The King v. Cornwell
Hawaii Supreme Court
Complaint under Chapter 87, Penal Code, for levying a common nuisance by obstructing a certain public highway upon the Island of .Maui, by erecting or maintaining fences across the said highway. At the trial before the Circuit Court at Lahaina, at the last June Term, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. The defendant’s exceptions are set forth in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Hartwell, J.:
We will first consider whether the Circuit Court properly declined to entertain the defendant’s motion for a new trial. This question arises now for the first time, although the jurisdiction seems to have been conceded by the practice of the Circuit Courts in hearing, and uniformly overruling, such motions, on which the Appellate Court finally passes.
The English and American rules differ in regard to new trials. It is the rule in England, never to grant a new trial, on the merits, in cases of felony, and that in no case has an inferior Court this power, unless for irregularities.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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