The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-10
WEBSTER ROUTS
Mr.. BLACKSTONE
Pompous Dictionary 0veraWes
Piles of Law in Federal
Court.

Even a strike trial can innovate
novelties in the law line and yester-
day trial OF Utchiyama for sending
seurrilous matter through the mail was
the scene Of a clash between Danny
Webster and one Blackstone, quite well
known as legal light. Mister Black
stone came ont second best.
United States District Attorney R.
". Breckons backed SAMMY to win and
Attorney Lightfoot was second for
Blackstone and the bone of contention
was why is a tag or what is an out
side cover9'
The indictment upon which the Ka-
huku japanese has been arraigned
charges him with writing obscene and
scurTIlous matter on the "outside
cover of bundle of papers sent to
the Hawaii Shinpo. When the said
bundle appeared IN court, the scout
side - cover appeared to be a common,
ordinary, everyday shipping tag, upon
the stamp were oderiferous remarks con-
corning the manner of man that Sheba
Is. Utchiyama evidently didn It like the
editor s policies during the late strike.
This tag got Lightfoot's goat and he
rose several times to object to the in
PRODUCTION of any evidence connected
with it as he claimed it was not men.
toned in the indictment. He brought
out piles of authorities and mountains
of law in black and white several times
and Breckons argued the matter sadly
with him and generally won his point.
Finally Breckons sent for big stand
ard dictionary, $50, 900 words and vari-
ations" variety and while Lightfoot
quoted several yards of legal descrip-
tions OF outside covers, Breckons mourn
fully hunted up the definition of the
word label, which is used in the indiet-
ment; also other words.
Beside the big imposing gilt edged
dictionary, the authorities shrunk to in
dimensions and the former
won the day. Lightfoot S
objections We're overruled and an ex-
ception saved and noted. The trial is
progressing very Slowly.
Link Leases Land.
L. L. McCandless and the Honolulu
Plantation Company have completed
for the leasing by the for
mer to the latter OF fourteen small
pieces of land in the Eva district.
The land mentioned in the. papers. !
which were filed yesterday in the bu-
reau OF conveyances, lies around Mana
na-iki, Waiawa and KaIauao. Part of
this is subject to life interest of Hama |
L. Pooloa after January /, 1917, pro- |
viding that she is alive at that time. |
The rental varies from So to $65 for
each piece of land.
Court Notes.
The suit for divorce brought by Mag
gle Muldoon against John MuIdoon has
been discontinued in the circuit court, |
Notwithstanding the fact that she had
charged. nearly every legal ground in
her libel. just previous to the dis
continuance, an order to show cause
why the hbelee shouldn t pay tenn
porary alimony was issued. In the libel
she charges failure to provide, drunken
ness and extreme cruelty The latter
charge was based on the fact that her
husband hit her over the head with a
loaf OF bread which must have been
French, or the extreme clause would
have been left out.
The attorney Tor Sau Kee has filed
exceptions TO the report of Master
John Marcallino who Investigated the
charges made in the suit for dissolu-
ton Of partnership brought by Sau Kee
against All Pho, noted as the moving
picture fiend The complaint, in his OBJ
iections against the report, does not
agree with several Of Mareallino' 5 find
ings and wants his objections consider
ed when the report is passed upon by
the court.
Edani, japanese who has just com
pleted a term Of seven months in prison.
yesterday took the poor man s oath in
Marshal Hendry : office by virtue of
which he was released from jail. His
sentence was imposed following convic-
ton on charge Of Illicit distilling and
he was also sentenced to pay fines,
penalties and costs amounting to about
$1100. By the oath taken he is excused
from paying it bnt it would be unfortu-
nate for him # he commenced to flash
coin of the realm around now where the
authorities eould see it.
H. Hackfeld ana Company have fled
an amended complaint IN their suit
against Frank A. Medcalf as admins
traitor of the estate of John Kai Akino,
and the heirs in pursuance Of demurrer
decided against him. The suit is in
equity and concerns lands on the Big
Island
The case of Matsubara was argued.
submitted and taken under advisement
in the supreme court yesterday.
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