The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-10

| beOFSS hehduoHd Is III more nara
luck On Wednesday he was sentenced
to nine months imprisonment for aduI-
terry with Kelehua. Yesterday Kele-
hua's husband obtained an order of
default against George in the Circuit
Court in a suit in which he asks for
$25OO damages for the. seduction and
the alienation of the affections of his
wife.
| The suit is entitled Ialiiloa Kama
halo VS.. George Kekauoha. The COM
plant sets out that the plaintiff is
sometimes known as Kauai Jr.; that
he married Kelehua several years ago
and provided for her properly and was
very happy: but that Kekauoha in
July and August last seduced Kelehua
| so that she left her happy home for
him; greatly to the pain, grief. and
sorrow of the plaintiff. for which he
asks damages of $500.
Kekauoha is now i'll default in this
suit, so that it seems likely that judg-
ment will go against him.
Amia Liilii who was charged with
|Kekauoha with adultery in one Of the
first of the Mormon cases tried, yes
terday withdrew her plea of not guilty
and substituted plea of guilty. SEN
tence was set for next Monday.
DIVORCE GRANTED.
Judge De Bolt yesterday granted a
divorce to Matsuji Armitsu from Fusa
Armftsu on the ground of desertion
since 1895. They were married in Jap
an in 1890.
ALIMONY GRANTED.
Judge De Bolt yesterday ordered
Alexander Walker to pay his wife
Maria Walker, alimony pendente lite,
of $3.50 a week.
SEEMS FROM MISSOURI.
Mrs Bessie r. Burns, by her at
torneys Thompson & Clemens, yester-
day filed motion in the suit of Carrie
NJ. Riggs ct al. VS.. j. H. Along ct al,
calling on William t. Rawlins, attor-
'ley of record for Eta P. Whiting,
Martha NJ Dougherty. and Tony
Along, to show his authority for as
Stunning to represent them as their at
torney. She says in her affidavit on
information and belief that he has no
such authority. At any rate she wants
to see it. The motion to require Raw
Inns to produce his authority is set
for this morning at 10 O'Clock.
ADVERTISEMENT FILED.
In the matter of the estate of Ke-
kapu, deceased, the appraisers, P.
Silva, r. w. BeclSley and Charles A.
K. Hopkins filed their appraisement of
the estate. The administrator gave
them an inventory of four pieces of
real estate as constituting the estate.
These were valued RESPECTIVELY at
$500, $3.50, $500 and $50, a total of $1,000.
WANTS AN ACCOUNTING.
Frank Godfrey, as a creditor of the
estate of the late Isaac Noar, has ask
ed the court to require Samuel Noar,
the administrators, to file an account.
1t is stated in the petition that no
account has been filed for more than
two years.
THE EDMUNDS ACT.
AmaIu Sheldon and All Wan were
brought before Commissioner Frank
Hatch yesterday charged with viola
ton of the Edmunds Act. Their hear
ing was set for 10, O'Clock Saturday
morning.
RENT FOR BANANA LAND.
In the suit of the Territory of Ha-
wall by James w. Pratt, Commission
er of Public Lands, VS.. A. S. Cleghorn
and James H. Boyd, default was yes
terday entered against Boyd and a
stipulation was filed between the other
parties waving a jury. The suit is
for rent for the land of Kahoiwai, |
on coS
to the defendants in 1891 for fifteen
years at SIS a year. There is claimed /
to be due $3.50 in back rent.
A CELEBRATED CASE.
The case of the Territory of Hawaii
by w. H. Rabbit, Superintendent of
Public Instruction, VS.. Kalihiwa Davis /
and others, ejeetment, has been set !
for hearing on February 6. In jan
nary, 1906, affrighting wireless mes !
sages came from Kona stating that a
mob had taken possession of the !
schoolhouse there, and with force and
arms and threatening signs kept the /
school authorities out; that the police
sided with the mob and that anarchy |
reigned in that particular spot in Ko- !
ma. Afterwards a number of persons !!
were indicted for riot and Mrs Mary
Atcherley figured as one of the wit !
nesses in the trial. After all this had !
subsidized the government brought suit !
in ejectment to determine the title to
the property. The suit is now to be i
tried.
NEW RULES OF COURT.
The revision of the rules of court |
which Judge De Bolt has made and |
which has been approved by the other I
judges of the Circuit Court, are now
in the hands of the printer and will /
be published shortly.
WE'RE BOUND OVER.
Lloyd Smith and Rachel Weigand
waived examination before the Uni
ted States Commissioner yesterday on
a charge of violating the Edmunds
Act and were bound over to await .
the action of the grand jury.
COSTS TO BE TAXED ONLY ONCE.
In the suit of w j Lowrie VS.. H.
P. Baldwin and others. Judge Robin
son yesterday refused the motion to
tax the costs of those of the defend
ants in the original complaint who
were left out of the amended com
plant, a $4,000. He held that only