Rex v. Tin Ah Chin
Hawaii Supreme Court
The bill of exceptions sets forth that at the June Term, 1868, of the Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit, held at Lahaina, Island of Maui, and one of the Hawaiian Islands, an indictment, wherein the defendants were jointly charged with the murder of one Kaaueaina, at Hamakuapoko, on said Island of Maui, on the 13th day of January, 1868, consisting of three counts, respectively describing the offense as committed with an iron bar, by burning and suffocation, and by…
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The bill of exceptions sets forth that at the June Term, 1868, of the Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit, held at Lahaina, Island of Maui, and one of the Hawaiian Islands, an indictment, wherein the defendants were jointly charged with the murder of one Kaaueaina, at Hamakuapoko, on said Island of Maui, on the 13th day of January, 1868, consisting of three counts, respectively describing the offense as committed with an iron bar, by burning and suffocation, and by acts, means and agencies to the Attorney General not known, was duly presented and found. At the December Term, 1868,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hartwell.
The first point is whether the indictment is good in its third count, which avers, with customary form, that “by some acts, means, and agencies to the Attorney General not known, with force and arms the said Tin Ah Chin, Cheong Kam Ford, Lauon and Agnee, upon him the said Kaaueaina, did then and there inflict divers severe and mortal wounds, of which, etc., the said Kaaueaina, etc., did die.”
The Constitution, Art. 7, provides that “ no person shall be held to answer for any crime or offence unless upon indictment fully and plainly…
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