The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-26
SEVEN YEARS
FOR STABBER
Gear Questions Legal
ity of Grand
Jury.

| Before Judge De Bolt yesterday morn
| ing considera BILE business was trans
acted Several of the grand jury in
dictments were returned and the de-
PENDANTS We're before the court to enter
| pleas. Among the first to be taken up
was that of the Territory against Ma
| kayama, a japanese. He said he would
plead guilty to burglary in the second
degree if the court would give him but
| six months imprisonment. When It
came to question of a trade, the judge
decided he would defer action until TO-
day to give him time to look into the
case.
In the cases of Thomas Floris, Lau
Tung Piu ct al and Leong Sun Kin,
Judge Gear appeared and gave notice
of motions to quash the indictments on
the ground that the grand jury had rot
been properly empaneled as the Janu-
airy term was still going on in Judge
Lindsay's and Judge Robinson's courts
on April 2. at which time the grand
jury was sworn. The matter was con-
tinued until today.
In the cases of Ramon Martin and
Manuel Jesus the latter said he had
been sentenced by the District Magis-
trate while Martin said he was ready
to plead guilty, if only allowed to make
given permission to tell his story he
said his victim had first knocked him
down and started fracas, after which
Martin knitted the assailant. Deputy
the row was started by Martin steal
ing eggs from his victims coop. Mar
tin wanted to know how Fleming knew
that Had he been in the chicken coop
until today.
Nip Sal, a Chinese who stabbed and |
Chinese who befriended |
him in Pauoa Valley, entered a plea |
of guilty to the charge of assault with |
intent to murder. 1t was shown that |
Nip Sal had terribly hacked his bene- |
factor all of which Nip Sal stated was |
the truth. He asked for leniency. The
court sent him to prison for seven |
years and imposed a fine of 81.
Avon Crook was appointed to defend
a Chinese, who was apparently
friends and funds. He is
charged with assault with a weapon.
Halemano, the young Hawaiian accus-
ed of numbering a Chinese one night
while with a party of young men out for
A lark, has yet TO come before the court
1t was found that there was a flaw in
the indictment and the case was there
fore continued.
COURT NOTES.
Libelee in the divorce action of Frank
Iouveia VS.. Elizabeth Gouveia yester-
lay filed motion to cite the libelant
% appear before Judge Lindsay to
show cause why he should not be pun
shed for contempt of court. He will
appear before the Judge tomorrow at 9
l. m. He was ordered to pay SIS on
April Is and failed to { so and was s
given further time from April 80 and
wen then failed to pay up. Frank
souveia is now bringing a new action
or divorce against his wife. Hardly
lad the motion of his wife been filed I
'efore the new divorce action was in.
lie claims she has been cruel to him.
Judge Robinson has ordered that the I
ivorce summons in the case of Julia
'erlowitz VS.. William Ber.oSitz be pub
shed in the Advertiser for about a c
1onth, returnab BILE August 20. I
Motion for new trial in the case q
f F. J. Tesla VS.. J. p. Kahahawai, 5
William White, d. l.. Keku and d. K.
>alauokalani has been filed by defend
hts.