The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-04

fof sale as prayed, sale on Monday.
April 10, 1899 Richard gives a sale
| bond in $4,000 with A. ]. Lopes as
surety, which Judge Perry approves.
Richard, on April Is makes report of
sale, G. J. Waller, on behalf of Metro
politan Meat Co, being the purchaser
for $4,000 cash. James F. Morgan, auc-
tioneer, attests the facts. Judge Perry
on April 10 made an order confirming
| the sale.
| DISCHARGE OF EXECUTOR.
| Antonio Richard, on August IA, 1900,
| files petition for allowance of his ac-
counts and discharge as executor of the
will of Nj. A. Barete, deceased, to which
| office petitioner was appointed on Au-
| gust 80, 1897. Ut will be observed that
the name of the executor is reversed
from the way it appeared on his APP
pointment, which was Richard An
| tone" He signs his petition for dis
charge "A. Richard.'D
The accounts, signed Richard An
tone, shows receipts of s466S.5O and
expenditures of s223265, leaving bal
ance of s2435.S5.
George Lucas, clerk, on August 16
discharge on September "a. KelIett on
September makes affidavit of publica-
ton in the Hawaiian Gazette, and on
September "a similar affi lvits relating
to the Gazette and Kuokoa.
c. C. Biting, master. in an undated
report on the executors account, finds
a discrepancy of S19 in the amount the
executor credits himself for taxes, the
for S10O, and with another error finds
that the executor has asked for credit
CT S21.75 more than that to which he
appears to be entitled from the vouch-
ers He further finds that the total as
sets of the estate reduced to cash foot
up s466S.5O and the costs of admins
tration to s6S3.40, a little over IA per
| cent. of the gross assets.
Judge Humphreys by P. D. Kellett,
Jr., clerk, on December II, 1900, sum-
mons Agnes Soares and Antoine Rich
ard witnesses in the matter of the
petition, "A. Richard to bring with him
certain lease from NJ. A. Barete to A.
j. Lopes."
HIATUS IN RECORD.
There is no record on the files of the
discharge of the executor beyond that
of the foregoing preliminaries.
ALLOWANCE TO WIDOW.
Maria Barete, on May %. 1899, petit
tons for an allowance of $1,000 for
maintenance of herself and nine chill
dren, payment of taxes, repairs, etc,
to be paid at the rate of $40 a month
She says the executor has paid all the
debts and has in his hands about $4,000
Judge Stanley continues the hearing of
fpetition on May 20, and on June Judge
Perry grants the allowance of $40 a
month. Cecil Brown for petitioner
KELLETT AS TRUSTEE.
Maria Barete, on December II, 1900
petitions Judge Humphreys for an or
der to P. D. Kellett, trustee, to pay her
$50 month out of funds remaining
in the estate for maintenance of herself
and family. An unsigned memorandum
to the petition says. application de-
MED by the court this 18th day of De-
cember. 19OO.''
The recognition of Kellett as trustee
in the widows petition appears prema-
ture upon a comparison of the date
with that of his appointment noted be-
low. 1t has been stated, however since
his defalcation was discovered, that
Kellett was at first appointed as trus-
tee without bonds by Judge Hum
phreys. Anyhow, as clerk Of court he
would have been trustee ex officio of
funds there deposited
Upon the verbal application of Maria.
Barete, widow, Cecil Brown appearing
for her, praying that some suitable
person be appointed trustee under the
of
Antonio Barete,' and there being no
appearance by any one in opposition
thereto" Judge Humphreys on Deem
Der IL, 1900, appointed p. Danson KEEL
1 lett, Jr., as such trustee, ordering that
as such trustee 1.-The said P. Danson
kellett, Jr., file with the clerk of the
court good and sufficient bond in the
sum of thirty-five hundred (s35oO) dol
lars for the faithful execution of said
trust, said bond to be approved by the
! court"
KELLETT'S BONDSMEN.
A newspaper report of December IS.
1900. furnishes information of Kellett's
trusteeship bond, of which there is no
record on the court files, as follows:
"P. Danson Kellett has filed a. bond
in $500 as trustee of the Barete estate
with P. D. Kellett and A. G. NJ. Rob-
ertson as sureties. He has also filed a
receipt to the Circuit Court for a
cheque on the First National Bank of
Hawaii for S243S.5S, the amount paid
into court by Richard Antoine, execu-
tor
RECEIPT FOR MONEY.
George Lucas, clerk, on December IS,
1900. notes the filing of this receipt:
In the Circuit Court, First Circuit of
the Territory of Hawaii In probate.
At Chambers
In the matter of the estate of Manu-
ell Antonio Barete, late of Kalihi. oahu.
deceased
Receipt of Trustee
Received from Circuit Court of the
First Circuit cheQue on the First Ma
uonal Bank of Hawaii for the sum of
Twenty-four hundred and thirty-eieht
$500 Dollars (s243s.5S) being cash paid
in said Court by Richard Antoine. Ex-