Legal Opinion

Territory v. Takeo Nishi

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1919No. 1124PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Exceptions From Circuit 'Court, First Circuit. Hon. W. H. Heen, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

*678OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

The defendant, Takeo Nishi, was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of the first judicial circuit of the crime of rape and has now brought the cause to this court by bill of exceptions. Six assignments of error are specified, the first four having to do -with the instructions given by the trial judge to the jury, the fifth being to the verdict of the jury on the ground that it was contrary to the law and the evidence and the weight of the evidence, and the sixth being to the order overruling defendant’s motion for a new trial.

We will first consider the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People of the State of N.Y. v. . DohringNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  2. People v. MayesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Brown v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Territory of Hawaii v. SchillingHawaii Supreme Court · 1906
  5. State v. RodeskySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1914

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. TroupeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  2. State v. DizonHawaii Supreme Court · 1964
  3. State v. HashimotoHawaii Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Territory of Hawaii v. GagarinHawaii Supreme Court · 1941
  5. State v. KahunahanaHawaii Supreme Court · 1965

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