In re Ruttmann

OPINION OF

CHIEF JUSTICE JUDD.

One G. IT. Ruttmann was arrested on tbe 25th October last on the warrant of tbe District Magistrate of Honolulu, upon a complaint by T. E. Krouse, alleging tbat tbe said Ruttmann owed bim some $3d0. for board and lodging and tbat be, Ruttmann, was about to depart from tbe Republic without paying the said indebtedness or making sufficient provision for the payment of tbe same. On tbe 30th October tbe District Magistrate rendered judgment for tbe amount claimed, commissions and costs, and found as proved by tbe evidence tbe allegation tbat Ruttmann was about to…