Republic of Hawaii v. Parsons

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PREAR, J.

The defendant was tried and convicted in the District Oonrt of Honolulu, and again, on appeal, in the Circuit Court, First Circuit, on a charge of sexual intercourse with a female under fourteen years of age. The case now conies to this court on exceptions which raise the questions of (1) the sufficiency of the charge, (2) the constitutionality of the statute under which the charge was made, (3) the admissibility of certain evidence, and (4) the correctness of certain instructions requested but refused.

The charge was stated to the court and jury in the Circuit…