The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-25
TWO BURGLARS
FOR THIS WEEK
Three Convictions in as Many
Days. HayseIden Cited
for Contempt.

] Arthur Ng Ahin was convicted of
burglary in the first degree before
Judge Lindsay, who sentenced him to
be imprisoned at hard labor for five
years. The trial was begun and end
ed yesterday, making a record of three
convictions in three successive days.
F. w. Milverton, assistant county at
| torney, prosecuted, and A. T. Brock,
assigned by the court, defended.
! The jury consisted of Frank Cod
frey, J. NJ. McChesney, John W. Nc
Donald, Vim. f. Story, James E.
Jaeger, Thos. w. Carroll, Frank J. Re-
bello, John H. Jones, James S. Sharp,
O. H. Walker. David F. Motley and
/ Charles Butzke. They took the case
about four o'clock and were out half
an hour.
| Defendant, with the English first
| name, was indicted for burglarizing a
clothing repair shop on Fort street
once kept by one Gumbs A large as
sortment of the plumber was exhibited
! trousers Ahin had worn to church.
Mr.. Brock, consulting the defendant,
informed the court after the verdict
that his client was ready for sentence.
He suggested that, in view of the pure
| ly circumstantial evidence, the SEN
tence might be a light one.
Ahin was allowed to speak for him
self, which he did through the inter
prefer, Chang Kim. Speaking with
great volubility until the interpreter
checked him, he stated that notwith-
standing the verdict he was innocent.
He bought the goods to make money.
True he served a term ten years ago
for larceny, but since his discharge he
had been law-abiding, having become
Christian. eff I had stolen the
goods he argued in conclusion, Il
would not have worn the pants to
church,
Judge Lindsay, who had to stop at
tempts of Ahin to interrupt him with
remarks, said he could not see how
the jury could have found a different
verdict from the evidence. The de-
PENDANT had received the benefit of
counsel and a fair trial. 1t was Sc
rious crime, for which the Legislature
had provided a maximum penalty of
twenty years imprisonment. Ascer-
tanning by questioning that Ahin had
a wife and mother in China to sup
port, the court made the sentence five
years as above stated.
Arthur Ng Ahin is the second bur-
glar sent to the penitentiary this week.
The jury were excused until Monday.
CITED FOR CONTEMPT.
Frederick Harrison Hayselden, adj
ministrator with the will annexed and
trustee of the estate of Walter Muir
ray Gibson, deceased, is cited to APP
pear before Judge Lindsay on Janu-
airy 80 at 10 o'clock and show cause
why he should not be adjudged guilty
of contempt of court for failure and
refusal to obey the decree of the court
entered on August 10, 1907, in the
equity suit for accounting of Fred
erick Harrison Hayselden, administra-
tor, ETC., against William H. Pain and
Elise S. V. Neumann, executrix under
the last will and testament of Paul
Neumann, deceased.
Mrs. Neumann is mover for the eta
ton, by her attorneys, Kinney & Marx
the alleged contempt being the refusal
and failure of respondent to pay, out
of the assets of the Gibson estate, the
sum of $995.95 to Mrs. Neumann, ex-
ecutrix, as ordered in the decree above
mentioned.
DRIVEN FROM HOME.
Lucy Kamaka sues S. P Kamaka
for divorce, saying that in August last
he drove her out of the room where
they were living together. "And said
libelee." the complaint runs, "ever
since libelant lived apart from him, did
not support her with food and fish,
neither he contributed anything for
clothing" They last lived together in
Camp No. 2, Liliha street, having been
married in April of 1900 or 1901, the
libel sets forth.
In the divorce case of Maria Aki Ka-
noho V. Joseph Kanoho, motion will
be presented before Judge Lindsay on
Monday to strike Iibelant's amended
complaint from the files.
SALE CONFIRMED.
Judge De Bolt confirmed the sale of
real estate at auction by Armin Hane- |
berg, administrator of the estate of !
L. Ahlo. A lot at Paalaakai, Waialua, I
tee, for S240, and a piece of rice land |
at Waipio, Eva, to c. A. Brown for |
1870.
INCOME TAX CASES.
On motion of Attorney General Hem
enway final judgment was rendered by
the Supreme Court, reversing the decis-
ion of the Tax Appeal Court and af-
frming the assessments of income taxes
against Hakalau Plantation Co, Hilo
Sugar Co, Hutchinson Sugar Plantation
Co., Paauhau Sugar Plantation Co and
Sugar Co. These six tax
payers had not availed of the court 8
offer to entertain motions for introduc-
ing certain evidence which the Tax
Appeal Court had rejected
Motions were flied within the time
allowed by the eighteen other corpora
tons fighting income tax assessments,
that they each be permitted to show
in the nature of running
expenses These motions will come up
for hearing on Monday.
HE THREW STONES.
Eddie Mea is one of a number of