The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-04
EX-W|FE COMPLAINS
OF CATHCART's CLERK
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A petition for an amendment of
decree of the Circuit Court of rather an
unusual kind was fled yesterday by
Judge A. s. Humphreys on behalf of the
petitioner. The case is that of Caroline
K. Silva VS.. Patrick Silva, the defend
ant being a clerk in the Office of the
County Attorney. The petition alleges
that decree of divorce was granted
to the plaintiff from the defendant by
Judge Lindsay May 26 last on the
ground of extreme cruelty. The decree
gave the plaintiff alimony at the rate
of $50 month for the support of her
self and her four children. The custody
of the children was awarded to the wife
also, with leave to the father to visit
them at reasonable hours 1t is alleged
the plaintiff, on August 4, married Her
bert E. X. Mundon, and Silva has, it is
alleged, contributed nothing to the sup
port of the children since July 81, al
though he is in receipt of salary of
800 month from the county At the
same time it is asserted he has been in
the habit ever since the decree of di-
vorce was granted of taking the chill
dren out of the custody of their mother
and keeping them with him for an I'M
reasonable length of time, on some occa-
sions keeping them away from their
mother for two or three days at time
While thus keeping them away from
their mother he has advised them to
disregard her authority and has sought
to instill into them hatred for her, it
is alleged.
The petition therefore asks that the
decree may be amended SO that Silva
may be deprived of the right to visit
the children at all, or at least only I'M
der such conditions as the court may
prescribe; and that he may be required
to make such provision for the support
of the children as under all the circum-
stances may be deemed just and proper.
More Jurors Drawn.
The following were drawn to serve
as trial jurors in Judge Robinson IS
court yesterday, the panel having be-
come reduced by number being ex-
| cused for the term, and besides those
now serving have been serving for a
month: Water Starbird, John D. Pada-
ken, E. L. Berndt, Thomas w. Carroll,
Frank j. Robello, Benjamin Summons,
Frank B. Cook, William K. Isaacs, John
w. Macdonald, Ranney Scott, Robert
@. Jones, Wentworth NJ. Buchanan,
Oliver Merseberg, Robert Bemrose.
Kimura Acquitted.
A jury in Judge Robinson's court
yesterday found Kimura not guilty OF
an assault with knife on Nagata. The
affair occurred in the Winston block
September !. The end of Nagata 4
nose was sliced off till it hung only by
a shred of flesh. Good surgery how
ever, made the nose almost as good a.
new, and Nagata apparently bears ne
malice.
The evidence was of an assault frs
by Nagata on Kimura until, harried
the latter, too, picked up a knife il
self-defense, and in the struggle for tn
knife the. accident happened.
| Tried for Illicit Distilling.
Yee Mon Joe, Korean, was put oil
trial yesterday before Judge Dole ant
a jury for completely in the illicit dis
tilling in Maulua gulch near Laupahoe
hoe, which was recently broken up b.
the internal revenue officers. The chic
distiller in this outfit recently pleade,
guilty.