The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-21

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police.
She was still crying when placed on
the witness stand to eorroboTa:e her
sisters testimony, and her voice was
hardly audible in the court room.
Finally TO remedy this difficulty the
services of the Portuguese interpreter
were requisitioned. and from that time
on the trial progressed smoothly.
though interrupted at times by the
sobs of the witness.
II didn't see him do anything out Of
the way" said the girl in response to
the attorneys questions as to the con-
duct of her sisters husband. 1T seems
as If my sister was the aggressive one.
My sister liked the man who was to be
my brother-in-law, too much
How was he to be your brother-in-
law?" asked the court.
He was to marry my other sister
The whole trouble was my sister used
to eat her meals with this man, she
never wanted to sit with her husband
He used to come in and eat and she
wouldn't sit with him at all. 1 don't
know whether she liked him or not.
but she wouldn't eat with him, but IL
was always with my brother-in-law-
that was going to be-"
How did it come your brother-in-
law always ate with your" asked the
court
He used to work in back of the
house and came in TO dinner or supper
every day.
Did Mr.. Alameda ever invite nim?''
mo, it was just nearer to our house
than to his own
did Mr.. Alameda ever make any
objections to his comfng?' asked the
court.
ssNo."
Ever see any trouble between them?''
mo, never saw them strike each
other but they used to quarrel"
did you ever hear Mr.. Alameda use
any bad names to your sister,
mo, except he wouldn't like it Tor
her to eat with my brother-in-law to
be. The last day when she left him he
came home and wasn't feeling very
well. and when she wouldn't eat with
him, he left the table, heard him say
she could go to HE'LL
The witness said she had seen MIR.
Alameda but once since they had sep
arated. She admitted that she was not
on good terms with her sister, and said
she was not on speaking terms with
her.
why not? asked the court.
Because I heard a good deaf about
her not being gcCd,'' was the reply.
Judge Gear refused to grant divorce
on the evidence gwen.
There is some doubt in my mind"
said he" that a case has been made,
though the testimony of the plaintiff
is strong. But don't see any corrob-
grafton as is required by statute
There is some confederation" inter-
rupted Attorney Robinson, 1.-THE wit
ness just on the stand says that she
heard him say go to hell which I think
proves that part OF it,
IF every woman gets divorce whose
husband tells her to go to hell, there
would be a good many divorces, sug-
gested the court.
Robinson further said that there had
been no answer and the husband made
mo- defense to the charges, which he
would do If they were not true.
THAT only indicates that there is
said Judge Gear, which is
ground for denial of divorce. The fact
that the husband doesn't come here
is proof that he wants a divorce. This
isn't on the same plane as other ca SOS,
there can be no default in divorce
cases. shall hold that the statute
has not been sufficiently complied with |
as far as proof is concerned. If you |
want to put in more proof will give |
you time to do it,
Finally upon the request of Robinson
further hearing was postponed for
three weeks to allow him to produce
further testimony.
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