The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-16
John MARTIN
SCORES TWICE
Two Liquor Law VioIat-
ors Confessed---
indictments.

All Choy saved the trouble of trial
yesterday by pleading guilty to the
charge of selling liquor to minors
Judge Robinson fined him $50 and
costs. County Attorney Cathcart for
| prosecution, L. NJ. Straus for defend
| ant
This is the second case won in two
days by John Martin, agent of the
Anti-Saloon League. The first was one
of selling liquor after licensed hours
In each case the defendant had ap-
pealed from the police court but gave
up the fight without standing trial in
the higher court.
The malicious injury charge against
George Markham was yesterday con-
tinued for the term by consent. 1t is
an appeal from the police court.
TEN INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury yesterday afternoon
made a report to Judge De Bolt, re-
turning ten indictments, all of which
went on the secret file until the &C
cused are arrested.
THE ENA ESTATE.
H. Armitage, Ranney Scott and John
Marcaliino, appraisers, have filed an
inventory of the estate Of the late John
Ena. They place the total value at
$155, 231.26, divided thus: Real estate,
including $4,000 for leasehold proper
ty, $3.50; stocks at market value,
$58, 900; bonds, $2985; life insurance pol
icies, $4,000; household furniture and
cash, $47626 The stocks are chief
ly IL S. N. Co., 238 shares at 125
500, $50; Honolulu Iron Works, so at
$50, $4,000, and Hustace, Peck Co, 157
at 100, $15,700. This inventory has
nothing to do with the estate of dece-
dent in California.
w. o. Smith, trustee of the estate of
A. K. Akau, deceased, in 1906 received
$99S.3S and paid 1851, making a ball
ance of $447.3S.
AS trustee of Achi K. Akau, a minor,
w. o. Smith in 1906 received s39650 and
paid $3.50, making a balance of s313.10.
w. O. Smith, guardian of Bill Bray,
a minor, in 1906 received $256.20 and
paid s1S9.75, making balance of $66.45.
METCALF ROW REVIVED.
Thomas Metcalf's legitimacy, which
has been a raging question in the law
courts for several years, crops up anew
in the Court of Land Registration. In
the matter of the application of Wal
ter E. Wall and Hermann Focke for
the registration of title of the land
of Pilipili covered by royal patent No.
SS2 to Theophilus Metcalf, an answer
has been filed by Lydia Rowland
Wright, Theophilus Rowland, Helen
Rowland Needham, Willie Rowland,
Frank Rowland Johnny Rowland,
Matte Rowland, Hazel Rowland, En-
ma Small and David Rowland. Their
are Kinney, McClanahan &
Derby.
These respondents claim that Wall
and Focke are together only entitled
in fee simple to an undivided one-half
interest in the property in question
which can be registered in that court.
They go over the old grounds in allie
cation and claim that if Thomas Met
calf's heirship be established, then
George and Harry, sons of Alice Met
calf born after Thomas, are entitled
to the property in controversy equal
ly with him. In such an event it IS
submitted that the applicants should
only be allowed to register their title
to an undivided two-thirds of the |
in question.
Respondents are children of Helen, |
one of two daughters of Theophilus |
who died on August g. 1866 |
leaving a will on which all this litiga- |
ton is based.
THE CAMPBELL ESTATE.
In the suit of Abigail K. Campbell |
Parker, Joseph O. Carter and Cecil |
Brown, executrix and executors and
trustees under The will and of the es-
ate of James Campbell, deceased,
against Abigail K. Campbell Parker
and others, beneficiaries under the will,
Mrs Parker, by her attorney, A. G. NJ.
admits the allegations in
he complaint to be true and prays that
he court may by it's decree fix the date
If the termination of the administra-
ion or probate period of said estate as
he tenth day of February, 1902.
The Supreme Court decided that the
rust should begin when administration
ended but did not fix the time for such
went. These proceedings are to set
lie that question and if successful the
levisees will have the benefit of dis
ribution of income, according to their
lues under the will, which has been
led up all these years.
NOVELTY IN DIVORCES.
Something new has appeared on the
curt files. This is the entering of
'ersonal appearance without attorney,
n Asiatic divorce cases. Two women
ued cy their husbands do this, having
witnesses to their signatures.
KIM Y. Shimahara, sued by Otokichi
'himahara for divorce, signs her ap-
earance in japanese, two witnesses
igning the same way. Kimus sigma
ure is in black ink, evidently with a
amePs hair pencil, while the witnesses
ppear to use an ordinary pen. There
re two characters in the same kind of
lue writing before the libelee's sigma
ure, one of them the same as one of
wo characters preceding each of the
Witness signatures.