The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-09-15
CHARGE OF
CONSPIRACY
Attempt to AnnuI
the Holt Girls
Marriage.

A petition for the annulment OF tht
marriage of Eliza II. =. Holt to Al.
bert Christian, charging conspiracy tc
obtain possession of the girls property
was filed yesterday.
The girl is only seventeen years OF
are and the suit for annulment was
filed by her guardian, Annie Holt Kent
well. The guardian makes serious
charges against the husband and
against George Sea, which the latter
claim arr false. 1ney say that the
father of the girl gave his consent to
the marria5N.
In the petition filed yesterday 1t Is
alleged that Annie Kentwell is first
cousin of Eliza r. p. Holt, and was ap-
pointed guardian of her person and
property on September 10, 1900, by
Judge Humphreys.
1t is also set out that on January g.
1903 plaintiff as guardian had to in
stitute proceedings against her ward,
Eliza Holt, before Judge Wilcox. on a
charge of disobedience, and that she
was found guilty and sentence suspend
ed for one month. 1t is then alleged
that after sentence was suspended she
went to the home of George Sea, to
wean her child, which had been adopted
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sea.
1t Is then alleged THAT the said
Eliza r. p. Holt is the daughter of
John D. Holt, Sr. who at the time
hereinafter to be mentioned, as well
as at the present time is possessed of
a life estate in a large amount of valu-
able real estate in the Territory of Ha-
wall, all of which said property, upon
the death of him, the said John u.
Holt Sr., will become the property in
fee OF the said Eliza II. Holt, If she
survive him. and she tie said Eliza r.
p. Holt will become in the ordinary
course of affairs woman of wealth
and of large estate. That the said
Eliza r. p. Holt is also possessed in her |
own right of valuable real estate within |
the Territory of Hawaii. and was so |
possessed at the times hereinafter men, /
toned, all of which said facts We're
well l-nown to the said George c. Sea
and his wife, and to the said Albert
Christian made defendant herein"
"That on or about the Goth day of
January, 1903, and within less than one
week after the suspension of the sem
tenCe by the District Magistrate as
above related, the said Eliza r. p. Holt,
an incompetent, being under the in
fluence and command of the said
George c. Sea and wife, was Influenced
persuaded and compelled to go through
the performance of a certain pretended
marriage ceremony, performed by the
Rev. Father Clement on the Goth day
of January, 1908, with the said Albert
Christian, who, in conspiracy with the
said George c. Sea, and in pursuance {
thereof consented to and aided and | ,
abetted In persuading and coercing the
said Eliza K. =. Holt into the said pre- :
tended marriage.
THAT at the time of entering into
said pretended marriage, the said Eliza :
r. p Holt was incapable by reason
of mental imbecility from knowing or
the obligations of the .
contract, and in fact
was incapable by reason of her I
defect, of understanding, in entering
into or performing any contract
)e what nature or kind soever, and by
reason thereof was incapable of dis
posing of her person or property; and
b fore said time, at said time, and up
10 the present time, never has the said $
Eliza Il. =. Holt been capable of know Il
ng or understanding the ordinary re- p
ations Of life, being possessed only of T.
he most infantile intelligence and by n
Holt was, at said time, has been con-
since, and is now absolutely a
Unable to know or realize the duties "
md obligations of married life and "
hat by reason thereof, the said pre- s.
ended marriage was and is utterly II
md absolutely void. s
The petitioner believes and so al II
eges on belief, that a conspiracy was \
ntered into and carried out between f,
he said George C. Sea and Albert n
'hriG'ian to carry out said pretended II
marriage for the double purpose of at +
empting to relieve the said Eliza r. =. n
Holt from proper and legal guardian :,
hip, and with the ultimate purpose of -
obtaining possession or con- q
rol of the property at said time owned n
y the said Eliza Il. p. Holt, and pros
actively to be vested in her upon the !,
cath of her father, John d. Holt, Sr. :,
THAT the said George c. Sea and AL ~
'ert Christian then and there well ~
the defective mental condi-
ion of her, the sid Eliza r.. p Holt -
nd by fraud and undue influence pre- =
allied upon her to go through the per-
ormance of said marriage ceremony;
nd that by reason of having her, the
aid Eliza II. =. Holt, in the power of l
lin, the said George Sea, he and the
aid Albert Christian We're enabled to,
n pursuance OF their conspiracy, and
lid prevail upon her so to do, and
hat 1t has been notorious fact. and is
It this time amongst all those who A.
Snow her, that the said Eliza r. =. ,
Holt has been a mental imbecile and u
of knowing or conducting her q
Imairs in any matters whatsoever" b
The court is asked to annul the mar -
'iage. Christian is a purser on one
II the island steamers. II
The relations of lady who had died, !,