The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-19
MAKING FARCE
Of CAFE LAW.

10 took the Jury less than ten min.
utes yesterday afternoon 10 find Joseph
k. Clark not guilty Of selling liquor
without meals on Sunday at the cafe
attached to his saloon According to
the instructions of the court he ought
to have been convicted. even giving
weight to the evidence of the defend.
ant.
Judge De Bolt charged the Jury.
among other things, that if Clark serv.
ed the chief witness with a glass of
beer, as called for, and then brought
him a sandwich to put the sale with
In the meaning of the law, when the
customer neither ordered nor ate the.
sandwich, they must find him guilty.
The circumstances. just described wgre-
proved by the evidence on both sides
The jury that acquitted Clark were
John Duncan, a. ID. Bolster, Geo. X Fox,
Jas. r. Pearce, r. G. Moore, Chas. A.
Simpson, f. Erickson, L. X. Sheldon.
s. j. AlenCastFe, Jas. L. Arcia, Joseph
Morse and F. II. Armstrong.
F. w. Milverton, Deputy Attorney
General, prosecuted, and E. NJ. Watsont
defended.
wALLACH NOT SENTENCED.
Judd De Bolt denied the motion in.
arrest of Judgment in the case of ].
Lor wallach, convicted of perjury, and
continued the motion for new trial, as
well as sentence, to Saturday morning.
MUST STAND TRIAL.
In the case of Territory of Hawaii.
V. Antoine Costa, Judge Robinson over
ruled the demurrer, reserved from last.
term. and assigned the case to Judge;
De Bolt for trial.
CAMPBELL WILL DECISION.
In the Campbell will construction
case Judge Robinson sustained the de-
murrers of Alice L. K. Macfarlane, a
minor. and the Kawananakoa minors.
and dismissed the bill without leave to.
amend, at cost of complaints. The
chief ground of demurrer was in effect
that the will had already been con-
strued by the courts.
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will expire in Che year A. D. 1912;
And whereas, the lands so held by
said settlers cannot be profitably fur
ther improved without assurance OF
some kind that when the lease has ex-
pired and the land has reverted to the
Territorial government, a preference
iuht -hn no civ ha cot IN, hns
purchase of said lands;
And whereas, under the existing laws
of the Territory of Hawaii, which, un-
der the Organic Act of the Territory,
may not be altered without the con-
sent OBJ Congress, no such preference
right can be given;
Therefore, be it resolved, that 1t Is
the earnest wish of the Legislature of
the Territory of Hawaii that the Con-
gress of the United States of America
do, either by special legislation relative
to the said Punchbowl tract, or by leg
islation which would cover all similar
cases in the Territory enact law
which would so amend the laws of the
Territory of Hawaii as to make it in
cumbent upon the officials of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii to grant, when such
land is sold or released, the prefer
ence right of purchase or release, at
the appraised value, to all bona fide
settlers on the land with such restric-
tions as to the quantity of land to
which such preference right attaches,
as shall seem wise to said Congress.
Castro said it was needless for MIN
to say anything concerning his resolu-
ton, the whole House being familiar
with the conditions and circumstances
dealt with.
The resolution passed.
Rawlins presented a joint resolution
calling for the appointment of cor
poration law committee of three expert
enced and competent persons. He also
introduced bill to provide compensa-
ton for the members of the commits
sion. Both, resolution and bill were
given a first reading.
IMPEACHMENT APPEAL KILLED.
Kaluna's bill to allow an appeal from
a court of impeachment to the Terri
torial courts was adversely reported
on by the Judiciary committee and the
bill was tabled.
The same committee recommended
the passing of Correas House Bill 95,
to exempt the family homestead from
forced sale the bill passing second
reading accordingly.
House Bill PIG, relating to insurance
corporations and companies passed sec
ond reading on favorable report from
the Finance committee and House Bill
45, relating to licenses, was tabled on
recommendation from the same com
mittee
The theatrical license bill was passed
through second reading, an opera
house license being put at $50 month,
while the marriage license amendment,
limiting the issuance of the same to
deputy sheriffs, Senate Bill z, was
tabled because unnecessary. the pres
ent law being satisfactory.
House Bill ia was tabled. The Fin
ance committee found that bill had
already been passed along the same
lines and House Bill 191 met the same
fate. Both were ava license bills.
House Bill 1856 also dropped. being COW
cred by House Bill ss. This was to
provide for the appointments OF regis
trars of conveyances.
The bill to exempt the coffee indus
try from taxation was recommended