The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-01


complaint as to the church was dis
missed. The trial is still on.
SMALL DAMAGES.
The trespass suit of Mre. Fanny Love.
administrative, VS.. z. C. Copeland, with
Auditor j. H. Fisher, garnishee. had
a third and final hearing. jury waived,
before Judge De Bolt yesterday. F.
Andrade for plaintiff; c. a. Davis for
defendant. The court awarded plain
tiff damages of s1,-from which ruling
she appealed. The claim was for $751;
80 and costs, on account of the shoot
ing of horse.
CRIMINAL MATTERS.
Manchong's trial for the murder of
Mahelona, the policeman who was at
tempting to arrest him in the act of
stealing, was yesterday continued for
the term by Judge Robinson. The rea-
son was that the jury were excused
until called for the Jones murder trial
next Monday, which will probably ex-
haust some weeks of the term.
Solomon Meheula, Enoch johnson and
Jonah Kumalae, indicted in connection
with the House vouchers, yesterday
had their pleas further continued until
tomorrow.
After a short session yesterday, the
grand jury adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
HABEAS CORPUS AGAIN.
Goto's habeas corpus case, which has
been hanging fire since November 20
last, had a fresh airing before Judge
Gear yesterday morning The ground
of petition for the writ is that Goto
is imprisoned contrary to the constitu-
ton, the punishment of imprisonment
in default of paying fine of $3.50 and
costs being Infamous" and, therefore,
not lawfully to be imposed without in
dictment by grand jury. Goto receiv-
ed. the sentence just mentioned on |
II, on appeal from the Dis
trict Court. j. w. Cathcart appeared |
for the writ; E. c. Peters, Deputy At-1
torney General, for High Sheriff A. NJ. |
Brown and Tailor William Henry
High Sheriff Brown, answering ques- |
lions by the court, stated that he was
aware that since 1893 pris- |
oners had not been hired out to private |
A law of 1890, as he
thought, restricted the labor of prison |
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Attorney S. NJ. Ballou had the Mu- |
-uaI Telephone Co. up before Judge |
Gear yesterday for contempt of court /
Treasurer Godfrey Brown and Super
ntendent w. F. Lehigh responded for
he company, Abram Lewis, Jr., ap-
1earing as its counsel. Mr. Ballou
personally advocated the order to show
ause.
The ground of the citation was that
he respondent company had disobeyed
he temporary injunction of the court
~ interfering with the compliments
louse telephone while his injunction
uit against the company was still
'ending. This it was alleged the Mu-
ua1 Telephone Co. did by emitting Mr..
3allou's name from the latest issue of
IS directory of subscribers.
Mr.. Ballou contended that the COM
any could only purge itself of con-
empt by destroying its March issue of
he telephone directory and issuing
ew book with his name in it as that
f a subscriber.
After hearing evidence and argu-
1ent, Judge Gear announced that he
-; |
The injunction suit was brought by
1r. Ballou many months ago, to COM
ell the Mutual Telephone Co. to give
is house connection with it's service.
lie had applied to the company for
and telephone to be installed in his {
ifes bedroom, Mrs. Ballou then being
I poor health. An instrument was
ut in which was too heavy to handle ]
nd, as the company did not have the
ind desired in stock, Mr.. Ballou pro- g
lred a hand telephone from the Ow-
rs concern and had it connected with
lie Mutuars wires. The company cut
# the connection and refused to re-
ore it while the foreign telephone
as kept. Mr.. Ballou brought an in
motion suit to compel the company
give him telephone connection, on :
hich a temporary writ was granted 5
ending the determination of the suit. t
18th many extensions of time given o
lie Mutual Telephone Co. to file it's
lswer to the complaint, the suit has
jagged a long time past. Ii
FOREIGN SHIPS DESERTERS.
The four deserving German sailors s
ON the British bark Clan Buchanan, b
no were arrested on the requisition II
British Consul Hoare, were again
fore Judge Gear yesterday after u
ION. After brief hearing, the mat a
r was continued until o'clock this =
Holmes & Stanley ap-
AIRED for the Consul, who desires to z
We the men placed on board the ves-
A. H. Crook represented the sail
s.
COURT NOTES.
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