The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-20

AS DEFENSE
Waialua Murder Trial
Begins--.Court
Items.


be the defense of Frank johnson to
the. charge of murder in the first de-
gree for killing the little boy, Simeon
Wharton, at Waialua some months
ago. This came out in the examina-
ton of jurors yesterday, when the
trial started before Judge Robinson.
Attorney General E. c. Peters, with
Deputy Attorney General NJ. F. Pros
ser, represent the Territory, while T.
NJ. Harrison appears for the defense.
Johnson in court looked as if jail
we'll rounded out, He seemed to pay
close attention to the proceedings, es-
pecially when his attorney was saying
anything. Frequently he darted fur
tive glances. that were either anxious
or scared, at people on different sides
of the courtroom.
Only six or seven jurors had been
examined for cause when, at $40 p.
M, the panel was exhausted. The fol-
lowing eleven men were left in the
box when the last excuse for cause oc-
Cured.
James Lemon. James Haughton, S.
Lesser, Archibald S. Robertson. Har-
ry Lyman, William Ross, E. P. Chaplin,
Walter c. Gilman, w. r. Waters. j.
Ordenstein and E. O. White. Of these
the first three had passed for cause.
Nine more have to pass examination,
and then peremptory challenges will
be in order. All drawn in place of a
juror challenged will have to undergo
examination for cause-that is. to as
certain whether they hold any opin-
ion, bias prejudice, scruple or SO forth,
uniting them to try the case.
Judging by the slow progress made
the. first day, the empaneling of
jury will take many days. Upon the
exhaustion of the panel yesterday
Judge Robinson ordered special
venire for % additional jurors, under
which Clerk Simonton drew the fol-
lowing names whose owners are to
appear at 10 o'clock this morning:
Thomas Kinslea, John Waterhouse,
William Buckle, James Cullen, T. w.
Chase, John K. Isaac, w A. Walker,
Chas. F. Merrifeld, A. w. Seabury,
Edward E. Hingley. T. H. Petrie, Thos.
Mcmillan, John Hackett, Wentworth
M. Buchanan, Isaiah Pahee, John F.
Soper, Frank ]. Dutra, William Nc
GQwan, Jr., Gerald Hughes, George H.
Childs, George c. Fuller, John Coffee,
Frank c. Anterior. A. B. Arleigh and
George LandOn.
COURT NOTES.
Judge De Bolt gave judgment for
plaintiff for $42, allowing defendant
costs, in the suit of Hop Kee VS.. ]. p.
Mendoza. S. F. Chillingworth for
plaintiff; J. j. Dunno for defendant.
1t was an appeal from District Ma
gistrate Lindsay's judgment, on July
u, 1904, for $147.62 for plaintiff. The
difference between the two judgments
was the cause of action, defendant con-
testing a bill for beefsdelivered at his
restaurant, amounting to over 500, run
up while the place was in charge of
another
Charles r. Vincent sues Annie K.
Vincent for divorce, alleging desertion
and the fact of libelee's living openly
and notoriously with another man, Ka-
lima -liiIii at Waiakea, Hawaii. The
parties were married at Hilo by Dis
trlct Magistrate. Hapai on October 13,
1899.
Mary K. Kahalepuna, guardian of
Mary Kcaia and Kalu, minors, in her
second annual account shows receipts
of $j21.49 and payments of $17062, MAX
ing IL balance of $4913 due the guar
dian.
Antoine Cordeiro, administra tor,
shows the value of the estate of Gull
hormina Cordeiro. deceased, to be
sac. 30 As guardian of his three minor
he has received $49.5O of their
share N that amount.