The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-02

OF SEOUCER
Jury Quick About
Jack Morsan's
Guilt.

Jack Morgan was found guilty as in
dicted for the seduction of Irene Luciel
Edwards, after an absence of the jury
for but four minutes to consider their
verdict. Judge Robinson set 10 o'clock
this morning as the time for pronounce
ing sentence upon the defendant.
The case went to the jury shortly be-
fore five o'clock yesterday afternoon,
the trial having begun last Monday
morning. There was no evidence put
on by the defense, which seemed to re-
ly on what Ii deemed the weakness OF
the prosecutions case. Judge Robin
son, however, yesterday morning over
ruled n motion for a directed verdict
of acquittal.
Mr. Creighton occupied an hour and
a quarter in closing to the jury for the
defense.
Deputy Attorney General Peters
spoke about half as long for the prose-
cution. He had been assisted in the
trial by C. w. Ashford as private coun-
sci for the prosecuting witness. j. NJ.
Vivas was associate counsel for the de-
fense.
Some little time was spent in arrang-
ing about the courts instructions, when
The jury that vindicated the honor
of woman consisted of Sam. NJ. Kama
kau, II. W. Lake, John c. Lane, +. r.
Bivens, Albert Lucas, Edward Dekum,
Willard Il. Brown, William Dunbar, S.
William Spencer, j. NJ. Dowsett, j. c.
Cohen and John Isaac.
JUDGE wILCOX'S ESTATE.
la,, n
Albert Barnes, appraisers, have filed an
inventory and appraisement of the es-
tate of William Luther Wilcox. de-
ceased. The real estate amounts in
value to s66,521, and the personal prop
erty to s22S12.5O total of sS9,333.5O.
PETITION TO SELL LAND.
Samuel f. Woolley of Laie, oahu. ad-
ministrator under the will of Makanoe
(w), deceased, petitions for leave to
sell real estate in order to pay debts
owing by the estate. He says he has
received an offer from Edgar Henriques
of $3700 for one parcel of land in Nuu-
anu valley containing So acres. The
debts amount to about $4,000. The petit
toner says the Laie Plantation Co. is
liable at any time to forecloSe "A mort
gage against the estate and sell it's
property at forced sale.
HEAVY DAMAGES CLAIMED.
Kinney, McClanahan & Cooper have
uI luIpldWoo puotuB ol uonou p5Iy
the suit of Capital Building Co., Ltd,
VS.. Henry Waterhouse & Co. The COM
plant is based on an alleged agreement
made by defendants to finance build
ing project of j. j. Egan and Philip f.
Frear, under which they were to ad-
vance to Egan and Frear, or to a cor
poration which might be formed for
the purpose, the sum of $4,000 to aid
in the erection of building to cost
between $4,000 and $4,000 upon the
Hotel street lot next the Y. NJ. c. A.
building. 1t was under this arrange
ment that the Capital Building Co. was
incorporated. one subject of complaint
is that the defendants negotiated GER
tain promissory notes deposited with
them as collateral and out of the pro-
ceeds retained $1,000 for their own pur-
poses. Cohplainants did not mind this
much, in view of the agreement Of de-
PENDANTS to back their scheme, but they
say that afterward defendants ceased
to take any interest in the scheme and
continually raised objections to the
plans proposed by Egan and Frear.
They claim s35,937.5O as damages for
breach of contract.
ACCOUNT APPROVED.
Judge Robinson approved the mas
ter's report by NJ. T. Simonton on the
accounts of Isabella McC. Jones, guar
dian of her four minor children.