Territory v. Field

OPINION OE THE COURT BY

ROBERTSON, C. J.

The defendant was charged in the district court of Wai-luku, county of Maui, with violating the provisions of ordinance No. 31 of that county by operating upon the public highway a motor car without having obtained a chauffeur’s certificate authorizing him so to do. A demurrer to the charge on several grounds was overruled, and, upon the close of the evidence, a motion to discharge the defendant was denied. Upon uncontradicted evidence in support of the charge the defendant was found guilty, the only defense attempted to be made on the facts being that…