The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-06
JURY GOES
To PIECES
Eleven Jurors Are
Excused From
Serving.
Claim of Attorney vivas
for Special Fee IS
Turned Down.
Execution Against Prince Cupid Is
Stayed-AdmiraIty Cases in
Federal Court.

Lack of jurors prevented any bust
ing done before Judge Robinson yes
terday. When the roll was called. all
of the jurors answered present except
J. A. NJ. Johnson, E. S. Cunha, D. II.
Davis. VIM. K. Haluahuia, Harry Asch.
Albert Barnes, Frank Barwick, John
H. Craig, r. Ralph Helm, E. Wells Pc
terson and n. H. Splitter, who, the
court stated, We're excused for the term.
Edward P. O'Brien was excused until
the sth, and Edward Dekum until the
18th inst. One of those excused is NOT
a citizen, while another is under voting
age.
There being but ten jurors remain
ing, the court ordered special venire
to issue for fourteen more. Fifty names
from the jury list We're placed in the
box and then these fourteen were
drawn therefrom, to appear ct 10
o'clock this morning and serve as trial
jurors for the term:
Samuel Kaloha, Geo. L. Desha, Jr.,
Manuel Miranda, Samuel Enrich. FL.
C. Brown, John C. Lane, Daniel Kaho-
ALI. William Dunbar, Henry Napua,
H. R. Macfarlane Jr., w. L. Fletcher.
Abraham L. Shaw, John Isaac, j. C.
Cohen.
Mr.. Enrich served on the late grand
jury and Mr.. Lane is member of the
Board of Health.
The order stated that the venire was
to be issued to the High Sheriff of the
Territory and the Sheriff of the County
of Oahu.
The ten jurors on the original panel
not excused temporarily or for the term
are Hiram Kaaha, James D. Dougher-
ty j. M. Dowsett, A. r. Gurrey, Jr.,
Willard E. Brown, John J. Egan, James
Mott, Jr., Arthur w. Rice, Geo. B. Nc
Clellan and Albert Lucas.
THE CIVIL SIDE.
Judge De Bolt heard jury-waived
cases all day.
r. J. Tesla VS.. Mary Ann Lee, adj
ministratrix of the estate of Amalia
Joy, was assigned to Judge Gear, as
Judge De Bolt is disqualified.
81 in his suit against Cecil Brown, ad-
ministrator of the estate of William
Phillips, deceased. A. G. Correa, coun-
sci for plaintiff, noted an appeal. w.
L. Stanley, counsel for defendant, paid
the dollar in court. Mr.. Vivas sued for
s25 services in connection with issuing
a marriage license to the deceased, be-
sides the regulation fee of 81 due him
as agent. The plea he offered was that
Phillips insisted on fetching him from
house to Office at great inconvenience to
him, outside of office hours, to give him
the license.
w. T. Rawlins for defendant with
drew the appeal in the case of H. T.
James. assignee of the Honolulu Paint
& Wall Paper Co., against Goo Hoy.
COURT NOTES.
Judge De Bolt approved the accounts
of II. NJ. Won Holt, executor of the es-
tate of Frank Brown, deceased, which
were filed November q last. They
showed receipts $S363.32, payments
$S010.51, balance $352.s1.
Cecil Brown, attorney for Bruce Cart
wright, trustee, has filed a brief in the
matter of the disputed shares of Wal
luku stock in the estate of the late
Thomas Cummins.
Inc supreme Sourt, Oh the dppllCd-
ton of c. W. Ashford for defendant,
yesterday afternoon issued a writ of
prohibition to stay execution in the
debt case of w. w. Dimond & Co. VS..
Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole.
THE FEDERAL COURT.
Judge Dole completed the hearing of
testimony in the admiralty suit of
Donovan VS.. American schooner Encore
yesterday and appointed Saturday for
argument.
w. B. Mailing, as United States Com
missioner, yesterday afternoon began
taking testimony in the admiralty case
of Jackson VS.. American barkentine
Encore, in which the libellant claims
$4,000 damages for personal injury at
sea caused by the parting of sheets al
legged to have been rotten.