The King v. Manu
Hawaii Supreme Court
ON APPEAL FROM THE INTERMEDIARY COURT OF OAHU ON POINTS OP law. Turkeys whose remote PARENTS were brought to this Kingdom, running wild on the land of G. S., not being in his custody, control or possession, are not the subjects of larceny.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Coui’t by
Judd, J.
The defendant was found guilty of larceny in the Police Court of Honolulu, from which he appealed to the- Intermediary Court, where the judgment was affirmed pro forma, and an appeal taken to this Court in Banco.
The essential facts are as follows;. On. the mountain range *410of this island, back, of Waialua, called the' Waianae Mountains, are numbers of turkeys. These birds were brought to this country so long ago that there- is-- no remembrance existing as to the • exact time when or by whom they were imported. These- birds are now in a wild state, afraid of man,…
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