The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-17
.B|TT|NG WAS
MPL|MENTED

(rrVo SATURDAY SdNcrttScrD
Hanjo Usno. before the Federal
Court. on a charge OF having imported
women into the country from Japan
for immoral purposes. was yester~
day declared not guilty. the jury be-
Ing cut for fftesn minutes. rendering
their verdict shortly after two O'Clock
In Diminishing motion ~ c. {. Bit
ting. the attorney for the defense who
had been assigned 70 the case by the
court. who asked for directed YER
dict. Judge Dole took occasion 10 COM
plimsnt the counsel on the manner in
which he had handed the case for his
client. stating that a better preserta-
ton could not have been made had
he been working for large retainer
W, T. Rawlins prosecuted FOR the
District Attorneys department.
OTHER FEDERAL CASES.
The case 81 Kari weiiman against
the 5. 5. NebraskSr. which had been
set for trial yesterday. was called but
set over until today or until the day
OF arrival OF the vessel.
Daisy Wagner and Albert Toogood
will appear this morning for sentence.
on 3 conviction under the Edmunds
Act. while Moses Lono. convicted OF
altering postoftice order. will also be
sentenced today.
Paia. arraignei on sn indictment for
illicit selling OF liquor. pleaded guilty
as charged and was remanded until
today for sentence.
OLD DAMAGE SUIT REVIVED.
More papers were filed in the Circuit
Court yesterday IN the resumed dam
age action OF Jim All Hoy V. J. H
Raymond. waterhouse Trust Company
and Phoebe Raymond, these being the
joint and several answers and plea OF
the defendants. The plea is that the
suit was voluntarily anu absolutely
dismissed by s discontinuance filed
which constitutes an adjudication
against the PLAINTIFF on the merits OF
his claims set forth in his bill Of COM
plant on this ground the defendants
pray judgment
The original damage action. as stated
in Jim All Hoy's bill Of complaint. was
based on the claim that the Raymonds
induced him to sign q bill OF sale Of
his Wailuku butcher shop to settle an
alleged debt of $3.50 due from the
plaintif 70 the Waterhouse Trust Co..
trustees FOR James H. and Phoebe
Raymond. representing the instrument
20 be merely a power TO collect. All
Hoy claimed that he owed neither the
Raymonds nor the Trust Company and
signed the bill OF sale without knowing
what IL was. relying implicitly on the
word OF J. y. Raymond.
Later this bill OF sale was presented
as evidence in a suit brought 70 secure
possession OF the property.
MYHRE SHOWS CONTEMPT.
An order was issued by Judge Lind
say yesterday calling upon George c.
Myhre TO appear before him at half
past nine this morning and show cause
why he should not be judged guilty OF
contempt OF court and punishment
melted out accqydingly. Myhre is the
defendant in q divorce action instituted
by his wife Marion Nyhre. who is in
California and unable 70 come here to
prosecute her suit. on January 20 last
an order in court was issued instruct
ing the defendant to pay his wife $40
1 month pending the settlement OF the
suit. a further request that she be
allowed 800 for her travelling expenses
from San Francisco to Honolulu be-
ns denied.
From the order yesterday II appears
that Alyhre has not contributed I, his
xtfe's support as ordered and an ex-
PLANTATION Is forthcoming.
COURT NOTES.
A petition from the trustees OF the
Bishop Estate, signed by Joseph o.
carter, William .. Smith, Samuel II.
Damon and (. Faxon Bishop. asking
hat the appointment OF Albert F.
Judd 10 succeed the first named as a
trustee be confirmed was yesterday
presented before the Supreme Court.
An order % confirmation was accord
ngly given
An order allowing the final accounts
y A.exandrtna AmOrin, executrix OF
he estate o. Manue. ]. Amorin, was
igned yesterday by Judge Lindsay and
.ischarg. ordered.
A dec sion was rendered yesterday
" Judge De Bolt in Theo. II. Davis
( Co. -. Peter Whyte In favor OF the
'laintin in the sum OF ssiss3 with
ISIS, costs OF court, sis % and attor-
ley's commissions OF 1870.
Letters OF guardianship were issued
yesterday BY Judge Lindsay to the BIZ
hop Trust Company In the matter OF
he guardianship % the minor children
Z Robert ". Fuller. on petition OF the
ather. A guardians bond in the sum
z .5-J was fled