The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-25
DID PAX CHEZ
STAB HIMSELF?
Chinese Tong Assault Case
Almost Ready to Go to
the Jury.

Did PAX Chez, the Chinese fighting
man, stab himself in the shoulder for
the sake of getting others into trouble
on a charge OF attempted murder?
That is the question that the jury in
Judge Robinson's court are wrestling
| with just now, for the main point of
| the assault case against PAX Chez, up
| on appeal from the District Court, is
| whether he was stabbed or slashed
himself. The affair took place some
! time ago on Nuuanu avenue, being one
| of several tong affairs, each side to the
| fight having the other side arrested.
The cases were tried together and
Judge Whitney decided that PAX Chez
and his friends were the biggest liars
and fined them accordingly.
The wound which the defendant in
the case claims to have had inflicted
on him was a cash in the shoulder,
about an inch deep and three-quarters
of an inch long, nothing dangerous. 1t
bled nightly, however. about bucket
of blood being spilled all over his
clothes when he appeared at the police
station to lodge his complaint.
The most of the evidence in the ap-
pealed case has now been heard and
the matter win probably go to the jury
today. The evidence of the various
witnesses, Dor both sides, was the real
Chinese article, contradictory and
jun1bled in fantastic fashion. What
ever truth there may be in the testi-
mony is up to the jurymen to deter
mine. +
SUPREME COURT RULINGS.
Two decisions of the Supreme Court
were handed down yesterday. One
was in relation to an exchange of GER
tain shares of Raymond Ranch stock
for others of an earlier issue, made
by the Hawaiian Trust Co., as admin
istrator of the estate of Genevfeve
Dowsett Dunbar, deceased. The court
ruled that the exchange was proper
and that the contention of the Water
house Trust Co. against the exchange
was erroneous.
The other decision dealt with the
matter of the Lahaina Agricultural Co.
VS. A. Poaha eft al, an action to quiet
title, the motion of the plaintiff to
withdraw exceptions heretofore filed
being granted. A motion that the hear
ing of a bill of exceptions be reopen
ed for the purpose of permitting the
appellant to apply to the proper court
for the amendment of the bill was de-
MED.
CASE REINSTATED.
Judge De Bolt yesterday ordered the
case of j. ]. Byrne VS.. Eugene Duvau-
chelle for $333.36, for merchandise sold
by T. H. Davies & Co., to be reinstated
on the calendar. it having been pre-
viously stricken off because of lack of
prosecution.
KAPIOLANI HOME APPEALS.
The Kapiolani Home of the Hooulu |
and Hoola Lahui Society, one of the |
answering parties in the matter of the /
application of Levers & Cooke for |
confirmation of title to property before /
the Court of Land Registration. yes
terday filed notice of appeal to the
Supreme Court. Holmes & Stanley APP
pear for appellants.
OUT A TANGLE.
ID. w. Keliikeikiole has applied for
the sanction of the courts in his adop-
ton of four minor children, that they
may be legally recognized as his chill
dren and he as their parent This will
straighten out the present rather com
plicated state of affairs, as the exact
relationship of the parties concerned
Is now decidedly uncertain. The chill
dren are the illegitimate offspring of
n l1fo If |
wife,
ALONG ESTATE.
Judge De Bolt yesterday signed the
order making Bessie r. Burns one of
the compliments in the Along estate
litigation instead of one of the many
the court deciding upon
nearing affidavits in the matter and
being fully advised in the premises
hat her interests in the case are sub
stantially those of the complainant
Carrie B. Riggs. 1t was further or
Tered that the respondents be given
until October IA in which to file an
;wers.
EJECTMENT DECREE.
The case of Kuamoo Atima V. Solo
non Mahelona ct al. having been de-
,ided by jury in favor of the defend
ants, an order of ejectment against I
xuamoo Atima was filed yesterday.
BEFORE JUDGE ROBINSON.
Julia Vierra v. Richard Antoine, an
case in which the ownership
IF a number of head of cattle is in |
7olved, was begun before Judge Rob
nson yesterday afternoon. The evil
lence of the plaintiff only was taken,
he case going over until next week. {
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