In Re Saludes

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

The appellant Macario Saludes was a material witness for the government in the case of the Territory of Hawaii v. Manuel Nagon and Urbano Nagon charged with the crime of manslaughter pending before the district magistrate of Hanalei, County of Kauai, in December, 1934. Upon a hearing had the defendants were committed by the district magistrate to the circuit court of the fifth judicial circuit for trial and upon motion of the- prosecuting officer, namely, the county attorney of the County of Kauai, appellant was ordered into the custody of the sheriff of the…