The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-10-11
SUPREME COURT
BRIEFS NEEDED
lFrom wednesdays Advertiser)

II
taken from the Territory to the Su
, preme Court at Washington were re
ceived by Attorney General Hemen
way. and the matter OF preparing tn
Territorys briefs in the cases viii b'
begun at once These are the cases FOL
which Second Deputy Attorney Genera
Prosser has been especially retained
and he will personally represent the
Territory in them before the Supreme
Court.
The cases are: Morita Keiza VS.. Will
liam Henry. High Sheriff. an appeal
from q denial of the Supreme Court
of the Territory of a petition for a
writ of habeas corpus. Morita having
been convicted of murder in the first
degree: James L. Holt, Assessor, VS..
The Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company, on appeal of Holt; and two
tax appeal cases of the Honolulu Rap
id Transit and Land Company VS..
James L. Holt. Assessor.
IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Two eases in which the Honolulu
Rapid Transit s. Land Company are
the defendants were heard before the
Supreme Court yesterday morning. The
first of these, Omoto Bunhiehi as plain
tiff. was argued and submitted. In
the second case, a consolidated double
case in which Wakeki Heleluhe and
Kahakuakoi Kealohapauole are the
plaintiffs, respectively, was submitted
on briefs orally in open court. Z. c..
Peters appeared as counsel for plain
tiff-appellee in the first case, Castle &
Wilmington and j. w. Cathcart, de-
Tending. In the consolidated case J.
j. Dunno appeared for the two plain
-appellees and Castle & Wilmington
looked after the interests of the cor
poration.
In the afternoon the case of the
Oahu Railway & Land Company versus
j. Armstrong was up on a motion to
dismiss the appeal, the motion being
argued and submitted Kinney & Marx
for the motion, A. G. NJ. Robertson
contra
The motion was denied and the case
was set for Monday next for argument.
This morning the case of Walter C.
Peacock versus j. G. Rothwell, ex-
ceptions from the Circuit Court, will
be heard at 8 o'clock. C. W. Ashford
for plaintiff A. G. NJ. Robert
son for acknowledgement.
CHE-FA CASE APPEALED.
Mon York, who was convicted of be-
ing an agent for Amana IS che-fa bank
before Judge Andrade on September
II, has appealed his case, the appeal
being perfected yesterday. In this
case L. NJ. S. Keaunui testified to hav-
ing taken 20 cents worth of chances
in the lottery drawing and then in
forming the police. Mon York was
fined $50 and $1.30 costs.
ANOTHER APPEAL PERFECTED.
Hashimoto, who paid what he called
"a friendly visit to the room of Ia
naka and his wife, at the corner of |
Beretania and Pensacola streets, on |
the early morning of September 2, and
after his visit some 500 was missing,
has appealed against being sent to
jail for ten days for it. The papers
in the appeal were filed yesterday.
SETTLED BY ARBITRATION.
The three arbitrator agreed upon in
the matter of the dispute over certain
cane lands between the Kona Develop
ment Company and F. B. McStoeker,
OF the first part, and NJ. F. Scott, of
the second part, filed their decision
yesterday. The arbitration board con-
sisted of Judge Matthewman, A. w.
Carter and George Clark.
DISSOLVED THE TIE
A divorce was granted yesterday by
Judge De Bolt to Tarokiehi Sugai from
his wife Kiyo Sugai on the grounds of
desertion.
CHE-FA APPEALS.
The appeals of All Ming, Yau Sing
and All Kong, convicted in district
court for maintaining lottery, are set
for hearing before Judge Robinson to-
day. On the calendar the late Henry
Hogan is down for the defense. This
case Will go over, the case of the Ter
rltory versus Joaquin Santiago being
set for Thursday, the jury being ex-
eused until that time In this case
T. Vincent appears for the defense.
OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY
Howard Adams, ex-manager of the
halmuki Zoo, is suing the corporation
Tor so5o.3J back salary, the case be-
ing heard before Judge De Bolt yes
terday. Mr.. Adams was on the stand
for himself and explained that the in
side object of the company, the Ka-
imuki Heights Zoo Company, was "to
get as much money out of the public
as possible with as little EXPENSE az
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