Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-20
SAID VERDICT WAS OFF.
HOLT.CHRISTIAN DECISION
SET FOR THE MORNING
ISHII SAYS HE DID NOT SELL pol.
SoNoUS DRUGS-THE MACHA.
DO Assault CASE CON.
TINUES.

Attorney J. W. Cathcart moved for
arrest of judgment in the case of the
Territory against Matsumoyc, robbery,
this morning, in Judge Gears court,
COntending that inasmuCh as the jury
had returned a verdict of guilty with.
out specifying of what degree of the
offensc Of robbery the defendant was
guilty. the verdict was irregular and
therefore judgment could be arrested.
Judge Gear overruled the motion
and Deputy Attorney General Peters
asked that defendant be sentenced
forthwith. Cathcart here explained
that motion for a new trial was
pending and the court put the matter
over until Thursday.
Judge Gear overruled demurrer to
Indictment in Territory against Y.
Tshii, selling poisonous drugs without
a license, and after w. T. Rawlins had
noted an exception, defendant, upon
motion of Peters. was called upon to
plead to the indictment. Ishii entered
plea Of not guilty.
The Court announced that decision
in the suit of Eliza Holt against Albert
Christian. for annulment Of marriage,
would be given at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Territory against Machado, assault
and battery with a weapon, proceeded
before Judge Gear, A. G.. NJ. Robert.
son and A. G. Correa appearing for
the prosecution and Creighton and Ho.
gan for the defendant. Among the
witnesses were Marie Isabella Peters,
] A. G. Correa. Dan Renear, Henry Van
Geisen and Geo. Hubbell. The prose
icution resting, J Stone was called for
the defense.
Clerk Loucks being unavoidably alb
sent, Judge Gear asked Judge Robin.
son for the services Of Clerk Simon
ton. Judge Robinson having excused
his trial jurors for week and having
nothing particular on hand.
Carlos A. Long VS.. Harry Armitago
ct al. assumpsit, came on in Judge
DcBolt's court. Mechanism, for ptin
t,n movod for defauIt against ID. Ka
wananakoa. J. c. Cohen and NJ.
pbiIIins wilder for defendants. OBJ
ioo,od ,bo, tbov had mn, b,en served
The motion was granted by the Court
and jury was drawn and sworn.
Wilder moved that the plaintiff elect
,ta a,a,d,nn =, ,hio time vbatber m
..',,.,,,,o, oo,,,roo, ~. nm imp,ied
-" I.,,a. ,,o. IonI,d Cos,
.'', -,
worked in nractiCe. Since the openinl
NJ the wear the shrinkage In securities
voIuos has amounted to over $1,000,
O0O OOO Nobody believes that Their,
has been ANYTHING like a correspond
ing shrinkage in the earning power o.
in the value of the properties of thos,
corporatIons whose issues have SUI
fered such n tremendous shrinkage IL
market value. Indeed. most of tn,
railroads are showing larger earning
than those OF last year, while thei
, properties have been rendered nor
valuable through the lavish expend
ture Of earnings on improvements an,
, hetterments during the last lively
, months. According to the propose
| system OF basing the taxation of a col
: poration on the market value of its So
2 curities. however. the corporation
, would have had to pay taxes on 50
= 900 900 900 worth of property less tina
/ that OF last year. When It is remen
bered that the tremendous decline /
the stock market has been due largel
|. to conditions purely local and exister
almost exclusively in Wall street, an