Republic of Hawaii v. Pedro

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUDD, C. J.

The essential facts of this case are as follows: The defendant, on the 2d February, 1897, in the District Court of Honolulu, G. H. De la Yergne Magistrate, plead guilty to a charge of assault and battery, upon his wife. The court thereupon suspended the sentence. Thereafter defendant was arrested for a similar offense alleged to have been committed on the 23d November, and on the 26th November, he, being before the court on this charge, C. E. Peterson, Magistrate, was by him sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor and to pay costs, on the charge of assault…