Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-24

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have been excused until further
notice
/ Circuit Judge Ashford's trial jurors
will be wanted in court at 3 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Huron K. Ashford. clerk to the first
| Judge Of the circuit court. is trying
out a new dictaphone machine INSTALL
ed in his office today.
A new gavel. made of koa GOOD and
beautifully polished. has been secured
1 by Judge Charles F. Clemens for use
on the bench in federal court.
/ The regular meeting Of the Wom-
ans Guild and Auxiliary of St An
drew's Cathedral Parish will be held
Tuesday at O'Clock at the home OF
Mrs. H. NJ. Won Holt, on Judd street.
For having chefa tickets in posses.
sion Cora, Harada, Yama, Obeyasha
and Goucha, all Japanese, were ar:
rested Saturday night in a tenement
house on Kukui street.
4 '.s
John X. Stewart, charged with as
sault and battery, entered plea OF
not guilty in Circuit Judge Ashford's
court today. The case will go to trial
at 8 o'clock next Friday morning.
The case of Godo, a Japanese
charged with assisting in maintaining
lottery, has been continued In Cir
cult Judge Ashford's court to be set.
for trial No jury will be required for
the trial.
| Approximately three times as great
as the usual weekly total, the building
permits issued for the week ending
last Saturday represent a total in esti-
mated costs of $74,700, with fees
amounting to approximately $140.
Charged with assisting in maintain
ing lottery, Koga, a Japanese. en-
tered plea of guilty in Circuit Judge
! Ashford's court today. The judgment
of the police court in the case was
sustained and Koga was fined $3.50
and costs.
Because he had paid all doctor bills
and given $3.50 to the complaining wit.
ness, according to the prosecution, J.
Mishikawa, charged with furious and
needless driving, had his case nolle
pressed in Circuit Judge Ashford'S
court today.
The case Of William Afford, an en-
listed man who is charged with having
liquor for sale without q license, is
to be taken from the police court into
the circuit court and tried in Circuit
Judge Ashford's court at 8 o'clock next
Wednesday morning.
Trustees and president will be
elected at the 56th annual meeting Of
the Queens Hospital Corporation,
which will be held in the rooms Of
the Chamber of Commerce, Kauikeo.
lani building, at 3 o'clock next Wed.
nesday afternoon.
The case of All Sum, charged with
being on another's premises after dark
without lawful reason, and the case of
George Lobo, charged with having che
ia tickets in possession, are sched-
uled to go to trial in Circuit Judge
Ashford's court at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Miss Hazel Buckland today assumed
her duties as secretary and stenogra-
pher to Federal Judge Charles F.
Clemens, to succeed Miss Irene
Dyches, who has taken position with
the law firm of Frear, Prosser, Ander-
son & Marx. Miss Dyches will begin
a three-weeks' vacation tomorrow.
d. McEWen, a soldier at Sehofield
Barracks, who was one of those ar.
rested in a recent raid and charged
with selling liquor without a licenses
could not come to court this morning
because since he was arrested by the
civil authorities he has gotten into
trouble at the post and is in the
guard house. The case was postponed
until tomorrow.
With an estimated cost of $4,000,
the Church of Jesus Christ at Aiea
leads the list for the week. This
building is to be made Of concrete,
no wood whatever entering into it's
construction. The Oahu Railway and
Land Company placed an estimate of
$4,000 on portion of the work they
have already started, and w. M Gift
fard has taken out permit for
building which will cost $7450.
At the instance of City Attorney A.
NJ Brown, the case of L. Ayau,
charged with usury, was nolle pressed
in Circuit Judge Ashford's court to-
day. The prosecution, in asking that
the case be dismissed, stated that it
did not believe that the matter was
one which should be taken before a
jury. According to the prosecution, a |
man borrowed about $3.50 from Ayau
and the interest which the latter
received for the loan amounted to 40
cents. Ayau was one of five persons
arrested by the city attorneys office
on charges of usury.