The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-05
NEW TERM
is OPENED
Murder Cases Are
Set for Various !,
Dates.

Judge DE Bolt, presiding, opened the
April term of the First Circuit Court
yesterday morning, delivering his
charge to the grand jury and calling
the calendar of criminal cases.
Before charging the grand jury,
Judge De Bolt expressed his opinion on
the question of pay of jurors. He hoped
system of requiring jurors to serve
without pay would never be adopted
here. 1t was. his belief that three dol
lars a day, instead of two as now,
would be the correct compensation for
a citizen doing jury service. In civil
cases the jury fees ought to be charged
up in costs to the losing party, and in
criminal cases added to the penalty
when a conviction resulted.
SETTING OF CASES.
The case of Edward M. Jones, muir
der, was set for trial on Monday, May
2. Osumi, murder, comes up today.
Yoshikawa Dengiro, murder, is contin-
ueu uHlll tlle lotn lllSl. huH SHoiS,
murder, is set for Monday next.
NJ. G. Silva, Sunday liquor selling,
will be called today.
The Territory's case against w. H.
Wright, former Treasurer, for embez-
element of public money, once more
goes over term. Five charges of en-
Uyr;r
also continued for the term, awaiting
a decision of the Supreme Court on
preliminary points.
The House vouchers cases-conspira-
cy against Enoch Johnson and Jonah
Kumalae, gross cheat against Solomon
Meheula> and gross cheat against
inst.
Other cases We're tentatively set for
different dates.
BEFORE OTHER JUDGES.
Judge Gear, after hearing argument
by Mr.. Lewis for plaintiff and Mr..
Ballou in person, denied the motion
for nonsuit in the injunction suit of
Sidney NJ Ballou VS.. Mutual Telephone
Company.
Judge Robinson was engaged yester-
day in hearing the injunction suit of
c. Desky VS.. C. w. Booth, to prevent
foreclosure and to reform mortgage.
Cathcart & Milverton and j. G. Pratt
for plaintiff; j. A. Magoon and ].
Lightfoot for defendant. The hearing
will be resumed at II o'clock this morn
ing.
Notice was posted yesterday by Clerk
Simonton that at 10 a. m. today Judge
Robinson would call even-numbered
cases on the calendar, from 152 to $50
both inclusive. These are civil cases.
Judge Gear will call the odd-number-
ed cases on the civil calendar tomorrow
morning.
NELSON SUIT DROPPED.
Georgia Mabry Nelson has dscontin-
ued her bill for maintenance against
Frank d. Nelson, who consents to pay
costs of suit. This is the end of the
proceedings under winch the reSpon-
dent was arrested on a writ of ne exeat
republica as he was about to leave the
Territory in an outgoing steamer. The
complainant found, in the first in
stance, that she and her husband had
not lived together in Hawaii long
enough to entitle either of them to
divorce and therefore had recourse to
the suit of maintenance.
= GUARDIAN RELEASED.
Releases of guardianship executed by
Charles o. Berger, Hilda Berger and
Olga Berger to Martha Berger have
been filed by Holmes & Stanley, attor-
neys. Each of the minors had come Of
age and obtained a satisfactory ac-
counting from the guardian. Olga Ber-
ger is now Sister Olga of the Cross. |
The releases We're executed before a |
notary public of Alameda county,
California