Republic of Hawaii v. Tokuji

*549Opinion of the Court, by

Frear, J.

This case comes here from the Second Circuit on defendant’s exceptions to the overruling of his two motions for a new trial, he having been found guilty, by a unanimous verdict, of maliciously burning a field of cane.

Before argument on the merits it was moved for the prosecution that the exceptions be dismissed, on the ground that the circuit courts have no jurisdiction to entertain motions for new trials in criminal cases.

Such was the ruling of this Court in 1869 in The King vs. Cornwell, 3 Haw., 154, The King vs. Kaona, Ib., 118, and The King vs. Apuna, Ib.,…