Territory of Hawaii v. Shinohara

*30OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MARÜMOTO, J.

The Territory filed in the district court of South Hilo a criminal complaint in which it charged defendant with conducting a lottery in violation of section 11341 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945. The complaint, as supplemented by a bill of particulars, alleged that defendant operated a business known as “Elsie’s Fountain”; that he set up in his business establishment a pinball machine known as “Bally Dude Ranch”; that the pinball machine is a device on which games are played, the object of which is to attain high scores by propelling metal balls to a…