The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-17
JOE CLARK
CASE STARTED
Decree of Divorce Denied
An Allowance Order
Compensation.

The trial of Joe Clark for violation
of the liquor law which is alleged t
gun before Judge De Bolt yesterday
taking the whole day for the hearins
of a portion of the evidence. The of.
Tense is said to have been the selIine
of a glass of beer on Sunday, Novem-
Der %, to a member of the grand jury
who had been commissioned to inves-
tigate the saloon cafe business and see
if the law was being violated as open
/ ~ as stated in the public press.
In his evidence L. G.. May, who had
been named for the work, said that he
had had TO difficulty IN getting served
| with a glass of beer when he asked for
| it. He had also been served with two
property sandwiches for which he had
not asked, witch he did not want and
which he had not paid for.
An employee. when asked what they
had upon the counter across which beer
/
quite a lengthy and appetizing menu.
| There We're bread, dozen rolls
or SO, potatoes, whether cooked
or not was not stated These
were in a paper bag. Tea, poi in
bowls, with a reserve supply in bulk
near at hand The furnishings were
/ YAio %oc nd
| and a dozen teapots hung up on nails.
/ evidently designed as a decorative
| scheme. The witness, native, spoke
pretty good English in the main, but
had to be helped now and then by the
interpreter when a particularly tough
and crusty idiom was thrown at him.
struggling manfully, kept awake Now
and then the judge asked for enlight-
eminent upon some doubtful point and
the interpreter and witness together
managed to make it tolerably clear
The defense is that Clark had served
the beer with the sandwiches and in
ments of the cat e law
The case will be resumed this morn
ing at nine O'Clock, the prosecution
having summoned witnesses In rebuff
tai, While Clark himself will go on the
stand and explain about the workings
Of his cafe.
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST RAYMOND
Jim All Hoy, by his attorney George
d. Gear, has brought suit against J.
II. Raymond, Phoebe Raymond of
Maui, and the Waterhouse Trust COM
pany, trustees of the Raymonds, cIlarg- |
ing them with Illegally procuring from |
him a bill of sale. taking advantage OF |
the fact that he knew no English. The |
plaintiff alleged that he bought a |
butcher shop in Wailuku and made |
contract which went into effect in 1905, |
to buy beef from the Raymonds. He
was given typewriter paper to sign
by Raymond which was represented |
to be an instrument giving Raymond |
power of attorney and authority to col
lect the plaintiffs bills. On March 6,
1906, he was elected from his shop
which was taken over by Raymond,
who had since kept possession of 1t.
The typewriter paper proved to be,
SO it is alleged, a bill of sale which |
was never read to him, the plaintiff
accepting Raymond's explanation with
out question. The plaintiff now asks
hat the alleged bill of sale be Cancelled
md the shop returned to him. The
sum involved is $S10
DJV0RCE CTTTrT DENTED
A decision was reached yesterday in
fudge Lindsay's court refusing de-
rec of divorce in the case of Kah
Ah Soon against Ho Yam. The mar
iage was arranged by a go-between
S such contracts are usually made by
he Chinese. The two had not met
previously. 1t was shown that the !.
Voman, if not willing bride, made no
bjection to the marriage at the time.
he charged her husband with failure
0 support. It was proved that the
efendant was an Industrious laborer,
arning only a laborer's wages, and =
hat he made the best provision for his :
life that lay in his power. The ver-
let was rendered in accordance with
1ese facts.
ORDER FOR ALLOWANCE.
An order for allowance for compen-
alton was made yesterday by Judge
lindsay to E. M. Watson, guardian of
bigail Helen Kapolani Kawanana- t
GA, David K.alakaua Kawananakoa. n
nd Lydia Liliuokalani Kawananakoa, E
inors. He was awarded the sum Of
so, compensation in full for services
and the trustees were order
to pay the sum under the will of
ames Campbell, deceased, and take a
,ceipt for the same. n
THE FEDERAL COURT.
Judge Dole was again engaged
lroughout yesterday in hearing the
anchuria salvage case.
COURT ITEMS.
F. F. Fernandez, Alexander McBryde
Id NJ. T. Simonton were appointed
,praisers of the estate of Andrew
rown, deceased.
Matsumoto Kinkoye has been SEN kl
need to twenty years imprisonment, uf
wing been convicted of murder in ju
e second degree.
al
p TJTvT-sF HI