The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-07-05
MARITIME
CASES ALL
McCarthy and Edwards
Fined Under New
Statute.

William Mccarthy, who had previous.
ly pleaded guilty, and Benjamin c. Ed
wards, who now changed his previous
plea of not guilty to that of guilty. were
sentenced by Judge Dole yesterday each
to pay a fine of $40 and costs for vio-
lation of the shipping laws. They were
charged with going on board the ship
Solano, within "a hours after her arrival
in port, to solicit members of her crew
for boarding house Judge Dole in
timated that the penalty was made light
because the offenses were the first under
the amended law, but any future viola-
tions would be dealt with more severely.
The test case of Captain Simerson and
other employees of the Inter-Island
Steam Navigation Co. against that cor
poration, to decide whether seamens
wages can be withheld for payment of
lerritorial taxes, was called i'll the Fed
eral court yesterday morning. 1t was
ordered to be submitted on briefs.
While the United States law exempts
sailors wages from attachment, the law
OF Hawaii makes employers responsible
tor the personal taxes of their employees.
J. J. Dunno appeared for the libellants,
Abram Lewis Jr. for the libelee and
NJ. +. Prosser for the Territory.
a number OF seamen from the gun
boat Wheeling appned for naturaliza-
tion to Judge Dole, but had to be turned
away because their qualification will not
be complete until they receive discharge.
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Congress relating to bankruptcy. Have
no real estate
(Sgd) P. e. r. STRAUCH,
United States of America, Territory Of
Hawaii. SIS.
On this 1st day of July. A. D. 1904.
before me personally came Paul L. r..
Strauch, the person mentioned in and
who subscribed to the foregoing sched-
ule, and who being by me first duly
sworn did declare the said schedule
to be statement of all his estate, both
real and personal, in accordance with
the Acts of Congress relating to banks
ruptcy.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
at Honolulu, Island of Oahu, this first
day of July, A. D. 1904.
(Sgd.) ANTOINE MANUEL,
Notary Public First Jud. Circuit.
STRAUCH'S EXAMINATION.
Before Judge Robinson the examina-
tion of p. f. r. Strauch as Judgment
debtor in Burnette vs. Strauch was re-
sumed from a former day
Mrs Strauch carried the books of the
Cooperative Home Purchasing Society
into court but objected to having them
inspected, saying they We're her prop
erty Her husband induced her to give.
them up however before the court was
put under the necessity of Intervening.
and stated that they We're omen to in
spection.
Under examination by Geo A. Davis.
Strauch declared he received no salary
as manager of the Society. Out of each.
subscribers entrance fee of s4 he took
50 as his compensation. There were
344 subscribers on the books. No en-
try of the 50 taken by himself was
made. He had control of the funds un-
til the money was loaned. Books were
kept by him, but he was under no
bond. He neither had any money in
bank nor any debts owing to him.
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Manager Strauch filed the following
typewrltten document in court. which
is reproduced with only the correction
of spelling in few words:
Honolulu. T. H.. June 3Oth. 1904
"As no separate accounts are kept
by the Cooperative Home Purchasing
Society for commissions maid our to
the different Agents, it is impossible
for me to give the exact amounts earn