The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-11
NEW SUITS
ARE BEGUN
A Japanese Wife Tells
Tale of Woodbury.
Trials.

| Trials.
Return of summons has been made
| in each of the following cases:
| Fl. Hackfeld & Co... Ltd, VS. J. NJ.
| Monsarrat ct al, cross bill of First Ma
tional Bank of Hawaii at Honolulu
| j. o. Carter ct al, trustees of B. P.
| Bishop estate, VS.. David Kahoano, a.
L. Tuck and J. Kauhikoa, ejectment for
$685. square feet of land at Kakaako.
| Hawaiian Electric Co, Ltd, VS.
| American Hawaiian Engineering &
Construction Co, Ltd. with Bank OF
Hawaii, Ltd, garEishee a claim Of
ss2o7 for goods sold and delivered
within six years past.
Agi Ito. wife, VS.. jim Saimo Ito. hus-.
band, divorce on the grounds of ex-
IRENE cruelty, intemperance and non
support. The parties were married in
Japan thirteen years ago and have one
child, a boy about twelve years of
age. AS specifications of extreme
cruelty the woman says that the man
has on many occasions beaten and
wounded her, Knocked her to the floor
with his clenched fist, pulled her hair
and inflicted such wounds on her per
son that on several occasions 1ibelant
has been in danger of losing her life"
etc. Ten dollars a month which she
earned in making hats had for some
time past been collected by him and
spent lin drinking-and gambling. Judge
De Bolt has granted temporary in
junction restraining jim from entering
the home occupied by his wife and from
communicating or interfering with her
or the child in any way.
LIQUOR CONVICTION.
All Min was found guilty, in Judge
De Bolts court yesterday. of selling
liquor without a license He will be
sentenced today. J. W. Cathcart pros
ecuted and w. A Whiting defended.
The jurors We're I'll. w Adams, Geo. II.
Cowan. Ed. Swan, J. c. Abreu, c.
CrandaIl, A. S. Walker, J. Ordenstein,
VIM. Alderman, G. E. Jaeger, VIM. Gil
nan, H. N. Crab5e and Chas. Pfeiffer.
THE WRONG CHARGE.
The next case was one of selling liq-
uor after hours by a Japanese licensee,
T. Weoka, Cathcart prosecuting and S.
F. Chillingworth defending. 1t broke
down in the middle on the discovery
by the prosecuting attorney that there
was mistake in the charge. Defend
ant was being tried for a case where
nolle prosequi had been entered owing
to a wrong quotation of the law, while
a correct charge stood against him in
another case. A mistrial was enter
ed and Weoka will be put on trial anew
this morning. The jury empaneled and
discharged without a verdict were
Henry Wise, Clinton CrandaH, J. C.
Abreu, Geo. H. Cowan, j. H. Jones,
Manuel Freitas, G. E. Jaeger, Horace
N Crabbe. VIM. Alderman, T. C. Chinn,
F. j. Smith and Ben Courtney.
JURY CALLS.
Judge De Bolt excused jurors not en-
gagged yesterday afternoon until 2 p. M
today. but changed the order loter to
require them to appear at 10 a. m.
Judge Robinson will begin civil jury
case trials this morning with Mary
Heine vs. Hawaiian Trust Co., claim
of $69S.30 for services as nurse to the
late James Dean, of whose estate de-
PENDANT is executor. Magoon & Light
foot represent plaintiff, and Ballou &
Marx defendant
Eight cases We're set for trial at diff
ferent dates by Judge Robinson yes
terday.
HOLT WILL CASE.
A motion to have the Holt will case
set for trial has been served by w. |
s. Edings, solicitor for Carlos A Long, |
administrator. on Smith & Lewis, E. A |
Douthitt, Thayer & Hemenway, o. w. |
Ashford E. M. Watson, Castle & With I
ington A. G.. M. Robertson, w. C. Achi, |
Holmes & Stanley, E. c. Peters, Geo.
D. Gear and Geo. A. Davis, attorneys
for respective. parties in interest.
Helen A. Cushinghanl, formerly Helen
A. Holt, represented by Smith & Lewis
and r. d. Mead, has filed an answer in
the Holt will construction case. Most
OF the allegations are left to proof by
petitioner, but this respondent denies
that Robert Holt and James L. Holt
are children of James r. Holt and
of Robert w Holt, de-
ceased.
Judge Robinson gave an order direct
ing Carlos A Long, administrator of
the estate of r. w. Holt. to pay $3.50
to E. A Douthitt, attorney ad Item
for six minors in the will construction
case, as a retaining fee.
ANSWERS QUESTIONS.
Joseph A. Apo, a defendant in the
partition suit of Lyle A. Dickey VS.
c. Cummings ct al, has filed
an answer giving replies to categoric
questions in plaintiffs supplemental
bill. He had a full and complete agree
ment regarding certain of the property
involved, made between w. H. Cum
mings and him self, which can be pro-
1uced in court. At no time had w. H.
or his agent advanced to
him either money or any other artl-
lies. He had already paid considerable
n oney under the agreement, for which
he holds receipts from Cummings and