The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-02
SUPREME COURT ON
OLD PARIS SUIT
Suit Of Waterhouse Trust Com
pany Against J. D. Paris Is
Ordered Retired.
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4 decision was handed down in the
supreme court yesterday in the case Of
Henry Watcrhouse Trust Co. VS.. John
u. Paris, an old case involving the re.
ocipt Of S3o7al1 by Paris in 1904 for
rentals.
The exceptions of the defendant are
sustained aud the sut brought against
him is ordered retired.
This case has already been tried
twice, the first resulting in a nousuit
and the second in a verdict for tho
plaintiff,
Before Circuit Judge Cooper yester
day morning Kim Paws application
for a writ of habeas corpus that should
compel the release of his sweetheart,
See Mey Soong, from her parents, was
dismissed, at the request of his attor.
ncy, Lorrin Andrews.
Kim Paw, who is Korean, has
courted the fair See Mey soong long
and ardently in the face of her parents
evident disfavor of his suit.
In court yesterday morning Kim Paw
attempted to grasp the hand of the
Chinese maiden in friendly greeting,
whereupon she rewarded him with re.
sounding slap of the face.
In semi.secret conference at which
the maiden, Attorney Andrews and At.
torney George A. Davis were present,
See Mey Soong stated that she did not
love Kim Paw and wanted to have moth.
ing whatever to do with him.
Judge Robertson, third Judge of the
First Circuit Court of the Territory of
Hawaii, will leave next week for the
mainland on a vacation trip, the first
that he has enjoyed for five years
Judge Robertson will visit his moth.
er and sister at his old home in Ala.
media, California He also plans a
lengthy tour of the Yellowstone Park
The opium smuggling case of the
United States VS.. Lee Wah Chung came
up for sentence yesterday morning, and
was continued until Saturday at ten
O'Clock.
Tsuru Tomimatsu Is habeas corpus
matter came up in the form of hear.
ing of the petition and order to show
cause. ATTORNEY George Curry repre-
sented the petitioner.
Tomimatsu, n Japanese woman, is at
present detained at the federal immi
grafton station pending deportation on
account of her suffering from tracho.
ma. In her petition for release she
states that she was here eleven years
ago and that she lived here until five
years ago when she returned to Japan
to have her children educated. She re.
Gently returned to Honolulu after an
absence of about five years and is fac.
ing impending deportation on account
of being a victim of trachoma.
She petitions for release on the
grounds that she has husband who is
a resident here and that she, de facto,
is a resident also. Her husband is o
farmer mt Kula, Maui.
The court reserved its decision in the
matter.
In the afternoon the involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings in the case of
Francis Levy Quitting Co. be adJudged
resumed.
The petitioners in this case are II.
| Hackfeld & Co., J. j. Bvrne and the
Brownstein Lewis Co., Californian
corporation.
Testimony was taken on behalf of the
petitioners and witnesses were heard
The order of the court was that the
Francis Levy Quitting Co. be adjudged
an involuntary bankrupt.
John c. Anderson, the probation Off
GER, is out and about after a spell OF
idleness caused by minor rupture.
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