The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-03-15
SO FAR SIX
CHALLENGES
Slow Progress Is
Made Getting
a Jury.

There were 80 Jurors returned before
Judge Robinson for purposes of the
Jones murder trial yesterday morning.
For sufficient cause shown the court at
the outset excused Henry A. Asch. A.
r. Gurrey, Jr., Robert Ball, ]. ]. Byrne,
Andreas Nelson and Charles Hummell.
At the close of Saturdays session the
situation consisted of eleven men hav-
ing passed for cause and one challenge
each having been exercised by the
prosecution and the defense. H. A.
Parmalee was challenged by the de-
Tense yesterday morning.
John Edwards passed for cause, only
to be peremptorily challenged by the
prosecution. f. ]. Walker and w. F.
Erving were excused for cause and
Jonathan Shaw was called, when the
noon hour arrived. The defense chal-
lenged H. C. Brown and the following
were called In succession but all failed
to pass for cause: NJ. ]. Carroll, H. w.
Lake, e. II. Wodehouse, Elan p. Cha
pin, Edwin J. Stone. Joseph Kaia, John
A. McCandless, Henry P. Roth, Henry
P. Kaohi and H. C. Carter, the last
named being excused on a Doctors GER
ticate.
Robert w. Atkinson passed for cause.
Jonathan Shaw was challenged by the
defense.
Thomas Andrews was called and was
under examination when the court adj
journed for the day, with eight names
still in the trial jury box.
AT the close of the day the total of
challenges exercised was two by the
prosecution and four by the defense,
leaving the prosecution four and the
defense eight available challenges.
The panels of Judges De Bolt and Gear
have been placed at the disposal of
Judge Robinson. Most of the jurors
drawn yesterday We're Gears.
SHORT JURY ACCEPTED.
After several hearings on prelimina-
ries, the trespass suit of j. Freitas vs.
d. Kawananakoa ct al. came to trial
by jury before Judge De Bolt yester-
day. j. A. Magoon and J. Lightfoot
appeared for plaintiff; C. w. Ashford
for defendant. After several jurors
had been excused for cause and per-
emptorily challenged by the parties,
the panel became exhausted and the
court ordered the appearance forthwith
of jurors who had been excused until
called.
At this point Mr.. Magoon offered to
accept the eleven men in the box to
try the case. Mr. Ashford consented
and the following jury of eleven was
sworn: Joseph Andrade, ]. C. Axtell,
Charles r. Collins, George Dillingham;,
c. H. Clapp, Henry Cook, William H.
| Mc1nerny, Sam X. Aki, d. ]. Styne, G..
j. Ludwigsen and John Kidwell. The
action relates to land in Kona, Hawaii,
! plaintiff claiming that d. Kawanana-
koa and ]. Kalanianaole violated a COW
enant of lease to him.
ALLEGED wRECKING CASE.
| Judge Gear further heard yesterday
and will resume the hearing this morn
ing of the alleged commercial wrecking
CASEY. o. Teixeira, A. ]. Lopez, Vic
torino Carreira, ]. G. Perrigil and Man
uel Souza VS.. American Dry Goods As
| ISOLATION, Ltd, L. b. Kerr & Co., Ltd,
and l.. b. Kerr. Broadly speaking the
complaint is that, by manipulation of
the shares of the American Dry Goods
Association, that corporation was ex-
tinguished and its business swallowed
by the Kerr corporation, the COM
plainants losing the $4,000 paid for their
| stock. Henry L. Highton appears for
the complainants, and Henry Il. Coo
per for the respondents.
COURT NOTES.
Jesse NJ. McChesney was again before
Judge Gear yesterday afternoon under
order to disclose all debts owing to Nj.
w. McChesney & Sons, the order being
on the motion of First National Bank,
| judgment creditor. The matter was
not concluded. Abraham Lewis, Jr,
appeared for the order; w. w. Thayer
for the respondent.
Harvey Carpenter has filed an
amended complaint against ]. Alfred
Magoon and Thomas Fitch, in the suit
to recover $3.50 on the check of Ma
COON to Fitch drawn on Bishop & Cos
bank, which Fitch endorsed and the
bank protested, the bank afterward as
signing the dishonored paper to the
i plaintiff. w. S. Fleming is plaintiff 8
attorney.
Judgment for plaintiff is entered in
the covenant suit of Enoch Johnson VS..
| William c, Achi. for s2i95 damages and
costs taxed at sS1.
| In the assumpsit suit of c. f, Camp
VS.. l.. X. Kentwell, with Bank of Ha-
wall and Hawaiian Realty and Ma
/ turity Co. garnishees. the defendants
are given ten days in which to answer
or take other course.