The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-21
BOOZE CASES
HEARD IN THE
POLICE COURT

The officers who are charged with
the duty of seeing that the liquor
laws are being observed throughout
the city are having a busy time at
present, for there is no doubt thai
liquor is being sold illicitly in many
quarters of the town. Iwilei has long
been a bugbear to the officers, but
two convictions recorded this morning
may make the unlicensed sellers of
intoxicating liquor either abandon the
trade or take greater precautions
against capture.
There were five cases of this nature
before District Magistrate Lymer at
the police court this morning, in one
of which a fine of $3.50 was imposed
and in another fine of 1925.
| An Hawaiian named Manu- living
in house which is known to the re
sidents of the vicinity as the Gold
Mine presumably on account of the
Iremunerative trade which is carried
On there, was run to earth by Police
| Officer Fennell, assisted by A. Men
vile and Juana Colon. Juana Colon
/ is a well-known character at the
police court, for she has made several
appearances there in various roles.
She is one of the unfortunate class
/ whose habitat is Iwilei, but she has
10 qualms about assisting the police
or benefiting from their munificence
She was detailed to visit Manu- and
took with her fifty cent piece, duly
marked for naturalization. She bought
o bottle of wine for twenty-five cents
and this she and the others in the
house shared. Then Juana bought a
second bottle, which she wanted to
keep as evidence, but, of course, she
did not tell Manu- this. Manu- sold
her the bottle and then Fennell and
MELVILLE entered, took possession OF
tie vine and arrested Manu- and his
wife, finding the marked fifty cent
piece in Mrs Manu's purse. There
were two demijohns of wine in a
corner of the room when the officers
entered.
During the hearing Of the case this
morning there arose a question as to
whether the wine was Intoxicating
Juana Colon averred that she knew it
was wine, but did not know if It was
Port, or any other particular variety
Mr.. MELVILLE thought it was wine by
the smell but had not tasted it, and
Fennell thought likewise. To settle
the question City and County Attor-
ney Catchcart called Fred w. Weed
one of the court officials, to testify Oh
that point. Weed smilingly seized the
bottle and a glass and proceeded t
: the witness box, but Attorney Charlie
Chillingworth, appearing for the de
tense, admitted it was wine and thus
obviated the necessity of Weed en-
Toying the doubtful pleasure of 6
gargle. Manu- had nothing to say anC
was fined $125.
1t cost F. Morishima $3.50 for a like
offense. He pleaded guilty to selling
LIQUOR without a license on the 18Th
inst, but denied having sold it on the
10Th ult., a second charge being pre-
; ferred against him Mr.. Cathcart &C
cepted the plea and withdrew th'
second case.
A third case concerned a japanese
named Imanaki, but out of this RAFT
an assault case arose, three othe
Japanese being charged with assault
ing Fukishima, the informer. Fugishi
MIA entered the Shinsuya hotel to blu,
LIQUOR but after he had purchased tn
drink the people in the hotel became
suspicious and set about the informer
beating him severally before the of
fcer got into the house. The case
, we're postponed until Friday next.
The Higoya hostelry on Liliha ant
Kukui streets was also raided las
night and one arrest made and thi
matter will also be enquired into OF
Friday next.