Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-09
M'BR|DE wins
One CASE, GOES
ON TRIAL AGAIN

UN IMM AuAlN|
A jury In Circuit Judge Ashfcrti's,
court made quick work OF one Of the
charges against Attorney Claudius H.
Mcbride this morning. returning a
verdict Of acQuittal after less than five
minutes deliberation. II took less
than an hour and . half for the actual
trial, which was On q charge of furious
and needless driving, and the second
trial. on = similar charge, began at
II O'Clock.
Attorney r. W. Breckons appeared
as counsel for Mcbride, with Deputy
City and County Attorney A. NJ. Brown
representing the prosecution II Is
likely that Mcbride viii be subjected
to all three trials today. II time win
permit.
In selecting the jury In the first
case four YeniremeTi were excused, two
by the court and two on peremptory
challenge By the defense. The origin
al panel Of twelve had been drawn and
passed for cause w both prosecution
and defense when the court began
Questioning hem. A. Henry Along.
one Of the tselyc, was asked by the
Judge II It were not true that he had
been arrested in company with Nc.
Bride some time ago on charge
growing out Of an automobile ride they
had taken. Along admitted it and
the court promptly excused him from
service in the case. Attorney Brock
.cns at once asked that an exception
be noted to the excusal OF the juror.
on the ground that he had been chal-
lenged neither BY the prosecution nor
defense, and that sufficient ground TO
show prejudice OF the juror either for
or against the defendant had not been
proven.
A moment later the court asked Ja-
cob 0rdenstein, one of the regular
Yenire drawn. IL 1t were true that his
;brother-inlaw had Deen arrested some
time ago on e charge similar to the
one against Mcbride. The court pre-
sumably referred to the incident of
Louis Silva, who was fined in district
court several weeks ago following an
incident on the fali road when he
nearly crashed into a car driven by
Deputy Tax Assessor Nicely and in
which Governor Pinkham was riding.
Ordenstein confessed the truth of this,
whereupon he also was excused by the
court from service. Attorney Breck.
ons asked that an exception be noted
in this Instance, son the same ground
as in the former one.
Deputy County attorney Brown
waived all three peremptory ciial-
.lenges to which the prosecution was
entitled, but Attorney Breckons chal-
slenged William II. Soper and Benja-
min Sammons, Who were excused.
The jury box was again filed and all
the men chosen were passed for
cause. When the court asked If the
jurors were satiS factory to the prose-
'cuti0n and defej1te, Attorney Bfeek-
ons replied I'd the affirmative for the
defense, Qualifying it by the state
ment that he wished to note excep-
tons to The courts action In excus-
ing Along and 0rdenstein. The court
answered that tie defense's opportu-
nifty for noting exceptions had gone
glimmering. "
The incident out of which this trial
grew occurred on King street near
Piikci, when Mcbride nearly collided
winth machine driven BY Gonsalves,
q rent chautfeuf Gonsalves testified
that he was inward bound, on the right
or mauka side Of the thorouehfare and
had Just sweEyed to the left toward
the center q he street, to avoid .
pQy on bicycle, whose cap had
blown on As Ne sWeryed out, or I'M
meaiately after ne straightened out
and was moving directly down the
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