Territory v. Park

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

TOWSE, C. J.

Plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted of the crime of extortion in the second degree.

The evidence at trial established that Park and one Richard Halm called at the home of Mrs. Soon Up Kim at Wahiawa. After relating to Mrs. Kim that he had met her some twenty years ago at the home of his brother, Halm summoned Park and introduced him as being engaged in the grocery trade. Mrs. Kim’s daughter was present and overheard portions of the conversation relating to the grocery business, as well as Park’s representations of his attempts to locate a grocery…