The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-09-11
ONE PANEL.
EXHAUSTED
Excuses so Many
TaIesmen Are
Needed.

With the grand jury and three trla
jury panels of twenty-six men each
between 400 and 500 cases on the calen
dar, about four score defendants il
criminal cases appealed or held owe
and large array of lawyers, together
with witnesses and spectators, in at
tendance it may be imagined there wa!
Jam of humanity upstairs in tn,
Judiciary building at the opening fol
actual business of the September tern
of the Circuit Court of the First Judi
cial Circuit yesterday morning.
First, Second and Third Judges De
Bolt, Gear and Robinson, respectivelv
sat on the bench in the Supreme Court
room, as the largest one, for the open.
ing preliminaries.
The jury rolls We're called and every
panel was diminished through excuses
granted until barely working strength
was left to any of them. Indeed, as
will be seen further along, the FIRST
attempt to empanel trial jury proved
a failure for lack Of men after three or
four challenges.
JURORS EXCUSED.
Judge Gear, presiding at the term,
]
w. Booth until Monday next ]. C.
| Wells, II. S. Swinton, Chas. Lake and
| A. Fernandez for the term. Wells and
Swinton were let off on account of age,
Fernandez as a minister of religion.
These excuses leave but eighteen grand
jurors.
Trial jurors excused by Judge Gear,
for various reasons, We're w. C. Pea
A f4I
S. Il. Rose, o. p. Emerson, Lionel r.
A. Hart and Geo. Rowan. Dreier was
excused until Monday on account of
illness. Rose, If he does not leave for
the Coast by next Wednesday, is to re-
port back to the court. Hart was ex-
cused for one week. For this week
Judge Gear has but nineteen Jurors on
the effective list.
Judge De Bolt excused George Fern
for one week on a doctors certificate,
John Kamanoulu, J. H. Love, j. w.
Naukana, Ernest Renkin and +. ].
Tesla. He had no choice but to excuse
C. B. Gray and Antoine REGARD. alb
sent on the other islands, and F. Row
land and L. Tobrino. on the mainland
Judge De Bolt has Just sixteen Jurors
from which to draw an acceptable
twelve for any trial this week.
Judge Robinson is left with only sew
enteen men on his panel. James En-
right could not be found for service to-
appear. A. X. Ozawa and John Enos
were excused until the 21st inst John
Markham. j. o. Lutted, A. F. Franca
John Fl. Taylor, Z. B. Mikalemi and
John De Fries We're excused for the
term, the last three on account of Gov
eminent employment
HOURS APPOINTED.
Judge De Bolt stated the hours 1T
which he would hold court, later issu-
ing an order covering his oral state
ment as follows:
Until otherwise ordered, the First
Judge of this court will hear ex parte
motions and other short matters each
morning from Q to $3.50 o'clock, upon
previous arrangement therefor.
AT $3.50 a. M, each day (eXcept on
Mondays of the said Judges week at
chambers and on Saturdays) Jury
trials will be taken up and continued,
to the exclusion of all other matters.
for the day.
Recess from u m. to 80 p. M, court
adjourning at p. IN. for the day.
THE jury will be excused at D. M
each Friday until $50 a. M, Monday
following, except when it is said
Judges week at chambers, when the
jury will be excused until $3.50 a. M,
Tuesday following.
ION Saturdays, from a. M to - n.,
demurrers and other matters,
not requiring a jury, will be heard.
THE calendar will be called from
time to time as occasion requires, Of
which calling counsel will be notified
the press and otherwise"
Judge Gear stated that the hours of
his sessions would be from 10 to u
a. m. and 1870 or to p. m. He iok-
ingly referred to Judge De Bolt as IAN |
early riser"
Judge Robinson announced his hours |
the same as those of Judge Gear
The grand jury and Judge Gears |
trial jurors We're excused until 10 |
o'clock this morning.
WORK BEGINS.
Judge De Bolt ordered his panel to
appear at 1880 the same afternoon.
At that hour he called Luika Kilina-
he VS.. II. r. MaCfarlane ct al, eject
ment. Plaintiff was not ready to go
On with the trial and the court order
I'd the complaint dismissed. Dickey
Tor plaintiff noted an exception.
The next case in order was set for
his morning, as another was an
bounced ready but, when the attorneys
we're gathered in court, this case was
discontinued. 1t was the ejectment
suit OF Emma NJ. Nakuina VS.. John
and w. c. Achi. with Andrews
4 Andrade for plaintiff and Robertson
&Wilder for defendants.
The attempt to bring on a trial at
hat sitting failed, and the court adj
ourned after peremptorily ordering all
parties in interest in the following
'ases to be ready for trial at $3.50 this
viz: A, Harrison Mil Co..
Ltd. VS.. Waialua Hotel Co.. Ltd; Ka-
slauka VS.. Waianae Co., and ]. o. {
Carter ct al, trustees, VS.. Lula (wo.
Judge Robinson had his panel on {
land at p. m. and started with the
'jectment case of Kapiolani Estate,
It'd, VS.. l., A. Thurston. The suit {
vas begun June 30, 1900. and is for
IA acres OF land at Palikea, Homo