The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-16

Guilty of murder in the first degree
was the verdict returned by the jury
last evening in the case of George Kale.
KIM, charged with killing his wife
Emily Kalekini, on August 10th of last
year in the Kalihi district. The iurv
was out thirty-fve minutes when Bailiff
Hopkins informed Judge De Bolt that
a verdict had been reached. The twelve
men filed into the courtroom, Foreman
White reading the findings that forfeits
Kalekini IS life to the law.
The only defense that was entered
in behalf of Kalekini was one of heredi.
tary epileptic mania, but Attorney Achi
did not succeed in making much of it
During the progress of the trial Kale.
KIM experienced s'ft' in the court
room and his mother also suceumbed
to an attack of hysteria in the corridor
These two i" fits' were ridiculed by the
prosecution but were cited by Attorney
Achi to show the hereditary irrespon.
sibility of Kalekini.
In the course of his argument before
the jury yesterday City Attorney Cath.
cart took occasion to characterize DR.
Emerson, who said he thought Kale.
KIM was victim of epilepsy, as being
unreliable. Cathcart declared it would
take DIR. Emerson at least three hours
to examine a man when it would take
DIR. Collins or Dr. Sinclair thirty min,
utes for the same work. He cited the
time as indicative of the respective
abilities of the physicians named. He
also declared that DR.. Emerson acted
as though he was searching for evidence
to support a preconceived theory and
that he was not willing to act upon the
evidence as presented.
Stayton Pleads Guilty.
''I wish to plead guilty. said Johr
T. Stayton, when he was asked by Judge
Dole in the q. S. Court yesterday morn
ing, what his plea was to the indictments
that had been brought against him fol-
opening official mail addressed to Pos
tai Inspector Hare. Stayton's plea o.
guilty came as something of surprise
Judge Dole set Friday as the day fol
sentence. Stayton appeared to be mpcl
affected during the proceedings.
The February term of the United
States District Court will be a very
busy one and the calendar will includ,
several cases that have been frequently
continued. J. Rosenberg, the junl
dealer, indicted months ago for receiv
ing stolen property, will come up 70,
trial this morning on the first indict
ment.
A number of cases of japanese indict
ed for importing women for immora
purposes will come up Friday to be set
including that of Isoi. In this con
nection Judge Dole made special rec
ommendation to the grand jury in hi
charge. Judge Dole said:
81 am informed by the District At
torney that several indictments wer,
found by the grand jury of the Octo
Der, 1908, term, charging certain per
sons with the importation of womel
for the purposes of prostitution
would call your attention to the i'm
portance of the law of which this is
violation. Where individuals or com
panies take up such an enterprise fo
profit, it is an attack not only upon tn,
marriage status but also against tn.
honorable status of women.'
The members of the grand jury ar,
L. H. Underwood, Charles B. Fisher,
W. Bergstrom, n. E. Gedge, E. H. F
Wolter, Charles A. Bon, Samuel Mahu
ka, F. T. P. Waterhouse, Hugh V. Ire
yemen, John Markham, Frank Atherton
q. Lemon, A. J. Gignoux, Daniel Quill
lam hODcIl Ii
win Spalding, E. E. Lyman.
Affects Tax Liens.
The Supreme Court handed down a.
opinion yesterday by which w. 7. Luca
wins the suit that was brought agains
him by Assessor Charles T. Wilder. TIL
decision of the Supreme Court is base
upon their Interpretation of S. L. 1905
Act SO, See. 16, that it does not extern
the duration of tax liens which ha
attached prior to the date that the ac
| took effect.
The case was submitted upon a
agreed statement of facts from whic
| it appeared that the defendant I.uca
| in December, 1908, became the owne
at foreclosure sale of real estate mort
gagged in 1898. upon which the taxes 70
the year 1905 are still unpaid. The AS
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