.
w. F. Allen has filed his eighth an
nual report as guardian of the Opfer-
gelt minors, showing receipts of 1927, 81
and expenditures of $3.50.
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