The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-05-08
THREE JURY
TRIALS At ONCE

Three jury trials were on concurrent
( ly in the Judiciary building yesterday,
in as many different court rooms. In
each case there was quite an imposing
array OF counsel. and a hard fight was
being put up
Before Judge Dole. Frank J. Dillon,
formerly assistant postmaster at Ka-
hului was on trial for the alleged em-
oezzlement OF slos.ss from the money
*. 1905. Assistant United states Al.
tcrney W. T. Eawlins is prosecuting
The case Tor the United states and
Frank Thompson and A = Humphreys
are defending. The case has been put
over from term 10 term, so far only
one witness has been called Fee,,inAnd
hons who has been testifNinx 10 the
accounts ~ the postOfiicA The INTER
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principal and the other defendants as
SWyetleS, conditioned en- The return 10
the plaintiffs NJ railroad huin and
equipped nv the plaiRIin for the Kona
sugar Company and sold at receivers
sale, The value ef the railroad as de-
Jevmined by the supreme Court In pre-
Vions Mitigation was sss,00N With in
tereSt this nov amounts 10 about ssS-
600 which is the amount the plaintiff
is seeking 70 recover, The plaintiff Is
represented by G W, Prouty of Chi
cago and A. G, NJ, Robertson, The de-
PENDANTS are severaily represented by
j. W, Catheart. ID, l. Wilmington and
Abram Lewis Jr, A jury was secured
shortly before noon. and the remainder
of the day was spent in putting in
evidence of the records of previous liti-
cation upon which the present litiga-
ton rests. James A, Thompson, clerk
of the Supreme Court was on the stand
all day reading the records as they
We're called for.
The third case was the trial OF va
mashita charged with Illicit liquor SELL
= T. 4.
before Judge Robinson and a jury. II
is being prosecuted by Deputy County
Milverton, and defended by
former Attorney General Peters. The
testimony in this case has all been
heard and a part of the argument of
counsel. The case viii probably go TO
the jury before noon today.
JURORS GET A PAYDAY.
An order was entered in the United
States District Court Wednesday by
Judge Dole authorizing United States
Marshal Hendry to pay Jurors per diem
and mileage up to date. 1t is not usual
to pay these things until the end of the
quarter, June 80. But as matter of
to the jurors this order
was made.
CLAIM THE LAND.
Father Valentine and the Hawaiian
Trust Company as trustees of the es-
tate of John Ena have filed an answer
to the petition of James B. Castle for
a registered title to certain lands. They
claim that a portion of the land of
in Manoa valley which is
included in the lands petitioned for is
owned by the Bishop of Zeugma and
was leased in 1876 to John Ena
The Bishop of Zeugma also files an
answer claiming title to these lands as
successor to Bishop Maigrer, Bishop of
Arathie.
THE DILLON JURY.
The following is the jury selected 10
try Frank ]. Dillon in Judge Dole's
court: Rudolph NJ. Duncan, Harry A.
Giles, John Coffee, Charles Barton, H. /
R. Macfarlane, Arthur Coyne, A. C. |
silva, Joseph Aka, Samuel P. Woods,