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Show BROWN TO BE TRIED Judge Morse Sets. March 22nd as Day for His Hearing. Arthur Brown today pleaded not guilty guil-ty to information charting him with adultery, before Judge Morse In the criminal division of1 the District court. When the case was called. Brown walked up to the" attorneys' table and said: "If your Honor please. In this case I have already objected to the jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of this court, and with this reservation reserva-tion I say I am not guilty and I plead not guilty, and waive the reading of the information." District Attorney Eichnor then made a motion to the effect that the case be set for trial for Tuesday, March 22nd. Brown said he would not be ready at that time, because of a necesary witness being in Honolulu. This witness Is Mrs. Nellie Hayden, proprietress of the Independence In-dependence rooming-house. Judge Morse stated that-he would set the date proposed, and at that time the defendant could make a showing asking for a continuance. Brown said he was ready to make the showing at this time, whereupon he filed an afiidavit setting out that if Mrs. Hayden were here the affiant could prove that on the night of April 16, 1903, when the offense was alleged to have been committed, she was in the hall a portion of the evening, and that she em- ployed a watchman who stayed at the head of the stairs from early evening until 1 o'clock in the mornlnjr, which would make it impossible fer Brown and Mrs. Bradley to go into room No. 1 between be-tween the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock without being seen. Brown said he had been unable to find this watchman. District Attorney Eichnor said the State was willing to admit that if the witness were here she would swear to the facts set out, but that he would not admit the affidavit to be true. Judge Morse ruled that the case might be set for a week from tomorrow, whereupon Brown took an exception. The passing of sentence on Mrs. Anna Maddison Bradley, who pleaded guilty to similar information last summer, was set for today, but on motion of District Attorney Eichnor, April 4th was set as the time of passing sentence. |