The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-09-11
LAWYERS
ARE SCARCE
Business Blocked
by Its Own
Excess.


around yesterday morning. hence the
pretty schedule of cases arranged 10
come UP for trial in their order before
Judge De Bolt was not touched. The
attorneys were engaged elsewhere or,
upon one side or the other, were un-
prepared. Almost despairingly the
court asked for any case in which dis
engaged counsel were ready and after
several disappointments one was an
nounced wherein the situation was
simplified from the fact that one of the
parties was absent without any coun-
sci to represent him.
ONE CASE TRIED.
Patrick H. Burnette VS.. P. e. r.
Strauch was tried before Judge De
Bolt and a verdict returned for plain
tiff Geo. A. Davis appeared for plain
tiff, while there was no appearance Of
or for defendant. The suit was for
$22S2.25, due on a promissory note for
$25s2 matured September 16. 1899. the
stated interest being two and a half
per cent a month. Only six per cent
interest was claimed in the COMPLAINT.
The jury consisted of Owen J. Holt, B.
Guerrero, C. b. Dwight, Z. c. Holstein,
NJ. w. Parkhurst, l. Adams, ]. Kua-
ana, E. E. Mossman, G. C. Potter, G.
II. Karratti, w. ]. Baird and p. NJ.
Lucas. The verdict was for the amount
claimed, the interest added making a
total of s2S42.60.
In the case of Hoffschlaeger Co.,
Ltd, VS.. Kealalaina Apaka ct al,
Judge De Bolt awarded judgment for
plaintiff in the sum of s4O4.1S and in
terest.
Choy Look See VS.. Scottish Union
and National Insurance Co. was dis
continued before Judge De Bolt.
No jury trial could be arranged in
the First Judges court for the after
noon session, which therefore adjourn
ed early.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE.
Judge De Bolt has taken assignment
heard in their order this morning for
ward: Charles Hammer, assault and
battery; Matsuda, assault and bat
terry; Miamoto, vagrancy; Goto, selling
liquor, and Hasamoto, selling liquor.
Next Monday at 8 a. m. Judge De
Bolt will call, to set for trial, all odd
numbers in the calendar from 157 to
1876, both inclusive.
CRIMINAL BUSINESS.
Judge Gear reduced the sentence i'm
posed by District Magistrate Geo. A.
Davis on All Kong, for assault and
battery, from one months imcrison-
ment and payment of costs to a fine of
IS and costs, which All Kong paid.
The trial of Yen Min and Choy Yuen
for receiving stolen goods was con-
cluded from Wednesday before Judge
Gear yesterday morning. A verdict of
not guilty was returned. The alleged
stolen property consisted of cuts of
pork from the Metropolitan market,
for the stealing of which All Chin was
formerly convicted of larceny.
Joe Kekpi, husky native, was put
on trial before Judge Gear for assault
and battery. Frank w. Davenport
was the complaining witness. De
PENDANT gave evidence on his own be-
half. T.. C. Peters, deputy attorney
general, prosecuted, and e. NJ. Watson
defended. At the conclusion of the
evidence. It being close to p. M, the
court adjourned. The jury consists of !
John II. Wise, Chas. Motley, ]. p. Ma '
kainai, Theo. Wolff, ]. X. Clark, G.
A. Ordway, Lot p. Fernandez, f. K.
Rathburn. Sol. Keoloewa, F. j. Ro- !
bello, J. F. c. Abel and Carl Willing.
LONG TRIAL ON.
Yesterday was the second day of the
trial of the double ejectment suit of
Kapiolani Estate, Ltd, against l.. A.
Thurston. At adjournment a remark
was heard that the trial was just be-
ginning.
Part of the evidence consisted of
minutes of trial of related case
kept by the late Chief Justice Judd in
1891, when the Supreme Court was a
tribunal OF first instance, with the jur-
isdiction conferred on the Circuit
courts by the Judiciary Act of 1892.
There was court stenographer in
those days, by name J. Walter Jones.
who still holds that position, the state
ment of the Bulletin to the contrary
For some reason or
other it would appear he was not en-
gagged on the trial in question. Chief
Justice Judd's notes are contained.
with those of many other cases, in
record book. The volume is consid-
erably worm-eaten, Its margins are
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