The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-05-26
SIX MONTH
FOR WILSON
at
kamehameha
Sent Up.
(From Saturdays Daily.)


machine from the Won Hamm Young
Co. and sentenced to prison by Judge
De Bolt for a term of six months.
Wilson, on the stand, denied the
charge and said that the sewing ma
chine he was accused of taking was
his own property. He said that he had
formerly been employed by the Singer
Manufacturing Co. and had been given
the machine in lieu of salary. When he
went to work for Won Hamm- Y Dung
Co. ne stored the machine in their
storehouse, and when he sold it, he sent
an expressman to get it. This story
was disputed by witnesses from that
firm, who claimed the machine belong
ed to them.
The defendant also exhibited dis
charge from the army as showing his
character. Judge De Bolt, in passing
sentence, said the crime was a pecu-
liarly aggravating one, in that the de-
PENDANT occupied a position of trust
and confidence, and his crime was not
only larceny but breach of trust
When the court asked the defendant
if he had anything to say why SEN
tence should not be passed, he turned
to the jury and said vehemently:
Nothing. except the story I told to
the jury Is the absolute truth
Judge De Bolt replied that the jury
was the Judge of. the facts and imposed
the sentence of six months in prison.
THE MURPHY CASE.
The Murphy case, though still far
from completion, presented some in
teresting features yesterday. Kaio, the
native who was on the stand all morn
ing, admitted on cross-examination
that he was not on good terms with
Murphy and that parts of the story
told by him were false. He said he
was afraid of the defendant.
He was followed on the stand by Ke-
Ia, native woman who lived eight
hundred yards away from the Murphy
cottage. She testified that she heard
shot and going out on the veranda
saw smoke rising from near Murphy's
house. on cross-eXamination she said
it was also near where Kaio was
standing.
She also admitted that she was not
on good terms with the defendant and
said she had had trouble over her pigs
and pigeons.
Captain Kane was the last witness
for the prosecution yesterday. He ar
I Murphy told him at the time that he
knew nothing of the shooting, and that
Perry had fallen from the mule and
then been kicked.
The attorneys for the defendant
again renewed their waiver to any
irregularity in allowing the jurors to
separate at night. The court. refused
to grant this however, and the jurors
were put in good humor by a promise
of magazines to read.
COURT NOTES.
The case against Frank De Mello,
charged with assault and battery, was
dismissed upon motion of the Attor-
ey-General. The same action was
taken in the case of Domingis Ferreira
also charged with assault.
Sentence was suspended upon Mark
Winle, a Chinese woman charged with
selling liquor without license. Louis
kaufman also had sentence suspended
until next term. He was sentenced to
three months for adultery in the lower
court.
gambling, the jury returned verdict
of not guilty.
Lee Chock pleaded guilty to gam
bling and was fined twenty-five dollars.
a nolle prosequi was entered as to the
Chinese arrested with him.
George r. Carter has asked for his
discharge as guardian of w. A. Hall,
spendthrift.
Allen e. Robinson have filed lien
against the Manoa residence of F.. NJ.
Swanzy for 49, 1926.
. . . . . . .
Company ID to go into camp in Homo
lulu for five days during June. The
encampment Is under the directory of
u. S. army officers and it is the desire
of Col. Jones, n. G.. H., to have the
different companies well represented.
Ben II. Brown has been reinstated to
his former position as senior captain of
the Hilo police force. He will attend to
prosecuting cases before the district
magistrate.
A, special meeting of the Banana
Growers Association with the Hilo
Agricultural Society vii be held at the
offices of C. Furneaux, Saturday aft
ernoon, May 23rd, at 1880 o'clock.
Owing to press of other business c.
l.. Clement resigned the secretaryship
of the Federation of Allied Trades at
the meeting on Monday night. A. r.
Handbook succeeds him.
Henry L. Achilles, at one time a resi-
dent of Hlo, died at his home, Roches-
ter, New York, on April &c.
Superintendent Lambert has complet-
ed the designs for passenger coach to
be run between Waiakea and Hilo.
! Judge Little rendered a decision at
Chambers Monday in the case of T.
X. Lalakea VS.. The Hilo Sugar Com
| pany in favor of defendant.
l. Captain Lake received a wireless
| message Wednesday night saying you
win" The winning was a $500 span of
horses which were ratified off May 10 at
| Honolulu.
l.. III. Bricker, successor to Postoffice
Inspector Madden, arrived in Hilo by
the Kinau this week on an official
trip.