The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-24
WOMAN CASE IN
FEDERAL COURT
More Habeas Corpus Proceed
ings on Order to Deport
to Japan.

The case of Shigematsu Umeno, or
dered to be deported by the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor on
the charge of having violated the Ed
! munds Act within three years of her
residence within the Territory of Ha-
wall is now before the United States
Districe Court for determination.
The first writ of habeas corpus was
obtained by Attorney E. c. Peters In
Judge De Bolt s department OF the
Circuit Court and prevented the wom-
| an being carried away to Japan as a
| passenger on the last trip of the 81
IBERIA. When the case was taken up
on the writ Judge De Bolt held that
| the Territory was without jurisdiction
and stated that it would properly come
| before the United States Court.
| A second writ of habeas corpus was
| sued out yesterday by Attorney Peters
| before Judge Dole, and is returnable
at 10 clock this morning. Attorney
| Peters. who is acting for the friends
| of the woman. will attack the consti-
nationality of the statute under
| which the woman was ordered to be
| deported, one of the claims being that
! in the present case it is in violation
| of the treaty between the United
| States and Japan.
Arraigned on Charges.
| In addition to the writ of habeas
corpus arrangements on indictments
returned by the Grand Jury were in
| cluded in the United States Court pro-
ceedings yesterday. Charles Kahee, a
| supervisor of the county of Kauai, was
arraigned on charge of having viola
| ted the Edmunds Act and entered "a
plea of not guilty. His bond was
| fixed at $780, In the case of seven
! japanese charged with the same Of
| Tense pleas were reserved.
Jacob J. Hiorth, the assistant post
master at Waimea, charged with the
embezzlement of $1,000 and who was
| arrested by Deputy United States Mar
shall Irwin, had his preliminary hearing
| before U. S. Commissioner Judd yester-
day.
According to the statements in the
libel for divorce that has been filed
| by Mary E. Murphy against Robert J.
Murphy, there is considerable money
| in the automobile livery business in
Honolulu. Mrs. Murphy asks for di-
vorce and alimony on the ground OF
non support, and she states that her
husband is the owner of an automo-
bile valued at $500 and with which
| he earns $3.50 per month. The couple
were married at Waikiki, May 49,
| 1907, and are now separated. Mrs
e., Il mr.
the course of the suit and for alimony.
Notes of the Courts.
| Henry Smith, as master in the estate
Of James Robinson, has submitted re-
| port approving the accounts of Mark
p. Robinson as the surviving trustee
covering .the period between March
II, 1903 and March -, 1909.
The report shows that in 1903 the
estate investments totaled 1894, 577.67
and that in 1909 on March 18th, the
total is shown to be S232.015.S4.
The trust daues from the year 1876
and the report of the master brings
up the question as to whether or not
the places of Curtis P. Ward and
S. c. Allen, two of the original trus
tees and executors, should not bt
filed.
The report states that only one share
of the personally has been disposed of
that from which !. n Robinson derived
benefit during his life. Seven share:
remain to be distributed, the owners OF
which are Mrs. Mary E. Foster, Mrs
| Victoria Ward, Mrs. B. M. Allen, Mrs
Matilda A. Foster, Mrs. Annie Jaeger
| Mrs. Lucy McWayne, and Mark P
Robinson.
The report commends the present
handling of the estate and declares tina
it has been administered economically
and with careful regard to the best in
terests of the benefeiaries.
An order was signed yesterday b,
Judge Robinson approving the account
of the Bishop Trust Company as ad
ministrator of the estate of the lat,
Asa Hastings
A joinder in demurrer was filed yes
terday by the plaintiffs in the case O.
: Loika Hau against Palolo Land an,
Improvement Company, Ltd.
August 2 has been set as the dat
of hearing the petition of William Glib
son Singlehurst to be appointed admin
lstrator of the estate of May Kati
SingIehurst. The estate is valued a
$3675.02
: A final order of garnishment was is
sued yesterday in the case of the Tel
, ritory of Hawaii by Worth o. Aiken
Subagent of Public Lands for tn
fourth land district against Harvey +
: Hitchcock. William G. Irwin, dom
= business as Claus Spreekels & Com
: pany, garnishee. The bank is ordere
\ to pay over to Deputy Attorney Gen
). eral Sutton the sum of $162.92.
An order was signed yesterday ar
q proving the accounts of the Bisho
Trust Company and discharge fror
I further obligation On the estate of Par
\ Besser. The Bishop Trust Compan
). was appointed ancillary administrato
:. the only heir being the widow, Katl
n crime E. Besser of Waynesburg Boz
ough, Greene county, Pennsylvania.
S The interest on the inheritance ia
due from the estate of Charles Bisho
has been RENTED on an order signe
t. yesterday by Judge Robinson. TIL
order provides that the penalty of tie
per cent interest, if the tax be nc
i paid within eighteen months from til
s death of the decedent, be not inforce
and that seven per cent interest h
charged from the expiration of til
eighteen month period to the date c