The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-06
TOLD To SWEAR
To A FALsEHOOD

Testimony of damaging character
against the defendant was presented
in the Federal Court yesterday in the
case against Melvin Harmon. leader OF
the Mormon church in Hawaii. charged
with subornation of perjury. The wit
pess was Poi Kekauoha. a brother Of
George Kekauoha. recently convicted
of a violation of the Edn@nds Act and
in connection with whose trial the at
tempted inducement TO pervert evil
dence is charged against Harmon.
The accused is a member of the
Presidency of the Stake, as the eccle-
siastical division is styled by the Nor
mons. and was at the time the acting
president in the absence of President
Woolley. In his official clerical ca
pacity he was asked for advice by Poi
Kekauoha after the latter had been
notified to appear before the grand
jury as witness against his brother.
His brother had confessed openly in
one of the church Priesthood meetings
that he had been living in adultery.
and il was in regard TO this confession
that advice was sought. Judge Dole
in the trial of George, had ruled that
this confession was not privileged
communication of the same nature as
a confession to a priest of the Roman
Catholic church. but Harmon, accord
ing TO the evidence yesterday, instruct
ed the witnesses TO deny knowledge of
the confession.
On the stand Poi KekauOha testified
that Harmon came 10 him and Kele-
hua, and in regard to the relations of
helehua to George Kekauoha said:
That is secret. You two must not
testify to that. You two are to deny
that"
When was that?" asked the pros
ecuting attorney.
When he told us to deny the truth |
of what he had done at Kelehua's." !
replied the witness.
FIRM SUED FOR 1852.
Levers & Cooke have filed assumpsit
proceedings against the firm of Costa |
( Silva. for sl652.27 alleged to be due
Is balance on bill for s257247. pur-
,hased on various dates in 1905 and
800. The goods are principally build
ng materials used in the building of
ne Waipahu culvert. for which Costa
Silva had the contract from the Ter
1tory. H. G. Middleditch appears as
attorney for the plaintiffs.
'ROMISSORY NOTES OVERDUE.
Thompson & Clemens. >on behalf of
george L. Alexander. have filed suit
gafnst Whitney & Marsh for s1926. 15.
LEGGED to be due on nineteen promis-
ory notes extending back in dates to !
S02. Sixteen of these notes are for
iS.lI each, with interest at per cent,
nd two are for $3S5.l2 each, CARRYING
be same interest. All are in favor of
:. D. Creamy and endorsed over to the
laintiff. ii
DEFUNCT FIRM Is SUED.
The Pacific Hardware Company. the )
primer lessons of the Cummins block. !
orner of Merchant and Fort streets.
which Secretary E. A. Mott-Smith /.
treasurer, is made the defendant !
an action brought by ]. o. Carter, !
'ustee of the property of John A. .
ummins, TO recover 5000, the value !.
: the property damaged during the
'cupancy of the stores by the COM
any.
The bill of particulars states that
aster has been knocked off the walls. II
liars have been battered, shelving p
Is been torn down, walls taken out a
Id fixtures and counters removed.
Kinney & Marx represent the plain 5
4 in the action.
VERSUS SALVATION =
ARMY.
Fifteen dollars a month to care for :,
! infant is the charge of the Asso- s
ated Charities, while the Salvation n
rmy will do it for ten dollars. 3rhe T,
Iotations are those obtained by Alex
der Walker, who obtained the GUS :,
dy Of his children at the time of 8
5 divorce last month on the condi- 81
ms that one should be placed in ST. ! n
ldrew's Priory and the infant with pl
e Associated Charities until she was b,
rec years old. Now, the father wants 81
board the infant with the Salvation h,
my on the cheaper terms land asks Is
e courts permission to ID So The e.
'tiOn will be heard before fudge De al
1t tomorrow. az
RS. ATCHERLEY GETsRECIsION s.
The Supreme Court vest friday hand tn
down decision reversing the de- VI
ion of the Court of LAID Registra- an
n registering the title of Levers & sn
oke to certain lands, which decision u
d been appealed against by Mary H.
cherley. Lyle NJ Dickey, E. NJ.
atson with him on the brief. for ~
Try H. Atcherley; W. A GreenweI, Y;
site & wilmington on the brief, for NJ,
wers & Cooke. a.
COURT NOTES. cit
writ of error, addressed to the NJ
'reme Court of the Territory of Ha- off
Ii, in the matter of the Motley will me
{, was filed yesterday. 1t COM tht
nds the forwarding of all papers in del
case to Washington for review by nj
Supreme Court. an
decree of divorce on the grounds Pa
desertion and nonsupport, was Hi
nted yesterday by Judge Lindsay A
Keoholike KaehuOkalani against Mi!
Ch;
Magazine is unhappily mated to bea
aku Magazine and wants her free aft
|. In the divorce libel filed yester- der
the woman claims to have been ing