The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-04
JURY WILL.
TRY FERRIS
Murder Case in the
First Circuit
Court.
THE JURY MUST BE
| KEPT TOGETHER
Court Will Have Another Problem
in Finance in Finding Quar-
tiers and Food.

The jury.to hear the case of George
Ferris, alias Kentucky Bill" charged
with the murder of John Watson, was
secured last evening at o'clock, after
81 men had been examined The first
panel of Is men was exhausted within a
half hour after the trial opened and
Judge Gear ordere a special venfre of
Is men. Some of the jurors Were ex-
cused as having formed an opinion,
others because of an objection to cap
ital punishment, and some for personal
reasons.
The jury as finally accepted for the
trial is composed as follows: j. H.
Schnack, Fred West, John Hills, Harry
Juen. David Hoapili, Geo. Roenitz, S. a.
Walker, w. A. Love, Frank Dutro, Geo.
H. Paris, Thos. Lloyd and Thos. Lucas.
The jury was not sworn last evening,
though accepted and cautioned not to
converse with anyone about the trial or
to read any comments upon the case
lin the newspapers, as had the jurors
been sworn they would have been COM
PEELED to remain together for the night.
A new question in finance will prob
ably arise in this case. The jury is to
tie kept together during the trial, which
will last for several days. They must
be lodged and fed during that time,
and as there are no funds in the appro-
priation for that purpose some means
must be devised to procure them the
necessities o. life. If called upon prob
ably any of the hotels or restaurants
in the city would take care of the jury.
depending upon the legislature to re-
pay the bill, but it is doubtful if Judge
Gear will ask that.
| Ferris is charged with having stab
| bed John Watson in the breast with a
knife on April TO- 1902, on the porch of
lodging house near the Honolulu
Brewery. Self-defense will probably be
the plea. c. F. Reynolds is attorney
for defendant and J. w. Cathcart is
| prosecuting.
RODRIQUES RELEASED.
| Pedro Rodriques was released yester-
| day afternoon by Judge Gear, who di
rected the jury that the evidence was
not sufficient to convict. Evidence as
not allowed to go to the jury. Rodri-
ques is Cuban, and was CONVICTED a
few weeks ago of stealing a watch.
Judge Gear set the verdict aside upon
his own motion, saying he had erred in
his instructions.
WILLING TO SERVE.
| McCully, the Spanish interpreter, in
response to questions, told Judge Gear
| that he was willing to serve and wait
until March for his money. The Court
| informed him that he could serve but
that he didn't want McCully to touch
the Court for so cents every day, as he
was as hard up as the Territory.
THE NEW JURY.
| The jury summoned by Judge Gear
to serve without pay appeared in court
was excused on his plea that he could
not afford to serve for nothing, as his
time was required in editing his weekly
paper and doing politics. The follow
| ing are the men called for the jury:
John H. Schnack, John Hills, Frank
Dutro, Harry Juen, Edwin H. Paris, T.
II. Petrie, William P. Roth, Thomas
Lloyd, Samuel A. Walker, George Roe
nitz. Edward l.. Holstein, Fred West,
George Markham, David K. HoapiIi,
bCharles Hall, Thomas c. Mcguire, Will
liam Schmidt, and William A. Love
COURT NOTES.
Motion to strike the answer of Ia
lula l.. Hayselden from the files and
declare her in default was filed yes
terday in the case of Bishop & Co VS..
w. Fl. Pain ct al.
Judgment for plaintiff has been given
in the case of w. W. Graham vs. The
Orpheum Co. The same order was
made in the case of Graham vs.. ]. F.
Colburn.