The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-10-02
VERDICT IS
NOT GUILTY
Mrs. Chiffon Goes
Forth a Free
Woman.

mot guilty" was the verdict rend-
cred by the jury in the case of jose
phine Chiffon, charged with harboring
a stolen child. 1t was presented to
Judge Gear by James II. Boyd, fore
man, at 4:25 yesterday afternoon, GO
ling ON the eighth day of the actual
trial of the case. Deputy Attorney Cen
eral Peters Immediately moved that
lthe defendant be discharged, her bond
lcanceled and suretes released, which
was ordered.
Judge Gear then, after consulting
Mr.. Peters and Attorney General An
drews excused the jury panel from
further attendance until Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
The closing addresses of Mr. Cathcart
and Mr. Peters, for the defense and
prosecution respectively, were power
full efforts While mans sympathy for
woman in distress was invoked for the
defendant on the one hand, it was
likewise done on the other hand for
the mother of Maggie Place. The jury
were out forty-five minutes.
AXTELL VS.. HENDRICK.
When Judge Robinson's court ad-
Ijourned yesterday afternoon, II. e.
Hendrck had been on the stand in
his own defense against the claim of
j. C. Axtell for $4,000 damages for
malicious arrest and prosecution. This
was the third day of the trial. c. G.
Biting is attorney for plaintiff, and
Thomas Fitch for defendant.
JURY PEGS OUT.
The jury panel in Judge De Bolts
court gave out yesterday morning while
IA jury was being empanelled to try
1.-THE ejectment suit of the Bishop Es-
tate trustees against Lila, a native
woman. Judge De Bolt ordered a spe-
Icial venre to issue for fifteen tales
men, returnable at o'clock this morn
ing. Holmes G. Stanley appeared for
plaintiffs. and Castle & Wilmington for
defendant.
Mr.. Stanley challenged Owen ]. Holt
for cause on the ground that he was
a salaried officer of the Government.
He is a poundmaster. The court de-
MED the challenge, whereupon Mr..
Stanley retired the juror with the
grave remarks: II think it would be
too bad to deprive the Government of
the valuable services of Mr.. Holt.
Therefore l excuse him peremptorily."
There being no more names to draw
from, the special venre was ordered.
DEMURRER FOR JONES.
Before Judge Gear yesterday morning
a demurrer to the two murder indict-
ments against +. NJ. Jones was enter
ed by his counsel, Robertson & Wilder
and j. J. Dunno. For one thing it is
claimed that the indictment Is defective
in not alleging generalization sufficient
ly, and for another that each indict-
ment charges two distinct murders. 1t
is also alleged that one of the indict-
ments has been altered by means of
an interlineation. According to an
oral statement made by Mr.. Dunno,
there is nothing to show that the Sarah
Parmenter mentioned in the first count
is the same person as the Sarah Par
menter mentioned the second count,
which also applies to the indictment
for the killing of Mrs. Jones.
WHOLESALE DISCHARGES.
Defendants were ordered discharged
and their bonds Cancelled in the follow
ing cases by Judge Gear yesterday.
Liu All Yong and eighteen other Chi
nese, appealed from Honolulu District
Court on sentence of five to six DAYS
imprisonment and payment of costs,
for being present at "A place where the
gambling game of paikau was being
carried on.
PAX Foo, appealed from sentence of
three months at hard labor and costs
and 90 other Chinese from sentence OF
q three days and costs, for being present
where the game of fan tan was being
played.
Seu San, appealed from sentence OF
: hard labor four days and costs, for as
: sault and battery on All See, woman
These cases' were all discharged I'M
' der a plea to the jurisdiction on the
u ground that the defendants had not
u been indicted by a grand jury.
TO AMEND VERDICT.
v Kinney & McClanahan, attorneys fol
defendant Helen Rowland in the eject
g ment case of Frank Godfrey, trustee
h for Thomas Metcalf, VS.. Helen Row
# land ct al, yesterday filed a motor
v that the verdict of the jury be amend
g ed by striking therefrom the reason
stated by the jury for arriving at theil
e verdict. The jury found verdict FOL
/ the defendant, as stated therein, for th'
# reason that there was not suficien
= evidence of a marriage license having
e been recorded for the nuptials of thu
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