The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-12
SUMNER ON
The STAND
he Tells About His
Dealings With
Amin.
DELEGATE WILCOX
ALSO MIXED UP
Sumner Wants the Suit OF Bishop
Gulstan Heard at an
Early Date.

Jonn ~ sumner TOOK the stand in his
own defense yesterday in the suit
brought against him by Y Amin for the
recovery of money said to have been
advanced by him for three years past
Part of the sum claimed, he admitted,
was received by him, but he specified
instances where he had not been given
all his notes called for or the account
set out. All of this was, however, set
off by a claim on the part of Sumner
for about $500 alleged to have been
paid by him for Amin to attorneys.
Summer admitted borrowing one sum of
$500 which he said had been used in
the purchase of horse and phaeton.
he had not received but admitted get
ting $500 of it, which he said was paid
to Humphreys & Gear as attorneys
fees. The witness stated that he had an
account book containing all the items
enumerated, which however, was left in
Tahiti, though he exhibited a remark
able memory regarding some of the
claims.
AS to the counterclaim, Sumner re-
lated an interesting story of how he
had first morrgaged his harbor land,
recently sold to the Oahu Railway for
$4,000. He testified that Y. Amin had
asked him to go into partnership with
him in the purchase of a rice plantation.
Delegate Wilcox was also mixed up
in the deal, as the agent for Sumner.
Amin it seems, required about $4,000 to
purchase the rice plantation and Sum-
ner says that after much importuning
on the part of the Chinese he consented
| to raise it for him. The amount was
obtained by giving mortgage on the
harbor lands for $55, 900. After this had
though Sumner claimed that he did
not receive back the money he had
invested. Suit was instituted to set
aside the $50, 900 mortgage and Sumner
d VI ldW
| ing A. S. Hartwell, W. r. Castle, Geo.
Davis and Kinney & Ballou. 1t was to
these attorneys that nearly all of the
$500 went and Sumner claims that Amin
! is responsible for the money so paid, he
having been the direct cause of the
negotiations which brought about the
proceedings. When court adjourned last
evening Sumner was still on the stand.
! 1t is expected that the case will go to
| the jury today.
| ANOTHER SUMNER CASE.
| George A. Davis, as attorney for John
K. Sumner, yesterday filed motion
asking that the case of Bishop Gulstan
VS.. j. K. Sumner ct al. be set down
| for hearing Immediately. He consents
| to a trial without jury and in his mo-
| ton to Judge Gear says that he will
accept the order of the court, and stipu-
lated that there shall be no appeal.
| The attorney represents that Sumner
has $4,000 tied up with Bishop & Co.,
and is anxious to go to Tahiti, and
therefore wants the suit speedily ter
minated. The matter will come up on
Saturday morning.
Davis stated yesterday that he had
made demand upon Bishop & Co. for
the $4,000 and been refused, and had
prepared papers in suit against Them
but it had been dropped pending de-
cision in this case.
COURT NOTES.
Mary C. Widdifeld has been ap-
pointed guardian of Georgiana Macfar-
lane Friel in bond of $500 with A s.
Humphreys as surety. The estate con-
sists of the right to an annual income
of s1440 under the will OF Adelia Corn
well.
Judge Gear yesterday entered judg-
ment for defendant in the case of Anna
Gertz VS.. J. A. Magoon. Mrs. Gertz
tried to file her exceptions to the judg-
ment but the court would not allow
them.