The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-18

ton. Judge Lindsay sharply question
ed him as to his return. The officer
said that he had been at the soap
works and ascertained that the maa in
question vas not there. Then ne went
to Kunawai and did not find the ether
person there. He SAID he made two
trips to the soap worr1> and Oh neithe"
occasion was the with ass wanted TO
be found. Judge Lindsay .ocked at
the officer for minute ara then said
under the circumstances h would
take his word for it, bu- hereafter Nhen
a subpoena is issued ny his court di~
rected to the Sheriff the officer serving
it must exhaust every effort 10 find
the witnesses named. That was their
clear duty and to leave no stone un-
turned.
NOT THE ''HULA-KUl
The lengthy Faria divorce case Is
drawing to a close. the testimony or
witnesses having been concluded yes
terday and attorney Lighrf3ht's argu-
ment for the libelee, Mr.. Faria, given
Judge Perry for the libelant will pre-
sent his argument today.
In the course of the trial yesterday
the matter of dancing the hula was
brought out. Witnesses for the ?ibelee
said that Mrs. Faria had danced the
hula on different occasions. Mrs, Fa7
ria on the stand 1enisi this tcstl-
mony and said that she haG merely
tried to dance the hula as OILERS
did at gatherings she had attended,
but it was not the hula kun
One witness, a Ally VINO had known
Mrs. Faria for the pas sixteen years.
said she knew nothing against Mrs.
Faria's character. AS sue left the
stand Mr.. Lightfoot smiingly asked
if she had anything more &c say
well, I might say She is very
good little girl was the smiling re-
joinder.''
Beyond the mere matter of a request
for a dissolution of the marriage bonds
both parties seek to get the custody
Of a boy aged six years.
BELLINA WINS COW CASE.
"She is a grand cow" was the bur
den of the argument of attorney
Dunno for the defense in the action
of Henry E. Cooper VS.. Charles Bel
lima, presented before Judge Robinson
and a jury yesterday afternoon. Bel
lima sold Mr.. Cooper a COW some time
last February. The COW died later on.
alegedly from liver-fiuke. Mr. Cooper
Bellina, amounting to about $3.50, on
the ground that the COW had not lived
up to the representations of the seller.
1t was these representations that At
torney Dunno worked on in his argu-
men. When Bellina had told Mr.
Cooper that "she is a grand cow 1t
was merely a general term and not
specific and a dealers phrase.
When Mr.. Derby for Mr.. Cooper
concluded his argument, the case went
to the jury which returned in seven
minutes with a verdict for the defend
ant.
BIG SUIT AGAINST ACHI.
Bathsheba M. Allen and assignees of
a note, Allen & Robinson, yesterday
filed suit against w. G. Achi to recover
$29, 300 alleged to be due on a note
made and executed July l, 1908. The
security for the amount in named III
the papers as comprising several thou
sand acres of lands on Hawaii aswell as
a large number of shares of the Ookala
Sugar Company, South Kona Sugar
Company and the Hawaii Land Com
pany.
REPORTER S ROOM FLOODED.
The room in the Judiciary building
which was fitted up by Secretary Atk1n-
son for the use of the court reporters
for the daily papers has been dis
mantled. The furniture has been re-
moved This was occasioned principally
by the room being flooded during the
recent transforms, and because the re-
porters have not been making use OF
it lately. In fact, through changes in
the personnel of the court reporting
corps, the new men have hardly known
o,-IStal 11SpJ
at the start by the old-time court men
for some time. but latterly the cob
webs have collected. However, Secre-
tary Atkinson s thOughtfuiness is yet
approved by the newspapermen.
SCURVY-SHIP SUIT.
Chas May, J. Lunderson, II. Halvor
sen and H. G. DeVisser, four sailors of
the ship W. F. Babcock, which put into
Honolulu recently in distress, yesterday
filed a libel against the vessel for 800,
600, each claiming $4,000 as damages.
These men arrived here suffering from
scurvy. J. j. Dunno and Geo. D. Gear
are attorneys for the libelants.
The men set forth IN their suit that
on or about June 9, 1906, they signed
as a part of the crew for the ship Bah
cock to make the voyage from Balti- |
more to Portland, Oregon. They claim
that their allowance OF fo0d anu water
was cut down during the voyage by
over a third of the proper amount. |
They claim the soft bread was not fit
to eat and they received potatoes and |
onions only at rare intervals and |
canned vegetables but seldom. No lime |
juice or vinegar was served out. Meth |
er was there tea or coffee. The cruise |
lasted about 100 DAYS until the vessel |
put into this port. They claim that
after leaving Baltimore decoction |
was served to them that was neither tea
nor coffee Then in ninety days the
fresh water gave out and the crew had
to drink rain water. Because of insult
ficient food the men claim they became
sick, and their gums. hands, feet and
stomachs swelled and they believe they
contracted scurvy and became too weak
to work Nevertheless they claim they
were called upon by the officers to con
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