Legal Opinion

Ex parte Higashi

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1906PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal prom Circuit Judge, First Circuit.

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, J.

Tbe appellee, who was a petitioner for a writ of habeas corpus, claims that the chief justice is disqualified because he *429expressed to a member of the judiciary committee of the legislature his approval of the bill which became Act 59, Laws of 1905, it being material to decide whether the act, in providing that no person upon conviction of a misdemeanor shall be imprisoned in Oahu prison or subjected to any infamous punishment, amends Sec. 3179, R. L., authorizing imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding one year. It is claimed that approval of the bill is…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Capital Traction Co. v. HofSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Callan v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Hawaii v. MankichiSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  4. Schick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  5. MacKin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Glodenis v. American Brass Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
  2. State v. ShakHawaii Supreme Court · 1970
  3. State v. O'BRIENHawaii Supreme Court · 1985
  4. State v. HashimotoHawaii Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Territory v. Van DaldenHawaii Supreme Court · 1934

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