The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-01
TONG KIT GETS
EIGHTEEN MONTHS

Tong Kit was found guilty Of as
: saul; with s wsaQon obviously and i'm
. ninsntly dangerous TO life. by a jury
, in Judge Lindsay's court. yesterday
afternoon. and Judge Lindsay SEN
fenced him 20 eighteen months i'm
pris0nment-
Tong Kit was defended by George
A. Davis and the defense set up was
; insanity. Tht assault was committed
last March on fellow workman, q
Chinese. on one of the plantations on
this island. Both men were cutting
cane ut 50 much s ton The man as
saulted was an industrious and skill
ed worker and got considerably ahead
O. Tong Kit. Happening TO look back
he saw Tong Kit moving some of the
cane he had cut. into Tong Kits own
I winirow Of cut cane. thus attempt
ing 70 rob the Industrious man of some
OF the fruit Of his labor. Throwing
down his cane knife. the man went
hack 10 demonstrate with Tong Kit.
{ whe-eupon the latter struck at him
with his cane knife. The man ran and
Tong Kit after him Tripped UP in
the loose cane. the man fell. and
Tong Kit struck him & blow on the
head with the cane knife. but the
heavy har the man wore prevented any
serious injury. But Tong Kit slashel
him se<icuSly on the knee and other
places on the body.
On redirect examination of his client,
Davis asked him how long he had been
IN Jail. To this NJ F. Prosser, who
was prosecuting. objected as being i'm
proper on redirect examination Davis /
at first argued that the question was
proper, but later asked the indulgence /
OF the court 10 permit the question,
which would have been proper on di- /
rect examination Prosser agreed to I
permit the question on that ground. I
Tong Kit replied that ne had been in /
prison five months and four days In /
reply, then, 10 cross-examination by /
Prosssr. Tong Kit admitted he had
been in prison six times before
The jury were out only about i've
minutes when they brought in a ver>
dict of guilty as charged Judge
Lindsay sentenced him at once TO
eighteen months Imprisonment
The jury consisted OF the following:
\ D. Bolster. David Macrae. H. A
Giles. E K Fernandez, f. H. Nc
CURE. Charles Phillips, K r. C. Wal
lace, Charles A Simpson, H L Her
bert, Charles e Frasher, Albert Lgd-
loft. H A Asch-
THE LOWRIE CASE
The case of ". ]. Lowrie VS.. H P.
Baldwin and others came up IN Judge
R0binson'S court yesterday. This is
the case in which LoHrie seeks si00, 600
from Baldwin and the Castles for al
legged breach of their agreements with
him in connection with his employ
ment as manager OF Hawaiian Com
mercial s Sugar Company Attorneys
for Lowris withdrew their motion for
leave 10 make the 8 " Castle Estate,
Lid. 2 party 10 the suit and next
Monday was set for the argument OF
the demurrer OF Mrs Mead and OF any
other demurrers that may be fled by
that time II IS expected that the ar
gument viii last two days. The case
Is exciting q great deal of interest
HARTs BAIL
Lionel Hart and his surety D. ".
Bolt yesterday to be examined as 70
the security furnished by n Kanalh-
kane as bail for Hart in the sum OF
$500 Kamaliikane qualified as the
owner OF 1890 worth Of property. and
Judge De Bolt ordered the bond TO
stand That hamaIiikane could quail
fy IN any such amount was matter
Of surprise 20 men who have known
him for long time Except il may be
lately, II is said ne has not been re-
puted 10 be worth that much
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.
: supplemental report was fled yes
terday by 4 z. Judd as commissioner
10 report on the Inheritance tax to be
paid on the estate OF the late Col W.
2 Allen The supplemental report
deals more in detail with the appraised
value OF tae estate Otherwise the
Commissioners report meets with ap-
prevail by all concerned The matter
vii come up before Judge Robinson
this morning for final adjudication.
SUIT AGAINST ANDREWS
The suit OF ]. Z. Fullerton W Lorrin
Andrews an appeal by Andrews from
& judgment OF L4- O45L-lGL GOuEL LCL
about $50. was dismissed yesterday by
Judge De Bolt for want o. prosecution
This was suit brought last February
while Andrews was passing through
here on z steamer from the Orient
Both Fullerton and Andrews are now
away from the Islands
CASES SET.
The following cases were set for trial
by Judge Robinson yesterday.
Virginia Perry w 8 u Damon, dam
aga, set for Thursday. Oct 81. 10 a m
Alice McChesney W. Honolulu Soap
WORKS Co. Ltd, get for Monday, Oct
q 10 3 II
Honolulu soap Works Co, Ltd w.
Jesse " McCnezney. set for Oct q.
10 4 n
CHARLES GAY SUED.
Suit has he=n brought by z C. Fer
reirz against Charles Gay the man
who bought Lanai, On 4 note for 1906.
The note was originally made payable
10 z Il Hzyseiden- WHIP endorsed It
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