The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-14
HOT ROAST FOR
THE LIBELEE
BRUINS DIVORCE CASE ENDS SUD.
DENLY AFTER SENSATIONAL
ARGUMENTS.
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(From Saturday Is Advertiser.)
Dramatic and sensational to the last,
the Bruins divorce case ended yester-
day with a terrible excoriation OF tho
libelee by Attorney E. c. Peters and
then sudden ruling by Judge Whit
ney, in a dozen words, throwing the
whole matter out of court. Whitney
granted motion to dismiss the libel,
on the ground that "there was no
proof of extreme cruelty
Mrs. Bruins was the last witness, and
her cross examination by +. L. Thomp-
son concluded the evidence in the case.
She told lot of small details about
the troubles in her home, and admitted
that at one time her husband had asked
her to leave the home or leave her
mother, and that she had refused. The
bride said she would never leave her
mother. 1t had been agreed before the
marriage that her mother was to live
with her. Thompson S concluding ques-
tions brought out the fact that the
bride was in good health, and nursing
her thirty-pound baby. The voice of
the witness was never stronger during
the whole case than when she declared
that the baby now weighed thirty
pounds. The attorney concluded with
showing that the general health of the
witness was good, though she had lost
weight.
In arguing the case, Thompson main
tanned that as legal proposition it
was necessary to show that the cruelty,
if there was any, was affecting the
health of the victim. He laid down the
proposition of law that the wife could
not get relief in a divorce court, in a
case where the cruelty alleged was
mental instead of physical violence. un-
less there was definite showing that
the cruelty in question caused physical
i'll health
Peters Is Severe.
In his argument in reply Peters was
very severe on the libelee. He de-
scribed his conduct in terms that made
listeners as well as litigants vince, and
both libelee and ibelant appeared to
be much affected. He charged the
libelee with brutal conduct both before
and after the birth of the child, and
said that during all their married life
he had shown no loving care for his
wife. He was disgruntled and disap-
pointed, said Peters, because, having
married young girl whose parents
were wealthy, he received from them
no money.
He maintained that Bruins conduct
| clearly constituted cruelty within the
meaning of the statute.
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the court gave a simple ruling dismiss
ing the case. Peters noted an appeal,
and made a motion for assessment of
an attorneys fee, which was fixed at
$3.50.
Concord Seized.
| The schooner Concord was attached
| by United States Marshal E. r. Hendry
! Yesterday afternoon on libel for 5000,
at the instance of Collector of Customs
L. R. Stackable, the amount being a
fine for an alleged violation of the laws
regarding lights, in April, 1911, when
the schooner was leaving Honolulu har-
Dor. The libel sets forth that the
vessel failed to fly the lights called for
in the federal regulations.
Pilikia Over Costs.
There is a prospect of trouble over
the costs in the case of Frank Sullivan
against the ship Edward Sewall, for
100000 damages, which was very
quickly settled when Captain Quick
met Sullivan and offered him either $40
or $50 to compromise. Sullivan's law
yers, George Curry and Able Seaman
Little, are left in the cold, and their
opinions of Sullivan can not be pub
lished in the language they express
them. 1t appears from the views ex-
pressed by some of those connected
with the vessel that Sullivan could
easily have got more. But the four
or five ten.spots looked big to him, and
he took them, signed general releases,
retractions and all sorts of things, and
then shipped on the Thetis. His salary