The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-03
PRISON FOR
WIFE KILLER
Philip Naone Convicted
of Manslaughter in
First Degree.

Philip H. Naone, for the killing of
his wife on October last, will have to
serve not less than ten nor more than
twenty years in the penitentiary. Such
is the penalty of the statute for the Of
tense of which the jury found him
guiIty-manslaughter in the first de-
great SIS p. m. yesterday after de-
liberation of a little over three and
half hours.
Frank E. Thompson, of counsel for
defendant, noted exceptions to the ver-
dict. ]. ]. Dunno came in later and,
Attorney General Andrews and J. w.
sentence was appointed for $50 Mon
day morning.
Attorney General Andrews concluded
his address to the jury, begun on
Thursday afternoon, shortly before IL
o'clock. He made an able summing up
of the case for the prosecution, and an
eloquent appeal to finish, bidding the
jurors in the exercise of human sym
pathy remember the innocent woman
sent into eternity without moments
warning.
The instructions of the court took
nearly an hour in delivery and, just
before the stroke of noon, the jury
We're sent to luncheon at the Alexander
Young Hotel prior to celebrating on
their verdict. They returned to the
Judiciary building and entered the jury
room in the clock tower at Las.
At 4:40 the jury came into court and
asked for a statement of the penalties
under the different degrees of homi-
eide. There being no objection, Judge
De Bolt gave the information. Again
the jury retired and, after more than
half an hour, returned with the YER
dict as, above.
KOREAN BURGLAR SENTENCED.
Chin ing Sui, a Korean, was SEN
fenced by Judge De Bolt yesterday to
be imprisoned five years at hard labor
and to pay costs for burglary in the
first degree. He had been indicted for
three separate burglaries, committed in
March and April on the houses of Lii
onel Mathews, Joseph Lightfoot and
John Darneal Jewett, in each case
to the value of more than $50. Be
ing arraigned in the Lightfoot case he
pleaded guilty and received the SEN
tence above mentioned, and nolle
prosequi was then entered in each of
the other cases. AS the Korean inter
prefer in court could not speak Eng
lish the proceedings We're filtered out
to the defendant though the Japanese
interpreter.
Hadio Consoles was indicted for
murder in the first degree, committed
at Aiea, Oahu, on April %, in the
killing of Francisco Torres by stabbing
him with knife. His plea was set
for June 5.
Helen G. Fonseca was indicted for
plea set for June s.
LIBEL CASE JURY.
The following jury was empaneled
and sworn to try S. NJ. Ballou's $4,000
libel suit against Samuel Parker and
the trial continued till Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock before Judge Lindsay:
C. H. Atherton T. r. Mossman, ]. A.
Aud. K B. Porter, E. E. Hartman.
A. Winterstein, A. E. Murphy, r.
Weldon, Manuel Leal, E. l.. Doyle, w.
J. Karratti and c. L. Sprinks.
COURT NOTES.
Defendant in the case of Frank E.
Thompson VS.. Whitney & Marsh, Ltd, |
has filed an introductory bill of excep- |
tons to Judge Lindsay's order over
ruling the demurrer.
A general denial has been filed by
defendant in the suit of Francis Jose
VS.. Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land
Co.
The Oahu Railway & Land Co. by
its attorneys. Ballou & Marx and a. G.
NJ Robertson, makes an answer of
general denial to the complaint of G.
J. McCarty. who sues it for $4,000