Territory v. Overbay

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

ROBERTSON, C.J.

The defendant was convicted in the district court of Honolulu upon a charge of having embezzled the sum of thirty dollars, the property of another, on the 6th day of August, 1915, and, under the provisions of section 3937 of the Revised Laws, 1915, was sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of six months and to pay the costs of court. *92He appealed to the circuit court. That court, entertaining a doubt as to whether, under the statutes of this Territory, the district court had jurisdiction to hear, determine and pronounce sentence in the case, and,…