Hang Fook v. Republic of Hawaii

Opinion of the Court, by

Bickerton, J.

The plaintiff in error, Hang Fook, and one Ah Kau, were charged jointly and convicted in the District Court of Honolulu, on a charge of selling and furnishing opium contrary to law; an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, and the case tried at the August Term of said Circuit *594Court with a jury on the same charge as that made in the District Court, the verdict' being a unanimous one of guilty. A motion for a new trial was made by Hang Eook, which was denied, and exceptions were taken to the denial of said motion, which exceptions were…