State v. Trask

After preliminary examination, the district magistrate of Koolaupoko denied defendants’ motion for discharge, found that there was probable cause to believe the accused guilty of the offense of malicious burning-in the third degree, and committed them for trial by jury in the Circuit Court, First Circuit. An appeal from such denial and finding on points of law was certified to the Circuit Court, First Circuit, which dismissed the appeal. From this order of dismissal, defendants appealed to this court. Sua sponte, this court raised the question of appealability of the order of commitment.

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