Territory v. Taok

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PETERS, J.

The defendant was complained against upon the information of the public prosecutor of the City and County of Honolulu for the offense of gross cheat in language following : “That E. A. Taok, at Honolulu, City and County of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on the 10th day of December, 1933, did unlawfully, knowingly and designedly by false and fraudulent representations and pretenses defraud one Maximo Bantigue of his personal property, to-wit, the sum of five dollars ($5.00), lawful money of the United States of America, by falsely, fraudulently and designedly…