Territory of Hawaii v. de Nobriga

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, J.

A verdict of guilty was rendered on an indictment charging the defendants with larceny in the second degree in stealing a steer alleged to be the “property of one Estate of Wm. H. Rickard, deceased.”

Defendants’ counsel filed in this Court a motion for the defendants’ discharge on the ground that the record did not show that the defendants had been sentenced. The court denied the motion without calling upon counsel for the Territory to argue. In their brief, however, defendants’ counsel cite authorities presented to the court in their oral argument in support…