The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1912-08-27
CIRCUIT COURT
OPENED ON
FRIDAY
Assault And Battery Case Results
In Hung Jury After A Short
Deliebration
,OME HAPPENINGS AT COURT
Challenge Brings Out Fact That
Juror Was Not A Citizen of
The Territory
FRIDAYS S SESSION:

FRIDAY OESSlON:
The grand jury wound up its
affairs at noon. At p. III. court
opened, the first case being The
Territory of Hawaii, VS.: Pedro
Alsa, a Filipino, charged with as
sault and battery, the case being
an appeal from the Waimea Dis
trict Court. w. j. Sheldon is as
sisting County Attorney Kaeo in
the prosecution, while A. G.. Ka-
ulukou appears for defendant. In
the jury box are Theo. Blackstaad,
VIM. Kaiawe, Jno. II. Koani, F.
Deinert, Joe Correa, Jr., J, P. Alo
hikea, Joe r. Teves, Enos Madei-
ros, D. NJ. Kaheleiki, Alfred Rod
CUES, Frank Pacheco, w. H.
Wood.
The jury was accepted and the
trial began at 2:3O p. III. the first
witness being the proprietor of
the store in which the alleged as
suit is said to have taken place.
The plaintiff, a fifteen year old
Japanese girl was next. Her evil
dence was much the same as that
of the former witness, being to
the affect that defendant had at
tempted to take some flowers
from her hair and had struck her
when she demonstrated. She also
stated that defendant had annoyed
various little girls of the neigh
borhood in the same manner. A
third witness was called, but owing
to the lateness of the hour, court
adjourned until 9 a. m. Saturday.
SATURDAYS SESSION:
The court took up the continued
case from Friday and by 1870, the
case went to the jury, who after
some little deliberation, failed o
come to all agreement, thus caus-
ing a mistrial. Court adjourned at
p. III. to meet OH Monday morning
at 9 a. NJ.
MONDAYS SESSION:
The case of The Territory of
Hawaii VS.. Augustine Reveira,
charged with malicious burning,
came up this morning and was
still in progress at the close of the
days session. Attorney Kaneakua
is for defendant.
TUESDAY S SESSION.
Court opened this morning OH
the malicious burning case, the
same having been carried over
from yesterday.
Attorney Kaulukou is noted for
the big smile which usually dis
guises his otherwise sharp legal
features. However, for an instant
last Friday, the smile vanished. 1t
was while the attorney was cross
examing a witness that the blow
came. He had asked the witness
whether or not he could tell by a
man S face if he was angry. After
several attempt of the witness to
clearly understand the question, it
seemed to dawn on him to illus
trate his reply, so, looking the
young attorney squarley in the
face, he answered, Il cannot tell
if you are angry by looking at your
face. " The broad smile vanished =,
and a collapse o f two hundred
pounds avoirdupois followed. The
idea of not being able to see my
sunny disposition with that smile
is absurd" said A. G., afterwards.
Why a blind person could detect
it in the dark. "
In challinging the Jury in the
first trail of the term, juror Zol-
Ter was disqualified W in G to
his not being an American citizen.
He stated that he had voted on
several occasions, having thought
being a resident here since he was
nineteen years Of age, entitled
him to become an American citi-