The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1905-03-18
Nearly Twenty True Bills Show Work Of This
Body, With Several More To Follow.
Judge Kepoikai RusheS The Calender.
THE COUNTY BILL AND SUNDAY LAW
Jones Gets Fifteen Years. Warden Kamana Of Oahu
Prison Dead Coffee Market In New York. Estmat=
ed Cost Of The Panama Canal To Government.

Whether or mol the inhabitants of the
towns of Wailufu Lahaina, Makawao
and Kahului are fhore than unusully lax
in living upto tif moral codes prescribed
by law or whether the present Grand
Jury are more awake than former juries
to their responsib blities is hard matter
to decide, yet the fact remains that this
session of the Grand Jury has been a long
one, full week.
The duties of h Grand Jury are by no
means IN easy olae, and the results in the
way of indictm ents as handed in from
time to time by the present jury show
that they believe that anything worth
doing is worth doing we'll.
1t is expected the Grand Jury will
bring in their fnal report today.
Following are the cases disposed of
his week:
Iu the case of distribution of the Estate
of Loke Papu, appeal from Judge Circuit
Court, to a jury, Judge Kepoikai being
disqualified, Judge c. F. Parsons, Circuit
Judge at Hilo heard the case.
Some little amusement was created
when Judge Kalua, who had been retain
ed by the appellants, gave notice of his
withdrawal. A Mr.. ]. Fernandez, who
had at one time been employed by the
law firm of "a. P.) Peterson & Creighton
(Chas.), appeared as attorney, but his
license was somewhat antiquated and he
had not passed an examination before a
Circuit Court. Judge Parsons refused to
recognize him as the appellants attorney.
Col. John Richardson was finally re-
tanned and on argument as to whether
an appeal had been perfected, Judge
Parsons dismissed the appeal.
lDESDAN, MARCH IA.
In the case of Territory of Hawaii VS..
Lin Kui Fa, selling liquor without a
license, and appealed from the District
Magistrate of Lahaina, the defendant
withdrew his plea of not guilty and
plead guilty, and was fined 500. d.
H, Case was the attorney for the defen-
dant
After considerable argument on points
of law between attorney Vivas for the
plaintiff and J. l.. Coke for the defendant,
the case of +. G. Correa VS.. Tam Chung,
assumpsit, was given to the first trial jury.
The attorneys agreed to submit the case
to the jury without argument. Judge
Kepoikai instructed them to bring in a
verdict for the plaintiff IN the sum of
S46I.22. The plaintiff claimed an addi-
tional sum, but as he raised the price of
beef which was the bone of contention,
one cent per pound without notifying
defendant the difference, S46.I2, and an
item of 5000 was disallowed.
A. do Rego VS.. Joseph Emmesley; as
sumpsit, was continued for the term.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS.
The case of w. L. Hardy VS.. Hama
Plantation, damages, J. L. Coke repre-
senting the plaintiff and d. II. Case the
defendant was continued to next term of
court.
James T. Taylor VS.. c. p Benton, as
sumpsit, J. l.. Coke for plaintiff judg-
ment in the sum of 500 awarded plaintiff.
Territory of Hawaii VS.. Ke Pomaikai,
indicted March IS for assault on his wife
with a weapon dangerous to life, J L.
Coke, attorney, sentence suspended until
the October term.