The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-06
PENNILESS MAN
ADMITS A DEBT
Man of Means Not Liable
Manila Man Held---TW0
Husbands MulGted.

Lum Sow sins assumpsit suit fol
s18s.85 against Wong Kun zee ct al
came on for trial, jury waived, before
! Judge De Bolt yesterday. W. w
| Thayer appeared for plaintiff, c. F.
Peterson for defendant. The trial end
ed at 4:3O with judgment for the prin-
cfpaI defendant Another defendant
had acknowledged his liability for the
claim, but unfortunately for the plain
tiff he has no means of paying. zee
has the coin. 1t was claim for taro.
Mr. Thayer noted an appeal.
FEDERAL COURT.
Some oral evidence was taken yes
terday before Judge Dole in the sal
wage suit of InterIsland Steam Navi-
CATION Co against the British ship
Loeb Carve. District Magistrate c. c.
Conradt of Pukoo, Molokai, who was
at the spot when the ship stranded,
was the witness examined. Most of
the evidence in the case is in the form
of testimony taken by a Commission
er. A. Lewis Jr. and C. H. Olson rep
resent the Hbelant and E. B. McClana-
han appears for the Hbelee.
MANILA MAN HELD.
Charles G. Smith, arrested by Mar
shall Hendry on board the transport
Thomas at her arrival, under cabled
orders from Attorney General Bona~
parte to District Attorney Breckons,
was taken before u. S. Commissioner
George A. Davis yesterday for examin-
alton. He waived examination and
was remanded to the custody of the
Marshal to await instructions in his
case from washington. These were
cabled for yesterday morning.
AS reported in yesterdays Adver-
tiser, Smith was charged in the cable
gram with obtaining money under
false pretenses in the Philippines. To
a reporter of this paper Sunday even
ing he said the only cause he knew
for the charge was his borrowing 500
from someone in Manila before leav- !
ing, which was done without any in
tent or show of deception.
He wants to go back to Manila and |
light it out with his accuser.
HUSBANDS MUST DIG.
Harry Flint was ordered by Judge |
De Bolt to pay his wife s. week |
temporary a1lnOIly anu 90 ATTORNEY > /
zee in his divorce suit against her. |
The trial of the case was set for to- |
morrow. L. NJ. Straus is attorney for |
Harry and S. f. Chillingworth for
Daisy.
John Beck, in his suit to divorce his
wife Mary, was ordered to pay her
so attorneys fee. T. NJ. Harrison is
or the husband and Charles Creighton
md Carlos A. Long are for the wife.
Maria Kamaka sues Henry Kama
IA for divorce, charging him with de-
ertion since some time in 1902. They
we're married on June Is, 1898.
A G. Correa answers Adelaide V.
1Orrea's libel for divorce with denial
/ everything said except as to the
ime and place of the marriage.
COURT ITEMS.
]. P. Medeiros has appealed to the
,ircuit Court from judgment against
i'm and in favor of F. ]. Smith, for
IS and costs, rendered by District Ma
istrate A. S. Mahaulu of Waialua.
Henry Smith, trustee under the will
f Charles Titcomb, has filed a receipt
or deposit in court of $S05.55 for equal
vision between five minor devfsees.
Final account of w. w. Hall, admin ;
;trator of the estate of Hippolyte
aouen, went over to o'clock this
before Judge De Bolt.
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