The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-07
HARRISON
SENTENCED
After Remarkably
Sensational
Trial.
AttorneyHogan Ordered
Out and Cited for
Contempt.
Forty Years for Japanese Grim
inaI-Ciyil Trials in
Progress.

| George Harrison was put on trial De-
fore Judge De Bolt yesterday morning,
for attempting to murder his wife on
March q, by firing two shots at her
with a revolver. There were some sem
sationaI episodes in the course of the
trial. which kept happening right to
the end. w S. Fleming, Assistant At
forney General, and Frank Andrade
appeared for the prosecution, and Hen
ry Hogan for the defendant. The first
twelve Jurors drawn were accepted by
both sides. being: II. c. Austin, G. j..
Ludwigsen, John Kidweil, G. Keaiof1a-
pauole H. P. Kaohi, =. H. Bellina, G.
j. Falk, Percy I4ishman, S. K. Paulo,
w. E. Brown, James Bicknell and w.
NJ Buchanan.
witnesses called for the Territory in
the forenoon were ]. S. Fox, Geo. F..
Shull. Albert Gunderson, Chas. LAM
bert. Chas c.. Morasky, Mrs Mary
Catherine Harrison and Mrs. Lily Ke-
kipi. A revolver and cartridges were
presented as exhibits.
The first symptom OF trouble occurred
when Judge De Bolt rebuked Mr.. Ho-
gan for making a farce of the exam
ination of jurors.
Officer Lambert. who arrested Harri-
son. was handed the weapon and am
lnunition to identify. Mr.. Hogan jump
ed forward and snatching the revolver
out of the witnesses hand placed it on
the table in front of Mr.. Fleming.
HOGAN CHECKED.
..Don't do that again, Mr.. Hogan"
u Il r1xy RI,
the attorney, pointing his finger at him.
When the next witness had taken. the
stand, Juror Kidwell interrupted Mr.
FIeming's questions by rising to re-
mark:
Before this trial proceeds any fur
Their, I desire to say that it is impos-
sible for the jury not to be prejudiced
against the defendant on account OF
the manner in which his counsel is
conducting himself
Judge De Bolt said it was sometimes
very trying to the court itself, but the
Jury must not be influenced by any
prejudice They should be guided sole
ly by the evidence.
Mr.. Hogan gazed at the complaining
Juror steadfastly until the prosecution
was done with the witness. Then, with
sidelong stare at Mr.. Kidwell, he
bowed to the court and emphatically
asked:
MAY I have the permission OF the
objecting juror to ask a few questions
of the witness 2"
Judge De Bolt replied that he had
all of the privileges of an attorney so
long as he exercised such in a proper
manner. The cross-examination then
proceeded without friction to its close.
THE wIFE'S ACCOUNT.
Mrs. Harrison testified about leaving
her house in Liliha street the night in
question, going on board the car and
seeing her husband get aboard on the
opposite side. She was not looking at
him. but heard two shots fired and saw
Harrison's arm raised. The flashes
passed by her face and she fell off the
car. Against the objections of Mr.. Hoo
gan she was allowed to testify of trou-
BILE between her husband and herself
as having been usual in their married
life, and of threats he had made Short
| ly previous to the shooting that he
would blow out her brains.
On the night in question, as Mrs.
Harrison testified, there was a luau
next door to their home. Under cross
examination she said she had drank
something there. She could not remem-
Der the number of drinks she had talk
en-, but said it might have been four
or five.
t "was it water. tea or whisky?'' Mr..
Hogan asked.
They had wine and beer witness
CURLY answered.
| Another cross admission was that
on the evening of the shooting she had
thrown all of Harrison's things out of
/ the house.
Mrs. Kekipi, at whose house the Har-
risons lived, is a fair woman-of Saxon
! blonde type almost-yet her examina-
ton did not proceed far in English I'M
| til she became dumb to the questions
| in Hawaiian. She told of connubiaI jars
of the couple and. through Interpreter
Hopkins, repeated this threat of hus-
| band to wife:
1 by and by you will be dead worn-
an. I will put you in a coffin
| ATTORNEY CITED.
! The browning sensation of the day
occurred when the defendant was testi-
/ flying on his own behalf in the after
noon.
Harrison asked leave to conduct his
case in person for the remainder of the
trial, owing to the misconduct of his
/ counsel
| Mr.. Fleming, not desiring to have the
| defendant put to such disadvantage.
asked that counsel be assigned to him.
/ Judge De Bolt ordered a recess, after
which he assigned Ella A. c.. Long, who
was iii court. to conduct the defense
i for the remainder of the trial. The
| court directed Mr. Hogan to withdraw
from the case and ordered him to APP
pear in court at o'clock this morning
| and show cause why he should not be
] punished for contempt of court.