The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-18
JURY SETS
WORTH FREE
Joyful End to His
Wife's Anxious
Waiting.
Woman Long Deserted
Brings a Suit for
Divorce.
Supreme Court Asked to Review
It's Own Decision Court
Items.

After an absence or ten minutes the
Jury returned a verdict of not guilty IN
the case of Chief Mate Worth, of the
Gillian ship Othello, on his second trial.
the present term for assault with
dangerous weapon. The case went to
the jury at seven minutes past four yes
terday afternoon. Judge De Bolt, on
hearing the verdict, Immediately ordered
the defendant discharged.
Mrs. Worth, who had been watching
the trial ali day from the space for
spectators, received the glad words with
fears of JOY, and all the police officers
in court were among those who only
waited until the fond wife had well
coined her spouse back to liberty until
they offered him each the glad hand.
The distressed woman could not re-
press her interest in the trial while it
was going on When Captain Flint S
absence was being discussed she warmly
used words to this effect:
81 saw him pass along Queen street
at half-past nine this morning and he
ought to be here when he IS wanted.
De Bolt said in mild suppression of the
breach of court decoruin.
Again, when japanese undertook
TO coach the prosecuting attorney IN
a witness for the de-
tense, Mrs. Worth audibly told the man
to mind his own business.
THE TRIAL.
Henry C. Worth was put on trial for
a second time this term before Judge
De Bolt yesterday morning, under IN
dictnlent for. assault and battery with a
weapon dangerous to life. The act al
legged was the shooting of a japanese
seaman in the neck, on board the Chilian
ship Otl1ello on the evening of Sunday,
March 90 last, while the defendant was
chief mate of that vessel and the vessel
was lying off the mouth of Pearl Har-
Dor within sight of Honolulu. At the
first trial the jury disagreed and was
dismissed Defendant on that occasion
said in his evidence that he wanted 9
speedy trial. knowing that several eye
witnesses of the shooting were out o.
the Territory, because he wanted to ge
away.
w. S. Fleming. Deputy Attorne,
General, again appeared for the Terri
1 IOIY, anti OdIlIQCi -
the defendant The following Jurors
jas drawn were declared a satisfactor!
panel by both sides: ]. R. Gait. II. c
|, Austin Jessin Andrade. Chas F. Mer
rifield, w. NJ. Campbell, Albert Lucas
Edmund Norrie, Jos. ]. Dias, r. w
Davis. E. O. K. East, E. II. Wode
| house and O. H. Berrey.
| Yasuda Otojiro, the man who wa
| shot. was the first witness. Next wa
Franklin C. Sawyer and then 4adoist
Katokichi. nassivelv built japanese
who testified to having been directly be
/ hind Otojiro during the trouble. III
| evidence further was that Worth knock
| ed Otojiro down with blow on tn
side, and when the man got II
shot him in the neck. Otojiro went owe
the side of the vessel afterward wlthou
assistance, holding the wound with HI
hand. In the launch the wounded ma
did not join in conversation takln
/ place among the other occupants of tn
boat. He was dull appearing until some
one gave him drink of gin, when h
became quite animated The witr1es
said he came from Molokai twice. to al
Itend court. On cross-examination b
said the four foreigners aboard tn