The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-09

of Judge Gear. on motion Of Assistant
Attorney General prosscr. because Of
the defendants death The man was
LIN Lock indicted for killing Lam
,hung Chin nm insurance clerk in the
office OF W G, Irwin 4 Co He died
of heart and lung trouble while awaiting
trial from the June term
The crime was committed ON June p.
Liu Lock went to Chin's house in the
evening and. the owner being ont. wait
ed Tor him under tree in the yard
When Lam T. Chin returned the two
had a conversation outside for n few
minutes and then Liu Lock was invited
into the house. He was asking Chin to
endorse a note for him which Chin re-
fused TO do As Lam +. Chin went to
the middle of the room to push the CEN
ter lamp up, Liu Lock fired into his
body with a pistol, Chm ran out and
received another bullet on reaching the
veranda. Running into Achi's lane he
was again shot and fell to the ground.
As the shooter then rctrcatcd he fell in
to the hands of Henry Mossman, deputy
high sherffS clerk, who arrested him.
Before the shooting Lui Lock told
Lam T. Chin in presence of the latter's
wife, that he intended to kill both him
and Lee Chew, president of the Oahu
Lumber 4 Building Co., il they would
not endorse his note There were FIVE
eyc-witncsscs of the shooting. The in
dictmcnt charged Liu Lock with wound
ing his victim in the right side of the
chest, in the stomach and in the abdo-
men. averring that the wounds in the
chest and abdomen were mortal and
caused Lam Tshung Chin to die at Ho-
nolulu on the 22nd day of June, 1904.
CIVIL CALENDAR.
At 10 o'clock this morning Judge
Robinson will cali the even-numbered
cases on the September term calendar,
from No. I5a to No. 900 both inclusive.
Causes will be called for having them
set down as ready for trial or for other
proper disposition.
ESTATE HAS GROWN.
M. I. Simonton filed masters re-
port on the account of Cecil Brown,
guardian of the person and estate of
Mary Alice Porter. minor. The in
come account showed $3oo6.oI received
and $2a3o.o4 dsbursed. From income
account $IIoo was transferred to prin-
cipal account for investment and with
$500 received in payment of note
made $500. which was invested. Mr..
Simonton shows from the records that
since Mr.. Brown was appointed guardian
of the minor on April 80, 1000, the prin-
cipal of the estate has increased $4576. 20
net This clearly shows" the master
says, "that the guardian has exercised
great care in the investment of the
funds of his ward" The principal is
now $Io,oIL73. Judge Robinson has
the report.
JAMES KINGS ESTATE.
w. c. Crook Jr., administrator of the
estate of James Kino deceased, has filed
an inventory of assets. There is real
estate consisting of one-sxith of two
thirds interest in property left by the
late Hon. ]. A. King, father of de-
ceased, $S52.7S being the total of such
interest, and personal property
of cash from court $22I.oo
and cash from J. Lightfoot $ooI73, a
total of $II23.72, making the aggregate
value of assets $Io76.5o.
COURT NOTES.
Judge De Bolt granted divorce to
Lila Akina against John Akna on the
ground of non-support, ordering libellee
to pay costs and counsel fee of $50.
w. l.. Whitney appeared for libellant.
Libellee made no appearance.
c. W. Ashford has entered demur-
rer for defendant in the suit of H. G..
trustee in bankruptcy of
Chas. +. Herrick Carriage Co., VS..
David Kawananakoa.
Moriwaki Ichijuro VS.. Fred Harrison
has been discontinued by J. M. Vivas,
plaintiffs attorney. 1t was an appeal
from judgment for plaintiff for $2o.o5
in the Honolulu District Court
Frank Andrade has entered appear
ance as attorney for libellee in the
divorce suit of Laura Elizabeth Warren
VS.. Henry Robert Warren.
William A. Kinney has entered a
joinder in demurrer in his libel suit
against Samuel Parker His attorneys
are Henry +. Cooper S. II. Derby and