The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-11-04
SEEKS To RETURN
AFTER -FOUR YEARS
Sui Katsuyama Asks Court to Pre-
vent Immigration Department
Sending Her Back to Japan.

lnruuEn y, liRhtIOot, ncr counsel, "
petition for a writ of habeas corpus on
behalf of Sui Katsuyama was ycster
quiring Richard l.. Halscy, the United
States immigration inspector in-chargc
to show cause why he has not allowed
the woman to enter the Territory.
The petition AYERS that the woman
first landed in Hawaii from the steamer
China on November %, 1906; that she
is married to Muraii Katsuyama, who
resides here, and that they have son,
Yoshio, seven years of age. She claims
to have left the Territory about April
!, 1909, on a visit to Japan, but that
she never intended to abandon her do
micile here. She was detained in ia
pan on account of suffering from hook
worm and finally returned here, arriv.
ing by the steamer Siberia on October
"A last, when she was refused to enter
the Territory, and was placed under de-
tention at the federal immigration sta
tion. 1t was alleged that she has ira.
choma and she was not allowed to take
an appeal to the secretary of labor at
Washington.
Spaniards on Trial.
Rising in his seat and pointing a
threatening finger at a witness, Fran.
cisco Begas yesterday morning in the
federal court caused considerable com.
motion, Judge Clemens having to eau.
tion the man that If he did not be-
| have he stood good chance of being
punished for contempt OF court, at the
same trme telling the defendant that
he would have his turn to unbosom him
self later on.
Begas took exception to statement
made by the witness, while on the
stand, and he rained a torrent of words
on the witness, little OF which could be
gathered except that he would like to
see him outside for little while.
francisco Begas and Mrs. Petra
Rodriguez Huete are being tried Joint
y on n statutory charge. The witnesses
Tor the prosecution yesterday were
Juan Manuel Moro. Alexandra Sierra
and Creseehcio Jiminez. A motion was
made by counsel for defense to strike
out all evidence given by Juan Manuel
Moro, husband of Petra Rodriguez
Hucte. the woman in the case, on the
ground that a husband cannot testify
AGAINST his wffe in criminal case.
| The court took this motion under ad.
visement and at noon the case was con.
tinped until half past eight clock this
morning, when it will be continued and
the court may rule on the notion
The motion is similar to that offered
and sustained at the time of the muir.
der trial of Anderson Grace, a negro
some years ago, and on account of
4 which 1t is said the prosecution finally
agreed to accept a plea to murder in
the second degree from the negro be
cause, without the wife's evidence
there was no possible chance of con
victing Grace, it being claimed that the
wife was the only witness known to
have seen Grace inflict the wound
which resulted in the Waterman Is
death.
The jury before which Begas and
Mrs. Huete are being tried is composed
as follows: Herbert S. Martinez. Car
| A. Widemann, George w. Macy, Albert
=. Weight, William j. Hall, Andrea,
Faye, John T. Scully, asa N. Jacobsen
| Charles M. V. Forster, Eugene V. Todd
+. A. McInerny and William T. Bald
ing.
Gases to Be Set for Trial.
The following criminal cases are OF
the federal court calendar this morning
to be set for trial:
Chow Hoy, charged with perjury
Robert A. Morton, bigamy; Kaimi, the
ex-Hilo police officer, violation of tn,
opium laws; Kifchi Sakima and XII
Sato, adultery; Edward Cluney ant
Albert Machado, violation of the Whit,
Slave Act; Teruji Ishida and Suyt
Kurihara, adultery.