The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-27
ACHI LOSES
HIS $1,000
Failed to Garry Out His
Contract--Court
Items.

After an absence u d XIV Ali4tANAN
| Yesterday Afternoon, a jury in Judge
De Bolts court rendered a verdict for
defendants in the suit Of A. y. Camp
bell VS.. Mary and Charles Lucas. Mr.
Harrison asked that the jury be polled,
which the court denied. He then not
ed an exception to the verdict with no.
tice Of motion for a new trial.
D. L. wilmington and T. NJ. Harri-
son conducted the case for plaintiff.
and Abram Lewis Jr. for defendant.
The jury consisted of ]. Mitchell. A
F. Wall, VIM. Buckle, VIM. Barclay,
Jas. E. Jaeger, Thos. Gill, J. H. Nc
Kenzie, BENZ. Sammons, VIM. Aker-
man, J. w. Mcdonald, Geo. J. O'Neil
and T. ". Chase.
Plaitiff is assignee of W. c. Achi,
who bought land at Kalihi of defen
dants for $4,000 four or five years ago,
payments of $500 a month to be made
Two such payments We're made and the
suit was to recover the sum thereof.
Achi testified that he had never been
put in possession of the property. to
which Chas. Lucas replied. in his evil
dence. that possession had never been
requested The defense was that the
contract of purchase was broken by
Achi. There was evidence that Achi
made statement in John F. Colburn' s
Office to the effect that he would lose
the property if he failed in the stipu-
lated payments.
Judge De Bolt excused the jurors
until 10 q. m. Wednesday.
PLEA OF GUILTY.
William Koahau on November II
pleaded not guilty to Indictment for
assault and battery with weapon OBJ
viously and imminently dangerous to
life Yesterday he withdrew that plea
and pleaded guilty. Judge Lindsay
sentenced him to imprisonment at hard
labor for three months and payment
of costs. The deadly weapon mention
ed in the indictment was a stone held
in the hand of Koahau, with which he
committed assault and battery oni
John Niau.
WILL CASE SETTLED.
John Paia by his attorney, w. c.
Achi, has Withdrawn his contest of the
will of his late wife, Ana Paia, say
ing that the matter has been settled
between the parties interested. He had
appealed from Judge Robinson's de- |
cree admitting the will to probate.
TO AVOID ANSWERING.
In the suit of John c. Searle, as sher-
if of the island of Hawaii, to compel |
August Hamburg to make good his pur- |
chase of property sold under execu- |
ton, the defendant by his attorneys, |
Thompson & Clemens, enters a plea |
saying that plaintiff ought not to be |
answered to his summons and COM |
plant herein because the plaintiff has
transfer red his interest in the subject
matter of the action. during the PEN
dency thereof, by bill of sale to Cliff
ford Charlock. trustee, dated January
8, 1906. The execution was in the case
of j. E Fullerton VS.. Kohala- Hilo !.
Railroad Co
TALKING IN COURT.
81 think witnesses in this courtroom
ought to be made to keep their mouths
shut. This is a good time to enforce
the rule for the exclusion of Witnesses
At this speech from Mr.. Andrade, in
Judge Lindsay's court yesterday after
noon, two native women arose, laugh
ing, from a rear bench and left the
courtroom. The native woman COM
in the tresDass suit on trial
was on the witness stand at the time,
and when she had answered a GER
tain question an audible remark in
came from the bench at the
rear.
THE LINGUISTIC JUDGE.
Judge Lindsay was doing Hawaiian
in his own court yesterday
for a while, until Interpreter Hopkins
came in from Judge De Bolts court
Bush was absent The
case was that of Mama Obeda VS. NJ
a claim of $1,000 damages for
trespass on right of way, the hearing