The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-16
-FOUR LADS
FROM JAIL.
Give Evidence OF
Stolen Goods
Depot.

yesterday 10 testify against Ho Sol,
indicted for receiving stolen goods.
I Three of them gave evidence In right
smart English showing the great
benefit of the Hawaiian free school
system, but the fourth-a Caliban in
appenrance-when asked II he under
stood the oath about to be put to him
requested an interpreters assistance.
1t was then but a few minutes till
noon so that this witness was Set a.
side and A McDufie, police officer,
substituted.
Alfred Figera, Antoine Lewis and
Joaquin Silva were the three prison
cadets examined. Their stories agreed
in general sort of way to prove the
coolest and most businesslike negotia-
tons with Ho Sol before committing
a robbery. ending in his agreement to
receive goods and pay the robbers a
proportion of the value of the booty
Ho Sois answer, as related by the
boys, when they told him on Febru-
4
Manuel Pacheco's store in the Magoon
block, Kakaako, the same night in
dictated that there were well-establish-
ed business relations between the gang
of thieves and the defendant.
"All right" was the laconic answer
they received from Ho Sol.
They told of the robbery and the
booty they carried to Ho Soi's fence
at 8 a. M on February %. A case of
salmon, several parcels of tobacco, half
a box of cigars, cigarettes, ETC., made
up the invoice Ho Sol, according to
the evidence of the robbers, paid the
chieftain of the band 81 or IS and they
went away. Next thing they were in
the hands of McDuffie and Deputy
Sheriff Chillingworth, with whom they
went to Ho Sois store.
In the afternoon Chillingworth and
the victim of the robbery, Pacheco,
were called by the prosecution, which
rested at 1926 without deeming the
fourth robbers evidence worth the eX-
pense of hiring an interpreter.
Officer McDuffie could not remember
the date of his arrest of the robbers,
but thought it was about the 18th of
February. This was such wide dis
tance from the date the boys gave that
Mr.. Cathcart, counsel for defendant,
moved to throw the evidence out. The
motion was overruled for the time be-
ing. Later portion of McDuffie's
evidence was struck out, the jury be-
ing directed to disregard it.
The following jury was empaneled to
try Ho Sol: Edwin Benner, ]. H.
to- pa
Harry Carl, ]. w. Bergstrom, C. ].
Fishel, John C. Lane, ]. j. Dias, G.
d. Malone, Geo. Dillingham;, ]. A. La
welawe. The trial will be resumed this
morning.
M F. Prosser, Deputy Attorney Cen
eral, is prosecuting
JUDGMENT RENDERED.
Judge De Bolt heard without a jury
the case of Washington Mercantile Co.
vs. VIM. A. Hall. Thayer & Hemen-
way appeared for plaintiff, and c. w.
Ashford for defendant. Judgment was
given for plaintiff fdr $50 and costs.
An exception was noted and notice of
motion for new trial given by de-
PENDANT
CALLING OF CALENDAR.
before Judge De Bolt yesterday half
dozen were passed for the time and
the following disposition made of
others:
Liliuokalani vs. the Inter-Island Tele-
graph Company and Mele Kahano VS..
NJ. Manuahi were struck from the cal
endar.
Houghton Miffin G. Company VS..
DR.. T. Mitamura, Tong See VS.. A. NJ
Brown, Honolulu Investment Company
VS.. Helen Rowland ct al and Thomas
F. McTighe VS.. Edward Walsh were
continued for the term.
In c.. w. Booth VS.. Wa Chu ct al the
appeal was dismissed and Oahu r. &
l.. Co. VS.. Lionel r, A. Hart and Hale |
akala Hart was set for hearing this |
afternoon.
HEATING ESTATE DIVISION.
NJ. d. Monsarrat, commissioner to |
divide property in the case of Heating |
VS.. Heating, has made his report. The |
land and house at Kaukahoku, Nuu- |
anu road, are divided by value three |
quarters to Mrs. Francis Heating and |
one quarter TO James Heating. Valu- |
ing the land at $4,000 and the house at |
$500, or $4,000 In alb Mrs. Keatings |
share is S2lOO worth and James keat- |
ing's 500 worth OF the total area of /
land, 19S acres, Mrs. Heating gets lao |
acres and the house and James Keat- |
ing 0,5S acre. Mrs. Heating has the |
mauka portion with frontake of 15i |
feet on Nuuanu road. and James Keat- |
ing the makai portion with frontage |
of 90 feet on the same road. Mr. Mon |
sarrat says that In dividing the prop |
erty the value Of the house and the lay !
81 the divisions have been taken into |
consideration. Besides being familiar 1
with the property he had made an /
examination OF Il since his appoint
ment,
ToRRENs LAND TITLE.
Judge Philip l.. Weaver has rendered |
a decision IN the Court OF Land Regis |
iralion. confirming and guaranteeing |
"a Rev Doremus scudder u. D. the :