The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-12

noon sentenced TO a months imprison-
ment for smuggling, by Judge Dole in
| U. S. District Court. He pleaded
| guilty when arraignments We're made
Of those who We're indicted by the
| grand jury. This morning there will
be numerous sentences passed by the
| Federal Judge.
Moses Lono and Sam Luhiau were
together indicted on a charge of alter
| ing a money order. C. W. Ashford
represented Luhiau and the latter
| pleaded not guilty. Lono was unrep-
resented and made a plea OF guilty,
although at first he would not plead.
Following is a lisr of other indict-
| ments with the pleas where pleas We're
| made yesterday:
Martin Keough, smuggling; guilty.
Joshua D. Koki, embezzlement mon
ey order funds.
Jacob Rosenberg, receiving stolen
goods; not guilty.
Ong Too Wan, possession of counter
felt coin; not guilty.
John Kakae, adultery.
Su Che Sun, making and having in
possession counterfeit coins; guilty
Kim Key Wog, having in possession
counterfeit coin; not guilty.
All Fa. Illicit distilling; guilty.
Hashimoto, Illicit distilling.
Koga. Illicit distiIling.
All Wan, Illicit distilling.
All Sal Illicit distilling; guilty.
Daisy Wagner and Albert Truegood,
adultery; woman pleaded not guilty.
Lloyd Smith and Rachel Weigand,
adultery.
NJ. ]. Coito, carrying on business of
retail liquor dealer without paying tax.
Full Kujima and Fujitache Kujima,
Illicit distilling; nolle prosecuted.
John Paris, Illicit distilling.
Seki, adultery: not guilty.
Toichi Hayashi, perjury.
Kong Yong Soon, making and hav-
ing in possession counterfeit dies;
guilty.
HELD IN CONTEMPT.
Deputy Attorney General Whitney
was on Tuesday afternoon adjudged
guilty of contempt of court and was
given until yesterday morning to pay
$50 to c. Bolte He did not pay, TAX
ing an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Whitney was once administrator of the
insolvent estate of C. Ali, amounting
to s14O0. declaring in 1908. forty per
cent. dividend for the benefit of the
creditors among whom was Bolte,
Whitney offering him $642 as his share
of the dividend, which was refused by
Bolte who demanded $3.50, the other
creditors all accepting their allowances.
In the year following, Judge Gear or
dered Whitney to pay, but another o.
der of court had meanwhile been is
sued which exhausted all the money,
a plural wife of Ahi's showing that
certain money was hers. There was
no money to pay out and Whitney did
not comply with the order and when
the estate was closed it owed him about
$500 in commissions which he was not
able to collect. The Circuit Court fol-
lows the late Judge Gears order and
Whitney is in contempt and must suf-
fer unless upheld by the Supreme
Court.
HAVE UNTIL SATURDAY.
Judge De Bolt yesterday granted
motion for dismissal of suit in the
matter of the petition of defendants in
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with the proviso that in the event of
the necessary bond to cover the costs
being filed before Saturday the orde
would be vacated. In the same case
in Supreme Court, plaintiffs attorneys
motion that they be allowed three days
extension Of time after the order of
Judge De Bolt had been complied with,
in which to file briefs, was granted
TESTING THE LEPER LAW
No decision was arrived at yesterday
in the two cases of habeas corpus
brought by Attorney c. w. Ashford
for the release from Kalihi detention
camp of the two Hawaiian women sus-
poets. Anamalia Maunakea and Mary
Kaumakahia. The women were yes
terday morning before Judge Lindsay,
in answer to the writs and President
Pinkham of the Board of Health, also